Playing my first DA game on a huge galaxy.
Maybe I am wrong but it seems like even with techs set
initially at their fastest, it takes longer to get good techs.

Harder to get money--particularly since the anomalies tend to give
less money. I haven't seen a 2500bc anomaly yet but a bunch
of 100 bc ones.

Also I was surprised when I researched my first non-regular planets--aquatic, I still only had part of the pie. I had half researched it and it would take a long time to get all the goodies of the planet. With half-researching it, it would take forever to build stuff like factores unless you quick build them by buying them.

Now I know Stardock wanted a different game with DA and wanted us to use different strategies.

In DL, I used to play a huge galaxy with two opponents in about 10 hours on crippling. I am guessing it would take a lot longer in DA. I like some of the changes but I get bored waiting for things to move along.

Also, it seem harder or longer to get faster moving ships.