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having 12 geologists is still not the same as a queue :)

we discussed this at work (:p lolz), and we came up with this:

- starting island should always be safe, no matter what. => makes the game very enjoyable for 1 group of players
- besides that,...

i don't really get it. So you want something that is cheap and does not use workers to be very fast to build aswell.
can't have it all?

exactly. And you could still make it enjoyable for everyone by keeping the 'home island' safe no matter what happens