Making the game harder

[Falconiano]

I want to make the game harder than legendary.
Is there any way to modify difficulty settings or what AI gets i.e. better units / more upgraded units?

[Falconiano]

Anyone?

[CoolDemon]

Just an idea: reduce start money to 0 and give 0 gold bonus to player.

[Dresden]

The easiest place to change difficulty level handicaps is the table campaign_difficulty_handicap_effects_tables under /db/

However, there are tons of other ways to change how hard the game is. Examples range from region income, building income, squalor/public order bonuses, AI military spending/building, AI army composition, etc.

[Regoso]

im currently working on making a mod that well make the game harder for Sparta (Link). I plan on doing all the factions but its going to take along time as im doing them 1 at a time to give them a real feel for what it was to be thos factions and to over come there self-inflicted hardships.