1.52 resource allocation and randomization.

[Jarkorsis]

Well I have played 3 games since I installed the 1.52 patch and I am seeing some wierd stuff as far as how many and where key resources are on the map.

I have yet to see copper anywhere when I research the early tech. The only copper I have seen was when I plopped down a mine on a hill. One of those slim chance you will find results. Of course that was in 1500 and was useless. There are few horses. In fact the only horses in 1 game were on an island in the middle of nowhere and on a different continent. (2 horse tiles on the entire map) So we had infantry wars. All the iron was clumped together and I laid cities down first, so the enemy had archers and warriors. Needless to say, no contest.

A good thing is that I have seen more Ivory. So beeline to cat's and elephants is needed often since no horses. I am playing on terra and small map.

The new economic changes have messed my game up a lot. I used to be on the edge of going bankrupt. So I kept my research pretty high and everything was fine. Post patch, I need to make some big adjustments. I can't get away with what I used to.

[GeoModder]

Copper is useful in the endgame again, especially if you're trying to catch up techwise or that certain spaceship component.

On horses, I partly have to agree. I started a terra map game, only to find that most horse resources seem to be on the new world.

[Enigma_Nova]

Yes, in my 18 Civ Pangaea Duel games I don't tend to see too many horses around.

[djpsychonaut]

I normally don't have problems finding horses on Large Continental maps. One strange thing that I have noticed is that I get a surprising number of new sources of resources being found right around my core cities!