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pamoa wrote:66 is acceptable
but 71 is better
maybe you should code all those 3 territories regions as starting position
having so much territories neutral at the start is always a pity on a "normal" gameplay map
nolefan5311 wrote:I've run the bonus spreadsheet on the latest version of the map and this is what I came up with.
The bonus for SE Suburbs needs to be reduced from 4 to 3.
The bonus for Southern Beaches needs to be reduced from 2 to 1. There's only 1 region (2 attack points) to defend.
The bonus for Northern Beaches needs to be reduced by at least 1, possibly 2. You might also want to extend the border of Palm Beach and Kuringal all the way so they meet. It's slightly confusing how they border right now.
National Parks needs to be reduced from 4 to 3.
Also, you may wish to add an impassable (probably some of those mountains) between Leura and Jamison Valley (it's incorrectly spelled on the map, I've seen it spelled Jamison Valley and Jamieson Valley, but not the way you have it). The spreadsheet is suggesting that bonus be a +3, but ian is hesitant to increase it, so adding the impassable between Leura and Jamison Valley would solve that problem.
And let me know what you want to do about coding some of those positions as starting neutrals, but in all likelihood, we're going to suggest it to you anyway once I've run the bonus drop spreadsheet. Makes it easier on me to know that the following continents automatically won't be dropped bonuses, and will probably make it easier on you since it appears you're already willing to code these start positions as neutral:
Eastern Suburbs (La Perouse, though you will probably need to change this to Bondi)
SE Suburbs (Marrickville)
Sydney - City
Northern Beaches (Narrabeen)
Blue Mountains National Park - (bonus of same name)
National Parks - Marramarra N.P North
chapcrap wrote:The latest update is good for seeing the bonuses better. I'm still not the biggest fan of the raised numbers that are the same color as their background. But, it is better.
I think the whole background on the left would be better if it wasn't that shade of blue/green. Perhaps you can have something that represents Syndey being the background in that section.
army of nobunaga wrote:I like this old school classical risk map feel.
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pamoa wrote:I would suggest you change the following neutrals
as I think it is better if key connecting point are "active"
else they become blocking point
and can give a big advantage to some player with a good concentrated drop
Eastern Suburbs = Bondi
SE Suburbs = Marrickville
Sydney = City
Northern Beaches = (Narrabeen) Palm Beach is better as it is not blocking the access to the kayak line
Blue Mountains National Park = (Blue Mountains National Park) Jamison Valley is better as BMNP is an hot point
National Parks = Marramarra National Parks North
nolefan5311 wrote:...Also, cairns, have you thought about extending the border of Palm Beach to Kuringal all the way and removing that little speck of water? It would clarify the borders a little more.
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cairnswk wrote:nolefan5311 wrote:...Also, cairns, have you thought about extending the border of Palm Beach to Kuringal all the way and removing that little speck of water? It would clarify the borders a little more.
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i already have extended that border but am not in favour of extending it all the way because there is a bay in there...nobody would know of course unless they checked another map, but doesn't seem right to me when i think it is clear that Palm Bach borders Kuringai-Chase N.P.
The other suggestions above re changing positions for the neutral starts i am happy to do.
guttorm wrote:Your definition of "classic" seems a bit peculiar.. makes me think of something very old and original that later things are modeled upon - not simply another word for great.
I´m sure it could be called classic australian within that specific geographical context, but it´s hardly one of the truly classic cities of the world.
..but exaggeration is the sign of these times and the map looks good so never mind..
guttorm wrote:Your definition of "classic" seems a bit peculiar.. makes me think of something very old and original that later things are modeled upon - not simply another word for great.
I´m sure it could be called classic australian within that specific geographical context, but it´s hardly one of the truly classic cities of the world.
..but exaggeration is the sign of these times and the map looks good so never mind..
guttorm wrote:aha.. gotya.. I misunderstood within what context the word classic was used. Ignore my previous comment.
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nolefan5311 wrote:cairns, further review by Ian and myself indicates that you may need to lower the bonuses for Lower B.M, Upper B.M, BMNP, and Northwest Highlands even more. As is, a person can hold Parr State, Wilberforce, Winmalee, and Warragamba (4 regions) for a +12 bonus, or they can hold Winmalee and Warragamba (2 regions) for a +9.
What you may need to do is reduce each of the bonuses by 1, or perhaps combine the Upper BM and Lower BM bonuses into one continent at a +5 or something like that. That is, unless you're opposed to adding some sort of long range connection into the region, but I know you strive for geographic authenticity.. Maybe there can be a one way attack from Sydney to the Dam region, since you said that the dam is the sole provider of power to Sydney? Just an idea, let me know how you'd like to proceed.
cairnswk wrote:i am quite happy to reduce bonuses if that fits the criteria of getting some balance.
I have also added next version a bridge between Richmond and Winmalee (true to life) so there is one more assault path into the Blue Mountains to make it less isolated.
cairnswk wrote:I'll also do some research to see if it possible that walking/hiking trails exist from Parr down to Bilpin and then to Katoomba.
That might be any another avenue to have that less closed off.
iancanton wrote:cairnswk wrote:i am quite happy to reduce bonuses if that fits the criteria of getting some balance.
I have also added next version a bridge between Richmond and Winmalee (true to life) so there is one more assault path into the Blue Mountains to make it less isolated.
this is good, and can be improved more by combining the upper bm and lower bm bonuses into one of +5 to make the western side less bonus-heavy. also consider blocking off, for example, springwood from blue mountains national park so that the latter cannot attack every single region along the road; it isn't supposed to be a transport hub.
cairnswk wrote:I'll also do some research to see if it possible that walking/hiking trails exist from Parr down to Bilpin and then to Katoomba.
That might be any another avenue to have that less closed off.
no, do not do this. in fact, i'll go further and encourage u to put mountains between winmalee and kurrajong (i believe the road from winmalee to kurrajong goes thru richmond anyway, across that bridge u're about to add), to provide a barrier between the bonuses that are west and north of the river, so that the preferred strategy for this map is not just to take an easy western or northern bonus, then expand to the next easy adjacent bonus and so on to win the game without going anywhere near either the middle of the map or sydney itself.
etalong and narrabean ought to be ettalong and narrabeen respectively.
the northeast isn't quite right. there isn't an easy way to reach ettalong by road unless u go thru woy woy. it's the other way round on our map. we can make this corner bonus less attractive by removing the bridge to kuringai-chase and reducing its bonus from +2 to +1.
ian.
cairnswk wrote:iancanton wrote:this is good, and can be improved more by combining the upper bm and lower bm bonuses into one of +5 to make the western side less bonus-heavy.
do we really have to combine those two bonuses...i'm totally not in favour of it. i'd prefer to have a couple of small bonuses there to capture to even with the east side...
nolefan5311 wrote:What you may need to do is reduce each of the bonuses by 1
cairnswk wrote:iancanton wrote:mountains between winmalee and kurrajong (i believe the road from winmalee to kurrajong goes thru richmond anyway, across that bridge u're about to add), to provide a barrier between the bonuses that are west and north of the river, so that the preferred strategy for this map is not just to take an easy western or northern bonus, then expand to the next easy adjacent bonus and so on to win the game without going anywhere near either the middle of the map or sydney itself.
Grose River added there as the impassables instead of mountains, and there is now a bridge from Richmond to Kurrajong.
cairnswk wrote:iancanton wrote:the northeast isn't quite right. there isn't an easy way to reach ettalong by road unless u go thru woy woy. it's the other way round on our map. we can make this corner bonus less attractive by removing the bridge to kuringai-chase and reducing its bonus from +2 to +1.
that bridge represents the railway bridge that can be traversed at a pinch to get into those regions, so yes it can be crossed...i'd rather not lose it otherwise it makes that corner too closed off.
iancanton wrote:...
these two bonus zones are small, but +3 and +4 are not both small bonuses. +2 and +3 may qualify as small bonuses.
iancanton wrote:a river works just fine! i'm more comfortable with a +2 bonus for nw highlands instead of +3 because of its corner position.
iancanton wrote:point accepted about being too closed off. however, whether u go by road or rail, u have to go thru woy woy to reach ettalong and the map shows that u have to go thru ettalong to reach woy woy, which is the wrong way round.
is it ku-ring-gai chase national park, not kuringai-chase national park?
londonerry ought to be londonderry and falconbridge is correctly faulconbridge.
ian.
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