Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24108228-20150912002302/@comment-24108228-20150913121216

Whelp, since the unanimous decision is "Plateau", let's make this more interesting.

Which island is the worst island to settle on? Again, avoiding the cop outs such as Shipwreck, artificial islands, and Tutorial Island; where would you least like to find yourself forced to settle on? After some thought, I'm tempted to vote Lynx Isle, but on the other hand I'm kinda obliged not to, my profile being a Lynx and all that. So I looked into the new map and found something (argueably) even worse!

Harbour Island, neighbour of The Volcano, Jungle Island, Farmer's Island, and Snowpeak, all of which being islands that are frequently visited and/or settled on, is likely one of the least secluded islands on the new map. It's attempt at a plateau-like defence failed miserably, and the tiny island's building space is not helped by it's shape and resource distribution. It does have iron and gold, but they need a lantern to get to, and harbour is again, argueably the furthest island from an oil source on the map.

Since it's on the new map, no island is really within easy sailing distance, and if you're on a different island, there will be no time to react if someone attacks your unguarded settlement. This means you can't visit nearby islands for coal, water, or food, which are all things this island lacks. The berries and flowers provided would support two people, assuming they're called "Eat_Bot_1" and "Eat_Bot_2", specially designed robots that eat the food the moment it spawns, and otherwise it supports one person fairly uncomfortably, along with the fact there's no water. If your name is "Eat_Bot_Omega", then you might get away with it thanks to the berries, but otherwise you're pretty doomed.

All in all, with Lynx Island having natural water, privacy, and islands in close enough proximity to visit them without risking your settlement, I would say that one is the better choice. Plus the Lynx that live there are sane. Sanity is usually a plus.