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Here's a question which I feel has gone somewhat unanswered. What do you think is the best type of starting position? If it's not in the poll, reply in the thread.
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Dominae
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SP - barren and lifeless. Even on Deity I find multiple riverside cows rather boring. I will play almost any start, but I prefer the ones that are uncommon, interesting, and offer a challenge. For this reason I like to play 3 billion year-old planets.
MP - just the opposite!
Dominae
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Cruddy
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Lots of luxries for me - different types being optimal!
The reason? I only play Deity these days, so happiness is the BIG factor. Having 2 different types of luxuries mens an early Republic government which keeps the research up - any extra resources can be traded for bonus advances or different luxuries or strategic resources.
Here's my reasoning - strategics are only needed to START building those important military units - luxuries are needed every single turn.
Barren and lifeless? Deity's tough enough without that.
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epics
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I would like a fertile land and hills or mountains. Almost always my capitol is the most productive city.
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Fosse
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U.S.A.
Mar 2002
time: 23:27
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I'm willing to take almost anything except tons of jungle.
If I had to pick between lots food and lots of luxuries... I'd go with luxuries. I can always find a good food site... but if don't have a luxury in place by the time my cities start hitting size three...
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vulture
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Leeds, UK
Jun 2001
time: 05:27
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I have to go with the 'fertile land' option, enough to get a few reasonable cities out quickly to get things rolling. Luxuries nice, but as nbarclay says, there is always the luxury slider. Especially in republic, let cities grow and stifle unhappiness with the slider if you have any. Strategic resources? You only need one of the ancient era resources to ensure that you are able to get the other, and even a good archer stack wil be able to grab you strategic resources in a pinch. Never had any troubles here at all (well, apart from my first ever Iriquois game, where the nearest horses were right under Egypts capitol...). Defensive land usually means slow city growth, plus I can't remember the last time that the defensive terrain around my capitol became an issue. Difficult starts? Sometimes I like the challange. I've got a game on the go at the moment as the celts, surrounded by jungle and desert, with about 5 tiles of grassland. Not easy.
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mabellino
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fertile....
being a relative newbie I like my starts as easy as possible.... one day I may even attempt to play a Regent game ;-)
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Worthingtons
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Pride Park,Derby
Jan 2002
time: 05:27
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Great Topic
I think there are other specifics people look for two - loads of fertile land around you is fantastic, some look for the Ability for a Supercity (prefferably thier capital) which they can an early wonder with (cos it seems close to impossible to do above Monarch).
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syzygy_gal
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I like to start next to an ocean so I can get the Colossus and Great Lighthouse in my capital city. I make sure there are plenty of resources and I don't start in tundras or deserts.
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Dominae
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I must admit I do not seek out games like these all the time, but they're surely memorable, and therefore fun:
 Attachment: yikes.jpg
This has been downloaded 49 time(s).
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Kirby
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I like to found cities on hills for the defensive bonus. It's the only way I can survive at the difficulty levels above Monarch. Hills with gold are the best!
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01-04-2003 01:11
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) but I like difficult starts once in a while, to get my feet back on earth after a too easy game...
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