I've been playing for quite some time now and its extremely frustrating that in every single game either me or the AI gets to the new world way before it should be possible (ERA II-IV) due to the New World spawning too close to other continents.
I've tried putting land on 30% and making more ocean tiles but nothing seems to work.

New World mechanic should be much more fair and in its current state it gives 1-2 players an insane edge (not because they invest in exploration and they get it as a reward but due to spawn RNG)


I saw a similiar post from 2 years ago but this is something that has to be solved as the idea of a New World is very cool but the mechanic is frustrating to a point of being unplayable in my opinion.