How many Koatl villages per map? [Serpent DLC Question]

[The Apprentice]

In the two games I've played since the release of the Serpent DLC, I've found one Koatl village each scattered somewhere on the map. Game 1 I took the Koatl Village, game 2 I did not. (Huge Impossible Games) Neither map had the new Great Mage spawn.

I'm curious what other players have seen. How many villages are showing up in your games? Thanks!

Edit: Despite exploring 3-4 Portal Worlds per map, I've yet to see a village in one of the Portal worlds. Game One was Continents, Game 2 was Islands. Max enemy GM's.

 

[unmerged(15561)]

Not 100% sure, but in the DLC details it says that if you choose the Koatl trait you should have the village near to your capitol.

"Lord of Koatls – Ensures the appearance of a Koatl village near the capitol of a Great Mage."

- from STEAM dlc description.

 

[The Apprentice]

Right. Sorry.

A better way to phrase might have been, "Ignoring the Koatl village a player can FORCE to appear by selecting the Trait at Great Mage creation, how many villages are you finding in your games?"

Trying to figure out how prevalent the villages are so a player can accurately weigh not spending the points on the trait.

 

[Skyhunteren]

I have also found single koatl village without having the perk or fighting the great mage with the perk, but I have mever seen more than one.

 

[unmerged(493757)]

Perhaps we should state our settings, perhaps settings are taken into account when randomizing objects in the map.

My report from my last game.

Settings:
Difficulty - Impossible
Map size - Huge
Rival Mage - 6
Other Worlds - 4
Character - Tendral (with Default Perks)

Number of Koatl Village in the map: 6 (3 in Ardania, 1 in each other world, 1 other world doesn't have it though)

I guess it's completely random.

 

[unmerged(489718)]

Playing on large maps, I can confirm that there will be at least one Koatl village somewhere on the map even if the player does not choose the Koatl perk on startup. If you do choose the Koatl perk on startup, there will be at least one other Koatle village besides the player's. I have seen the AI use Koatle units up to the Koatle warlocks, but not the giant turtles.

 

[Peter Ebbesen]

I'm curious what other players have seen. How many villages are showing up in your games? Thanks!

Only played one game yet and not finished. XL, islands, max great mages and portal worlds, starting with a village myself (customized human with the two Koatl perks plus Instructor).

Total found with half the world revealed and one portal world mapped: 3. My own, one on a distant island with lava and other high-value randoms, and one in the portal world I mapped.

 

[unmerged(487513)]

On my last game (Normal, Medium with several Continents, four pocket dimensions) : I found three Koatl villages. All of them are in Ardania.

But strangely, this game has too many special resources tile on it. Even on Ardania, I found four (!) holy grounds and one Elven village, something that I have never encountered in previous, pre-Koatl DLC games.

 

[The Apprentice]

Thanks to all who replied. I guess my experience of a single non-start position Koatl village in each game isn't representative. It seems like the K. Village operates like the Adamantium resource to an extent- rare in Ardania and less rare in the Portal worlds. Or maybe it is rare in each?

Go Random Number Generator! Still, no reason to take the Lord of K perk if you only want the Serpentarium perk eventually.

 

[Tahiahin]

while playing XL map with max other worlds, i haven't fully explored the other worlds, but i have found 4 koatl villages away from great mages on ardania, and 2 in the other worlds (i have only explored 2)

 

[Bored Peon]

I saw three in the last large game I played. I did not have the world fully explored either.

 

[unmerged(501850)]

Settings:
Difficulty - Normal
Map size - Large
Rival Mage - 3
Other Worlds - 4
Character - Nicolas Frost (with the default perks)

Number of Koatl Village in the map: 3 - 2 in Ardania, 1 in one out of four portal worlds