Re: RAIL ASIA [1.11.12] QUENCHED

[The Bison King]

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EXAMS!!!!

may this stamp bring you luck.

[cairnswk]

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EXAMS!!!!

may this stamp bring you luck.

thanks tbk...your stamp did bring luck...i got a credit for the exam, yes results were posted a mere 6 hours after doing the exam. i'm astonished with that speed from that process.

[cairnswk]

^^^ It might have brought exam luck but also brought the flu.
I will post something later this week.

[TaCktiX]

Ver goot, we eagerly await.

[cairnswk]

Version 8

Changed:
1. reworked some rail lines
2. reworked the staircase
3. added large station doors
4. Dushanbe terminal has been moved and lines connecting to it.
5. The Stanz lines are changed

[isaiah40]

Looking good!! Though I think it would be cool to have a couple of people on the stairs.

[cairnswk]

Looking good!! Though I think it would be cool to have a couple of people on the stairs.

OK thanks. are there any gameplay issues?
We are in gameplay mode

[Victor Sullivan]

• Bonus Areas:
  
  • Russian (A): +4 or +5
  • The Stanz (B): +4
  • Siberian (C): +4 √
  • Chinese (D): +10
  • Japanese (E): +2 √
  • Ottoman (F): +2 √
  • Arabian (G): +2
  • Iranian (H): +3
  • Pakistani (I): +3 √
  • Indian (J): +4
  • Southeast Asian (K): +5
  • Indonesian (L): +2 √
  • Philippino (M): +1
  • All Yerevan: +3 √
  • All Dushanbe: +4 √
  • (All of the above values are based on number of borders, number of territories, position, and expansion potential.)
• Other:
  
  • I think the neutrals on TYO E, TAF H, KHI I, and CAI FG are unnecessary, as the drop percentage is still pretty low without them.
  • In your signature, you seem to point that this map is post-1999, yet one of the rails is named after the Ottoman Empire? Is it still called that today?

-Sully

[cairnswk]

thanks Sully for that input.
Do you think the connections are solid for gameplay or could they be made better?

The map is set anytime in the future, so for providence sake i have said 2050.
For instance
1. technically Cairo is in Africa - should that be changed to Port Said?
2. should there be a see route from MNL to HCM
3. should AKY join to VOG with same station type as AST
4. is China too large - should it be broken into eastern and westrn china for smaller bonuses.

[Victor Sullivan]

thanks Sully for that input.
Do you think the connections are solid for gameplay or could they be made better?

The map is set anytime in the future, so for providence sake i have said 2050.
For instance
1. technically Cairo is in Africa - should that be changed to Port Said?
2. should there be a see route from MNL to HCM
3. should AKY join to VOG with same station type as AST
4. is China too large - should it be broken into eastern and westrn china for smaller bonuses.

Okay.

1. Sure, that sounds good.
2. Nah, I don't think it's necessary, and I think it would just look weird and "out of line" (pun intended).
3. No, I think A and B are already reasonably hard to hold.
4. No, I don't think so, I like the diversity it adds bonus value-wise. But, if you break apart KUN and ULB into 2 territories, it would make the bonus much more possible to achieve.

-Sully

[cairnswk]

thanks Sully for that input.
Do you think the connections are solid for gameplay or could they be made better?

The map is set anytime in the future, so for providence sake i have said 2050.
For instance
1. technically Cairo is in Africa - should that be changed to Port Said?
2. should there be a see route from MNL to HCM
3. should AKY join to VOG with same station type as AST
4. is China too large - should it be broken into eastern and westrn china for smaller bonuses.

Okay.

1. Sure, that sounds good.
2. Nah, I don't think it's necessary, and I think it would just look weird and "out of line" (pun intended).
3. No, I think A and B are already reasonably hard to hold.
4. No, I don't think so, I like the diversity it adds bonus value-wise. But, if you break apart KUN and ULB into 2 territories, it would make the bonus much more possible to achieve.

-Sully

Thanks Sully, i'll adjust those and post something soon.

[cairnswk]

Version 9

While i'm waiting for feedback on gameplay questions...

1. Added a couple of men walking dow the stairs
2. Added a fruit and flowers stall
3. Added some cross texture to the windows on right
4. adjusted some things sully mentioned.

[cairnswk]

i guess if there is no more gameplay comments, then this could be stamped and moved to graphics eh?

[Peter Gibbons]

Well for the purposes of discussion, is there any merit to adding any of the following connectioms?

A) IST to TLV
B) MHD to AKY
C) switch the KHI to NDH to a KHI to MBA

No strong feelings on any of these but they do seem to be worth discussing.

[cairnswk]

Well for the purposes of discussion, is there any merit to adding any of the following connectioms?

A) IST to TLV
B) MHD to AKY
C) switch the KHI to NDH to a KHI to MBA

No strong feelings on any of these but they do seem to be worth discussing.

Peter, thanks so much for commenting.
A) is defintiely doable.
B) MHD to AKY - Aktay is a beachside resort on the Caspian Sea. So that is doable also. There isn't a lot to the north for a connection to VOG. But there is a highway from north of MHD Mashhad to AKY.
C) I wouldn't replace the Karachi to New Delhi line between those two capitals, but i could place the other line betwee Karachi and Mumbai, if that makes strategic sense.
There should really be a line between New Dehli and Islamabad, but there is not room, so i reluctant to pull out the other line between KHI and NDH