Haha, great to see so much interest!
Sign-ups are now closed. I'm fine with any number of dedicated lurkers joining in.
Uberfish, I would be honored if you would make our map =) I'll PM you with the details after we vote on everything.
Okay guys, let's figure out our basic preferences for this game. Some starting decisions to vote on:
(My preferences are in
Lime )
* Game speed?
Quick. If someone wants otherwise, you need to make an
excellent case.
* Do we have a consensus to use the leader list that I posted, or do most people prefer unrestricted leader / civ pairs (as is being run in PBEM 4) ? As previously stated,
I have no preference here.
* Which era do we want to start in?
I prefer one era in, but this isn't a major sticking point for me, provided that we can get in some blitzes to make the early game move quickly.
* Orthus: on or off?
I vote for on.
* Acheron: On, off, or pre-placed?
I vote for either off or pre-placed & isolated.
* Gibbon's Impersonate Leader: Banned or allowed?
I vote banned.
* Human take-over allowed for Basium and/or Hyborem?
I vote yes.
* Difficulty level? I vote
Immortal.
* Barb activity level?
No preference if difficulty is immortal, raging otherwise.
* Wildlands?
I vote yes.
* Last Days?
I'm going to outright ban Last Days due to the Avatar of Wrath causing known game-crippling bugs.
* Living World?
I vote yes.
* Lairs?
Of course, yes.
* All Unique Features?
Yes, but the "power trio" should not be at anyone's capital. No starting next to the Guardian either. If the Amurites are in this game, they probably shouldn't start with the Frigus next door to their capital either.
* Map type?
I prefer something like Erebus Continent or Massive Continent Tilted Axis; one large shared landmass, with some islands / small continents for exploration. Please no island starts, they overemphasize the Overlords. I very much prefer that we do
not have identical or mirrored starts. I would like to have more than one mana node this time around, though :neenernee I think that Pre-placed barbs are okay, as long as you know what you're doing.
That's all that I can think of for now. If anyone has any other votes to bring up in addition to the above, please do so.
