The endgame is slow its true but I'd say only 10% of my games make it to the end. I'm too lazy or sloppy really for deity play in the ancient era.I'll forget to send a delegation and really can't be bothered to sell DF and resources, but I am pretty good at holding off a barbarian raiding party with a warrior and a scout So going Immortal/Deity all the time on epic speed means many MANY failures to barbs or AI (I can beat them back but then I'm so far behind in other areas.) but every once in a while a nice map rolls up with everything aligned for a good start and then I can work to beat the AI while playing to a civ's traits. The problem is also I can't be bothered with Emperor level anymore, as if its a nice map I've beaten the AI by the medieval and if its a boring map its a boring game (for me). I'm more likely to go with standard speed on a small map, but mostly I play standard or large maps at epic pacing. I blame my committment to epic speed for giving me an unwieldy list of savegames from the classical-renaissance eras. One other thing to note is that while civilian units are less affected by game speed, slower speeds do benefit them. I also feel daunted by how long of production/expensive everything is. Theoretically units should stay relevant the longest and as such this should be the ideal domination speed. Haven't played a ton of marathon games but this is the sense I get every time I try it. Marathon - I seem to fight more units in general. If I plan to play pacificst/super limited aggression I go standard though just for a quicker game.Įpic - This is the sweet spot for me. Standard - Unit upgrades are lose relevancy too fast.

Unless it was just to try it out, and I obviously didn't like it. I don't think I've played anything at less than standard speed. I know it's all scaled and it's just a feeling. While my units stay relevant longer I feel like there are just more enemies to fight both civs and barbarians. Right now I'm playing a marathon game with Sumeria and I swear I've done better in epic before. For some reason Epic seems to work best for me. I looked at some of those since I change speeds around.

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