I remember trying the Pachacuti or something, the Inca campagin, but I think I already got stuck in the 2nd level.Д«ut I understand it didn't get any easier in spite of feedback everywhere that the AI in campaign is too hard :( I just wish there was an easier setting than Standard. I think it also happened in the early levels of the Joan of Arc campaign, but I can't quite remember.

Sometimes that doesn't matter, especially for later/harder levels. It feels like I should look up strategies cause I can't win on my own. Now it feels like I should be super quick and know exactly what units and building to make in the best order. Back in the days I just tried stuff and it worked out.

In Starcraft I kinda know which units are good against which, a good building order, not taking too long, etc.Д«ut I am clueless in AoE. However, this is just my personal opinion and in no way a universal experience.ДЇrom what I gathered (also when Googling) the AI is significantly harder in the campaigns than in the original game.ДЄnd while I understand it's fun to have smarter AI, it's not when it just gets unplayable for rookie/casual players. Hautevilles (rated three-swords) is at most a two-sword and Grand Dukes (rated two-swords) seems balanced to me. With Lords of the West, Edward Longshanks (also rated one-sword) only brought a real challenge to me on scenarios 2 and 4 on hard difficulty, but even then I managed to win them. A&K's one-sword reminds me of Tariq's one-sword. Jadwiga and Jan Zizka seem more balanced, some easier scenarios, some harder scenarios. The Algirdas and Kestutis is rated one-sword but on moderate difficulty the enemies build Trebuchets on literally every scenario and then they even seem to combine the attacks against you as if it were a 'defend against a siege' scenario. I've done them all on standard and, with few exceptions, most scenarios weren't easy at all (now I'm doing them on moderate). I've also noticed the new campaigns to be quite hard. But yeah, as far as I know, the AI has been updated in the background to be a bit more smart.

I mean I've beat every campaign mission on hard by now but tend to play easier difficulties to just mess around with the AI or something. But yeah, I usually play on the middle difficulty and it was significantly more difficult than I was used to. Originally posted by Constantine XI:I've noticed that there is an increase in the difficulty on the new expansion AI, but I haven't played any of the others for a while.

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