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Colonel level against Athena I like the idea of giving the AI a recruitment and combat boost to make the game more challenging. However the movement boost is completely unrealistic. In my current game the AI marched a 30K+ army from somewhere south of Fredericksburg all the way to Baltimore in 8 days. I had forces in Alexandria Washington Baltimore and Annapolis in its route so the rebs fought 3 battles as well as crossing 3 rivers in early November in 8 days. This is a)Impossible and b)stupid as no doubt Richmond is completely undefended and I may be able to win in 2 more moves.


I lke Ageod games for their realistic strategy but it seems when you increase the difficulty it just becomes silly.

That's the reason I don't play on Colonel. The movement bonus is too high.

I agree. Therefore, I usually play on lieutenant level but using the options to improve the performance of the AI, such as detection bonus, activation bonus and give AI more time.

err, Colonel level is +20% move speed... This don't strike me as an insane move speed bonus. A strong one, perhaps but nothing that impossible. Just consider they succeed quite often in forced marching. Plus, the AI has been revised to never get a combat bonus ... Just so you wonder if it has some or not.