Yea, my friends are kind of confused why the jump is so drastic. Hardest and up is fairly difficult for anyone other than regular players that have a good understanding of build orders, tactics and counters. The DE AI is the most consistent and balanced of the three, the moderate difficulty would be equivalent to a 600 Elo player or there about, the HARD level on the DE AI is a challenge if you are a novice player but if you know how the AI “thinks” then it is reasonably easy to beat. The HD AI is a little tougher, just keep in mind the jump from Standard to Medium is quiet big in difficulty. The easiest AI is the CD AI, even on HARD it is fairly easy to defeat if you are a relatively competent player and know some basic build orders. CD AI is the original AI that came with the first expansion way back when, and HD AI is as it says, it’s the AI that came with the HD upgrade. The DE AI option is the new AI that comes with the DE upgrade. You have three choices if you haven’t installed any data packs.ĬD AI, HD AI and DE AI.
It comes down to which AI pack you allocate to the AI players. The next five should go into gold.Īt this point, the game varies to much for it to be possible to use a constant strategy.There is a way to sort of split them.
When he's finished, send him back to woodcutting.
While this is being done, select your scout, and set concentric waypoints around your base, in order to find sources of food as quickly as possible.The first thing you want to do is to select all you villagers and build three houses. OK, so you start with 3 villagers - and a scout.You shouldn't stay there more than fifteen minutes (based on the game's inbuilt clock) and should have 29 villagers before upgrading to Feudal. You will want to build up the foundations of an efficient economy without taking up too much time. It's also the most important when it comes to economy. The dark age is probably the roughest part of the game, and the least fun.