[Vacation - valid until Sept 2013] - Ethiopia

[cairnswk]

Aw, why'd you have to go ruin it like that.
Either make it a small-size map or give it a bunch of extra bonuses.
You needn't do both.

Well, x-raider, i haven't exactly ruined it...yet!
It is reversible if people don't like it.
So thanks for you feedback on that.

Sure.
But I can't ask people to support my opinion if I don't voice it now, can I?

I just got back from a long vacation and still trying to get my bearings back, so bear with me , but I don't like the new bonuses at all. They clutter the space up and are going to require a lot more neutrals to be placed around the map.

Good to see this one back into production though

OK, are any of them useful? or should they be excised completely and leave the map as simple as possible.

That is probably what I would do.

OK, feedback is slow at present, and it seems people were happy withou the complications i threw into the map....
so i'll get rid fo them....going back to previous version 5 then we can move forward again with other stuff.

[x-raider]

You still need to include the impassable legend.
I suggest putting it above the bonus legend.

As can be seen in N.W.Oromia, the mountains could do with a touch up so they blend with the map and the colours better.
And the rivers are largely inconsistent...

Good luck
Sorry your previous changes didn't go down well.

[cairnswk]

You still need to include the impassable legend.
I suggest putting it above the bonus legend.

As can be seen in N.W.Oromia, the mountains could do with a touch up so they blend with the map and the colours better.
And the rivers are largely inconsistent...

Good luck
Sorry your previous changes didn't go down well.

Issues, will fix.
Dont be sorry about the changes...some things aren't meant to be.

[cairnswk]

Version 7.

1. Mountains fixed.
2. Impassables added
3. Rivers fixed
4. neighbouring country names font changed
5. title adjusted
6. buildings adjusted
7. opacity of region colours reduced slightly

[nolefan5311]

cairns, I will go ahead and sticky this one for the stamp, but I suggest removing the neutral starts from all the capitals since they don't have any significance (that I can see) other than increasing some of the 3 region bonuses to 4. 27 starting regions is also a golden number and in 1v1 games increases the amount of starting regions per player from 8 to 9 which I prefer on a map this small. Also, in the continents the capitals are in, you don't need to worry about bonus dropping since all those continents are 4 regions. As long as N. Afar and W. Snnpr start neutrals, there's no need for any other to.

If anybody else has any suggestions, now is the time to speak up. Otherwise, this map will receive the gameplay stamp in 48-72 hours.

[cairnswk]

cairns, I will go ahead and sticky this one for the stamp, but I suggest removing the neutral starts from all the capitals since they don't have any significance (that I can see) other than increasing some of the 3 region bonuses to 4. 27 starting regions is also a golden number and in 1v1 games increases the amount of starting regions per player from 8 to 9 which I prefer on a map this small. Also, in the continents the capitals are in, you don't need to worry about bonus dropping since all those continents are 4 regions. As long as N. Afar and W. Snnpr start neutrals, there's no need for any other to.
...

OK, but is there any need to increase the amount of each neutral in those territories i.e. once SNNPR is taken it's an easy +2 to add to any player's army.

[nolefan5311]

cairns, I will go ahead and sticky this one for the stamp, but I suggest removing the neutral starts from all the capitals since they don't have any significance (that I can see) other than increasing some of the 3 region bonuses to 4. 27 starting regions is also a golden number and in 1v1 games increases the amount of starting regions per player from 8 to 9 which I prefer on a map this small. Also, in the continents the capitals are in, you don't need to worry about bonus dropping since all those continents are 4 regions. As long as N. Afar and W. Snnpr start neutrals, there's no need for any other to.
...

OK, but is there any need to increase the amount of each neutral in those territories i.e. once SNNPR is taken it's an easy +2 to add to any player's army.

You could increase it to a n4 if you'd like. ian and I discussed this and came to the conclusion that if there are not starting neutrals in the larger continents, players my focus on grabbing one of those and not dedicate troops to the smaller bonus. But making it a n4 won't hurt anything.

[cairnswk]

cairns, I will go ahead and sticky this one for the stamp, but I suggest removing the neutral starts from all the capitals since they don't have any significance (that I can see) other than increasing some of the 3 region bonuses to 4. 27 starting regions is also a golden number and in 1v1 games increases the amount of starting regions per player from 8 to 9 which I prefer on a map this small. Also, in the continents the capitals are in, you don't need to worry about bonus dropping since all those continents are 4 regions. As long as N. Afar and W. Snnpr start neutrals, there's no need for any other to.
...

OK, but is there any need to increase the amount of each neutral in those territories i.e. once SNNPR is taken it's an easy +2 to add to any player's army.

You could increase it to a n4 if you'd like. ian and I discussed this and came to the conclusion that if there are not starting neutrals in the larger continents, players my focus on grabbing one of those and not dedicate troops to the smaller bonus. But making it a n4 won't hurt anything.

OKies. done, update shortly

PS...give me a couple of days...the V07S.png master file is kaput, so i'll have to re-work everthing from a previous version. Bummer.

[cairnswk]

cairns, I will go ahead and sticky this one for the stamp, but I suggest removing the neutral starts from all the capitals since they don't have any significance (that I can see) other than increasing some of the 3 region bonuses to 4. 27 starting regions is also a golden number and in 1v1 games increases the amount of starting regions per player from 8 to 9 which I prefer on a map this small. Also, in the continents the capitals are in, you don't need to worry about bonus dropping since all those continents are 4 regions. As long as N. Afar and W. Snnpr start neutrals, there's no need for any other to.

If anybody else has any suggestions, now is the time to speak up. Otherwise, this map will receive the gameplay stamp in 48-72 hours.

nolefan5311...the file is recovered and re-worked...posted as V7 with the ajdustment to neutrals.
please refresh v7.

[nolefan5311]

Onwards and upwards cairns. Congrats.

[cairnswk]

Onwards and upwards cairns. Congrats.

Thanx nolefan5311

[RedBaron0]

First impressions: The map colors are kinda bright for me, especially for a desert country. Some more earthy tones would be quite good for me, personally, but the rest of the community will likely have a say as well.
Question, where is the border between Sudan and South Sudan? Also I assume Kenya and South Sudan are adjacent, yes? There is a border line from the box from H Harari to W. Snnpr that oddly separates nothing and calls into question what connects to what exactly.
There is an odd blank patch near the mountains in S.B-G
The word "bonuses" in the legend minimap seems kinda redundant to me, do correct me if I'm wrong here community!
Also a question to that, are the cities within regions a part of their respective bonus? if necessary a pit of explination to that may be required.
Oh, and do the bonuses have names themselves?

[cairnswk]

First impressions: The map colors are kinda bright for me, especially for a desert country. Some more earthy tones would be quite good for me, personally, but the rest of the community will likely have a say as well.

well some colours are taken from the flag, mixed with some earthier tones...or so i thought...so i have reduced opacity on them for you to hopefully an aceptable level.
Also, your statement about it being a desert country only really applies in the Samaliland regions and perhaps a bit in the north...a lot of the country is quite green in the hills where the coffee is grown...a check on google images will show u differently than u think

Question, where is the border between Sudan and South Sudan?

now inserted

Also I assume Kenya and South Sudan are adjacent, yes? There is a border line from the box from H Harari to W. Snnpr that oddly separates nothing and calls into question what connects to what exactly.

yes that is same border...bridge across river near lake connects that piece of land and border is horizontal line running east from Harari.

There is an odd blank patch near the mountains in S.B-G

NO, not exactly odd. it's where the border of S.B-G runs under those mountains, and the green is a inner shadow around those borders, so i am not too worried about it as the mountains create the impassable...

The word "bonuses" in the legend minimap seems kinda redundant to me, do correct me if I'm wrong here community!

well yes, for you and me perhaps, but looks nice on map anyway

Also a question to that, are the cities within regions a part of their respective bonus? if necessary a pit of explination to that may be required.

will attend to that.

Oh, and do the bonuses have names themselves?

mmm...not presently, but need to do something there, so will fix that.

Thanks for your input RB0

[cairnswk]

Version 8.
as changes from above.

[x-raider]

I still don't think the sea needs 2 colours, just the cyan on the inside should do fine for all of it.
The building image for Dire Dawa is a bit blurry and the text explaining the abbreviations at the bottom should be lined vertically centered and evenly distributed.