Ireland map [Quenched]

[rocksolid]

I think you should do everyone a favour and remove Cavan from the map altogether.

[kevinc]

I think you should do everyone a favour and remove Cavan from the map altogether.

Ha ha! Are you talking in general or just about Conquer Club?

[qeee1]

I think if you're going to split a continent it should be Leinster... Between Dublin and Wicklow using the Wicklow mts. and accross... somehow.

The "Northern Ireland split" just doesn't work unless you find some way to join purple... and that's very awkward. Plus by splitting Leinster you're killing two birds with one stone.

I disagree with what Andy said about the visual style, the colour looks just right, and the names need to be rougly the same size.

[Pristella]

Oh, beautiful! On visual side, though, I would appreciate a better visibility for water as an obstacle. Also, the blue continent is quite close to the shade of water, maybe a slight modification on it or the water colour?

[AndyDufresne]

Obviously Leinster would be the prime place for splitting, I was simply looking for a natural area to keep in sync with the map. Leinster is probably the way to go if you are looking to add another continent with various rivers and any other geographical features that are there. Caution though, be careful of the split, for it might give too much power to Ulster, if it can easily knock down it's borders to a very low number.

And if all the names need to be roughly the same size, then others simply need to be decreased in size (Mayo, Galway). I was just trying to keep a balance in the visual appeal over the map. It just seems like as it stands on the map the larger countries for the most part have a slightly larger name, so I merely suggested boosting the names of the other larger countries to balance the appeal.


--Andy

[kevinc]

I decided to ditch using the provinces as 'continents' and broke Ireland up into various different regions instead. I think it'll make the map a lot more interesting to play.

I'm happy with the look now at this stage, so unless you spot a problem I really only want comments on the layout of the counties/regions and bonuses.

[HighBorn]

looks good

[AndyDufresne]

I'll try to get back to you on bonuses and regional borders later when I've more time, or Marv or someone else will get into that more with you first off.

But I must suggest one thing.

'Directional Area Continents' stink!
Get rid of those names. Stick with some sort of regional name, perhaps using the most popular/biggest territory as the name of the continent. But surely...get rid of those directional area continents. Biggest gripe of mine. But other than that the visual appeal is there and I think little more has to be done to that aspect of the map.

--Andy

[kevinc]

That's what the regions are called, so thanks for the suggestion, but they're not going to change.

[AndyDufresne]

To his and her their own, but I feel it lacks creativity--which your map currently is flourishing in. Detracts from the over all feel of it.

--Andy

[john123]

yeah really like the updated map, 6 mite be too big a bonus for south east but other than that it looks great, look forward to playing it

[Black Jack]

I would change the bonus to....

SW = 5
SE = 4

Leave everything else... as it currently stands.

Of course, opinions are like anal cavities... everybody has one

[Marvaddin]

Hmm, much better, but since he have 32 countries, I really believe that 6 continents is too much, 5 is the better number... you could only put midlands and east together... even why both have more borders than it would be good. Or maybe you could put wicklow in Southeast, making its border reach Laois.

Or, if its the final shape, we can discuss the bonuses, only tell me.

[kevinc]

I would change the bonus to....
SW = 5
SE = 4

That's an odd suggestion. SW is by far the easiest region to capture, and SE one of the hardest.

Of course, opinions are like anal cavities... everybody has one

How true!


Marv, I played around with breakdown of regions quite a bit, thinking the same as you, but this setup is the best after I looked at all the variations, so I'm going to stick with it for now anyway, so any thoughts on bonuses are welcome.

[Marvaddin]

Marv, I played around with breakdown of regions quite a bit, thinking the same as you, but this setup is the best after I looked at all the variations, so I'm going to stick with it for now anyway, so any thoughts on bonuses are welcome.

I want beg you to reconsider it. 6 continents is too much for this map, and although there are small continents, they will be very difficult to hold. Midlands, 4 countries and 3 borders; East, 5 countries and 4 borders; Southeast, 6 countries and 5 borders... these numbers of borders arent good... you will need at least change some frontiers.