I am playing now with the impossible difficulty level and agree with a lot of your assessments. I have, for example, also been getting AI aggression before any significant frenzy.
I also notice a start on "impossible" difficulty features very little good land and wonder if that is intentional.
I also notice that beginning early in the game, AI get a substantial lead, i.e. become "very advanced." I'm wondering if that is a tweak too, but I thought I'd heard Stan didn't include AI cheats ala Civ, but just bumped up aggressiveness. Anyway, in your case it didn't matter, because you still won.
Unfortunately, I also notice a game crash around Turn 200 and am wondering if there is something more to that than your individual computer situation. Blaming it on "junk" on your machine I think is bad regardless, as it plays into the hands of the "Detractors" lobby who says our problems with a certain competing game system stem from bad decisions we made in purchasing and subsequently stocking with software our respective machines. I heartily reject this notion. Everything that is "Windows compatible" should run together. But Stan's work is an amateur project, so he can be excused if there is a glitch. We should identify it so maybe it can be addressed, though.
I've been building at least one diplomat earlier, even though its an expensive thing. You seem to tolerate a few wars more than I like to. Maybe I should change to your point of view, there's plenty of other things to build, early game. But without that embassy and first reception, I do find the AI seek war quickly, with a few exceptions.
I also notice a start on "impossible" difficulty features very little good land and wonder if that is intentional.
I also notice that beginning early in the game, AI get a substantial lead, i.e. become "very advanced." I'm wondering if that is a tweak too, but I thought I'd heard Stan didn't include AI cheats ala Civ, but just bumped up aggressiveness. Anyway, in your case it didn't matter, because you still won.
Unfortunately, I also notice a game crash around Turn 200 and am wondering if there is something more to that than your individual computer situation. Blaming it on "junk" on your machine I think is bad regardless, as it plays into the hands of the "Detractors" lobby who says our problems with a certain competing game system stem from bad decisions we made in purchasing and subsequently stocking with software our respective machines. I heartily reject this notion. Everything that is "Windows compatible" should run together. But Stan's work is an amateur project, so he can be excused if there is a glitch. We should identify it so maybe it can be addressed, though.
I've been building at least one diplomat earlier, even though its an expensive thing. You seem to tolerate a few wars more than I like to. Maybe I should change to your point of view, there's plenty of other things to build, early game. But without that embassy and first reception, I do find the AI seek war quickly, with a few exceptions.
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