I have been reading this forums for sometime now and it seems that most strat's are for default start. I like playing(haven't played many games on the zone) with nomad start and while alot of these discussion may apply they are not for all starting settings.
For example if you have;
small islands - huge map - default age
you need to start with a dock. If you pit the sf than you fall behind unless its near a forest.
Seem like there are certain setting taken for granted in this Topics. Is that the Case?
If not than how many of you play different starting ages?