I feel the game is too easy, any mods that will make the game harder?

[Camlon]

I have been playing for quite a while, and I have started to think the game is too easy. Yes, I can play with a smaller country, but that only makes it difficult in the beginning. Once you get bigger again, it becomes easy again. I am playing on the hardest difficulty.

Part of the reason why I believe it is too easy are
1. Diplomacy. Currently if you are smart you can get almost any country to ally with you and unless they have a reason not to they will join your wars. Also, countries hardly ever betray you, and only form alliance against you if you expand at an extreme rate.
2. Rebellions are too easy, and there are too few rebellion events. What I experience is a 10K rebellion once a decade, which are quickly destroyed with my army. I have never been forced to give rebellions what they want, ever
3. It is too easy to manage a big empire. Once you get big the game gets easier, but in real life getting big also had its disadvantages. This again, could probably be solved by having more rebel events?

Is there any mods that I can use, to make the game harder?

 

[Mamluke]

have you tried playing with AI bonuses and hard difficulty (and lucky random or historical to boot)?

this wont stop your power. but it will increase your enemies power.

 

[mackintosh]

Static modifiers are your friend, however, some of them are broken in the new patch (ai unit production buffs for example).

 

[Camlon]

have you tried playing with AI bonuses or/and hard difficulty?

If you mean lucky nations, then yes. I do play on hard difficulty.

I don't mind giving AI artificial bonuses, just want it to be slightly more difficult.

 

[hitchens]

Play Ironman? (at least harder that regular)


And

Once you get bigger again, it becomes easy again

Yes thats how it is in RL also. Larger nations gets to bully smaller ones.

 

[Lord Finnish]

OP has the right idea. When the game gets too easy then you should find "third party" ways to make it more challenging instead of forcing greater difficulty on everyone.

 

[Camlon]

Static modifiers are your friend, however, some of them are broken in the new patch (ai unit production buffs for example).

Found it, but not sure which modifiers I should change. There are lots of them.

Play Ironman? (at least harder that regular)

Can't play Ironman, because I have mods. But I don't think it would make too much difference, because I don't need to reload much.

 

[darianstarfire]

Found it, but not sure which modifiers I should change. There are lots of them.


Can't play Ironman, because I have mods. But I don't think it would make too much difference, because I don't need to reload much.

Easiest fix is to, as others said, play with ai bonuses, lucky nations, and hard difficulty. After that then challenge yourself with specific achievements or create your own goals that aren't world conquering. Try playing something like Ancona on the italian peninsula. If you are good enough for almost any challenge then mod the ai bonuses first so that they give you a challenge. That would be easy to do.

 

[Vivi_]

Play as Albania.

 

[Seelensturm]

Try house rules to avoid player exclusive features.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...-the-Same-Rules-Where-the-AI-fails&highlight=

 

[hitchens]

Found it, but not sure which modifiers I should change. There are lots of them.


Can't play Ironman, because I have mods. But I don't think it would make too much difference, because I don't need to reload much.

Easiest fix is to, as others said, play with ai bonuses, lucky nations, and hard difficulty. After that then challenge yourself with specific achievements or create your own goals that aren't world conquering. Try playing something like Ancona on the italian peninsula. If you are good enough for almost any challenge then mod the ai bonuses first so that they give you a challenge. That would be easy to do.

Ironman has ai bonus AND lucky nations. Everyone knows regular games are easy, Ironman is what you want.

 

[Dawkins]

I use MEIOU & Taxes which is a little bit harder and feels a little more authentic than vanilla.

Good countries I have found for a challenge that runs quite a way into the game are Georgia and Shirvan->Shiite Persia . Hard but not suicidal starting situation, followed by a mid game surrounded by hostile superpowers

 

[Keinwyn]

Ironman has ai bonus AND lucky nations. Everyone knows regular games are easy, Ironman is what you want.

Ironman has started forcing AI bonuses as well as lucky nations? Pretty sure it used to allow a choice between that and no bonuses.

 

[Freudia]

Random rebel events is just artificial difficulty, though. I'm not sure why you would want those, considering there's no way to skillfully dodge random rebel events by playing well or anything of the sort. It's a lot of why random stability drop events are bogus. "Hey, I see you're doing really well! How about some Decadence?"

 

[grommile]

Ironman has ai bonus

False.

If you've turned AI bonus on, you can't turn it off while Ironman is enabled, but I can assure you that if you turn it off, then enable Ironman, it doesn't get enabled.

 

[hitchens]

Ironman has started forcing AI bonuses as well as lucky nations? Pretty sure it used to allow a choice between that and no bonuses.

In eu3 yes, cant say I have seen this choice in eu4??

 

[Krajzen]

Play as Albania.

Problem solved

 

[Squirrelloid]

If you haven't completed Three Mountains, you have nothing to complain about. (Even if it's only unofficially - Ironman not required).

 

[terminatordk]

I have been playing for quite a while, and I have started to think the game is too easy. Yes, I can play with a smaller country, but that only makes it difficult in the beginning. Once you get bigger again, it becomes easy again. I am playing on the hardest difficulty.

Part of the reason why I believe it is too easy are
1. Diplomacy. Currently if you are smart you can get almost any country to ally with you and unless they have a reason not to they will join your wars. Also, countries hardly ever betray you, and only form alliance against you if you expand at an extreme rate.
2. Rebellions are too easy, and there are too few rebellion events. What I experience is a 10K rebellion once a decade, which are quickly destroyed with my army. I have never been forced to give rebellions what they want, ever
3. It is too easy to manage a big empire. Once you get big the game gets easier, but in real life getting big also had its disadvantages. This again, could probably be solved by having more rebel events?

Is there any mods that I can use, to make the game harder?

multiplayer. if you have time and nerves ofcourse

 

[darianstarfire]

False.

If you've turned AI bonus on, you can't turn it off while Ironman is enabled, but I can assure you that if you turn it off, then enable Ironman, it doesn't get enabled.

Really... oh my, I may actually try to play ironman again. AI bonuses are just annoying but hard sounds like a useful challenge. Good to know!