@CyberianKThe first eras are quick, but once I reach say Prehistoric then it slows way down. I also "drag my feet" to try to explore and test the eras. Like my last run with 1.0 lasted over an year and I only got to the Dark Age before 1.1 came out. In short this type of play is a marathon, not a sprint.
In the 1.0 play through i posted my Mod List
here. I have been slowly rebuilding it for 1.1. One trick i use is the
Faction Control mod paired with the
Faction Discovery Mod. Basically you turn off the factions you don't want and then turn them on when you are ready. I generally turn them on an era ahead of me. Such the Ancient Rim factions when I am in the Copper Age and the Medieval factions when I am in the Bronze or Iron Age. You have to be very careful about pirates. If they sneak in there I will god mode delete the raids if they appear.
As for techs, I usually just research the tech tree as normal, but just because i researched it doesn't mean I can use it yet. In fact while in the Iron age I had basically Renaissance level research going but couldn't use any of it yet because it was inappropriate for my current Era. And that's basically the kinda of on the fly stuff you got to do. Ask yourself or look up if something existed yet. If so then you can use it, if not then you have to wait.
