Fractured China - [Quenched]

[isaiah40]

I feel like adding a +1 for capitals would imbalance the play. From my own experience, autodeploys weren't a factor until a few rounds into the game, and even when they did come into play, there were held by a number of players and no single person managed to hold all or most of them.


--Andy

This is true, I haven't seen a single person hold any more than 2 at a time in the games I've played. SO they bonuses will stay as they are. AS for the Manchuria/Mongolia bonuses, I have decided to just increase Manchuria from 3 to 4. The one way attack will stay where it is and Mongolia will stay as it is. I'll post the updates later today.

[isaiah40]

New images with Manchuria changed from +3 to +4. XML will come later tonight.

Large:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1001/fracturedchinav3w.png
Small:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2561/fracturedchinav3wsmall.png
XML:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/11/14/2187148//FracturedChin10.xml

[Gilligan]

XML
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/11/14 ... Chin10.xml

[jaytorade]

Can you please make an arrow showing that Taiwan and fujian bombard each other.

It is not apparent from looking at the map layout. Thank you.

[isaiah40]

Can you please make an arrow showing that Taiwan and fujian bombard each other.

It is not apparent from looking at the map layout. Thank you.

Here:

[thenobodies80]

New images with Manchuria changed from +3 to +4. XML will come later tonight.

Large:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1001/fracturedchinav3w.png
Small:
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2561/fracturedchinav3wsmall.png
XML:
http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/11/14/2187148//FracturedChin10.xml

I've sent them yesterday, but I forgot to post here. Sorry

[Pirlo]

the font is not clear enough, especially with such unfamiliar names.

[isaiah40]

the font is not clear enough, especially with such unfamiliar names.

Which font and where? As far as I know you're the only one who has complained about it so I will wait to see if anyone else has the same complaint.

[DiM]

the font is not clear enough, especially with such unfamiliar names.

Which font and where? As far as I know you're the only one who has complained about it so I will wait to see if anyone else has the same complaint.

i think he's talking about the terit names. i do have some problems distinguishing "a" and "o" on the small map but it's nothing to worry about. i think the font fits the style very well and i would not change it.
also even if i misread an "a" for an "o" i doubt this hinders the gameplay in any way whatsoever.

[Pirlo]

the font is not clear enough, especially with such unfamiliar names.

Which font and where? As far as I know you're the only one who has complained about it so I will wait to see if anyone else has the same complaint.

terr names are unfamiliar, so I just think their font should be very clear?

[thenobodies80]

The map was (finally ) updated!

[The Bison King]

Uhhh... I think ou need to take a look at it. the coordinates are messed up

[Gilligan]

It seems as though the images were inverted...Small as large, large as small.

[Gilligan]

It's fixed now.

[osujacket]

Can you please make an arrow showing that Taiwan and fujian bombard each other.

It is not apparent from looking at the map layout. Thank you.

Here:

FYI

I just found out they bombarded each other and looked through the map and couldnt find the explanation for why they bombarded each other. Now you can argue I didnt look close enough but it was difficult to find. I only found it from looking at this thread.

You really may want to make it more obvious on the map..

Thanks

[AndyDufresne]

People may write off the bombarding because glancing at the text, without reading it, looks like it could be all about impassables. Not much you can do, since there is not much more room for extra space. The only thing you could do is alter the text color, or the highlight fog/cloud around it to offset the information more.


--Andy

[osujacket]

changing the text color of the bombard statement would certainly help

[isaiah40]

Okay, I have rearranged the legend a bit and colored the text for the Bombardments and Impassables, hopefully this is easier to understand now.

Large
Version 3x

Click image to enlarge.

Small
Version 3x

[osujacket]

looks better thanks...

[koontz1973]

You having a laugh with that red on impassables. It is the brightest thing on the map, in fact it is so bright I cannot see the map from all of the glare coming of it.

Please tone it down some.

EDIT: bombards, not impassables.

[AndyDufresne]

I'd probably remove some of that sheen from red, but overall, I've been more than satisfied with this excellent map.


--Andy

[thenobodies80]

Files sent to lackattack.

[thenobodies80]

The new files are now live.

[AndyDufresne]

I'm good with this one.


--Andy

[The Bison King]

hmmm... ok I didn't follow the reasons that went into this, but I absolutely hate the Taipei-Fujien bombard. Sorry. I don't see what purpose it serves at all! The Wu bonus is already extremely cumbersome so hold. It has a lot of natural bonuses, it a can be held but not easily. Now that Taipei can bombard it, it's like why even try to hold the bonus?

I could understand an actual connection to break up the long linear sea route, that makes sense. Also a sea connection would allow a player holding Wu to use Taipei as a reinforced border with a +2 autodeploy.

I say make it an attack route or remove it all together but this bombardment seems to help no player and just diminishes the playability of that region.