The Weakest Link
Creator: MiloTrain || First Published: 01/11/2012 || Players: 5 || Size: 28x33
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Comments:
MiloTrain (01/11/2012 12:26am):
2nd attempt at a big map :D thoughts? too heavy on the bases? :P
Shadow Star (01/11/2012 02:18am):
Those back ports are kind of useless when a t-copter can get the same thing done, for less
money, and more use. There's a lot of plains and not a lot of terrain variety. And pretty much
all of the ports are going to be useless. You have a lot of chokepoints, and even using
landers won't speed things up very much as there isn't a whole lot of places to land.

Now then balance issues:
you have roughly 22 bases for Black hole, and roughly 20 for the 4 allies, this is not
necessarily a bad thing, but it is a little much for a map this size. I noticed you tried to balance
that with the airports, giving BH approximately 4 airports versus 6 airports, and 2 contested.
you have about 64 property for the allies to split, and about 58 property for BH. the funds
are about equal.
MiloTrain (01/11/2012 03:36am):
Thx :D yea I suppose the ports are useless but Ill just keep them there anyway if someone want
to build ships for fun :P I have tried to change it up does it look any better?
Shadow Star (01/11/2012 10:11am):
hmm. 16 versus 16 for bases, 4 versus 8 airports, approximately 58 versus 70 total property
(70 divided by 4 is roughly 17) 22 versus 26.

I'm still going to wager in favor of the allies. Just because their combined positions are a little
better. Which is about how the cartridges felt, so good for capturing that feel. You could try
spacing some of the property out a little bit, just the ones touching other property.
I would maybe make 2 of BH's starting bases neutral, and give them 4 more cities. due to the
placement of the countries, there should be ample time to prepare for the initial wave of
black holes attack to cripple the allies.
The only real problem that I have is that the terrain shows about where the fighting is going
to take place. Where those used silo are create a sort of line where a lot of the ground
combat should be taking place on. Black Hole now has some purpose for those outward
seaports, they do get troops to the battlefield faster. though the middle lake and the two in
the bottom corners remain a waste of time to build sea units on. A lot of the time sea units
and air units don't get along (air units being cheaper and more versatile) All of your terrain is
culminating into 3 tile wide chokepoints, this is not necessarily a bad thing, 3 tiles is pretty
wide. and with the air support it should be okay.

I think that covers most issues and comments that I have on the map.
MiloTrain (01/11/2012 09:27pm):
1,000,000 Thanks for your feedback and helping me improve my map making skills :D
Shadow Star (01/11/2012 11:44pm):
You're welcome.
pen (02/28/2012 06:32pm):
It's a gorgeous map 10



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