kjn Wrote:You're assuming that the point of MP is a greater gameplay challenge. I doubt it is valid. You might be looking for a different gameplay challenge, or a social experience.
Maybe video games are different. But the other strategy game I played a lot in, Chess, almost everyone I played against was over 1200 USCF (this is better than better EMP in Civ5.) The mean value for uscf members is only 657 but they tend to only play a few games and then drop out. I would suspect that the majority of games in Civ5 (and formely Civ4) are rated and the players would be above 1200 uscf. Civ4/Civ5 MP would mirror Chess. The majorty of games are above 1200 uscf but the majorty of players is only 657.