[No Players] Where the Lurkers Take Their Holidays

[pindicator]

It's really killing me that he hasn't revealed that tile

[Tarkeel]

Interesting how many are going for early warriors here, when there's no barbs on.

[pindicator]

I have to question Ljubljana's scouting strategy from what I see in the pictures. Having his two scouts so close together and then sending the worker out to explore seems suboptimal

[pindicator]

Not to pick on Ljubljana (because he's the one posting the most and I don't want to discourage that!), but just looking at this screenshot tells me all I need to know about his scouting:

Look at all the fogged area just north and west of the capital - and the two dots for the scouts are way off in the desert hills of the southwest.

Personally, I want to scout to find out where my 2nd city goes right away. And that means uncovering all the lands within about 6 tiles of the capital as soon as possible. After that go find your neighbors or scout more distant terrain.

[Tarkeel]

To be fair, that is what he set out to do, but then got distracted by the shinies in the desert. He's thinking too far ahead instead of focusing on the immediate needs.

[pindicator]

i definitely don't think we have fewer good spots than the other players because pin is a kind and loving creation deity and because this map's terrain seems, if not symmetric per se, at least to exhibit very regular patterns, which i think is consistent w the kind of heavy handcrafting that would catch such significant imbalances

Yeah, pin is having doubts about his capability in balancing random maps. However, heavy handcrafting this map does not really have.

[Jabah]

Is there still a horse by the river next to the southern copper (as in the first version, where the copper was not there) ?

[pindicator]

No, it was moved to be beside the eastern wheat.

Honestly Im looking at Ljubljana's area and I probably needed to give him another food bonus or two.

[Tarkeel]

No, it was moved to be beside the eastern wheat.

Honestly Im looking at Ljubljana's area and I probably needed to give him another food bonus or two.

I'm thinking that this start maybe needed a bit more grasslands. But it is what it is. Could settle 4E of capital, chop the forest that's shared with the capital into a monument, for a pretty decent second city. Or just plant on the hill N of it.

[pindicator]

After seeing Dreylin's overview, Ljubljana definitely needed some more green - or maybe some flood plains along that main river.

Funny seeing Rusten complain, as I thought Rome had one of the best starting areas. But it is less food for everyone than they are used to.