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Sencha said:
However, I would like a few things cleared up for me so I can do better. Firstly, does the age you play in effect how difficult the game is? I've started out with early age games and having a somewhat difficult time establishing my nation.
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One of the main strengths of the game is that it has alot of variety. Your best bet is to play all of the nations and get a feel for which one matches YOUR playing mode. Are you into armor, magic, stealth, offense, defense, swarm?
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the ages tend to be that early uses more magic, and late uses more armor. Other than that there shouldnt be a difficulty difference.
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Secondly, how much does map size and player number effect the difficulty? I've been playing small maps with about three or four AI opponents.
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Again it ends up being more about the way you play. Small maps work better for swarm tactics. Various early-game rushes. Large maps work better if you are more of a defensive or researching player. In any case its not so much the size as the number of provinces per player. In the game itself when you "Create a New Game" if you hover on the map sizes then the popup tells you that Illwinter considers a small map to be 10/player, medium is 15/player, and large is 20/player. By the way, to slow down the AI try setting the independents harder. The AI doesnt make as good decisions on how to attack as you do.
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There's just one more issue I'd like to bring up. When I take my turn, I'm doing everything in my power that my current resources and gold allow me to do. I build temples and fortifications when I can. I raise my pd, I am always recruiting, researching, preaching, and forming armies. So I think I'm doing everything right. Yet the AI, who I assume is doing the exact same things, under more or less the same limitations, ends up doing it far better. So I'm wondering if it knows something I don't?
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Sorry, again depending on your play mode. You dont want to leave any of those undone but you should tweak it. Try to figure out the unique strengths of your nation and go with that. In general.. dont make structures too close to each other. PD works better at 6, 11, 21, 35 altho I forget all the reasons for it, but always take at least 1 no matter how poor you get. Try not to be at war with more than one nation at a time.
Gandalf Parker