4P Battle
Creator: Xmo5 || First Published: 12/27/2008 || Players: 4 || Size: 40x40
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Rating: 8.00 in 1 rating
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Comments:
Xmo5 (12/27/2008 01:07am | Edited: 12/27/2008 01:25am):
A pretty large 4P map.... Tried to cut down on large sections of plains so Jake wasn't too
good and I tried to make it reasonable in terms of neutral properties, but feel free to make
suggestions.
I didn't do anything to account for FTA because I figured that on a map this size it wouldn't
make too much of a difference to give an extra infantry and I think anything else would be
too much. So as a result I don't plan on changing that unless I get some good suggestions, in
which case I'd be more than happy to modify it.
Also, I did my best to try to make the map symmetrical but if you see anything wrong, let me
know and I'll fix it.
Ducky (12/27/2008 03:53pm):
Do I hear tower whiners?
Fungi127 (12/28/2008 02:34pm):
I have seen no helpful criticisms on any of your maps, which is really too bad. This map
has some serious FTA issues, you may as well give Orange a win.

Many of your airports are too close together. They should be at least 11 spaces away, so
that a fighter can't reach each the other in one day.

The neutral bases are also too close together. An infantry shouldn't be able to go from
one to the other in a day, since that will interfere with your capturing phase and Sami
will become uber powerful.

Another thing is the central silos. I'm no big fan of any silos at all, but contested
ones are dangerous, since it will give whoever wins them a serious advantage. Chances are
Orange will win them.

Many people will say there should be no more than one Comm Tower per country because it
makes Javier overpowered, and also probably makes many others unusable. Grimm comes to
mind. I tend to agree with them.

About the FTA counter, you've got 9k funds and the placing of the bases would get me to
make an APC and an infantry on day one. Followed closely by another infantry and a tank,
probably. I would probably change the location of OS and GE (or BM and YC, if you prefer)
and give both GE and YC an APC. This would get GE and YC an earlier tank, and then they
might have a fighting chance. I'm a big fan of unique FTA counters, so it's really up to
you.

Last but not least, I'm not entirely sure if you haven't read these, but you probably
should if you want to make more halfway decent maps. I hope these fantastic guides help
you as much as they helped me. =D

http://www.amarriner.com/awbw_forum/viewtopic.php?t=10780

Fungi127
Xmo5 (12/28/2008 11:02pm):
Thanks for the comments, I was unsure about putting in the second tower myself so I think I
might remove that and change the locations of some bases/airports around as you
suggested. I'm not too good at coming up with FTA counters but I see your logic with the
APC idea and I think I'm gonna give YC and GE an APC to start. As always, more input is
always appreciated.
airob (02/03/2009 06:56pm):
you know the mere center and the upper.down.left and right extremes seems with few things
..also anothere base by th other border of each home isle would be good by this i mean as
taking example of blue moon on itīs southeast part...
Xmo5 (02/05/2009 12:48pm):
ok, maps been updated... gave each country some neutral cities in the back corner and
changed one of the cities to a base so they could more easily send units up the (vertical)
center. Also 1 base per country was added in the middle island and a few more cities.

Let me know what you think
duke0802 (01/26/2025 02:03am):
This is a fun map, lots of strategic play options!



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