Quick Ways to increase difficulty

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I have been playing E:WOM since beta3 and I think a lot of folks will agree with me that the game is currently too easy. There are a few reasons why the game is easy. Without delving into balance/AI changes, I think there are a handful of things the devs could implement to add a lot more challenge to the game. Some of these shouldn't be too ahrd to add either.

  1. Teams- I would like to be able to have 10 AI's on ridiculous starting united on a team against me.
  2. AI Bonus Sliders- It would be nice If I could keep increasing the health bonus/ Resource bonus of the AI's.
  3. Free Turns/Setup- This one would take a little bit of time to implement but I think it would b worth it. SOS has a similar mechanic where you can choose how many planets a player starts with. Well it would be nice If I could have the AI start with a city partially developed (maybe leevel 2 or something). If nothing else, the devs could implement a system where hte players starts later in the game say turn 50 to give the AI a leg up.

 

These would all be optional modes of play. I just think adding some of these could be a quick fix until Frogboy has time to buff the AI.

 

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

For number 3 I meant SOTS (Sword of the stars). Sorry bout that.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I respect your suggestions, but I think the time and resources required would be much better spent on making the game more interesting and accessable to new players. If the Elemental franchise is to become what we hope, we are going to need a lot of new players. The franchise needs more than a handful of hardcore players.

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Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I think the game has to move away from %bonuses to AI on increased difficulty. Instead phase out some of them(HP) with increased AI hostility to you and increased cooperation amongst themselves. I like resource bonuses but hp bonuses are too in your face. His guys are just 3 times as good as yours! What needs done the most is Tactical AI, and Diplomacy. If those are fixed it will be a whole new ball game.

For increased difficulty try my Tactical Rebalance Mod v0.9, and Heavenfall's AI Tweak mod.

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Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Dsraider, reply 4
For increased difficulty try my Tactical Rebalance Mod v0.9, and Heavenfall's AI Tweak mod.

 

I would like to thank you for pointing out these two mods. I'll definitely give them a go next week. Thanks