Krill Wrote:TBH I'm not entire sure what would be wrong with replacing the gold on the habitat ring with silver, replace gold/silver on the centre isle with gems (there are currently 6 resources as I see it) and place 1 silver on each isle, making sure everyone gets 1 silver. This does however, limit trading ability, but yoyu can't fairly split up silver/gold/gems into clusters as you've said before. Hence, keeping the gems count low to fight over later, the gold to fight over early and hte silver available to everyone, and the calendar res well spread, the happy resources do provide an interesting quandry for people to settle, fight and trade.
I think I'm fairly happy with the current happy res situation -- starting with furs, everyone has easy access to at least two more resources by calendar. With trading + HR there is a decent happy situation, but still enough pressure to make investing in the center enticing (or so I hope).