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Jam's Difficulty Mod

(Compatible with the Gathering Storm update and should work with vanilla and the expansions.)

Note: The point of this mod is mostly to allow the player to be able to compete for land, pantheons, religion, tech, (and maybe even wonders) early on without having to take advantage of the AI's poor military strategy. Basically, to make playing peacefully viable, but also to prevent the AI falling way behind later on because of a lack of decent city planning. It's also mostly designed to be played on King and Emperor, with the option to boost it further if desired.

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Makes big changes to the difficulty modes.

AI players no longer get free units, settlers, builders, techs, or civics at the start of the game based on difficulty. AI combat buffs and barbarian camp gold scaling have also been removed. Instead, AI players get a boost to food, production, and gold that scales with difficulty level. As each AI player progresses through the eras, their boosts grow, allowing them to keep up a little better throughout the game.

15% extra production and gold per difficulty level above Prince
no extra starting food since the update to the current version
2% more food, production, and gold per new era per difficulty level above Prince
3% extra science and faith per new era per difficulty level above Prince (2% for culture)

(These numbers are subject to change based on feedback after testing.)