To SEIV Gold or Not?

[Enigma]

Thanks for the response! Maybe I should have said more "functional graphics" instead of "better":-) Graphics are not that important to me, but these (MOO3) make me feel I am playing an old DOS game.

I think at this point the most important factor to me would be better AI since my games are going to be single player. I have the TDM modpack for SEIV. Are the AI's more challenging in Gold?

I am not trying to bag out of supporting the game, I just want to make sure it is actually a different game.