Metaverse scores

I know, tons already, but this is quite annoying

Two problems with the scoring. One, bigger maps are favored. My comp just can't handle the bigger maps (I have one big map score on there, but between turns took upwards of ten minutes, got really old), but that says nothing about my playing. I dropped down to a medium map for my second game, and my score plummeted. Second, a quick victory should count for much more than a slow one. Obviously time would be dependent on the size of the map, but time should be key. If I can pull off a diplomatic victory in four years, that should count much more than a military victory in ten on the same map. Both are victories, and if my style and race is customized for diplomacy, that should not be a penalty. As it is, it looks like cultural and military victories give the best scores, but that makes no sense. There are different victories for a very good reason, but now, the other forms of victory seem useless for a score comparison. My first game is over 20K points, and was achieved culturally, but I can tell you that my diplomatic victory in the second, which only netted 6300, was much harder to achieve, and took a great deal more effort.

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Sorry about the double post, it didn't look like it had gone through.

Also, I notice that despite points being awarded for various aspects of the game from tech and military to society, nothing is awarded for diplomatic matters. Perhaps points for the number of successful diplomatic transactions, and more for transactions that favor you (i.e. if you have high diplomacy and manage to rob the AI blind, then you should get more points).