PB71: Lurkers dwell in blissful ignorance

[Mjmd]

Exactly Commodore wants to do Totestra and no one else has expressed much opinion one way or another.

Capitals were minorly edited PB69 but not majorly, but this game they did mention balancing capitals, so think that is fine.

Imbalance acceptability is always a question on random maps. That is why I was curious about where people were located as my very loose qualifications were "looks ISH like even land and AT LEAST 2 neighbors". Its impossible to balance both of these on random maps, but that is what the ISH and AT LEAST are for.

[Qgqqqqq]

I took the Totestra expression as a minor vote in favour with most agnostic. As I can't find one that works, I'm not progressing.

Happy to role some more, though personally I don't see the Atlantis element as being fatal

[Tarkeel]

I think the map Q rolled with my proposed changes satisfies Krill's wishes.

[Qgqqqqq]

Back to the drawing board! On a different note, what do people think about Big and Small (Pangaea mode)?

Screenshots of a couple of sample maps:

I don't like how squat it is, and the lack of a wrapping continent. But it would be something different than the endless Tectonics maps we've been playing.

Alternatively, a funky tectonics map:

I've attached 3 sample maps of each which we could go for.

The leaders they'll get randomly are:
* Cyrus of Celtia
* Victoria of Rome
* Lieu-Ye of England
* Hammurabi of Sumeria
* Shaka of Native America
* Joao of Egpyt
* Justinian of Scandinavia (Vikings)

[Amicalola]

The second sample B+S map is pretty good, assuming Aztecs island is at least semi-lush (enough to be worth settling early on).

[Mjmd]

The big and smalls have the fatal problem of not having equal island access. The middle people who already have worse border situation get 1 and everyone else gets a lot more land.

That tectonics is funky. What settings did you use? PB64 & PB69 were tiny 30% water tectonics looks pretty good. Maybe try El Grillo's green version?

Other option is to just roll a bunch of pangeas and find one that looks good enough.

[Qgqqqqq]

Yeah I'm using Grillos green tectonics with 30%. I'll roll some more - I agree that one was weird.

[scooter]

I swear I didn't juice the leader/civ rolls to get Superdeath onto Boudica. But I did laugh when I counted down the list after generating the random number.


Feels like this is taking too long to get rolled here. They wanted a random map, give it to them IMO.

[Qgqqqqq]

Yes, I'll take the one and post starts. I'm sorry this has taken longer

[Qgqqqqq]

So we have two options, one with 110ish tiles/player, and one with 150ish tiles/player.

I want: (1) feedback on which is the best number - I like the map for the 110ish one a bit better, but worry about everyone being so close - (2) feedback on the following starts, bearing in mind the very limited brief.

As mentioned, I'm not taking more fundamental comments. We've lost too much time to second guessing, and they just want a random map. I'm keeping open for feedback for 48hrs and then I'll implement changes and post starts.

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