Placement of exiles

[Dionysis]

I am just wondering what determines the placement of newly created exiles? I have found in many games that rather than put them in a wide open area adjacent to my city boundaries, they are placed in a location from which they cannot move i.e. a corner that is boxed in by my city boundaries and the ocean.
See the attached example - why were the exiles placed to the right of my city (the black arrow) rather than to the left where they would be able to move around? They are now completely useless to me. Thanks.

 

[Thunderbrd]

The game figures it out without trying to make any kind of intelligent determination which side it should come out on so it would have something to do with the closest available legal plot based on some ID sequencing of plots. So - this happens sometimes and I think it's a repeated thing when it does until that side of the landmass is no longer neutral territory or the closest legal plot for them to go becomes the other side. Otherwise, the people must think they are being kind to the exile to shove him off to where there isn't as MUCH wilderness somehow.

 

[Dionysis]

Thanks for the explanation. I didn't figure there was much intelligence to the placement at least in terms of what is best for the player. Like you say, it is an exile so will not be treated the best by the creator.