Being locked on quarantine and everything i decided to get back to the most delicious timewaster in my experience, which is civ3

. And since this mode seems to be so popular, and looks absolutely gorgeous, i decided give it a try. Enjoyed it so far, but! i find it a bit less challenging to play. Is it suppose to be played on highest difficulties only? I've played several games on Emperor as i used to back in the days, and here's my notes so far:
- i found myself dominating in late ancient era already.
- i have too much money once i change my regime to anything but despotism. (never thought i would complain about having too much money

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It's not surprising, since almost every building has 0 maintenance, yet so many of them help to raise the commerce, and even corruption is gone.
- The Great Library is too good, pretty much the only thing human player needs to build. Spawns settlers often, + till middle ages allows you to relax, zero your science expenses and just collect even more money.
Which leads to supporting an enormous army without any troubles. Plus several buildings auto produce additional units. (and why camel rider has defense 2 when bedouin rider only 1, asian chariot stronger than regular chariot? aren't they autoproduced the same way?)
But overall i found the new clan/settler concept to be quite interesting. And this mode to be a true masterpiece. Many thanks!