What's everyone's preferred difficulty and map type?

[row2infinity]

Just curious.

As (obviously) active fans (since you're on these forums). I'd make a poll, but I'm asking 2 questions in one / lazy #sorry :-*

Mine is Immortal and Fractal.

 

[Mozzington]

Island plates. Victoria. Emperor.

 

[darkace77450]

King because I'd rather increase the difficulty on myself with self-imposed restrictions than give the AI a boost that means certain elements of the game (early game wonders) are off limits. Continents because a 4x game based on the history of mankind that doesn't emphasize the Age of Exploration doesn't' feel complete.

 

[Iberian]

Emperor. Continents. I feel continents is like the default setting from Civ 1 and Emperor allows me to crush the AI and build nearly every wonder/great person and have an amazing empire with epic cities in only 4-5hrs instead of playing for days.

 

[DJ_Tanner]

Emperor Shuffle.

 

[ezzlar]

Emperor or king. Pangaea mostly. Tiny or duel. No city states. No religious victory. 2-3 extra AIs above standard setting.

 

[AmazonQueen]

Prince or King, YnAMP Terra or Giant Earth

 

[pokiehl]

I almost always use the Detailed Worlds map scripts. I particularly love Mixed Continents, Small Continents, and Island Regions. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1318501135

It's my favorite map script by far. Reminds me of PerfectWorld for Civ 5.

 

[AmazonQueen]

I almost always use the Detailed Worlds map scripts. I particularly love Mixed Continents, Small Continents, and Island Regions. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1318501135

It's my favorite map script by far. Reminds me of PerfectWorld for Civ 5.

I think I'll take a look at that, been wanting a better islands map for when I play Indonesia.

 

[Disgustipated]

King difficulty. I've been alternating between fractal and continents maps. The other maps don't do much for me aside from true starting location maps such as Europe, Asia, or Earth.

 

[The Highwayman]

I prefer continents on Immortal/Deity. I'd play on Deity all the time but the 3 settler thing combined with the horrendous spawns squeezes the map too much for my liking.

 

[Hep Roc Heretic]

Mostly Prince, but I will change it up occasionally. Shuffle or continents, but islands are fun too.

 

[Redkoolaid83]

I personally like to play on either King or Emperor difficulties. The bonuses the AI gets on higher difficulties are a little ridiculous imo. YnAMP maps are fun for tsl. If I'm playing as Gitarja who is really OP with her faith naval purchases I like island plates, archipelago or fractal. Coastal cities are no match for her... A buddy of mine got me into Legendary start positions recently. It tends to spawn you near a few natural wonders and a nice assortment of lux and strat resources which is pretty fun.

 

[Eliminator_Sr]

Fractal with random civ about 80% of the time and probably 40/40/20 Emp/Immortal/Deity on difficulty

 

[Kataklysm]

Emperor / Shuffle

 

[Prester John 2]

Emperor, giant continent or fractal maps. I also usually add a couple more city states since some of them will be conquered anyway. It also opens the possibility to free them later on and thus tone down my warmonger penalty.

 

[blackcatatonic]

King, Continents, Large. I don't traditionally enjoy Pangaea but I'm giving it a go as Genghis at the moment; it has produced fruitful results so far...

 

[BarbarianHunter]

Immortal Pangea.

 

[Zaarin]

Chieftain, Inland Sea or Continents.

 

[Leathaface]

Immortal, Pangea.

I've moved up to Immortal recently, Emperor just became too easy.