After further testing I noticed that this is indeed directly correlated to the amount of AI players, and not map size. In fact if you play on a larger map with less AI players, they actually tech slower because they don't meet each other as quickly and do research treaties. Tests were as follows Mods Run: Stormworld (v1.5u) LargerMaps (v1.1) Snaking Mod (v1.3) Tech Pacing: Epic AI Settings: Challenging Mo
Yes that is what I am thinking is occurring Stax, but I have really no way to prove it cause I don't know whats going on behind the scenes, but that would be what appears to be happening.
I'll show an example. This guy has been getting beat up all day by the other AI's not myself, and has never had more than 4 towns... take a look at the top right hand corner and see how shitty his civilization is.... take a look at the botton right and look in awe at his research capabilities... da faq...? >.>
I don't know if it is just me but I seem to notice that the AI tends to trade tech knowledge amongst itself quite a lot, insane amounts in fact... to the point where they can out tech you with barely having any tech buildings. This phenomenon is probably directly correlated to how many AI players are in the game, because more trading of points can occur. I generally like to play in games with many AI players, typically 12-20 AI players. It seems to me like the AI likes to trade te