On ly just seen this and yes it is nearer what I expected for him. I'm still toying with a hybrid merchant start and change to corsair at star of Anglo American war. Once I finish playing around with monks I might get back there one day.@pedrwyth: What do you think of this idea for your Jose Almeida character?
- you get Portuguese relations, but a LoM from America.
If you agree, probably the storyline description should be updated to reflect that despite you appearing Portuguese, your loyalties lie with the USA.
In early explorers there are all those currently unavailable islands. Long term it could be possible to make fake locations to block out the towns and actually allow an explorer to explore. Presumably claim the new land for their served nation and get kudos=points from the governor, maybe have to build some small buildings and put up a flag (leave crew etc). So reserve explorer type for that playstyle/task. As long as the beaches remain for access it doesn't actually matter if the inland geography doesn't match what you get in a later period when the island is available normally because the two will never meet as it were. It might take a bit of re-initialisation after the choice of explorer player type.- EXPLORER PLAYER TYPE! Exploration can be a great thing for gameplay, but how do we make the best use of that? Especially in Early Explorers? I honestly don't have a clue right now, but there must be options.