by Teiwaz
Its not broken. When i start with this, I try to get the 4 wood farm. If other players manage to get this farm before me, it is very hard to get the corn together for feeding. But in general the others don't have much workers, so they go for the smaller farms. Cutting this opening move from corn is a very good counter I guess.And you should start with at least 8-9 corn which could mean you have to choose worse starting tiles than you could.
Imho the right strategy and execution is far more important than tactical moves like this.