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Most times I won't mind that there's just the normal difficulty :)
However, some times when I'm going to play really small nations, and\or uncivilised, I'm probably going to hope for a Easy option, or if I ever get really good, I'll want a Hard option to, well, make the games harder :p
Right now though I'm fine with the way it is (with the demo)
 

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I tend to play on normal since it is... well... normal! However, if others want difficulty levels with different modifiers, etc. then I have no problem with that at all, and can understand others like to have more of a challenge than me! :p
 

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That doesn't seem to be the case at all ...





I agree with the anticipation, and even the apparent polish of the game but I'm pretty worried about the in game balance actually. Reading through the AAR's I'm pretty worried we will need a difficulty setting so we can make the game harder! I like how people talk about how the economics, trade, and technology is smooth and functional but what I don't like is seeing the seemingly simple way countries rack up the gold. In two examples we've seen a Japan annex the entire of China by the 1860's and a Switzerland get gas weapons and machine guns to use and pillage a great power (Austria) by 1870's ... all the while with economies exploding (in a good way) Now I'm all for the ahistorical options for the player (understatement) but also see a need for limiting the cash flow, tech progress, or the like ... within reason. Leaving options for the player to modify these elements is a good idea, but the core requires reasonable restraint. Again, just opinions from a window shopping awaiting his boxed copy and reading the AAR's constantly.

I totally agree with this!!! I got the same impression after reading through the forum and talking to friends!
 

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I just prefer to just have normal settings where me and the AI are on the same playing field. That said, I'd like the AI to be smarter buts that more or less wishful thinking for the day computers are indistinguishable from humans terms of gameplay.
 

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I just prefer to just have normal settings where me and the AI are on the same playing field. That said, I'd like the AI to be smarter buts that more or less wishful thinking for the day computers are indistinguishable from humans terms of gameplay.

Which is why, in order to be challenged after a few games you need to have the option to make handicaps. Let the AI 'cheat' and get more bonuses and let the human have penalties just like in EU and HOI...Im not saying this is the optimal solution but since improving the AI is too hard to make it part of dif. settings its the best to do...
 

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I vote for difficulty settings. I'm the kind of player who likes to play EU3 as a great power on very hard so I can still have somewhat of a challenge with a big nation. I'd like to be able to do the same in V2. My 15 year trial with the USA seemed far too easy.
 

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Definitely requesting them, the general automation of II compared to I and it's same core concepts makes it very easy for an experience player to steamroll the AI atm.
 

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vote for diff setting, essential in these games, people play on completely different levels, some rps and wants it easy, while others enjoy more aggressive and harder stuff :p
 

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Difficulty settings is definitely needed. Judging by AARs some more experienced players don't have much trouble beating AI in V2 :)

AI never actually represents a challenge to someone determined to win at all costs in single player anyway, no matter the difficulty setting. I think people just need to have hosuerules and remind themselves not to min-max unrealistically.
 

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Difficulty Setting?

I was wondering why there wasn't a difficulty setting anymore. It makes the static modifiers.txt file pretty useless, and cuts done on some of the modding i do. Also, is there a day-1 patch out?
 

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I was wondering why there wasn't a difficulty setting anymore. It makes the static modifiers.txt file pretty useless, and cuts done on some of the modding i do. Also, is there a day-1 patch out?

And the mod has you in the right thread, read it! As for the day one patch, yes... but if you downloaded it you'll already have 1.1, if you had a boxed copy you need to download the patch.
 

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And the mod has you in the right thread, read it! As for the day one patch, yes... but if you downloaded it you'll already have 1.1, if you had a boxed copy you need to download the patch.
In that case, where is the download for patch 1.1? I'll add it to the appropriate stickied thread.
 

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In that case, where is the download for patch 1.1? I'll add it to the appropriate stickied thread.

That is a good question... I don't have the box copy, I was just going by what a forum member said (that it was downloading updates -- which I assumed were 1.1).
 

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I vote for a difficulty option.

Or have it in a menu like EU3 so it doesn't clutter the page until you open it :)