Story Time!
Having last played Civ. 4 in 2009, I went to Civ. 5 after it was released. It kinda sucked so I went to Europa Universalis 3 and Hearts of Iron 3 for some time. Came back to Civ. 5 after GK expansion and it still sucked beyond salvation (Seriously man, who in hell made this limited and messed up but with better GUI, game?).
Alright, after playing GK for two weeks, I went to Victoria 2. After BNW was released I said: Heh, traderoutes ey, world congress ey? Fine let's give it another chance. And I regretted it. Lately I've been using mods for Civ. 5 like [SuperPower Mod + Civ. 4 Diplomacy + City State Diplomacy + Reseed + QuickTurns + IronMan Speed] and while it felt great with all these mods, some bug happened that I couldn't continue past turn 1320 or something. So I decided its time to revisit Civ. 4 after I heard that the initial dev. team that made previous Civs Series left and someone else made Civ. 5 I thought that Civ. 4 must be even more awesome with mods so I returned and tried this (AND followed by AND2) and I am so happy! Currently Japan turn 850 on Epic.
But the problem I have is not a problem, its amazement. Cities break off and form new nations, rebels spawn because of logical reasons. You are limited to expansion because of logical reasons. Battles can be awesome (I made it 2UPT) and on Prince I've been forced to make concessions to Ethiopia after Stalin (yes, Stalin) formed the Russian Nation after rebelling in an Ethiopian City.
Afterwards, he asked me to vassalize him, I accepted not knowing this would thrust me in his war against Ethiopia. After 5 turns, he wants to join my nation (what?) I was happy but this city of his was on the other side of the continent, so since my well developed and happy nation is doing well and that lonely city is well defended AND that I can't for some reason attack Ethiopia's city since I just fail, I just make peace after 10 turns and afterwards gift Ethiopia his city back because it seemed a nice gesture.
I am thoroughly impressed with this game and mod. Its such a HUGE leap from Civ. 5.
But Anyway, long story short, what would be the best settings for an avid Civ. 5 player?
I currently play Gigantic/Custom Continents(5)/Prince/25 Nations(Way more now apparently)
In the future, I am thinking of trying the Monarch Dificulty.
PS: The AI Actually does logical and awesome things now. God, who the hell designed Civ. 5.
EDIT: *Some words.
Spoiler :
Having last played Civ. 4 in 2009, I went to Civ. 5 after it was released. It kinda sucked so I went to Europa Universalis 3 and Hearts of Iron 3 for some time. Came back to Civ. 5 after GK expansion and it still sucked beyond salvation (Seriously man, who in hell made this limited and messed up but with better GUI, game?).
Alright, after playing GK for two weeks, I went to Victoria 2. After BNW was released I said: Heh, traderoutes ey, world congress ey? Fine let's give it another chance. And I regretted it. Lately I've been using mods for Civ. 5 like [SuperPower Mod + Civ. 4 Diplomacy + City State Diplomacy + Reseed + QuickTurns + IronMan Speed] and while it felt great with all these mods, some bug happened that I couldn't continue past turn 1320 or something. So I decided its time to revisit Civ. 4 after I heard that the initial dev. team that made previous Civs Series left and someone else made Civ. 5 I thought that Civ. 4 must be even more awesome with mods so I returned and tried this (AND followed by AND2) and I am so happy! Currently Japan turn 850 on Epic.
But the problem I have is not a problem, its amazement. Cities break off and form new nations, rebels spawn because of logical reasons. You are limited to expansion because of logical reasons. Battles can be awesome (I made it 2UPT) and on Prince I've been forced to make concessions to Ethiopia after Stalin (yes, Stalin) formed the Russian Nation after rebelling in an Ethiopian City.
Afterwards, he asked me to vassalize him, I accepted not knowing this would thrust me in his war against Ethiopia. After 5 turns, he wants to join my nation (what?) I was happy but this city of his was on the other side of the continent, so since my well developed and happy nation is doing well and that lonely city is well defended AND that I can't for some reason attack Ethiopia's city since I just fail, I just make peace after 10 turns and afterwards gift Ethiopia his city back because it seemed a nice gesture.
I am thoroughly impressed with this game and mod. Its such a HUGE leap from Civ. 5.
But Anyway, long story short, what would be the best settings for an avid Civ. 5 player?
I currently play Gigantic/Custom Continents(5)/Prince/25 Nations(Way more now apparently)
In the future, I am thinking of trying the Monarch Dificulty.
PS: The AI Actually does logical and awesome things now. God, who the hell designed Civ. 5.
EDIT: *Some words.