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A useful thingy I found that's not mentioned in the OP: <Properties> <AffectsSavedGames>0</AffectsSavedGames> </Properties> I added this to all installed mods - of course it's a bad idea to add this to mods that add new units etc., but I don't use any of these, only UI, AI and map generation...

I did a couple of dozen restarts just to see how the early game plays out, and noticed that the biggest difficulty drop comes from reducing the map size. Normally I play as random on 8-player continents with everything set to default, and on deity starting in the middle of a desert sandwiched...

Thanks for the replies. This actually helps, previously I avoided pillaging farms because I forgot that repairing them costs no charges. Yep, for some reason I thought that's how it works. Still, then it appears than it's not a bad idea to put a bunch of districts of the same type at the...

Thanks for the reply. After 20 tries or so I finally managed to kill a neighbor, getting 4 cities total by turn 70 with non-stop reinforcements, so I might be finally able to pull this off. Still, the fact that a neighbor (China) forward-settled me helped a ton, no idea how people can do it...

Hello! I'm a new player, just started playing a couple of weeks ago. I progressed through difficulty levels until I hit deity. With deity it seems like because of no prior experience with Civ games, I miss some important fundamentals and get crushed. Can you help me? I have looked through the...