"Play at this (Deity) level" Scenarios

[Heraclius]

Bernd Brosing's Subwar scenario and Kobayashi's new "Stargate" outing are among scenarios that are intended by their authors to be played only at the Emperor or Deity level--what adverse effects take place if one plays at a lower level, like Warlord or Prince? This is something I've never fully understood.

 

[kobayashi]

Bernd Brosing's Subwar scenario and Kobayashi's new "Stargate" outing are among scenarios that are intended by their authors to be played only at the Emperor or Deity level--what adverse effects take place if one plays at a lower level, like Warlord or Prince? This is something I've never fully understood.

In my case, its to let the AI use its bribing units to bribe cities which it won't unless you are at Emperor(occassionally) and Deity(more). Also, the AI units and improvements cost less to build at these Levels.

The happiness level is always adjusted to match the recommended difficulty level by the designer so if you played at warlord level, your people would never get unhappy even if you built no happiness wonders/improvements. note - the AI races have the same (easy) happiness level irrespective of the difficulty level.