Hi, I think you need to rework the gold and sheep paths completely to be more balanced. Here you can see that I started a 2vs2 ranked game without ANY gold. See in the second screenshot from my friend where I had to send my villagers to get my first gold. We watched the replay and 3/4 players start with a gold. And there are many games where a single player gets 20+ sheeps and all the others do not.
There is no negativity in this post, simply striving for the best.
(I have the replay if you don’t trust me, I can screenshot from my view)