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From: FloPinguin <25036848+FloPinguin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:07:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Change=20public=20game=20difficulty=20to=20Easy?=
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## Description:

Multiple people in the game-feedback dc channel are complaining that
nations are too strong. To make the FFAs feel more like `PvP` instead of
`PvPvE`, switch to the easy difficulty.

Unlike humans, the easy nations cannot execute parallel bot attacks at
all, making them expand much slower.
Also their `maxTroops`, `troopIncreaseRate` and `startManpower` configs
are lower than the human ones.
They are easier to ally, etc...
And I have some dumbing-down ideas ready.

**Proposal:** We could introduce "modifiers" to public games in the
future: Higher difficulty nations (for people who like PvPvE), random
spawn, compact map, MIRVs disabled, ...

## Please complete the following:

- [X] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [X] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [X] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [X] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced

## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:

FloPinguin
---
 src/server/MapPlaylist.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/server/MapPlaylist.ts b/src/server/MapPlaylist.ts
index fb9e121a3..dacc005b6 100644
--- a/src/server/MapPlaylist.ts
+++ b/src/server/MapPlaylist.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class MapPlaylist {
       maxPlayers: config.lobbyMaxPlayers(map, mode, playerTeams),
       gameType: GameType.Public,
       gameMapSize: GameMapSize.Normal,
-      difficulty: Difficulty.Medium,
+      difficulty: Difficulty.Easy,
       infiniteGold: false,
       infiniteTroops: false,
       maxTimerValue: undefined,