Settings: Questions & Advice for my first IN Campaign

[Marshall Thomas]

I'm starting my first IN campaign (1399 start) and I wanted some information and advice for the options settings that you can set on the screen where you chose which country to play as.

Since I'm going to play as a major, I know I'll use "very hard" difficulty. Is the "very hard" setting any different now in IN?

Before IN, I used to always chose "low" A.I. aggressiveness; mainly because this was suggested by Ubik. Should I consider switching it to "normal" for IN?

Spread of discoveries is an important setting. I used to set it to 75 years. Should I set it differently for IN? What are the pros and cons?

Because I'm going to play as a major (probably France), I want settings that will make my campaign as difficult as possible; so "no lucky nations" is not a good option. Which will make my campaign more challeging: "historical lucky nations" setting or "random lucky nations" setting?

Would anyone please help me decide? Thanks in advance

 

[Darkrenown]

I normally keep aggressiveness on normal. If you're going France you might as well stick to historical lucky nations, since that will pretty much surround your with lucky nations. Spread of discoveries should probably be set to 75 or hihger if you want to make things hard, as you probably won't be exploring early as France and a higher setting won't let you benefit from CAS/POR's exploration.