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[Unsupported] Harder Autoresolve (3.0 Compatible)

When CA changed autoresolve in a recent patch, they made it a lot more useful. Too useful, in my opinion. Autoresolve can sometimes even do better than the player now (or maybe I am just bad). In my opinion, autoresolve should be a useful tool for when you are going to crush your enemy or get crushed and you don't care if you lose a few troops in that win.

This mod makes your troops slightly weaker in autoresolve, which has the actual effect of making autoresolve a bit harder. What was a pyrrhic victory is now a valiant defeat.

I have tested the mod quite a bit to determine the ideal level to make the autoresolve slightly (but noticeably) worse than a manual battle without making it completely useless for resolving easy battles.

Edit: 8/30/22
Slight Disclaimers: (1) This mod works by essentially nerfing your army's missile and melee stats during autoresolve only (it does not affect actual battles). I have noticed that in instances where there is a very heavy magic component to your team, this mod may not work perfectly. As a practical matter, this mod works as intended 95%-97% of the time in my experience. (2) I believe - but cannot prove - this mod makes the AI slightly more likely to attack because it feels it has a better chance to win in battles. This could theoretically result in the AI attacking in less than ideal scenarios for itself (rather than waiting for a better opportunity to attack). I don't know for sure if this is the case, but I felt it worth mentioning.

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Like all GOW mods, this mod has been cleaned to minimize potential conflicts with other mods. This means my mod will not accidentally overwrite someone else's mod changes in an unrelated area. My mod will only conflict with mods that change the exact same things I do.