Blowout at Stone's River and Antietam

[JochenHeiden]

Granted, I just bought this game two weeks ago and I am playing on "colonel" difficulty, but this seems pretty ridiculous.  Am I really good, or is the AI really dumbed-down on easy difficulty?  I have yet to lose a battle.

Edited October 2, 2017 by JochenHeiden

[The Soldier]

If you're playing on the easiest difficulty, it's going to be easy.

[LAVA]

Even on Brigadier General (normal) the stand alone battles seem easier to fight than in the campaign.

Try a couple of the battles on Major General (hard).

If you get a good fight I would suggest you restart your campaign on Brigadier General. And if you are still whooping the AI... well... that is what Major General is all about.

P.S. Be sure to check the little box called Legendary.

[Nick Thomadis]

The difficulty levels were tuned during Early Access using mass feedback. Indeed Easy can be Very Easy. Normal can be Easy. Apparently though the majority (or vocal minority) was pleased with this balance and we have kept it. 

Major General and Legendary difficulties should be more than sufficient for players needing enough challenge.

PS.

In your image the AI is "forced" to attack in a battle scenario, having almost half the forces of yours. Some players like to steamroll the AI in this exact fashion, so we offered this to them.

[JochenHeiden]

I just blew out the CSA at Chancellorsville too.  I routed, captured or killed 100% of the enemy forces.  The battle ended because they had 0 troops left on the field.  I definitely need to up the difficulty level!

[Hitorishizuka]

10 hours ago, Nick Thomadis said:

The difficulty levels were tuned during Early Access using mass feedback. Indeed Easy can be Very Easy. Normal can be Easy. Apparently though the majority (or vocal minority) was pleased with this balance and we have kept it. 

There are definitely posters here and elsewhere who have problems on Normal (no shame there) so that really probably was a good change.

[Nick Thomadis]

5 hours ago, Hitorishizuka said:

There are definitely posters here and elsewhere who have problems on Normal (no shame there) so that really probably was a good change.

Yes it was, we had to respect people who just wanted to enjoy the game and have fun with it. Surely it is not impossible to crush the AI using normal tactics allowed by the game, but I know that UGCW is one of the most cheated games out there  so we should not depend only from feedback asking for an even more difficult game.

[Grimthaur]

You had twice their numbers at stones river and a 1vs3 killratio. Losing 10k vs 30k on MG or legendary would be a pyrrhic victory, you just cant replace those losses as easy as on Colonel. Just treat Colonel as a Turtorial, if its too easy for you