I agree that there is a big difference between Emperor and Immortal and it comes down to the AI getting a huge head start - it's not a very fun race when the other guy starts at the finish line. Immortal can be fun if you slog through the earlier eras and finally get a real race going, Diety is just garbage with the extra settler and literal army the AI starts with.
It would be real nice if the AI actually got stronger, not just the same AI given a progressively bigger bonus. Give the AI a few of the dirty tricks deemed too mean for standard play (AI steals a worker from you for a change).
It would be real nice if the AI actually got stronger, not just the same AI given a progressively bigger bonus. Give the AI a few of the dirty tricks deemed too mean for standard play (AI steals a worker from you for a change).