Map Questions

[Horatio Thorne]

Apologies if these have all been asked somewhere. I did try searching to no avail.

The game seems to give no indication of what the different map types are like. After searching online I did find some interesting descriptions. I have read that on some of the map types players are not distributed equally between both main landmasses. Can anyone explain the reasoning behind this design choice? Is it to make the exploration age more interesting? Also, will I always spawn on the landmass with the most players? I assume I do, and that treasure fleet resources only spawn on the other landmass. That would make sense to me. But then what happens in multiplayer? Does a human player ever spawn on land with treasure fleet resources?

I have forgotten my other questions due to playing the game faaar too long and not sleeping at all

 

[AriochIV]

The map types in the shipped game are just minor variations on one basic type: it has two large landmasses, your home continent and the distant lands continent; some variations have a line of islands to the west of either or both continents. The distant lands continent always has fewer players on it than the home continent, presumably to allow room for players on the home continent to colonize distant lands, which is a baked-in part of the legacy paths goals. It's inherently asymmetrical, which is why in multiplayer all the human players spawn on the home continent.