Aphotic Arena Anew
Creator: Boh Walker || First Published: 03/08/2019 || Players: 2 || Size: 20x20
Categories: B-Rank, Standard
Rating: 7.37 in 27 ratings
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Comments:
Boh Walker (03/09/2019 03:49am):
This is an edited version of nano.ripe's map, Aphotic Arena Redone:
https://awbw.amarriner.com/prevmaps.php?maps_id=64569

Based on the original, Aphotic Arena, created by Puck:
https://awbw.amarriner.com/prevmaps.php?maps_id=52913

The intent here was to limit infantry spam and create slightly more interesting fronts. Emphasis was put on encouraging more
fighting in the north/south, adding unit movement routes behind the HQs, and opening up paths from the neutral base to
promote vehicle production. The original idea behind the map was hopefully maintained.
Boh Walker (03/16/2019 02:05am):
Made a minor edit to the FTA counter to fix an issue with early vehicle imbalance.
clarecat44 (10/18/2019 01:24pm):
A CO who can boost the Black Boat's movement can send an infantry to the neutral base in the
same time as manually moving an infantry from the closer base. I'm not sure how useful this is,
but it's worth pointing out.
clarecat44 (10/19/2019 12:30pm):
This above tactic only works for Player 1, apparently. FTA?
Reddd (09/15/2021 07:25pm):
@clarecat44 its still one turn slower to start the cap w/ the lander compared to moving by foot, because unloading a unit leaves the unloaded unit in a turn completed state (it can no longer be issued orders). turn 3 you're unloading by boat, turn 3 on foot you're moving into and capping.
Card Captor Sakura (09/20/2021 11:46pm):
Most of orginal AA's feature is sadly gone, and maybe only the central control idea was kept.
walkerboh01 (09/23/2021 04:35am | Edited: 09/23/2021 04:35am):
Unfortunately the original map (and its remake) were too easy to stalemate. Not enough contested cities, and capture phases
that generated massive clumps of infantry. This is not an easy problem to fix without really changing terrain, so of course a lot
of city placements had to be reworked...
Peabnut (10/14/2021 03:52am):
this map is asymmetrical. the reefs on the middle left and middle right of the map do not match - the one on the left is diagonal
to the airport while the one on the right is not
Tenryu (10/20/2021 03:00pm):
^
Tomate (12/23/2021 08:57pm):
^
TheGamerASD5 (02/11/2022 11:07pm):
This map has been temporarily removed from global league to fix two asymmetries in the map.
Boh Walker (07/21/2022 03:15am | Edited: 09/21/2022 03:45am):
Asymmetry finally fixed.



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