jimbob27 said:I don't think persisting with noble is nessesarily the best thing to do. You can quite easily make an intermediate difficulty just using the custom game options.
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tweaking a warlord level game to make it harder is obviously not very far from tweaking the noble level game to make it easier!
So basically i agree with you, but would choose noble level (to get used to the pace) with all favourable settings.
Like choosing your favourite leader, on a smaller map, at epic or marathon speed.