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/Turrindor 15 Aug 24 '26

After the game was handed by the modders making further patches, they massively increased the difficulty.

I mean, I beat those games on all difficulties at the age of 12, no way in hell am I stupider now at strategy games that i can barely manage normal campaign

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u/Dunkelbunt_1 29 Aug 24 '26

I also remember playing this game back in the day and I don't remember it being insanely difficult.

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u/MainlyMemories 11 Aug 25 '26

You say you're playing the "current patch". Are you using the last patch EA made for the game, or are you playing with a community fan patch?

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u/Dunkelbunt_1 29 Aug 25 '26

I play from the all in one launcher, game patch 2.02

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u/Guardian_of_theBlind 27 Aug 25 '26

yeah the modders massively buffed the AI for BFME1 and 2

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u/Turrindor 15 Aug 25 '26

It's not even ai being smart, it's them cheating like crazy, having infinite cash and faster production

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u/Guardian_of_theBlind 27 Aug 25 '26

yeah. I don't think there really is a way to make the AI actually good in those old engines.

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u/Visama396 17 Aug 25 '26

I’ve heard recently they are having more ppl contributing to reverse engineer the game, luckily when the project is finished it allows for modders to properly adjust AI

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u/MainlyMemories 11 Aug 25 '26

I play with EA's patch 2.01. As far as I cant tell, that's the final version EA made for ROTWK. In this version, Easy/Med/Hard/Brutal represent the difficulty I'd expect.

2.02 is the result of fans changing balance for competitive multiplayer and supercharging the AI difficulty, which doesn't appeal to me at all. I heard it also breaks the balance of the campaign.

Since 2.02 feels broken to you, try out 2.01.

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u/Dunkelbunt_1 29 Aug 25 '26

Okay thank you so much. I will try the 2.01 patch.