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Howdy,

I have a question (not complaining just a question), How are the starting positions determined?

Are they random or are they set?

The reason I ask is looking over the map I see Crowns (which I understand are capitols of nations)

One have 2 provinces to explore that are waste only and share a small island with another nation that is in the middle of a forest and have the water nation right off the coast.

One has 6 provinces that surround the capitol and has good income and resource land and space to grow.

One is in the upper cornor and has only mountians and 3 provinces.

and one is in the southern left Island and has 6 surronding provinces with ok resources (nothing great) but the whole Island to himself,

I can not see the other 2 crowns for some reason.

If its random then I have no problem (actually I have no problem anyway) Since this is my 2nd game I just want to know what to expect in the future.

I will live with what I have and make the most of it.

Like I said, no complaints...only facts and not knowing how its done is my reason for writing.

I think you did a GREAT job getting this going and let the best Arco win!!!

Re: BlitzKrieg - EA private game
 

Hey grudge, good point. Since I'm a rush power I don't have much of a problem with this map, although I think most of the maps/games are rather crowded. This could be a problem for slow starting nations.

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Hmmm, I see what you mean Grudge, capitals are random, but I really don't know what's up with the crowns. Starting positions are a little unbalanced ( I too started pretty badly ).
I can fix starting positions but It'll take a little more time to get it started then, do we stay like we are or do we restart?

Re: BlitzKrieg - EA private game
 

The crowns are victory hexes, and not capitals. They are used when Victory points are set to determine victory. They will also raise your dominion the same way a temple does. Someone correct me or elaborate if I am wrong.

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Oh, come on, If someone is too close to you either make a pact, or kill them. Lets rock... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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If you want we can restart if someone started bad and too close, fixing starting provinces is easy but deciding what they would be is rather hard, I've been trying to set some starting provinces but I just can't seem to make it fair some would have 5 surrounding lands and some just 3.
But either way It's no trouble just say so,
I'm used to starting in the worst possible place,
in every game I'm playing I started in a swamp or waste or boxed in and I menage it somehow!?

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Here are the starting provinces I propose if you'd like>
38, 27, 39, 76, 106, 123, 124, 79

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If you've gone to the trouble of identifying start provinces it might be a good idea to restart I guess. Just let me know and I'll do it, it'll be really easy for me.

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PM me if you want me to restart, since I may not see anything posted here.

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Come on guys, its not sitzkreig... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif