I'm really concerned about this issue that's come up with regards to a PBEM game between Jerzul and myself. When setting up our options for our game, we selected Long Delay Commitment and Normal FI. I had started a few AI games in the interim, or had since started one or two. However, the settings on my side of the game are showing that I need 75FI (that is, the Easy setting).
Are options set by the host not binding on the game itself and does the game use the local options for these things? I don't mean to 'cheat' per-se, as I want to actually play with the settings that we agreed to and not the ones I play against the AI with.