The Map -- Starting positions / size / etc.

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Much discussion here in game 126.
Difficult to summarize as view points differ, but, perhaps some common goals... 
 Here are some thoughts...
1)  A more even start with all players being equidistant from each other.  
(Especially in 4 player games.)
2)  Bigger start islands with two more cities -- but more distance between the 
islands to counter this...
3)  In conjuction with larger map size (possibly a retangular wrapping map) 
shorter engineer dev times.
4)  Bigger islands with more cities for land wars.
5)  Some distance between islands to allow for naval groups.
6)  Other?

Thanks for thinking about this...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by peaceful...@hotmail.com on 24 May 2011 at 2:18

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Done.  Will be released in 1.1.40

  * World map size increased:  Length of world-map edges increased by approximately 50%.
  * World map percent water increased from 78% to 85%
  * World map distance between islands increased from 3 to 4
  * World map neutral island size increased from 20-150 to 30-200
  * World map cities percentage increased from 4-6% to 5-7%

Original comment by khstev...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2011 at 3:18

• Changed state: Fixed