<t> For the battle AI even some very simple things can help. I note for example that the AI when it is attacking has a logic something like this on its first turn if you just stay back to defend:<br/>
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Sections = getOrderedSectionList() // always left, center, right.<br/>
for each Section in ...

<t> I never really found cavalry too powerful either. Critical yes, but not too powerful. I found that that there was sufficient attrition in cavalry, either losing the odd unit in battle, or in pursuit (if the enemy has any left then he can still kill some of yours) that I never really felt like I ...

<t> I still think a few tweaks are needed. Whilst one could go to harder difficulty, I'm never keen on giving the AI bonuses to cope with such stuff. I think this could be made a better game at normal difficulty with a few tweaks before going to higher difficulty.<br/>
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At the moment it is ...

<t> Just finished my second play through. I had originally thought I'd have a go at Russia, but that never really happened.<br/>
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I actually let Austria live a while in '05, so that I could fight more major battles (VP) and kill more Russians. I finally killed Austria when there seemed no ...

<t> 1805 campaign, middle setting what ever that was called (no bonus to player AI or player).<br/>
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Epic victory. <br/>
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The game seems like a nice simple game, but I'm not totally sure whether I would want to play again as despite a lot of nice things it just felt it was lacking in ...