This might be usefull for someone feeling like the “jumps” are too big between the difficulties.Īs has been advertised, the DE AI also have a lot of new options in terms of allied taunt commands. In terms of overall difficulty I also made a list from easiest to hardest. Hardest.130 vills.1650 Harder to rush than the HD AIĮxtreme.130 vills.1725 Gets better lategame Only on easiest, hardest and extreme.ĭE AI.Maximum.HD eloĮasiest.7 vills.1100? Passive. Unlike what one might expect, the DE AI isn’t stronger than the HD AI on all difficulty levels. (The currently best AI) The DE AI also have a funky habit of over expanding, sometimes making buildings and mining resources inside the enemy base. It does some things that seem more human like – luring deer, drushing, move units in groups, rebuild its base behind its allies, build defensive towers, avoid tc fire – however many of these features tend to bug out and the DE AI will still suicide a lot more units to the TC than the voobly barbarian AI. The DE AI doesn’t feel like an updated HD AI. HD AI.Maximum.HD ELOĮasiest.7 vills.1000? Passive. The AI still puts up a good fight against newer players, however even the hardest difficulties are very easy to abuse with towers or archer rush. Instead of adjusting the difficulty levels to include ‘extreme’ they just made ‘hardest’ and ‘extreme’ the same. The HD AI have not been changed at all for DE. The DE AI does not seem to have a similar option. Neither the HD nor the DE AI’s cheat though the “200” taunt will make the HD AI get extra ressources, which will give it a big boost, mainly early game. Most testing of the easier difficulties has been done with AI vs AI fighting in 4v4’s. However in lack of a better objective measuring tool -and considering that this review is mainly aimed at casual players rather than those who can beat the hardest DE AI- I think it serves the purpose. One might even argue that accurate rating doesn’t really exist under 1600 on HD if at all. Especially on the lowest difficulties as I haven’t played much against players under 1500 elo. The ratings of difficulty are rough estimates of corresponding HD elo on arabia and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Since my pc is too much of a potato for DE multiplayer I spend some time testing the random map AI’s of DE compared to HD.

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