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- Jan 7, 2009
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OK, back after a quick experiment as Rome. I like a lot of the changes and features implemented. However, on Epic speed, I felt like I still didn't get to use my only unique unit hardly at all. It also felt like the AI was whizzing past me in terms of technology and they pulled wonders right out from under me all the time. Another thing is that even after I got Iron Working, no Iron was revealed to me. None. Does this lower the chance of finding iron? My hostile neighbor had 5 that he gave me after I defeated his army in defense. But that was the only time I had iron before quitting. And finally, I found the greatly expanded research tree pretty confusing. I think that's mostly because I wasn't used to the plethora of new entries. Anyway, that's it for now.
Ah, good ol Rome... For gameplay, unfortunately the only thing I can say is that the game is only balanced for Standard speed. The different speeds will be addressed later, but I just want to set Standard up as the baseline for now. Also, Iron gets revealed at Bronze Working, in order to give players a little time to "prepare."
And I should mention that only Civ 5 maps (pangaea, continents, etc) work with the new resource distribution. Even so, I haven't been able to get Stone to appear anywhere near as much as the other resources. That's something that I haven't forgotten, just that I haven't had the time for it yet. It's high on the to do list.
As a final note, you can change the rate of resources in the Advanced Settings of initial game set-up. I suggest playing on standard or high. At least until the Monopoly system gets sorted out, I would advise not playing on one of the highest settings.