Random map · AoE3: DE 100.19.18309
Great Lakes
Great Lakes is a random map in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309, in the American Maps, All Competitive Maps, Standard Maps, Hybrid Maps and All Maps. Its script can place Cree, Huron and Cheyenne settlements.
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Quick answers (2)
- Which natives are on Great Lakes in AoE3?
- Cree, Huron and Cheyenne.
- Is Great Lakes a competitive map?
- Yes: it is in the game's Competitive map set (AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309).
Great Lakes: large lakes surrounded by a single circular trade route.
Settlements: Cree, Huron, Cheyenne
Outlaws: Comanchero, Renegado
Fight around the outside of a large freshwater lake. Control of the single long Trade Route is crucial. Huron, Cheyenne, or Cree villages ring the lake. Resources, including fish, are plentiful. Build too close to the shore without controlling the water, and you risk having your town shelled by enemy ships late in the game. Sometimes the lake may be frozen over, presenting a different tactical challenge.
Native settlements
The settlements its script can place (a match uses some of them).
In the game's map sets
Has a large version for more players (great lakesLarge).
History
The five Great Lakes – Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario - span over a 1,000 miles of the border between the United States and Canada. Water flows west to east from lake to lake, dropping 170 feet at the Niagara Falls between lakes Erie and Ontario before flowing into the St. Lawrence River and out finally to the North Atlantic. The names of the Great Lakes varied over the years from simple or colorful names or names that referenced Native American tribes nearby. Lac de Chat (or Lake of the Cat), was a French name for Lake Erie, probably in reference to the wildcats found in the area; the name "Erie" refers to a tribe of Native Americans that lived in the area. Lake Michigan had an unfortunate early name, "The Stinking Water Lake," but later came to be called Michigan after the Native American name for the lake, "michi gami."