So I have tried this and the conclusion is that AI get most of the tech from the trade. That just completely destroy gameplay. I have research output more than 3x higher than the most advanced AI but I am in the phase where I am just catching up (most of the AIs have more techs than I do). I will eventually have more techs than any other but the difference will be not very large because AIs will just trade everything.
I think it's worse than original civilization. AIs get techs just for free (by trade or when you play higher difficulty they just get bonus). This makes the game just boring. You try hard, you are much better, but AI has as much tech as you.
I don't complain that the game is hard (I have 3x higher population than any other AI, so I can always go military and win). I just say that the current concept with techs is not very good.
Posted 17-Mar-09 22:34 by tlustoch