Advanced start is too easy...

I've been playing around with the advanced start all day and it seems either the human gets too much of an advantage or the AI doesn't do a good job in allocating its gold.

I've tried it from prince to deity and every time I end up considerably more advanced than any other civilization. Meaning, I grab all the wonders, freely do what I want, and was even able to acquire a vassal right away because I was so powerful.

This mode seems kind of useless if it does nothing more than provide a cakewalk into winning the game. I was really hoping for a really competitive mid to late-era game, but I'm just not seeing that.

Anyone else experiencing the same thing?

 

It might be better for Multiplayer. I don't have BTS yet, so I can't really say.

 

I would've thought it was more geared towards MP really.