MrBenn wrote:When you want a change from border tweaking, the title really needs some work.
I like this image... you could do something like this for the title?
You've given me a very good idea for the title...let me see if I can pull it off for version 10
MrBenn wrote:As far as capitals go, I don't really have any bias one way or the other, other than to suggest that if you do go down that route, you could incorporate the flag icons from the image I posted which would bring some cohesion to the two elements...
It's developing nicely
Yeah, if I make capitals I'll try to incorporate the flags. Thanks for your comments
TaCktiX wrote:Alright, my forces are mobilizing.
Woo! I'm gonna get attacked!
- Overall, really good color scheme. The water texture is straight gorgeous and the land texture is subtle enough not to overwhelm but certainly noticeable.
Thankies
Moldova (the text) just barely overlaps on its border, messing up the clean feel on the map. Reducing the text size, moving it around just a smidge, fudging the border, or something like that should fix the problem. Heck, you could even pull a Pepperonibread and stick it sideways.
I'll fudge the border to get it to fit - I think having one diagonal territory name with everything else horizontal would look odd.
The river looks like that part of the Balkans has been subject to torrential rainfall for 10 years straight. I know you're going for noticeable, but the thick line contrasted with the lovely thin border lines is rather incongruous. Thin the river up, including the bold gray lines. The bridges are enough to note "yo, this is impassable, just like all those other maps out there".
Okay, I'll thin the river's borders. You want me to thin the entire river as well? I could draw it with a thinner brush easily.
Kosovo's crosshatching might be proper political demarcation, but it looks bad. Perhaps altering the color to be darker or slightly more gray (also a proper way of noting disputed territories) would look better. The big huge Text Box of Doom explaining Kosovo's bonus is sufficient to note its difference.
I'll see what I can do - I think your suggestion will look better than .44s, but I'll try both.
Your legend still looks like The Text Box of Doom. I think too much text is devoted to noting Kosovo's composite bonus nature. Europa has the Motherland bonus in it, and has half that much text to describe the bonus. Since Kosovo is the same general color as the region of Serbia, people can pick up on that, promise. The bonus regions are really good-looking, though.
Numerous people also missed/misunderstood the motherland bonus on Europa. I think it's better to err on the side of caution, especially since I have the room to do so. I can shrink the size of the font, though, and rearrange it to make the whole legend area jut out less
The FBIH abbreviation is necessary, but where its meaning is located is isolated from the territory. It took me a little bit of search to find FBIH, though due to your minimalist text approach (save Kosovo bonus) it's easy to find. Consider repositioning it but don't think it required.
I agree with you, but don't see a better place to put it. I think it's good enough where it is, unless someone comes up with a better location. I'd rather not make a second floating box above the legend just for that abbreviation.
The mountains are cute and seem to fit the map well, but they bug me just a bit, most likely due to the color of the territories nearby not being obscured by the mountains. Slightly more opaque mountains should do the trick.
I don't follow what you're saying. The mountains are just lines; the territory color shows below them because there is nothing above it. You want me to paint the triangles of the mountains in with like a 10% opacity black brush or something?
The dots connecting Crete to the rest of Greece might look better in a white tint instead of a navy blue. Try it and see.
It was like that in version 1, and someone (Ink, maybe, or wca?) didn't like it. I can try something else - maybe a lighter blue instead of white.
See if you can lessen the stroke on the small islands. Their color is getting overwhelmed by that inner stroke.
No inner stroke there, but I can try making them thinner. It'll just mean redrawing the island borders again
. I'll see what others want first.
Albania may only be three territories, but I think it's a +2. Compared to the other +1's (2 territories, fewer connections), Albania has to defend from 6 different fronts. Though it also needs to be considered you can string Albania and Montenegro together with relative ease. I'd advocate +2 for the sake of a good "middle bonus" (your map has none) and for how difficult it'll be to defend against Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia.
You're right, it should be a +2. Fixed for the next version.
It's hard to tell if Thrace is impassable to Kyustendil or not. See the mountains comment above.
I'll add another mountain in southwest of it so it's clear they don't connect.
That's all for now, your map has been
Okay, revised to do list:
To Do:1. Add in Dubrovnik and fix the Bosnia exit to the Adriatic
2. Rename various Croatian territories
3. Redraw the border between Central Croatia and Slavonija
4. Mess around with the stripes on Kosovo
5. Fix the placement of the Moldova label
6. Thin the rivers
7. Shrink the font on the Kosovo explanation text and make the entire legend area smaller
8. Change color of the Crete attack routes.
9. Up the Albania bonus
10. Add in a mountain between Thrace and Kyustendil
11. New title layout
Things to maybe do:1. Make the mountains more opaque?
2. Split Bosnia differently?
3. Capital bonuses?
4) Thin the islands out?