Olson
Warlord
If I'm playing "Always War" I'll turn off tech trading, barbs, and goody huts and select a map type that is geometric in some way (ie. ring, center lake, etc.). My intent is to reduce program randomness as much as possible for a strictly military challange. If I were playing a BtS game I'd also turn off random events and, maybe, espionage.
But for a "regular" game, I go standard all the way and, occassionally, I'll choose a leader (about 25% of the time). This is primarily because I'm still learning the basics...well...the intermediates.
I'm curious about Epic speed but won't try it because I don't want the difference to screw me up in developing an "intuition" on timing in a regular game. Going up a level does that well enough, thank you.
But it seems there are a number of settings variations that are popular, such as, playing a Financial leader, Epic speed, etc. And there are some that are less popular, such as, random events.
What settings options do you use? What do they do to the gameplay (if it's not obvious) that you enjoy?
But for a "regular" game, I go standard all the way and, occassionally, I'll choose a leader (about 25% of the time). This is primarily because I'm still learning the basics...well...the intermediates.
I'm curious about Epic speed but won't try it because I don't want the difference to screw me up in developing an "intuition" on timing in a regular game. Going up a level does that well enough, thank you.
But it seems there are a number of settings variations that are popular, such as, playing a Financial leader, Epic speed, etc. And there are some that are less popular, such as, random events.
What settings options do you use? What do they do to the gameplay (if it's not obvious) that you enjoy?