Archipelago? Fractal? Panagea? Which MAP type for my Needs?

[Lickmajora]

Archipelago? Fractal? Panagea? Continents? Which MAP type for my Needs?

Needs: Wanting PANDEMONIOUM, MASSIVE WARFARE, also if u can suggest any civs that are more "nastier" than the ones below please do.
15-18 civs on Hugest map, Emperor level
4 CS
Time Win Off
Mods: Vox Populi CP Mod + Enhanced Naval + Wonder Pack + AI Boost

after initial reseach here are is my "militant" roster
Oman
Stalin
Hitler
Aztec
Huns
Songhai
North Korea
Mongolia
Zulu
Polynesia
England
Xia
Prussia
Timuri
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[Skidee]

From personal experience it's Pangea

[kkeday]

Subscribe to the Inverted Earth Mod. Huge Map, 70% Land, 30% Ocean.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

I like Fractal.
I found a new map in my maps list, no idea how it ended up there: Turkey.
Great.
There is also a France one I haven't tried yet.

[Lickmajora]

Turkey and France, are they large or huge maps?

[Laluzi]

Is there a reason you randomly capitalize words? Italics exist for a reason.

Anyway, Pangaea will give you total war from the get-go, but it neuters the chance for naval warfare. You might not have access to a coast until late game, and even if you do, it won't be of that much use. Fractal's a nice mix, but it's basically thinner and slightly more random Continents, where the continents themselves tend to be of unequal size. Statistically you're likely to end up on the largest. Continents is a good map, but you won't have any idea what's happening with half of the civs in your game until Astronomy. Continents carries a much greater potential for runaway civs because of this; if someone's getting too strong, you won't be able to do anything about it until you meet them, and it'll take time past that before you're in any position to bother them at all.

OTOH, it lets you conquer everyone on your continent and start fresh diplomatically on the other side. (Not that it'll make much of a difference if you're going to immediately attack them anyway, granted.)

Archipelago is the exact opposite of Pangaea and I would not recommend it for the game you want to play. Pretty much no opportunity for land warfare, which is the main type.

I'd grab Pangaea unless a.) you really want prominent naval warfare, or b.) you don't mind being unable to see what's going on for half the civs in the game, either strategically for for the spectacle. In that case, probably Fractal.

[Lickmajora]

well i am using enhanced naval mod, so there will be a crazy amount of naval units

hahahha, control + i shortcut does not italicize on these FORUMS

[Laluzi]

Fractal, then. If you're lucky, it'll just have one continent.

But the words you capitalize aren't even ones you'd naturally emphasize. I guess it's not my business, but I raise an eyebrow every time I see it.

[Lickmajora]

Pandemonium, Massive, and Warfare should be emphasized before some civfanboy knee jerk reacts and says "Earth is the best map bar none for all needs"

[kkeday]

Originally posted by Laluzi:

Fractal, then. If you're lucky, it'll just have one continent.

But the words you capitalize aren't even ones you'd naturally emphasize. I guess it's not my business, but I raise an eyebrow every time I see it.

I think you just want to conquer the capitols!

[slur coordinator]

Lakes, with small or large lakes.

Its pretty much only land