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The Panther said:
2. I did look at the surrounding terrain when making the start positions. I even changed terrains in a couple of places to try to make this better. However, it is not possible to balance this unless I change dozens of terrains. Each player will simply have the luck of the draw as to whether they have plains, swamps, farm lands, etc, around their capitols. There just is not anything that can be done about it. If you are relying on resources, then you had better select productivity. If you are relying on gold, select order.
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I agree with this. If you're a resource-heavy nation then you need to plan for it with high production and admin values. Same goes for nations which need lots of gold. What happens to them if they get stuck in mountains or swamp? Just have to plan ahead, IMHO.
AS far as gems go, everybody's gonna need em, either for summons or selling so I don't see any imbalances there as we'll all have the same opportunities to get a strong gem income going. Setting it lower would probably just mean more slog, no?