obsolete
Deity
Fallen_Angel has it right, and not just because he has over 8.3K posts.
Obviously, MarigoldRan hasn't played a lot of Diety (without the cheat).
Without the production, you are going to fall even quicker behind the AI's who already have a huge jump start on you... You can't afford in a non-rigged game to let the AI just gobble up everything... well, unless you are planning to go cultural...
Food & Hammers = EVERYTHING early game... commerce can always come later, after you claimed your stake.
Obviously, MarigoldRan hasn't played a lot of Diety (without the cheat).
Without the production, you are going to fall even quicker behind the AI's who already have a huge jump start on you... You can't afford in a non-rigged game to let the AI just gobble up everything... well, unless you are planning to go cultural...
Food & Hammers = EVERYTHING early game... commerce can always come later, after you claimed your stake.