Difficulty Levels

[Mgundry]

Hey guys,

As the title implies, I wanted to get your thoughts on the difficulty levels you like to play with. I searched the forum and didn’t see any recent topics. So, what difficulty level do you use, and why? Do most customize their own levels?

I don’t mind the IC penalties, but find the air combat modifiers to be tough...

Thanks,

 

[KostasL]

Hey guys,

As the title implies, I wanted to get your thoughts on the difficulty levels you like to play with. I searched the forum and didn’t see any recent topics. So, what difficulty level do you use, and why? Do most customize their own levels?

I don’t mind the IC penalties, but find the air combat modifiers to be tough...

Thanks,

I think that the difficulty level effects are modable…

This means that perhaps you can edit the penalties or bonuses each difficulty level has...to fit your wishes!

 

[Pang Bingxun]

By increasing the difficulty level AI becomes a tad more capable more early.

Increasing the difficulty level above normal does not create any penalty for the human player, but gives boni to AI.

Decreasing the difficulty level below normal does not create any penalty for AI, but gives boni to the human player.

I do of course refer to 1.11.

 

[Mgundry]

Thanks Pang and Kostas. I was able to locate the difficulty settings file and get a look. I like the changes that removes the penalties to the human player, yet still makes the AI a bit more formidable.