I've had some games where the overall tech pace was amazingly fast and some that are just glacial. I have _some_ ideas as to why, but I figured I'd bring it up here.
Here's the list I have so far:
1) Land (duh) - lots of green & rivers => faster tech pace
2) Opposition leaders
a) Financials, philosophers
b) Rabid tech traders (MM)
c) Leaders prone to peacevassaling
3) Religion situation - if there's a lovefest, those AIs will swap freely and not fight each other
What else am I missing?
Here's the list I have so far:
1) Land (duh) - lots of green & rivers => faster tech pace
2) Opposition leaders
a) Financials, philosophers
b) Rabid tech traders (MM)
c) Leaders prone to peacevassaling
3) Religion situation - if there's a lovefest, those AIs will swap freely and not fight each other
What else am I missing?