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Bowmangr Feb 9, 2017 @ 6:40am
Changing battle difficulty in-game doesn't do anything?
I started a campaign on Hard and tried to change battle difficulty to Normal as I find the cheating AI idea ridiculous but as far as I can see it still receives a +5 Leadership bonus. What's wrong? Is this a bug?
Last edited by Bowmangr; Feb 9, 2017 @ 6:41am
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Bowmangr Feb 10, 2017 @ 12:54am 
Bump. Seriously? Noone knows about this? :O
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StarofTanuki Feb 10, 2017 @ 12:55am 
leader buff ?
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Bowmangr Feb 10, 2017 @ 12:57am 
Originally posted by >Last Stardust .,~*:
leader buff ?

It says "Difficulty +5" as a modifier over all enemy units so I guess not
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Laef Feb 10, 2017 @ 1:01am 
Strange, I was under the impression that it removed all that. I'll have a look when I play tomorrow.
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Bowmangr Feb 10, 2017 @ 1:12am 
Originally posted by Laef:
Strange, I was under the impression that it removed all that. I'll have a look when I play tomorrow.

I just bought the game and I want to have a smarter and challenging AI when in campaign map but NOT a cheating AI while in combat.

So here is what I did:
I started a new game in Hard difficulty with the Empire, played the first battle, then after the battle I went to Campaign Options and changed the Battle difficulty to Normal.

When I played the next battle, when I mouse over over the enemy stats, it still shows a +5 Leadership modifier due to difficulty just like it did while I was playing the first battle on Hard.

This looks like a bug. I really don't want to play the battle with AI getting ridiculous buffs (aka cheats) but I DO want the AI to be more challenging on the campaign map.
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Decomposed Feb 10, 2017 @ 1:37am 
Restart the campaign.

Choose Hard difficulty and Normal Battle difficulty on the menu before you begin the campaign.

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Bowmangr Feb 10, 2017 @ 1:47am 
Originally posted by Decomposed:
Restart the campaign.

Choose Hard difficulty and Normal Battle difficulty on the menu before you begin the campaign.

How? There is only one slider there?
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Laef Feb 10, 2017 @ 1:58am 
Originally posted by Decomposed:
Restart the campaign.

Choose Hard difficulty and Normal Battle difficulty on the menu before you begin the campaign.

You only have the option for battle difficulty once the campaign has started.

Yeah, I just tested this, it appears battle difficulty does not do anything. Super strange.
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Laef Feb 10, 2017 @ 2:05am 
https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/179349/battle-difficulty-slider-doesnt-work-correctly

Apparently this has been a known bug since at least July 2016. It still hasn't been fixed I guess.
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Bowmangr Feb 10, 2017 @ 2:16am 
Originally posted by Laef:
https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/179349/battle-difficulty-slider-doesnt-work-correctly

Apparently this has been a known bug since at least July 2016. It still hasn't been fixed I guess.

Wow, that's actually pretty lame for such a high profile game....
So we are either stuck with an AI getting buffed in combat on Hard or a passive AI in campaign map on Normal. Lame..... :(
Last edited by Bowmangr; Feb 10, 2017 @ 2:17am
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Decomposed Feb 10, 2017 @ 2:37am 
Originally posted by Bowmangr:
Originally posted by Decomposed:
Restart the campaign.

Choose Hard difficulty and Normal Battle difficulty on the menu before you begin the campaign.

How? There is only one slider there?
IIRC you can change the battle difficulty before you begin the campaign. It's somewhere in the settings. I'm not on my PC now and can't direct you exactly.
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StarofTanuki Feb 10, 2017 @ 3:06am 
guy i was tested on very hard and normal battle difficult , it + 10 leadership

i think it's about " campaign " difficult
Last edited by StarofTanuki; Feb 10, 2017 @ 3:07am
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Laef Feb 10, 2017 @ 11:33am 
Originally posted by Decomposed:
Originally posted by Bowmangr:

How? There is only one slider there?
IIRC you can change the battle difficulty before you begin the campaign. It's somewhere in the settings. I'm not on my PC now and can't direct you exactly.

In previous titles yes, not in this one. You only have the option for campaign difficulty. You cannot change battle difficulty until the game starts. The battle difficulty slider does not work.

It has been brought to the attention of CA, and it seems they have not fixed it.

Heres another thread with CA aknowledging it doesn't work and claiming to be fixing it. Yet, here we are, many months later and its still a problem.

https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/177788/campaign-battle-difficulty-bug?new=1
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Angarvin Feb 10, 2017 @ 12:30pm 
Originally posted by Bowmangr:
I want to have a smarter and challenging AI when in campaign map but NOT a cheating AI while in combat.

nope. challenging AI comes from mods like
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=800689133

vanilla AI is permadumb and forever cheating. as if that's not enough you get debuffs like permaunhappy populace. there are mods for those too.

you get the idea.
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Qinshi Feb 10, 2017 @ 1:15pm 
This is strange tbh.
As i'm pretty sure that when you go from Normal -> Easy battle difficulty during a campaign, it does work.
Prob only a bug between Hard -> Normal
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