Difficulty and resource appearance

[Lonkut]

Does difficulty reflects the appearance of resources? ( the more difficult the game the less resources on map)
Is it a coincidence or did the makers of the game made it so that you can't find any strategic resources near you?

 

[zurichuk]

no it doesn't affect it, it sometimes feels that way, whenever i move up a level i seem to pull a poor resource position but at the end of the day the luck / amount is the same whatever the level (afaik)

 

[Pfeffersack]

It has no influence (beside the fact, that the AI will be more likely to control the ressources on the map).