First of all, I have to say the new map is definitely much better than the previous one, very detailed and accurate in term of trade goods and province divisions. Those map contributors must have done lots of researches on that. (For instance, I am really surprised that they even relocated the path and the estuary of Yellow River in China, which is a great job)
I am not a expertise on the map, especially historical maps during the early modern period. And I am fully aware of that it is impossible to make a perfect map that everyone are happy with, since each individual has different concept of history and geography and different emotional attachments. But the new map still has problems (or space of improvements)
The biggest issue is base tax. I do not know how paradox defines the "base tax". Population? Production? the fertility of the land? It must includes some or all of those factors. But clearly the distribution of the base tax is terrible-- West Europe is too rich, and the rest of the world (Middle East, Persia, and India especially) too poor!
2 base tax for all provinces in Upper Nile Valley, while the mountainous Austrian Region has average base tax of 7--8? Come on!
In Middle East, the richest province is Cairo-- 9 base tax, same as Constantinople.
But in Western Europe, how many provinces have a base tax above 9??? More than a dozen I guess, even Salzburg...
I know the issue is concerned with the game balance, European powers has to be the dominant ones! But that is disgusting!
I am not a expertise on the map, especially historical maps during the early modern period. And I am fully aware of that it is impossible to make a perfect map that everyone are happy with, since each individual has different concept of history and geography and different emotional attachments. But the new map still has problems (or space of improvements)
The biggest issue is base tax. I do not know how paradox defines the "base tax". Population? Production? the fertility of the land? It must includes some or all of those factors. But clearly the distribution of the base tax is terrible-- West Europe is too rich, and the rest of the world (Middle East, Persia, and India especially) too poor!
2 base tax for all provinces in Upper Nile Valley, while the mountainous Austrian Region has average base tax of 7--8? Come on!
In Middle East, the richest province is Cairo-- 9 base tax, same as Constantinople.
But in Western Europe, how many provinces have a base tax above 9??? More than a dozen I guess, even Salzburg...
I know the issue is concerned with the game balance, European powers has to be the dominant ones! But that is disgusting!