You can also choose whether or not this plays a role in your game. (By that I mean a little checkbox in the "Select Empire" screen.)
In ways this sounds a little unbalanced, but the ideas are interesting.
I think it's a better idea for players to DECIDE whether to play the maps with these advantages/disadvantages.
So basically players will not always be forced to try out new things that can be better or worse.
...
Lol sorry. Must've skipped a line. :P Either that or I was just derpy and tired.
Anyways about the forest map, how much archidons can climb one tree?
For the Halloween map, I don't know if it's just me, but for some reason, I feel like Order needs one more small buff. ;/
As for the Ice world... Penguins? PENGUINS!!! :D I wonder how they'll look like in stick figures :) .....
or maybe they look normal and lame.... :I