i don't know exactly what you are talking about, although it could of been the fact that i always got leonardos workshop and 300 dragoons so i kind of got bored of my 3 hour turns and assured wining. Although now that i remeber when i didn't pump out units those ages were really short.
I don't think the early ages were done well in ctp 2 personally. I loved the modern and beyong ages though (except fot them taking out space colonization

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