So for single player: random maps at all? Editor?

[dearmad]

Are there ONLY going to be premade sets of islands we can explore, or will there be random ones?

If no random ones, will the editor be out with the game so we can make them? If not, that is a very poor choice as it limits the fun artificially. Let us have UNLIMITED maps to play on! :hello:

[Stig]

Asked the same question some time ago.
Well Island can never become full random I think, you always need to have a pre-made set, but in 1503 it feld like this only had 15 bigger island, while in 1602 it feld like 100s.
With the editor we can always make our own. People will upload them and others can download. With a possible patch Sunflowers might be able to release 20 more. By this we can easely get upto 200-400 bigger islands.

[Dobber]

Hello dearmad! It's been about 9 months I believe since I saw you on the boards! Welcome back! Each map will have 20+ randomly chosen islands on it. How many they have designed for the game I do not know. I haven't yet heard what type editor we will get. I would imagine one that allows us to place the islands we choose, but as for an island editor, I don't know if that is planned by the developer. We may have to wait on someone to do a stand alone island editor like Sir Henry's was in 1602.

[dearmad]

well, if they made a few hundred islands and they get combined randomly in a map that will be fine.

The only thing that has ever disappointed me about this game is the combat... the AI was *always* a pushover... if this has been fixed in this game, it will be a lot of fun. I HOPE the AI is better at playing this time and has a few less cheats so it can go bankrupt. But we'll see.

Also I hope all the BUILDINGS work this time...

I already preordered it.

[Dobber]

Combat does not have an emphasis in this game either. The emphasis lies in city building and trade!

[Stig]

Yeah it doesn't have to be Total War or anything, but sometimes this game could do with better combat, it feels like I have some sort of bonus over the enemies. Or did that 'bonus' disappear on higher difficulties

[Flo]

I don't know, if i understand you right, but 1701 should have the best acting PC-players of all the Annos. RD has done a few RTS-Games before.

Sorry for my english, at the moment it's gone with the wind, i don't know why :scratch: :lol:

[dearmad]

I hope so...

I'm not asking for all out war all the time... but once in awhile... if it's clear you are going to war on a neighbor, they should ARM themselves and fight back! Unlike 150x and 160x. I hope 170x has enemies that will fight back if you're clearly out to be a brute.