What difficulty do you play?

[b_raven]

I'm finding my games too easy of late, thinking of changing difficulty. What difficulty do you play?

[Notlupus]

Normal, because I don't agree with the fertility penalty at all at higher difficulties. I'll just limit myself by using houserules.

[Rancor26]

Normal, i don't like cheating AI. Everyone should play with the same rules.

[n000b]

Normal, i don't like cheating AI. Everyone should play with the same rules.

Agreed.

[NI_Mcknight]

I never knew there was a difficulty level :P

[Bloodly]

Hard. I didn't even remember till recently. See, I read(Here, I believe) that the AI bonuses affect the people under you as well as around the world. And since those bonuses include extra income...well, it can be a boost, potentially.

[Alexandre_007]

normal

[Cymsdale]

Normal. Don't like cheating AI, period.

[Hootieleece]

Normal. I like a playable game with few frustrations.......this is to relax. I am thinking about upping the Difficulty level on my EU3 games

And if AI gets more income and other bonuses to be "Harder" that isn't really making the AI Better........

[Mithfir]

Normal here. Making it harder is like playing with a handicap rather than a challenge.

[ASPGolan]

There is only one difficulty setting. Increasing the in-game option just gives you a penalty (or a bonus to the AI). WTF is that? I just leave it to normal.

[Chevaresqye]

Play on easy....

[Blind_Guardian]

My first game I've started was as Capua on Hard, and I've finished it with a Kingdom in Southern Europe (Italy, Sicily, Africa and additional part - Kingdom of Bohemia . But this was a game when I allowed myself to reload sometimes, as it was rather learning game. After it I started few more games. And - that was a time to face the challenge ! I am playing on Very Hard difficulty now and avoid reloading (except situations when game is against rules, like for example in patch 1.08 when a count could overthrow a Duke, vassal of me and thanks to faction put independent king there and I couldn't do nothing to stop him)

BTW, there isn't a problem with fertility - just give important courtiers something so they would appear on foreign court and penalty won't affect them