The new version improves the gameplay in all levels, especially the BAI, the CAI and the strategic formations!
This is the best mod for Empire: Total War as reviewed by thousands of fans.
There are two versions:
The DarthMod Empire Commander (DM)
is closer to vanilla and improves the Gameplay & AI.
The DarthMod Ultimate Commander (DMUC), in addition, includes
hundreds of new units,
dozens of graphics & sound mods
and many selectable gameplay features.
Witness now... Empire: Total War
as the game it should have been... from the beginning.
The recommended difficulty levels are as follows:
Normal Battle / Hard Campaign (The best compromise)
Normal Battle / Very Hard Campaign (The most challenging without headaches about the battle bonuses of AI)
-If you play Normal Campaign difficulty you will notice that the CAI will be the most reasonable but also the most passive. Play that if you find too aggressive the above mentioned.
-The maximum battle difficulty should be Hard. In Hard battle difficulty the land battles play maybe the best but the naval (hard coded) bonuses make the naval battles against AI somewhat uneven. Very hard difficulty level should be avoided because it gives too many bonuses to BAI and it becomes an obvious and frustrating cheat.