Tekamthi
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I'm under the impression that any AI underperformance with polynesia is most strongly attributable to their far-flung, disconnected island settlement locations when being played optimally -- these take some very careful planning and anticipation to defend effectively. Going 1-tile inland and still getting lighthouse-like bonuses is a nice option for defensibility. Better AI training would probably go a long way in this regard, as a 1-tile inland isolated island city is considerably more defensible than an isolated coastal city, and its probably polynesia's greater-than-typical tendency to lose cities it founds that drive any poor results seen in testing.If it is decided that Polynesia’s just-off-coast settle strat is cool, then the bonus should be the fish bonus and no isolation, and maybe some AI to support that. If it is decided that Polynesia should settle coast cities like everyone else, then changing the bonus to a free lighthouse on coastal cities makes that explicit.