Originally Posted by Guhndahb 
I disagree. The more difficulty options the better. In fact, I dislike easy/normal/hard options because it's far too limiting.
Agreed. Space Rangers 2 also had difficulty sliders that let you customize exactly what you wanted to be more difficult or easy. I would make some options extremely difficult while making some others very easy. Like I'd make my luck the best, but make scientists extremely dumb and make the enemy very hard.