What speed is it people like the most ?

[Vampgelus]

I have never played anything but marathon, each time i tried anything else, i didn't like it and stopped about turn 50...

Is something wrong with me ?

[UnOrthOdOx]

Normal.

The slower speeds seem to put too much emphasis on units for my taste, and tend to be easier for me as a result. (my leaning warmongery and all)

Never tried quick.

[Supr49er]

Marathon. I like being able to build, use, and develop all my units before they become obsolete.

[The Priest]

Epic. I like the time to develop things properly, but marathon is just too slow and I lose interest in the game.

I also do play quick for a change sometimes.

[Shalkai]

Normal here. I like concentrating on "Civilization", not "Conquer the World." Finishing games the same month I start them is a big plus, too. (Boo, Marathon!)

I'll drop to Epic speed maybe one game in 10, just for a change of pace - usually after a game where I did really well and rushed thru the tech tree.

[Garth Vader]

Epic. Normal feels too rushed. I'd try marathon, but it takes almost a month to finish games as is I don't have time for marathon

[couerdelion]

Epic here.

Personal preference really. I just think it is more balanced

[wodan11]

Normal feels to me like I don't have enough time to do things. Like the ages flash by, and I'm spending more of my effort trying to keep my units up to date than I am building my infrastructure. Epic feels just right to me.

This has nothing to do with moving units around, it's about building new ones and paying upgrade costs because I have to.

Wodan

[joncnunn]

Normal for me, it often takes me about a month (real time; not game time) to finish at this speed. Anything slower would take too long.

[#07]

Epic for me. I used to like the idea of marathon but it just takes too long, I wish I had more time to play the game but I don't... Techs fly by too fast in normal and below, it doesn't seem as relaxing for me.

[nbarclay]

Epic. I like the extra time do do things, but Marathon would take too long. I also don't like how long it would take to shift focus from economic development to a war footing on Marathon.

[Huorn]

Normal for me, out of obligation. It is indeed sometimes hard for my slow brain to keep up with the race through the ages, but then again I like speed outside the game to.

In an ideal world with lots of time, I could be persuaded to do Epic as well. Tried it only on a couple of occasions, and in fact it "tasted" quite nice.

I only did quick ones on tiny (on chieftain, just to try it out) I won the game BC!! But no real fun in it.

[Robert]

normal, marathon for mp games.

[Vampgelus]

Seems like most of the people agree, and only don't have enought time (i do) to play marathon. But seriously... shouldn't the "normal" mode be renamed into quick ?

I may say this because i am used to marathon, and would'nt mind trying a speed even below this... but normal just rushes through the game and don't gives you a chance to get all the fun out of it.

Another thing. I thought about some games were i always endend up having a too big tech lead... could the IA be optimized for normal, not for marathon ?

[couerdelion]

Originally posted by Vampgelus
Seems like most of the people agree, and only don't have enought time (i do) to play marathon. But seriously... shouldn't the "normal" mode be renamed into quick ?

That's quite a generous interpretation of the poll results. I, for one, do not like playing marathon for other reasons than it being too slow. I also consider it to be imbalanced.