Favorite setup options

[Depravo]

King or Emperor difficulty
Large map (minimum)
Small Continents or similar map type
Normal or Scarce resources
All other settings default
Marathon
Couple more civs and couple more CS than default
Raging barbs
Random civ
No reroll unless the game throws me one of the four or five civs I really don't like

 

[Valoc]

Random Civ
Emperor
Epic
Large map with 10 civs and 20 cs
Fractal/Continents

Time victory off
Quick combat on

Pretty much.

 

[JimBobV]

Difficulty - Emperor+
Super aggressive barbs
Map - Terra/Archipelago/Small islands
Map size - Huge
Ancient era
10-14 civs
World age - 4 Billion years
0-20 City states
hot
Extreme rainfall
high sea level(especially fun on Archipelago)
Legendary start

 

[MisterBoomBoom]

No love for the Europe map!? It is one of my favorites.
STD all around...add a few more civs...reduce the amount of CS equal to the number of Civs you add. Civ placements are always pretty good because the map has it all.

 

[jogi]

I'm honestly not sure. But I think what happens is that the AI has a bit more of a choice than it does in a normal start. The ancient tech bonuses are hard-coded, but I think the advanced start bonus is a more generic lump sum that they spend according to their personalities.

That makes sense. Too bad there's no way of seeing what techs the AI has.

No love for the Europe map!? It is one of my favorites.
STD all around...add a few more civs...reduce the amount of CS equal to the number of Civs you add. Civ placements are always pretty good because the map has it all.

Removing a city state for each civ you add is a good idea. And I like playing on Earth sometimes, but I'm not a fan of maps that don't wrap around (like Europe). :c

 

[Pembroke]

Tilted Axis + Raging Barbarians.

The Northern hemisphere gives room for the barbarians to continue spawning resulting in more fun that lasts longer.