Size of World 3?

[saltmummy626]

The difference between a 11x11 W3 and the current 5x5 W4... is 121 SGs to 25 Sgs... a difference of 96 SGs.

In other words, W4 is almost 5 times smaller than W3 with a population of around 3 times larger at peak.

That means density of ppl has increased by 15 times.

*claps hands* bravo sir. I applaud your logic, and before the mods or other people jump my shit, i'm not trolling, i'm serious. its useful information.

[konjad]

The difference between a 11x11 W3 and the current 5x5 W4... is 121 SGs to 25 Sgs... a difference of 96 SGs.

In other words, W4 is almost 5 times smaller than W3 with a population of around 3 times larger at peak.

That means density of ppl has increased by 15 times.

That's actually pretty cool since world 3 felt totally empty and you had to travel too much even to make a small exchange with someone.

[GhostOfZed]

yes and i think it's gonna make a lot more conflicts with the limited number of good resource nodes especially clay...

My main theory with this knowledge is that it might be a short-lived world.

I think that the devs were partway through major gameplay changes. When World 3 was corrupted, they would not be able to release the new content and world together. Presumably, they released a world with aspects that they could test. Making the world small, politics and skirmishes would be in larger quantities. Resource nodes will be a large factor in this, but simply the supply of land might bring politics into play.

Example: There are many neighbors out there now. Some steal things,or deforest your property, and others just tend to not co-operate. This will make you really want to kill them, so you do. A bunch of his friends don't like that and a large conflict is born (especially if they have any black skills).

This perpetuates diplomacy and has probably even been noticed by world 3 hermits that play in world 4.

Just an assumption, but the devs want a speedrun of the last world. I already see "In Congress Assembled" being used quite a bunch, even by hermits. This world gives the developers time to do game changes correctly and see what else they can bring into the game.