Changing the game settings can help also. Raising indept strength while turning down the resources in the game can get almost the same results as the no-indepts mod.
But I do really want to urge anyone to do a scenario map. The BEST fix for the AI would be a better created AI. With a scenario map you can keep the AI from getting just a randomly-built god. Make the map with a chosen god and chosen scales that make sense for that nation.
Of course, the drawback of such a map is that the more that is removed from being randomly selected by the game, the less re-playability that map has. But if a BUNCH of us did some then we would have more to choose from.
Come on people, if you are an expert Ermorian, then make us an Ermorian scenario to play against. Please?
