(March 12th, 2014, 14:21)Old Harry Wrote: SIP it is then. let's find out where those gems are...
I did some planning that came out very similar but I think we can hit size 5 before whipping...
Yeah, that plains spot will be better after we hit ~size 15 and need to cottage plains instead of grass, but that extra plains hill is not useless for IMP and early speed is always important.
Growing to size 5 can very well be superior especially if our workers are not ready to help an earlier settler.
(March 12th, 2014, 13:58)Commodore Wrote: By the way, going by the settings from first post, and also my mention of the different starts for the "we want tight!" set, this is a 60x124 cylinder. It'd considerably more roomy than, say, PB15 for you "normal" people and every single land tile is going to be eligible for being in city borders. I know the tile amounts look scary, but don't worry folks.
Oh crap. So the game is cylindrical and not a toroid if I understand correctly (sucks for AGG/ORGs, but those traits are strong anyways + there seems to be so many rivers that FIN is really nerfed as well and early traits rock). So there is maybe a 50 % chance that we are again squeezed into middle (i.e. f***ed) and players on the edges have a safe backline, can push towards middle and fill in later..
And it sounds like players are really organized into "cramped" and "spacious" tiers and we really should have wished something, because now I have no idea whether we have above average room or not.
Buuut still, I'm looking too much forward to this to start crying and it's stupid to criticize map when we have only seen 20 tiles of it. There is still quite a bit of water so maybe Commodore has developed some kind of structure that is fun, interesting, playable and balanced enough..
Come on Commodore, I'm scared of what this madness will turn into, but I still trust you! (please place a quick grass gems W-W of our settler)