Hey all. With the Royal Rumble mode, has anyone experimented with different difficulty levels? Maybe the AI would be more inclined to eliminate other AI on hard? Also, since I couldn't confirm from the custom character thread, what isn't allowed for a CAW? Thanks for the help.

I have messed with the different AI difficulties for the Royal Rumble, and while I can't fully speak for the other runners (though they would probably agree), it seems that the best AI difficulty to pick is "Easy". I had the same thought as you while messing with attempts, so I know where you are coming from. In theory, it makes sense. In practice, it's seemingly not worth it. While it's true that the AI might be more capable of eliminating others, it also slows down YOUR eliminations greatly. The current times at the top of the boards in Any% pretty much have the player eliminating someone every 15 to 20 seconds, including their ring entrance. This is a tall order on easy, but it would be near impossible on Hard. Not to mention that the AI only has about 10 seconds in between each elimination to do anything, and more often than not they are just attacking the other AI randomly, so eliminations usually occur at about the same rate. Compare the top Royal Rumble Any% times (on Easy) to the Royal Rumble in the top times of the "Road to Wrestlemania" category (assumed on Hard) for reference. The difference isn't pretty. LOL

TL;DR Unless some type of new strategy is discovered, Easy is better than Hard, and it's not even close. It also takes a huge amount of luck and RNG... :)

To your CAW question, I suppose we would need more info? Do you have a specific question? When creating your CAW you can change literally all options. I have a few CAWs with certain movesets OR I just swap moves in and out based on what category I'm running. I also have a few "strong" CAWs with high offensive and defensive stats, and a few "weak" CAWs with low/no offensive and defensive stats. I usually go against a weak CAW when going for exhibition records, but use the strong CAWs for teammates. Touching on the above, I've even dabbled with strong/weak CAWs in the initial four of the Royal Rumble, with varying degrees of success. But again, I think it's more luck-based than anything as I've seen strong CAWs suck and weak CAWs get some serious work done!

Let us know if you have any other questions and good luck on the runs! :)