Yep. Anyone could also create a difficulty between King and Emperor to have sth in between. It'd be just an interpolation between those two.
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tu_79
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Well, now I understand. The biggest difference is the starting worker, so if the player manages to capture one from a neighbor, that's removing the AI advantage and turning it back to a manageable difficulty again.
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So giving "half a worker"? (Like a worker with prisoner of war promotion, so that it is less efficient during the first 50 turns)
Good idea, but I guess it's not doable by just changing .xml
Instead you can have a difficulty with King settings, but with additional worker for AI. Or Emperor settings without the worker.
There are plenty of ways to interpolate between difficulties.
I will agree that Emperor has gotten a lot harder lately, which I mainly attest to AI tactical improvements. The AI on Emperor just wars so much better than it used to.
Ultimately, should it get a nerf? I'm of mixed minds on the subject, I think it would be worth considering the removal of the extra worker just because that's a bit of a "crutch"...the AI has to get bonuses, but a magical free unit at the beginning is a bit harder to swallow then just "more bonuses"...and as others have noted it creates the weird imbalance where if a player wars the AI early they actually get an advantage they wouldn't on King. But if a small bump on other stats was needed to compensate I would not object.
Ultimately, should it get a nerf? I'm of mixed minds on the subject, I think it would be worth considering the removal of the extra worker just because that's a bit of a "crutch"...the AI has to get bonuses, but a magical free unit at the beginning is a bit harder to swallow then just "more bonuses"...and as others have noted it creates the weird imbalance where if a player wars the AI early they actually get an advantage they wouldn't on King. But if a small bump on other stats was needed to compensate I would not object.
Txurce
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I' agree. I've always felt the goal should be to get rid of AI advantages where possible. That the worker can be stolen pretty easily is also a bit problematic.
I am now playing Immortal without the extra worker. It's a great balance.
Changing the difficulties by removing the AI bonuses means you aren’t actually playing on said difficulty. Just saying.
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Besides, having different starts changes the dynamics (forced vs not forced to steal that early worker is an example). It's like playing a different scenario.
Hmmm. Now that'd be interesting. For instance, difficulty level just controlling how much yields everyone gets. Then, in the settings, activate a package of challenges (AI starts with a worker, another for AI with extra explorer but ruins disabled, another with an extra settler) and those masochistic players could activate more than one challenge at once.
Txurce
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Yes. And you can do it inside VP, or with the Really Advanced Setup mod.
Txurce
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It would be if we officially changed the bonus at that difficulty level
Otherwise it's just the unofficial, improved version.
I picked the tradition branch and no matter how much I try to assing my first engineer, he won't be assigned when I try to assign him. Is this a bug? The only thing that changes is the tick for manual specialist control or not... My first thought was the improved city view mod, and that it might be causing it - has this mod experienced any updates these past 4 months?
If city is unhappy, than you cannot assign specialists. That is probably the culprit.
Yes.
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