I've used the XP mod, but I changed the settings to 101, 201, 301, 401, as in GFireflyE's mod. I play on Gigantic maps with a Custom Female Ghost Sov (Spirit is handy) against all the AIs except Procipinee who is on my Team (but in my latest game she got eliminated by Monsters, naughty naughty ). I thought that the monsters sped up a bit too quickly on your default settings when you have a Gigantic map with 10 other factions.