Best AI settings for two player coop?

[kesuga7]

Me and a friend who play many rts games just downloaded gladius and we did a coop campaign.
Standard settings (Very hard difficulty) vs 2 very hard AI's on a team and 1 separate very hard AI on another.

We did not run into the other factions at all while we were fighting wildlife near our bases and when we did encounter the AI we had two cities and maybe tier 5 or 6 research. They sent an ENDLESS supply of tanks and high tier units like gorkanaughts towards that we had no hope of pushing back with our 4 ish leman russ tanks.

Are there better settings to have a fun vs AI experience or are we just noobs

[Foxassassin]

Originally posted by kesuga7:

Are there better settings to have a fun vs AI experience or are we just noobs

Both. The first is subjective. Anyone can enjoy various settings. I can't comment much besides take some time and try various settings to find a sweet spot for you and your friend where you feel comfortable but still enjoy it. Also, be weary of putting AI on higher difficulties on teams. They will co-ordinate. Meaning you're essentially fighting -one- AI with double units.

If you like larger maps, considering putting in some AI, something weaker than the 'threat' of the match. You still have a chance to spawn next to the Team/high difficulty AI, but for each AI you add in, is one that might be fighting them first. One that you could fight for land early all while giving you and your partner time to build up resources and units.

For example. My go-to is (Modded) extra large maps with 11-13 AI, one of each faction, usually. Sometimes I'll set up a team of 4-5, sometimes multiple teams of 2, on a higher difficulty. Sometimes the 'threat' will be a faction set on Impossible and pray they don't spawn directly next to one of us. The rest of the AI would be set on Strong+

The second? I can't comment on much given the details given. If all you had were Leman tanks, then yes, something was wrong. If it were a hyperbole then, again, I can't comment.

If you're both new then it's a pretty safe bet things can be improved for next time. Gladius is an absolute learning experience with too many facets to just list off unprompted.

Edit:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2571507843


Mod in question. I highly recommend it to play with settings. Just be careful of going too extreme. Crashes and lockups can happen. Both players involved also need the mod.

[Stardustfire]

very personal thing. but a general tip woud be to disable the quests, they are hindering after the first run for each faction to read all the fluff in solo play, and in MP it woud be a total roadstop when one player wins by quest. not to mentation the total chaos of multiple Human player Quests enemys and locations pop up.

[Jey]

Originally posted by kesuga7:

Are there better settings to have a fun vs AI experience or are we just noobs

Why would you play against very hard AI if you don't know how to play the game?
Play against a standard AI, that's already challenging enough when you begin.

As for a "fun" experience, it's extremely subjective. Play around with the settings (game speed, tech cost...) and see what you like.

[Maestro Rugosa]

Originally posted by Jey:

Originally posted by kesuga7:

Are there better settings to have a fun vs AI experience or are we just noobs

Why would you play against very hard AI if you don't know how to play the game?

+1