Today I was beaten in Carthage on default (hard) difficulty. I decided to replay it on very hard, because now I know the strenght and arrival points of the first three invasions.
I was searching about differences in difficulty levels. My current knowledge is:
In version v1.0.1.0 four new Difficulty levels have been introduced, in addition to the original (hard) difficulty. Difficulty can be changed through the options menu at any time. Difficulty level is not stored in a saved game. It is a global game setting, so you must change the difficulty manually any time you load a saved game where you want a different difficulty.
The Difficulty levels change the following:
Starting cash, rescue loans, and tax income:
Very Easy - 300%
Easy - 200%
Normal - 150%
Hard - 100% (original setting)
Very Hard - 50% (EDIT: 75% according to Brugles reply)
Starting favor and mood (happiness) settings:
(EDIT: mood is the first number; according to Brugles reply)
Very Easy - 80 - 70
Easy - 70 - 60
Normal - 60 - 50
Hard - 60 - 50
Very Hard - 50 - 40
Wolves are not as strong at lower difficulty levels. Enemy invasion strengths have been scaled to difficulty level.
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On very hard in 200-300 inhabitants city the citizens mood is always annoyed.
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Is there something else? How much are "enemy invasions scaled to difficulty levels"? Prices of trade goods are not influenced by difficulty setting?
To start the "very hard" scenario I need to load template of the career map, change the setting to very hard and restart scenario?
I was searching about differences in difficulty levels. My current knowledge is:
In version v1.0.1.0 four new Difficulty levels have been introduced, in addition to the original (hard) difficulty. Difficulty can be changed through the options menu at any time. Difficulty level is not stored in a saved game. It is a global game setting, so you must change the difficulty manually any time you load a saved game where you want a different difficulty.
The Difficulty levels change the following:
Starting cash, rescue loans, and tax income:
Very Easy - 300%
Easy - 200%
Normal - 150%
Hard - 100% (original setting)
Very Hard - 50% (EDIT: 75% according to Brugles reply)
Starting favor and mood (happiness) settings:
(EDIT: mood is the first number; according to Brugles reply)
Very Easy - 80 - 70
Easy - 70 - 60
Normal - 60 - 50
Hard - 60 - 50
Very Hard - 50 - 40
Wolves are not as strong at lower difficulty levels. Enemy invasion strengths have been scaled to difficulty level.
--------------------------------------
On very hard in 200-300 inhabitants city the citizens mood is always annoyed.
--------------------------------------
Is there something else? How much are "enemy invasions scaled to difficulty levels"? Prices of trade goods are not influenced by difficulty setting?
To start the "very hard" scenario I need to load template of the career map, change the setting to very hard and restart scenario?
[This message has been edited by jaroslav80 (edited 11-21-2017 @ 01:17 PM).]