Minor Annoyance
Deity
Last I heard not a lot of people use the option to start in an era other than ancient. So I'm wondering if anyone does and if so what era's they start in.
I've used it once so far. I've found some eras to go by too fast, like a lot of people, so playing on epic speed is good for that but I also don't want to spend weeks on a single game playing a single civ/strategy/map/etc. So I played a game as Japan starting in the medieval era right before they get their first unique unit.
I made up charts and graphs for each civ to see what era they're best in and which start era they lose the least or in rare cases, gain the most.
Since I have 68 of these graphs I thought I might most them, but that's a lot of pics to post for something that might not be of general interest. So this poll is to see if anyone actually uses this feature.
Also I could see using this in a mod where when the game picks random civs for a later era start it gives preference to civs that aren't past their prime. The best example is Byzantium. If they start in the industrial era both their units are long past, and since religion is turned of if you start after the Renaissance their ability is worthless giving them no special attributes at all.
I've used it once so far. I've found some eras to go by too fast, like a lot of people, so playing on epic speed is good for that but I also don't want to spend weeks on a single game playing a single civ/strategy/map/etc. So I played a game as Japan starting in the medieval era right before they get their first unique unit.
I made up charts and graphs for each civ to see what era they're best in and which start era they lose the least or in rare cases, gain the most.
Since I have 68 of these graphs I thought I might most them, but that's a lot of pics to post for something that might not be of general interest. So this poll is to see if anyone actually uses this feature.
Also I could see using this in a mod where when the game picks random civs for a later era start it gives preference to civs that aren't past their prime. The best example is Byzantium. If they start in the industrial era both their units are long past, and since religion is turned of if you start after the Renaissance their ability is worthless giving them no special attributes at all.