The last time that happened it happened to Wayneville on the old map, and the cause was a sudden huge influx of immigrants setting up not far away from them.
You may need to start some fast scouting to see if an invasion force is mustering on your doorstep. Of course they may very well be a peaceable invasion but a sudden hundred hearth fires and an idol or two is worth knowing about.
Pff it happened all over the world. Pretty sure loftar changed it because he has no other way to decrease decay levels... And yeah it sucks.
"Since all men count themselves righteous, and since no righteous man raises his hand against the innocent, a man need only strike another to make him evil."
It hasn't gone down to level 3. Just that big towns create lots of civilization...
"Since all men count themselves righteous, and since no righteous man raises his hand against the innocent, a man need only strike another to make him evil."
uh it was like that on the last map too, most villages had level 2-3 animals immediately around them with the animal level increasing as you go a bit further away. the civ level drops off pretty fast though so you should only have to go about 5 minutes away for level x critters.
It was like that on the last map but not in the beginning of the new one. Pity it got changed...
"Since all men count themselves righteous, and since no righteous man raises his hand against the innocent, a man need only strike another to make him evil."