Handicap (Sorry gotta ask)

[Saldrin]

Stupid question, I know... but how does skirmish vs AI handicap work? If I put it at a -#, does it make it more challenging or less?

[SgtRicko]

The higher the percentage, the less rescources the comps start out with. Easy;)

[Spider786]

is it resources?, i thought it was its units armour is reduced by that %.

[JBV3737]

its armor i believe, not money. all i know if two mamoths face each other and one of them is at -95% the other one will kill the other one 95% faster :lol:

[Spider786]

its armor i believe, not money. all i know if two mamoths face each other and one of them is at -95% the other one will kill the other one 95% faster :lol:
yup, thats what i thought so.

[a15995]

yup, thats what i thought so.

This may sound stupid but this means that the player selecting e.g. -50% will have a disadvantage over the other players?

So, the strong player selects the handicap in order to even out differences in experience?

(I mean: in golf the handicap is given to the weak player - so this is opposite, right?)

/Søren

[SgtRicko]

I'm pretty sure that it also nerfs the amount of money you start out with, because the comp seems to build more slowly too. It's most noticeable with a brutal AI.