[SPOILERS] Emissaries from the blighted lands; Mardoc and Jkaen take on the world!

[Selrahc]

The pool of tears is a source of irrigation.

[Mardoc]

The pool of tears is a source of irrigation.

Oh! I'd have figured it would be salty .

That does make it much better of a site, and I swing back to Jkaen's suggestion as an optimal Vamp capital. The trick, of course, is that we're not just optimizing for me, we're optimizing for the team.

On the other hand - if there are floodplains to the west, then I won't feel guilty about taking all the easy food for myself.

[Gaspar]

When you get the turn, you guys mind either posting a picture of the terrain after exploration but before settling or emailing me a copy of the save. I'll be a mostly passive dedlurker, since you guys have a full on team, but I feel like this is a big enough decision that I'd like to be part of it.

[Jkaen]

sure no problem, need your email though!

[Mardoc]

Turn played and save sent to Jkaen.

So what's the world look like, huh huh huh huh huh?

[Jkaen]

This is what the wrld looks like without my Settler moving.

Note we are in the SE corner, and the site we suggested for your vampire capital looks better than ever right now

Still think I should head north?

[Jkaen]

If you look at the map you will see various dots of revealed tiles, sugessting some sort of dreamland in the centre of the map.

You will also notice I have a scout not a lightbringer. I am thinking the difference between the 2 is not enough to get it restarted, do you guys agree?

[Mist]

You will also notice I have a scout not a lightbringer. I am thinking the difference between the 2 is not enough to get it restarted, do you guys agree?

Aww damn, so I did screw up on a nation specific starter unit Sorry, completely forgot about lightbringers.

[Mardoc]

Still think I should head north?

It's still a tough choice. I was really hoping you could head west to floodplains, but even Malakim still don't want plain deserts except to fight in. The trouble is, we still haven't found a second good city site.

Those red blotches - those are what, hellish farms? Mist is doing an excellent job of tempting us to add KoTE to our already unwieldy tech plans. Although maybe we should, anyway - we're only a Spirit mana away from Tower of Divination, and...we might be able to build two of those.

I think, all in all, I would gamble with moving 1NW, and hope that gives us enough line of sight to find something worth settling for. We're pretty sure that Ilios did not settle, given that score, so maybe he's in a similar dilemma.

The other alternative is to figure out how to share the land we've already revealed, I just don't like giving up on potentially two very strong sites, especially on a map this generally lush and quirky, and a map this big. Or for you to take the nice site already revealed and me to go wandering, but I do want it for myself :neenernee

If you look at the map you will see various dots of revealed tiles, sugessting some sort of dreamland in the centre of the map.

You will also notice I have a scout not a lightbringer. I am thinking the difference between the 2 is not enough to get it restarted, do you guys agree?

We lose out on the Sentry promotion, and on the ability to eventually upgrade him to a Priest, but otherwise should be ok. And frankly between barbs and humans, I doubt he would have been long for the world anyway. So yeah, not worth restarting to fix.

Edit: Looking at the save now, those revealed tiles aren't a dreamland . Half of them appear to be 'The Green Maw', a jungle in the center of the map, and many of the rest are river, etc. These are just more landmarks, I believe.

[Mardoc]

Hmm, or maybe what we really need is just to get the settler to the top of a hill. Pick a hill, any hill .