What is the best biome to play on?

[CuteLittleBunny]

My personal favorite is boreal forest, but I'm starting to get tired of always starting on that biome. Which biome do you guys like to play on?

[Elementium]

Depend of the purpose

Temperate Forest with Summer/winter rate 50/50 to build forteress and test it (raider are not bothered by climate)
Tropical Rainforest to build my agri city

Didn't really test the other, but I guess I would go to
Icy biome to build a stockfood+resurector city, but also could be my main base If I could n't manage illness
Arid biome to build my commercial center for reduced travel tim

[Bobistan]

Tundra Mountainous for building thos mountain bases

[Vincent]

tropical rainforest idk the weather just seems more consistant and less annoying

[J.S. Lange]

I like tropical rainforest. Tougher than boreal forest with some serious heat, tons of diseases that keep things interesting, but year-round growing and plenty to forage and hunt.

[Henry of Skalitz]

I really like boreal forest. Tons of wood plus you can build a room without a cooler during winter and food in it won't spoil because temperatures are under 0C
Temperate forestd and boreal forests are balanced IMO. If you want a bigger challenge but not too harsh go for a tropical forest. Tons of vegetation and animals, but the downside is there are many diseases during a year.

[Aturchomicz]

Originally posted by CuteLittleBunny:

My personal favorite is boreal forest, but I'm starting to get tired of always starting on that biome. Which biome do you guys like to play on?

Ice sheet in Alpha 16 was great

[Smig]

I like anything with mountains to turtle up and never see the sun again, but lately I've been enjoying the plain desert biomes for the challenge and the aesthetics of a western kind of town.

[M.K.]

Originally posted by CuteLittleBunny:

What is the best biome to play on?
My personal favorite is boreal forest, but I'm starting to get tired of always starting on that biome. Which biome do you guys like to play on?

That's 3 related but different concepts.
"Best" biome to play on
"Personal favorite" biome to play on
"Like" to play on. No, "like" is **not** the same as "personal favorite", merely related.

In sequence:
Best: Temperate forest. A good balance of climate, diseases & etc. Easy start
Best: Ice sheet. If you can hack IceSheet, you are on the cutting edge of survival optimization
Best: Extreme Desert. IceSheet, with more sweat!
Best: Boreal forest. Habitable, with a wonderful Winter wonderland. Prettiest, for sure
Best: Tropical Jungle. Who says a mountail full of snowy xmas trees is prettier than my flowers! And vines! and swamps! Do you have Rhino's in that there Boreal forest? Noooo! Not even Elephants!
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I have a feeling this post could get very long.
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ALL biomes have merit, by different measures. Then factor in amount of mountains. Then factor in proximity to roads allowing rapid trade. Then factor in isolation from enemies, allowing relative peace.

I currently have one longrunning game of a Cyborg Colony of Transhuman Extremists, gearing up to conquer the World, from their temperate forest hilly abode.
I currently have a Naked Survivor, no-recruits-allow-at-all, paranoid hermit hillbilly, in a Boreal Mountain, bravely trying to build the defenses to protect his Starship during powerup for launch
I currently have a Naked Survivor, on an ice sheet, counting his days of food left on his fingers and toes. He has 5 days of food, so that's more than his counting method can support, so all is *fine*.
I currently have a Tribal Outcast group of 5 not-so-bright cavemen in a Jungle somewhere. Three of them have malaria. Three of then have Plague. Four of them have mechanites of some sort, and the other one is stoned on the smokeleaf he is making to ease their pain. On second thought, I do not think I will have this colony very much longer.

[believor in Prawn]

Originally posted by CuteLittleBunny:

My personal favorite is boreal forest, but I'm starting to get tired of always starting on that biome. Which biome do you guys like to play on?

mine is def mountianus tropical
if you get one of those nice coves in the mountain you can get a great defense while still having room for solar and the 24/7 working farms