[GS] Is standard speed the most balanced for games with friends?

[Snakeb1te]

The title really. I've always felt that Online speed rendered too many things obsolete too quickly, and I assumed the game was balanced against the standard speed.

But lately some better player friends of mine have been surprised that I don't play with the online speed setting. I suppose part of it is to be able to finish in a single sitting, but that is not a concern with the people I play with.

Is online speed considered balanced? I'd imagine it does mess up quite a few things but I'd like to get an opinion from ye fine folk.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Faster speeds skew balance. Standard is probably the closest thing you get to "balance", but that term should be used loosely in Civ 6 since it's not really an apparent goal of the vanilla experience.

 

[Mesrot]

My group is playing with "8 Ages of pace" mod.
Game ends usely between round 450 - 500. 6 players, small map.
Its much more fun than online speed.