Crafty Bison
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- Jun 26, 2012
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With GnK desert starts are now not only viable, but positively sought out by some players. By comparison, the other traditional weak start, tundra, has not really become any more useful.
The tundra faith pantheon is much weaker than the desert one, and there is no tundra petra. There are also no 'tundra flood plains', and snow gives you no bonus, even on hills. Ice pack messes with your naval plans, and it seems to me barbs are more likely to spawn. There is also no 'tundra solar plant'.
Historically tundra has been hard to farm , but desert isn't any better.
I was wondering if others shared my opinion that tundra starts need a buff for the sake of balance, if not why not, and if so what bonuses would be cool?
I thought of a few possiblities:
Russian bear stylee, units in cold enemy territory could recieve a combat penalty of some kind.
There is loads of research in the poles atm, there could be a science bonus like per tile bonus on snow or pack ice, or maybe boost to observatory power/research centre.
Cold waters are generally more fertile than milder seas (excluding reefs), perhaps a food boost to sea tiles/resources/water buildings
There's currently political beef over north pole oil, there could be a stronger bias to strategic resources at the poles.
What do people think?
The tundra faith pantheon is much weaker than the desert one, and there is no tundra petra. There are also no 'tundra flood plains', and snow gives you no bonus, even on hills. Ice pack messes with your naval plans, and it seems to me barbs are more likely to spawn. There is also no 'tundra solar plant'.
Historically tundra has been hard to farm , but desert isn't any better.
I was wondering if others shared my opinion that tundra starts need a buff for the sake of balance, if not why not, and if so what bonuses would be cool?
I thought of a few possiblities:
Russian bear stylee, units in cold enemy territory could recieve a combat penalty of some kind.
There is loads of research in the poles atm, there could be a science bonus like per tile bonus on snow or pack ice, or maybe boost to observatory power/research centre.
Cold waters are generally more fertile than milder seas (excluding reefs), perhaps a food boost to sea tiles/resources/water buildings
There's currently political beef over north pole oil, there could be a stronger bias to strategic resources at the poles.
What do people think?