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- Thread starter akashsara
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On SB you're right, it will give you and everyone the map resources. I'm not sure if there is different views on this, but I think someone once said that Uranium could be an exception.
I tried Legendary start a few times, but they seem a little weak. Still you get a great Cap out of that. But nothing really a normal random start would do. I can be corrected here though.
Climate: wet more jungles and maybe lakes inland, sometimes more rivers.
Arid, more desert and less forest, that is how I read the script.
Sealevel, raises the land and there will be less water/sea/ocean on the map. The perfect map to throw in another AI on pangaea.
World age: 3 billion years might have lots of mountains and on the other side 5 by might give you plenty of flatland.
Barathor
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Sea Level
Affects plot generation: Land vs. Water
High = Less Land, More Water
Low = More Land, Less Water
World Age
Affects plot generation: Flatlands vs. Hills/Mountains
5 Billion Years = Less Hills/Mountains
3 Billion Years = More Hills/Mountains
Temperature
Affects terrain generation
Cool = Less Desert, More Tundra, Less Grassland
Hot = More Desert, Less Tundra, Less Snow, Less Grassland
Rainfall
Affects feature generation
Arid = Less Forest, Jungle, Marsh, Oases
Wet = More Forest, Jungle, Marsh, Oases
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Legendary Start
Adds one more Luxury to start area
Adds two more Bonuses resources to the determined number needed for start area
Strategic Balance
Adds a major node of Iron, Horse, and Oil in or around each civ's start area
Abundant
Strategic: increases major and small node quantities (roughly 25-50%), increases ocean oil node quantities by 50%, and increases the number of small strategics placed on the map by 50%
Bonus: increases the number of bonuses placed on the map by 50%
Luxury: increases the number of luxuries placed on the map by 33% (not counting one-per-civ second type added to start areas) and target number per region is increased by +1
Sparse
Strategic: decreases major and small node quantities (roughly 30-50%) and decreases the number of small strategics placed on the map by 33%
Bonus: decreases the number of bonuses placed on the map by 33%
Luxury: decreases the number of luxuries placed on the map by 20%, decreases target number per region by -1, and one less luxury is placed in start areas
Affects plot generation: Land vs. Water
High = Less Land, More Water
Low = More Land, Less Water
World Age
Affects plot generation: Flatlands vs. Hills/Mountains
5 Billion Years = Less Hills/Mountains
3 Billion Years = More Hills/Mountains
Temperature
Affects terrain generation
Cool = Less Desert, More Tundra, Less Grassland
Hot = More Desert, Less Tundra, Less Snow, Less Grassland
Rainfall
Affects feature generation
Arid = Less Forest, Jungle, Marsh, Oases
Wet = More Forest, Jungle, Marsh, Oases
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Legendary Start
Adds one more Luxury to start area
Adds two more Bonuses resources to the determined number needed for start area
Strategic Balance
Adds a major node of Iron, Horse, and Oil in or around each civ's start area
Abundant
Strategic: increases major and small node quantities (roughly 25-50%), increases ocean oil node quantities by 50%, and increases the number of small strategics placed on the map by 50%
Bonus: increases the number of bonuses placed on the map by 50%
Luxury: increases the number of luxuries placed on the map by 33% (not counting one-per-civ second type added to start areas) and target number per region is increased by +1
Sparse
Strategic: decreases major and small node quantities (roughly 30-50%) and decreases the number of small strategics placed on the map by 33%
Bonus: decreases the number of bonuses placed on the map by 33%
Luxury: decreases the number of luxuries placed on the map by 20%, decreases target number per region by -1, and one less luxury is placed in start areas
I find that Legendary Start is definitely worth it vs. Standard setting. It's not uncommon to start with 4 lux and a stone/marble as well. Doesn't mean it happens this way everytime, but I find myself restarting a game far, far less due to no resources on Legendary.
Also if single player and you don't play with 12 AI's (say 9 or 10 instead), while exploring you will often find a site where the map meant for a missing AI to start. It will be another crazy area with several lux and a couple stone/horse/marble.
Of course sometimes, Legendary will give you like 4 Copper (on tundra plains!) so it can still have a sense of humor
Also if single player and you don't play with 12 AI's (say 9 or 10 instead), while exploring you will often find a site where the map meant for a missing AI to start. It will be another crazy area with several lux and a couple stone/horse/marble.
Of course sometimes, Legendary will give you like 4 Copper (on tundra plains!) so it can still have a sense of humor
