Difficulty

Difficulty settings in BlackICE.

## Difficulty Options

There are five difficulty settings you can choose from.

* Production Efficiency Cap: **+10.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **-10.00%**
* Max Planning: **+10%**
* Amphibious Invasion Speed: **+5.00%**
* Invasion Preparation Time **-5.00%**
* Research Time: **-3.00%**
* Supply Consumption: **-10.0%**
* Out of Supply: **-10.00%**
* Production Efficiency Retention: **+100.00%**
* Free Repair: **+20.00%**
* Factory Repair Speed: **+20.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **-5.00%**
* Escort Efficiency: **+10.0%**
* Division Attrition: **-50.0%**
* Heat Attrition: **-50.00%**
 **Recruit**I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory. Good Luck!"
* Production Efficiency Cap: **+5.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **-5.00%**
* Max Planning: **+5%**
* Amphibious Invasion Speed: **+10.00%**
* Invasion Preparation Time **-10.00%**
* Research Time: **-6.00%**
* Supply Consumption: **-15.0%**
* Out of Supply: **-15.00%**
* Production Efficiency Retention: **+100.00%**
* Free Repair: **+30.00%**
* Factory Repair Speed: **+30.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **-10.00%**
* Division Attrition: **-55.0%**
* Heat Attrition: **-55.00%**
 **Regular**"For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again."
* Amphibious Invasion Speed: **+15.00%**
* Invasion Preparation Time **-15.00%**
* Research Time: **-9.00%**
* Supply Consumption: **-20.0%**
* Out of Supply: **-20.00%**
* Production Efficiency Retention: **+100.00%**
* Free Repair: **+40.00%**
* Factory Repair Speed: **+40.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **-15.00%**
* Division Attrition: **-60.0%**
* Heat Attrition: **-60.00%**
 **Veteran**"Thirty years from now when you're sitting by your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks, 'What did you do in the great World War Two?' you won't have to cough and say, 'Well your granddaddy shovelled shit in Louisiana.'"
* Production Efficiency Cap: **-10.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **+10.00%**
* Max Planning: **-10%**
* Amphibious Invasion Speed: **+15.00%**
* Invasion Preparation Time **-15.00%**
* Research Time: **-12.00%**
* Supply Consumption: **-25.0%**
* Out of Supply: **-25.00%**
* Production Efficiency Retention: **+100.00%**
* Free Repair: **+50.00%**
* Factory Repair Speed: **+50.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **-20.00%**
* Division Attrition: **-65.0%**
* Heat Attrition: **-65.00%**
 **BICE Mode**"BICE IS LIFE""Brutally unfair. Be ready to watch as years of preparation is undone by nearly unlimited enemies. Designed to make grown men cry. The only mode that matters. This separates the men from the boys. Winning this would make Panzeroo proud!"
* Production Efficiency Cap: **-15.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **+20.00%**
* Max Planning: **-15%**
* Amphibious Invasion Speed: **+20.00%**
* Invasion Preparation Time **-20.00%**
* Research Time: **-15.00%**
* Supply Consumption: **-30.0%**
* Out of Supply: **-30.00%**
* Production Efficiency Retention: **+100.00%**
* Free Repair: **+60.00%**
* Factory Repair Speed: **+60.00%**
* Lack of Resources Penalty: **-20.00%**
* Division Attrition: **-70.0%**
* Heat Attrition: **-70.00%**
* Winter Attrition: **-70.0%**

## Customize Difficulty

You have the option to further customize the difficulty by modifying individual countries or groups of countries. There are options to improve or weaken nations.