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Yes, difficulty scaling in CIV just equates to giving the AI unfair starting points and making it super easy and cheap for the computer controlled players to build advanced, OP units.

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Not just starting, the AI gets significant overall resource multipliers as you increase the difficulty. [1]

https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Difficulty_level_(Civ6)

Try V with the Vox Populi mod. While it's also changing tons of mechanics, it vastly improves the AI by a ton.

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