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Better Campaign Difficulty (Slow Edition)

• Removes PLAYER public order difficulty penalty

• Reworked additional army penalty cost for both PLAYER & AI

Additional army penalty changes are as followed:

• Easy unchanged
• Normal from +2% to +3%
• Hard from +7% to +5%
• Very Hard from +15% to +7%
• Legendary from +15% to +10%

• Removes PLAYER upkeep difficulty penalty cost
• Removes PLAYER intrigue difficulty penalty cost

• Removes AI attrition resistance difficulty buff
• Removes AI settlement occupation attrition resistance difficulty buff
• Reworked attrition levels across the board for both PLAYER & AI to be more deadly

Attrition changes are as followed:

• Easy from base -10% to -15%
• Normal unchanged
• Hard from +5% to +15%
• Very Hard from +10% to +25%
• Legendary from +15% to +35%

• Removes AI campaign casualty replenishment rate difficulty buff
• Removes AI character casualty replenishment rate difficulty buff
• Removes PLAYER campaign casualty replenishment rate difficulty penalty
• Removes PLAYER character casualty replenishment rate difficulty penalty

• Reworked recruitment cost for AI

Recruitment cost changes are as followed:

• Easy unchanged
• Normal from -30% to -5%
• Hard from -50% to -10%
• Very Hard from -60% to -15%
• Legendary from -70% to -20%

• Reworked occupation cost for AI

Occupation cost changes are as followed:

• Easy from -100% to -50% (so it still costs them something)
• Normal from -100% to 0% (equal to the player's base value)
• Hard from -100% to +50% (ai punishment to stop fast ai domination)
• Very Hard from -100% to +100% (ai punishment to stop fast ai domination)
• Legendary from -100% to +150% (ai punishment to stop fast ai domination)

• Removes AI recruitment points difficulty buff
• Removes AI settlement growth difficulty buff
• Removes AI vortex ritual currency difficulty buff

How This Version Differs:

• Increases base research speed from 0% to +50%
• Increases stance march speed from 50% to 75%
• Increases stance double time/ full speed ahead speed from 50% to 100%
• Reduces base attrition resistance turns from 6 to 4


I made this mod for two core reasons. I like a challenge in my game, and I also like things to be sped up so to speak (although this version is more relaxed about some of those ideas)... as these things can otherwise take up a lot of our time.

There is quite a number of things I dislike about advancing into higher campaign difficulties, as is there quite a number of things I like about it too; such as one save slot per campaign, no battle orders on pause, AI currency bonuses (as they're not smart enough to spend it wisely, so better they just have more to spend... plus it makes them more rewarding to defeat).

On the other hand, I hate that as the player you're permanently punished from start to finish in ways that are but a nuisance, which ultimately fails to make the game more difficult and instead succeeds in making it more tedious.
So TL;DR, I went through and nitpicked at the data tables and changed what I personally thought will make for a more enjoyable hard, very hard and legendary campaign whilst also keeping easy and normal in mind for balancing purposes so this mod can be enjoyed by all.

This mod has gone through lots of changes since it's release and has taken community feedback into consideration as the game has been updated. There is another version (the original) on my workshop that has more features than this mod, increasing the pace of a campaign further, so feel free to check that out if you don't get along with this one.

I've also got a little project called W.I.E.S that is an ongoing steam collection of mods that I have personally combined and rigorously tested, in order to create my ideal modded experience (namely for Vortex campaigns). It's fun. Check it out, currently all in working order for The Prophet and Warlock. Thanks to the amazing TW modding community for making this possible!