It's pretty clear that Sargot is the forerunner to Sargoth, in the same way that Jaculan is proto-Jelkaka, and Pravend is proto-Praven. In fact, I'm pretty sure it used to be up where Sargoth is in Warband, in screenshorts of earlier versions of the game.
We all know that Sturgia gets BTFO, usually by Vlandia, early on in every game. They have only 7 cities, and the worst strategic position in the game - spread out across the entire length of the map, and bordering Vlandia, Battania, the Northern Empire, and Khuzaits. The Aserai are similarly spread out, but they get an extra city, two very small frontiers, and a deep desert core of cities far from their borders.
At a bare minimum, Sturgia could use an extra city, and Vlandia could use a bit of a nerf (so could Khuzaits, but that's not for this thread). Vlandia starts with half of their border secure against the edge of the map, has 2 close clusters of 4 cities each, and has a single relatively concentrated frontier bordering upon 3 factions (Battania, Sturgia, W. Empire) that all have other borders to defend. Vlandia doesn't need 8 cities. It certainly doesn't need proto-Sargoth teleported to proto-Rhodokland. Move Sargot(h) back up where it should be, and give it to the Sturgians.
For curiosity's sake, I made a poll. Do you agree?
We all know that Sturgia gets BTFO, usually by Vlandia, early on in every game. They have only 7 cities, and the worst strategic position in the game - spread out across the entire length of the map, and bordering Vlandia, Battania, the Northern Empire, and Khuzaits. The Aserai are similarly spread out, but they get an extra city, two very small frontiers, and a deep desert core of cities far from their borders.
At a bare minimum, Sturgia could use an extra city, and Vlandia could use a bit of a nerf (so could Khuzaits, but that's not for this thread). Vlandia starts with half of their border secure against the edge of the map, has 2 close clusters of 4 cities each, and has a single relatively concentrated frontier bordering upon 3 factions (Battania, Sturgia, W. Empire) that all have other borders to defend. Vlandia doesn't need 8 cities. It certainly doesn't need proto-Sargoth teleported to proto-Rhodokland. Move Sargot(h) back up where it should be, and give it to the Sturgians.
For curiosity's sake, I made a poll. Do you agree?