Difficulty levels & v18.4

I believe that v18.3 there wasn't any difference between the difficulty levels in terms of the AI opponent etc. Is that the case with v18.4?

Nope. All difficulty levels are still the same.

Cheers!

Per chance, what's the set difficulty level?

The base settings, unmodified. So "normal," I guess? The question doesn't really apply.

Also given that a lot of those base values are currently under active development and passive review, it's hard to be sure what difficulty the current game will be comparable to in the final.

Yeah, the difficulty level is set to beta candidate.

For myself, I've been treating it like it's going to be normal (in terms of how I think it should be balanced).