Difficulty levels

Was wondering if there is a list of AI bonuses that they get on every difficulty level? I want to know exactly what I'm dealing with when I raise a difficulty... Can someone point me in the right direction?

Here you go: http://www.civfanatics.com/civ5/difficulties

Note that this describes the extra techs, units, etc. the AI gets, which is in addition to the default (e.g., both the AI and the human player get one settler and one warrior initially, which are not shown in the AI chart).

Browd's link is for Vanilla. G&K is highly similar.

For BNW, the link is outdated in that the AI now plays on the "AI default Handicap" level and it doesn't include that.

Thanks, although a lot of those I don't understand, like "train rate", "world train rate"? "Construction" and "world construction rate"? "Create" and "world create"? Per era modifier? Work rate bonus is as I understand it, how fast the workers complete thei tasks?

joncnunn, AI default handicap???

joncnunn said:

Browd's link is for Vanilla. G&K is highly similar.

For BNW, the link is outdated in that the AI now plays on the "AI default Handicap" level and it doesn't include that.

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Yes, I should have mentioned that.

If you are curious, the Handicap_AI_Default detail can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\DLC\Expansion2\Gameplay\XML\GameInfo\CIV5HandicapInfos.xml. Some key differences from the AI's old starting default: AI starts with 15 Happiness and suffers 90% of the default unhappioness from cities and population, while research costs are 85% of normal, and unit, building and policy costs are 75% of normal. In general, Handicap_AI_Default bears more of a resemblance to Prince than it does to the AI's old starting default (Chieftain), as detailed in the chart.

If memery serves me right:

train rate: Unit production
world train rate: Specialist/Generals discount for next
Construction rate: Building production
world construction rate: National wonders production
Create: Faith and gold purchases
world create: Global projects (Apollo, Manhattan)
Per era modifier: Affect all other bonuses, reducing costs of maintenance, units, purchases, etc. It's multiplicative not aditive, so when AI enters classic with 50% unit prod and 5 per era, will have 52,5% discount, not 55% discount.

Alright, thanks guys.