Orcs on the march - difficultly the same as AP?

[malcolmm]

I only played AP once, at normal difficulty. Great fun, but since I had previously played Legend, it was pretty easy.

I want to play Orcs on the march, and I am wondering what difficulty to choose. If I were replaying AP I would choose hard. I am wondering if Orcs on the march is of similar difficulty as AP, or have the changes made it more difficult.

[Jaedar]

I think its a bit easier, since there are more high-level units to purchase on the first island.

[Saiko Kila]

I think its a bit easier, since there are more high-level units to purchase on the first island.

But they may be sucky ones, like in my case (no paladins, demonologists etc.). And with mage at least I can recruit 0/0 of them thanks to slim leadership. I think it's still quite random. But since you can check what units you get (savegame scanner) you could always restart if fate didn't smile on you.