North by Northwest
Creator: Daddymacsac || First Published: 08/15/2023 || Players: 2 || Size: 22x22
Categories: C-Rank, Mixed Base, Standard
Rating: 7.20 in 10 ratings
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Comments:
MediaD90 (07/26/2023 05:43am):
Had fun on the map. Though i only played on the map once so far, it gives you few ways to approach opponent.
Cross n Fox (08/15/2023 07:56am):
Seems fair. I'm no pro, so idk the right stuff to judge. It's a mirrored map like all the ranked 1's. Looks good 2 me.
ViridisViperz (08/15/2023 09:47pm):
It's a decent land/air map. Fairly balanced with lots of terrain variety. Even has a path
where mechs can outspeed infantry. Lots of water and but no ports. Factories that
never come onto contact with pipes or seams. (Piperunner: "Am I a joke to you?")
Not a bad map for the partial meta... but I prefer full meta maps personally.


Daddymacsac (08/20/2023 10:30pm | Edited: 09/29/2023 06:01pm):
To the map committee:

Give us a chance, precious…
Meta Rexy (08/21/2023 12:01pm):
At first glance it reminds me of Caustic Finale. Good terrain here, though the towers
look really really close together, inviting massive fights in a relatively tight space with
the pipes. Anybody who sticks an artillery in the central cities is gonna dominate the
space.
Daddymacsac (09/11/2023 06:32pm):
Moved the com towers out so they aren’t as tight in the middle. Need to get some games in now to see how this changes the
gameplay.
SpoonBender9000 (09/16/2023 08:28am):
Personally I think Blue Moon should have just one infantry. Two is too much of an advantage.
Hardie (09/20/2023 08:42am):
Very interesting map.
Daddymacsac (09/27/2023 10:42am | Edited: 09/29/2023 06:01pm):
Changed it so blue only gets 1 infantry to start (instead of 2), but blue also gets a preowned city for red to capture back. Red
has natural FTA in top left so there needs to be decent compensation elsewhere for blue. Need to see how this plays out now.

Also replaced the city with a port near the deep water tiles in case people want to get freaky with naval units (probably totally
unviable but fun).
Lifeisrelentless (10/02/2023 11:30am):
Tested a single T2 game here. Max(me) vs Sami. Max won.

Sami feels very overwhelming here, mainly due to the top left section. Kindle could likely contest that area but Olaf feels like
he just loses on this map.

Because of Sami's early advantage you are forced to move in tanks from the base nearest your HQ, which weakens that
side considerably and the knock on effect can be hard to overcome from there.

I had a fun time on the map, but I think T2 will be Sami vs kindle almost everytime.

Keep it up.
Daddymacsac (10/02/2023 05:58pm):
Thanks for the feedback Lifeisrelentless! I got some feedback on Discord and have a few ideas to help balance the top left
section out a little. But naturally Sami is still going to be pretty strong here (especially in that area of the map). Still not sure if
she’s worthy to go to Tier 1 like on CF. At this point I think she is probably still Tier 2 from the play testing games I’ve seen.
Just waiting till these games finish up so I can make the edits on the map.



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