Mongolia. Nobody likes it because you start really close to your enemy in team games. But really now! The hunts are so thick you can't spit without hitting a critter. There's plenty of gold mines. The trade route doesn't cut through your town, so if you need to wall up then you can; and there's yaks for all the India lamers and shriners.
Oh, and it seems the BEST map for getting those awesome treasures like +10% cavalry siege damage, -10% cav train time, +5% cavalry HP...you NEVER see these on other maps.
Not much wood, but then India has those infinite wood crates and trickles and whatnot, and everybody else can go chop in the north.
Finally, no laggy water or cliffs or buggy terrains that defy you to build on trade post sites. None of that garbage! Just sweet, sweet flatland.
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Bart331 balance suggestion: aztec: remove civ
Voltiguer: Ender, Sioux in 1.04 will be a top civ, no matter how many layers of Sioux goggles you put on
schildpad on Elephants: ...their mansabdar unit sucks so hard it looks like a black hole
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