Which AI difficulty

**SulleDodger** · September 20, 2011, 07:16 AM

Does anyone know what Difficulty I should set the AI for if I want to play realistically? - That being, the AI and I are as much likely to flee in a battle, neither I or the AI should have an unexplained advantage. This mostly goes for Battle Difficulty I guess...

Anyone knows?

EDIT: Found it elsewhere, the answer was Medium.

**Bund weicher Birnen** · September 20, 2011, 09:29 AM

play Very hard/very hard... it's just too easy for me...

The Battle Difficulty should always be very hard. Maybe try out the AI from Germanicus

**Ataraxie** · September 20, 2011, 10:59 AM

I'd argue that VH is the perfect match of an experienced player.

My reasoning;

The AI, with a high-starred general, is fairly unbreakable. The same goes for the armies of a well-starred human-controlled general. (Try it if you like, with a custom battle).

VH makes sieges more interesting, as the AI assaulting the walls will be a little less brittle, and can absorb casualties and fight on; this is not possible on the other settings, as the AI takes a few hits and heads for the border.

The Human player must use generals and sensible tactics with the AI on VH, simply because it is unlikely to run away easily.

- That said, if the AI is badly led, or led by a captain, then its soldiers are just as brittle in morale as your own would be under similar circumstances.

- The moral here is - put it on VH, and aim to kill the enemy general as quickly as you can if you don't trust your infantry or whatever in a prolonged engagement

**Ichon** · September 20, 2011, 11:21 AM

Hard is probably best if you don't want the AI to flee after a few moments of battle but not so much that you have to kill AI general and half the army before a rout starts.

**philipjd** · September 22, 2011, 06:57 AM

Once you've got your head around VH battles there is no going back as all the others seem like a doddle (very easy).

Although it does make seige assaults a challenge