gunnergoz

I've been enjoying the game but am finding one aspect frustrating. I like to play on very large maps with 2 or 3 AI competitors - usually one friendly, one neutral and one hostile. But even on immense maps, with only two or three competitors, I routinely run into them in my neighborhood within the first 50-100 turns - and usually it is the most hostile one I seem to run into, well before I'm ready to deal with them on equal terms since I'm a builder more than a warmonger.<