What does "Against the odds" review strategy do other than give you more money and reputation?

[Wilhelmina]

I would assume it makes the battle harder somehow, but how exactly? Morale buffs for the enemy? larger enemy forces, other random stat buffs? I cant find any information on this so any answers are much appreciated. Thank you.

[-SIBERIANWOLF-]

^this and why in some missions its also a victory wehn i retreat ?

[[〼]シ]

During naval and amphibious missions the enemies are generally more experienced.
The class of ships the you have to push up against during engagements
at sea also increases.
(i.e. players have to face Endymion or Leda Frigates instead of Unity Frigates early game).

While on normal difficulty the player can choose between lower class opponents
or higher classed. I suppose that if you choose go against the odds on the hardest
difficulty the enemy inflicts even more damage than you could do respectively.
Basically troops of higher experience will have faster morale and stamina regeneration.

I have found no evidence that mission objectives are other than the regular.
Could it be the mission-goal was not described clear enough in regard to the
possible retreat of your units?

[-SIBERIANWOLF-]

@ hanshek
in objcts in motion i can retreat the fleet or eliminate the enemy fleet never retreted so i dont know what happens exactly but i tryed it till the victory screen ??? sooo i can fight and get damage which i can repair with the money i got from the victory or i can retreat and get the money for that??? i am confused ???

[-SIBERIANWOLF-]

and i started the misson with against the odd thing and after with the follow the order and i see no diffrence in the ships or any thing else

[pandakraut]

In some battles your the main objective is to save certain ships. These battles also tend to allow you to win by destroying all enemy units if you prefer.

The against all odds select is moving the difficulty you selected at the beginning of the campaign up or down for the selected battle. This can result in a change to enemy experience, equipment, and rate of ship. Depending on the battle the changes might not be as obvious as ship rate however.