Number of lairs

[Nelphine]

Whoops by original I meant the 'lairs 2 tiles away from capitals'. Definitely not the original problem, I am sorry.

Whelp I've made my voice heard plenty. Hopefully others will chime in. But I'll stand by your decision. All I ask is change it the least possible. I'd rather have something like minimum (99, 54+ 15*size) but if that isn't reasonable it isn't reasonable.

[GermanJoey]

Rescaling the lair count sounds good to me, but I usually only play on Fair sized or Large maps so it doesn't sound like there'll be a big difference?

How much control of the map do you have? Is there any way to change terrain around the capitals? It doesn't matter so much for the player, as I can always restart if I get a real stinker, but its pitiful to see AIs mired in swamps and tundra in their starting spot.

[Seravy]

Rescaling the lair count sounds good to me, but I usually only play on Fair sized or Large maps so it doesn't sound like there'll be a big difference?

How much control of the map do you have? Is there any way to change terrain around the capitals? It doesn't matter so much for the player, as I can always restart if I get a real stinker, but its pitiful to see AIs mired in swamps and tundra in their starting spot.

Cities are generated way after the map, so I doubt.
There is a check on how much food has to be the minimal amount for a capital to be placed there, it is currently set to 6, which drops to 5 if the placement fails over 1000 times in a row.
The original game had 8 there, and insecticide had 12, but neither of those had Tiny landmass, where good spots like those are often unavailable.

No, there won't be a big difference for Fair and Large, it'll be only 7% (or 14%) fewer lairs total on those.