Concur with Ahriman on that. I prefer an even playing field with the AI as much as possible. Some randomness is okay.
I would play on marathon speed with GEM and opportunities were so frequent that just about every tile was improved with some effect boosting it. It wasn't even the same game anymore. I didn't know how to disable them, so I went into the file controlling the effects for them and zeroed them all out. They would still pop up all the time but had no effect on the game. It was annoying having them pop up every 5-10 turns or so but at least they weren't altering the gameplay anymore.
I could see how they could work, but I'd like to see them not affect the civ economy by adding gold, science, culture, production, or faith to any part of the game. Make them rare and affect things like units, city state influence, etc.
I would play on marathon speed with GEM and opportunities were so frequent that just about every tile was improved with some effect boosting it. It wasn't even the same game anymore. I didn't know how to disable them, so I went into the file controlling the effects for them and zeroed them all out. They would still pop up all the time but had no effect on the game. It was annoying having them pop up every 5-10 turns or so but at least they weren't altering the gameplay anymore.
I could see how they could work, but I'd like to see them not affect the civ economy by adding gold, science, culture, production, or faith to any part of the game. Make them rare and affect things like units, city state influence, etc.