Sancho Panza
Chieftain
Hi folks, I am in a delimma. For the past few months, I've been at "Regent" level and quite happy, only now, with victory assured every game practically, I feel it is time to move up a level.
There is only one thing that holds me back: the rampant pace of tech advancement. I like a good "Knight War" but even in Regent, Cavalry often comes too quick to really go medeival on someone, so I can only imagine how on the higher levels it flies by.
Secondly, being a builder, I can imagine how with the rampant tech pace you are often into the modern era before you've even had time to complete all those cathedrals and universities.
So how do you handle these things? Just play a faster game and not worry about all the buildings; build and upgrade units as necessary?
And finally, is there a way to SL-O-O-O-W down the tech pace on the higher levels without giving away the A.I's main advantage?
Aside: I've always wondered why on the higher levels they gave the A.I the tech advantage instead of giving the player a tech DIS-advantage, since it skews the time-frame and length of games.

There is only one thing that holds me back: the rampant pace of tech advancement. I like a good "Knight War" but even in Regent, Cavalry often comes too quick to really go medeival on someone, so I can only imagine how on the higher levels it flies by.
Secondly, being a builder, I can imagine how with the rampant tech pace you are often into the modern era before you've even had time to complete all those cathedrals and universities.
So how do you handle these things? Just play a faster game and not worry about all the buildings; build and upgrade units as necessary?
And finally, is there a way to SL-O-O-O-W down the tech pace on the higher levels without giving away the A.I's main advantage?
Aside: I've always wondered why on the higher levels they gave the A.I the tech advantage instead of giving the player a tech DIS-advantage, since it skews the time-frame and length of games.
