difficulty level

[nbarclay]

From what little I know and have thought about it, it looks to me like the most awkward thing about a high difficulty level in an MP game is that it makes early access to food and luxury resources a lot more important. Relatively small differences in starting positions could thus be a significantly bigger deal.

[DeepO]

perhaps true, but at least those minor differences make the game behave differently. At noble, you don't run into happiness limits until what... size 8? You can win the game with only size 8 cities!

DeepO