best map type for each Civ

[Walter R]

I've just been looking for something on this but couldn't find anything - however, I'm sure it will have been discussed before. Please will one of you kind peeps send me a link or point me in the right direction?

Last night I started a new game and thought I'd try Attila, given that there had been a few posts on him. Having no better ideas I chose pangea - ended up settling in the middle of biggest forest you ever saw! Decided to reroll that one after a while...hence question.

 

[FeiLing]

Any conquest civ --> pangea or other 1-landmass type maps (like great plains).
Any civ with sea traits might have advantages on maps with more than 1 landmass. To name one in particular: Polynesia on archipelago/small continents.

There isn't really more I guess... oh... maybe Carthage for Highlands due to mountain crossing.
And yeah, obviously their whole free harbor trait is useless on great plains or other maps without any/much water.

It's all pretty obvious, isn't it?
A civ has a forest bonus from their UA/UB/UU?
Then they'll be good on a Arborea map.
Jungle traits? Rainforest.
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[Ryoga]

In spite of their ability to cross mountains Carthage is better off starting in maps with small-medium islands, there they can just use their UA to connect cities and never build a road.


For Attila if you want to tweak your options for an ideal map then go pangea 5 billion years and arid.

The slowest the development of other civs the longer your early supremacy will last. Arid will make less forests to appear and 5 billion years will lower the amount of hills.

That being said you can still be unlucky and find yourself in unfavorable conditions.

 

[joncnunn]

Anyone wanting to play peaceful builder as any civ:

Large islands, preferably with legendary start.

 

[scheva007]

Carthago wants lots of islands, or at least coast. No need for a road, all your cities are connected by the free harbor. The mountain trait is not that important

 

[DarthSheldonPhD]

To answer a question with a question - is there a map setting that reduces the amount of hills and mountains? If so, this would be optimum for any domination-oriented civ, particularly those that utilize mounted units like Mongolia, Arabia, and maybe Greece... who knows, if such a map generation exists, there may even be reasonable for Egypt to build war chariots.
And the inverse of this map characteristic for the Inca.

 

[newarkinvaders]

To answer a question with a question - is there a map setting that reduces the amount of hills and mountains? If so, this would be optimum for any domination-oriented civ, particularly those that utilize mounted units like Mongolia, Arabia, and maybe Greece... who knows, if such a map generation exists, there may even be reasonable for Egypt to build war chariots.
And the inverse of this map characteristic for the Inca.

Earth age 3 billion years = more hills
Earth age 5 billion years = less hills .