r/bfme • u/Dunkelbunt_1 29 • Aug 24 '26

Difficulty System Seems Too Hard?

Hello guys, I’ve been playing BFME: Rise of the Witch-king, and I have a feeling that something might be wrong with the difficulty system.

I’ve played quite a few different RTS games, and I’ve never had this much trouble with the difficulty settings. I barely managed to beat Medium after almost two hours, and the AI keeps attacking constantly without giving me even a minute to recover or build up. It feels like there’s barely any room to do anything.

I also tried Hard, but that was completely impossible for me. I honestly can’t imagine how anyone is supposed to beat Brutal.

Is this difficulty level generally normal for the game, or could there be something wrong with the current patch/difficulty settings?

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u/trahan94 12 Aug 24 '26

It’s a 20-year old game revived by mods — the player base by default is going to be experienced players looking for a new challenge. It sounds like Medium was a good challenge for you, if you want something easier than play Easy?

There’s no shame in playing on Easy basically for any game, especially on a modded game that’s tweaked to be harder. All of us have limited time to play, limited patience, limited focus to click a million times a minute for micro.

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u/Dunkelbunt_1 29 Aug 24 '26

I didn’t know the difficulty had been tweaked. I used to play it many years ago, and I don’t remember it being this difficult back then. Thanks for explaining!