Difficulty (EU2012)

Starting Funds

Difficulty	North America	South America	Europa	Africa	Asia
Easy	§465				§315
Normal
Classic	§300
Impossible

Easy

• 150% of monthly funds income
• Base global panic starts at 0
• Most alien activity only raises panic by 1 if left unchecked
• Aliens are dumber, and there aren't as many of them
• Your soldiers have 1 bonus hitpoint
• Soldiers cost $10
• You receive officer training school

Normal

• 100% of monthly funds income
• Base global panic starts at 0
• Most minor alien activity raises panic by 1 in left unchecked with some events doing up to 3
• Soldiers have no bonus hitpoints
• Soldiers cost $10
• 35 units of starting Power
• You receive officer training school

Classic

• 100% of monthly funds income
• Base global panic starts at 8 (1 per location)
• If unchecked alien activity causes at least 1 panic, but will often cause 2 or 3
• There are even more aliens per mission
• Aliens receive bonuses: accuracy (10%), critical chance and/or damage (must be proven).
• Alien AI is unshackled
• Soldiers have -1 hitpoint
• Soldiers cost $15
• 30 units of free electricity
• You receive no officer training school

Impossible

• 100% of monthly funds income
• Base global panic starts at 16 (2 per location)
• If unchecked alien activity causes at least 2 panic, but will often cause even more
• There are even more aliens per mission
• Aliens receive bonuses: hitpoints, accuracy (10%), critical chance and/or damage (must be proven).
• Alien AI is unshackled
• Soldiers have -2 hitpoints
• Soldiers cost $15
• 30 units of free electricity
• You receive no officer training school