Difference between slow/medium/fast?

[random user]

OK, I know slow is slower than medium, and fast is faster, but what exactly is the difference? Difference in harvest speed? Difference in countdown to battle? Difference in contests? Difference in trickle?

What all changes between the different speeds? Or has this been documented (hah) somewhere and I just missed it?

[Hellogoodbye123]

just that one guy said on my thread about gladiators.. its one of those games you got to play to learn it :P

[KanazawaFTW]

It's very strange, everything grows so slowly in slow games. (I really don't know how else to explain it lol) It takes more time to discover techs, because it takes MUCH longer to get the science. Same with the food and production... it just takes forever! I don't like slow games. I haven't tried fast ones though.

[Westeros]

I am now playing in a slow game, and it is really SLOW.

Food requirements are doubled: 4.000 for level 6, 5.760 for level 7 etc.
Science requirements are doubled: 7200 for beginner techs, 29.520 for second row...
Great People requirements are doubled: first one is for 6400, second for 8000
Harvest time is doubled.

Barbarians are very rare. None appeared the first day, now i met one on the second.

Trickle income is not affected however, it is the same as in normal speed.

Battle timer is still 20 hours, but each turn in the fight is doubled: 2:40mins.

[Tavithi]

Some people prefer slow games. Some people prefer fast games. Some prefer medium. Play what you like.