So I have been messing around with immortal and looking at some guides/advice but I find a lot is geared towards normal size map and when it is geared to huge size map people seem to like to put 17 civs in which both I feel really puts a cap on the AI's early expansion advantage. What are some tips to keep up if you are playing with say 9 civs on huge/epic? I've had some success militarily with Darius + immortal rushes but even after I crush 3/4 of a nearby civ (I haven't tried that many times so haven't finished one off yet in my trial games) my empire is still on the small size and my economy is too weak leading to a massive tech disadvantage (and the nothing left to build but units problem). In terms of my current 'regular play' I win easily on prince with no huts and no cheating in the same settings and can win pretty comfortably on monarch with strong leaders (for my style of play that means fin or org trait). I generally win a space victory but usually have an insurmountable tech lead for much of the game allowing me to win most ways i want.