It was a game on a duel map prince difficulty.
On the first picture you see England (white) keeping up in techs with Morocco (green), while on the second you see the beakers per turn.
At first I thought - how could Liz do this?
Maybe that could be/is a solution for the AI. Difficulty levels determine how many techs the major civs can fall behind in tech. While on prince it could be 10 on deity it could be only 5, which meant that whenever the techleader gets a new tech, all the AIs that are further behind than x techs get an old one. So no longer just the CS get the latest equipment cheaply, but also the major civs the second hand one.
Having a low tech rate will never make an AI jump from last to first, because the AI will rather get an new tech because the techleader got another one instead of researching one on own means.
Upgrading units could also be buffed, when the techleader gets metallurgy, x turns later all catapults are upgraded to trebuchets. No longer riflemen against spearmen, but still able to use your shiniest weaponry against others.
Don't forget the other major civs represent major civs and not tribes. What do yo think?
On the first picture you see England (white) keeping up in techs with Morocco (green), while on the second you see the beakers per turn.
At first I thought - how could Liz do this?
Maybe that could be/is a solution for the AI. Difficulty levels determine how many techs the major civs can fall behind in tech. While on prince it could be 10 on deity it could be only 5, which meant that whenever the techleader gets a new tech, all the AIs that are further behind than x techs get an old one. So no longer just the CS get the latest equipment cheaply, but also the major civs the second hand one.
Having a low tech rate will never make an AI jump from last to first, because the AI will rather get an new tech because the techleader got another one instead of researching one on own means.
Upgrading units could also be buffed, when the techleader gets metallurgy, x turns later all catapults are upgraded to trebuchets. No longer riflemen against spearmen, but still able to use your shiniest weaponry against others.
Don't forget the other major civs represent major civs and not tribes. What do yo think?