My most recent play (first one in 1.2) I did random nodes. I think it's a bunch more fun. It broke from the typical "this goes here and this has to go here" mindset. I started off in Grass Fields and there's three uranium deposits in the start area. It made early game pretty spicy but I'm working on building a nuclear power plant over the giant waterfall by Grass Fields. I built one in the swamp before but I hate being in the swamp so never saw it once I built it.

It theoretically could be wild but the amount of basic nodes are so high that Early game doesn't seem as hard as I thought it would be. Like it feels like so far that once I get to trains I'll be set. I got little outposts everywhere instead of just having my main base in the same spot as I always had before because the nodes where perfect for me. Now I actually have to go look for good nodes that are close to each other