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Patriot1985 wrote:Also, I have noticed that the +1 bonus for Prussia w/Warsaw was down in the last game I played.

I think this is the second time this has been mentioned. The bonus for holding all of Poland overrides the Warsaw w/ Prussia bonus and the Krakow w/ Austrian Empire bonus. In general, the additive bonuses are overridden by holding a primary bonus which includes them: e.g., if you hold the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, you do not get the extra for holding Bessarabia with the Ottoman Empire. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to convey this on the map. During gameplay development discussions, the consensus seemed to be that this sort of thing was not unusual.

That map is a POOR one to play 1-on-1. Why would you do that? Changing a game to making it pliable for a 1-on-1 game doesn't make much sense to me.

VicFontaine wrote:That map is a POOR one to play 1-on-1. Why would you do that? Changing a game to making it pliable for a 1-on-1 game doesn't make much sense to me.

I strongly disagree. I've played 200 1v1 games on this map. I probably wouldn't have made it to Brigadier without it. It's a very interesting map to play 1v1. There are very few maps like this that can sustain large attacks and counterattacks with high bonuses and yet stay interesting and not be decided right away.

Just want to quickly state I disagree with VicFontaine's point of view, after more than 30 games on the map, from 1v1's to doubles to 8player standard I support the change of the Scandinavian countries from 2 to 1, they were overpowered, especially when combined for a bonus of 4 (And hey I'm Swedish, lol, and yet still support the weakening of my motherland )

Naples I don't mind either way, I did oppose the suggested sea-route strongly though as I feel Italy (not the italy region of the map but the greater italy geographic area so to speak) is a weak "base of operations" in large standard games as it is, and there was no need to weaken it further.

Napoleonic Europe; a masterpiece

joriki wrote:

VicFontaine wrote:That map is a POOR one to play 1-on-1. Why would you do that? Changing a game to making it pliable for a 1-on-1 game doesn't make much sense to me.

I strongly disagree. I've played 200 1v1 games on this map. I probably wouldn't have made it to Brigadier without it. It's a very interesting map to play 1v1. There are very few maps like this that can sustain large attacks and counterattacks with high bonuses and yet stay interesting and not be decided right away.

I'll pipe up to agree it's one of the better 1 v 1 maps that has so many regions (compared to say WW2 Europe or World 2.1 it's much fairer), but I can warn you not to play joriki as he it excellent on it.

Army of GOD wrote:I cannot disagree with you guys more. Many times in a 1v1 game someone will drop in either Sicily or Rome, take the Italy bonus and it'll be game over. And Sweden and Norway are well protected, so they shouldn't have been +2s to begin with.

I'm gonna toss my 80% in.

Norway and Sweden should be +1 bonuses.

The Kingdom of Naples should be a 1 also OR had an another entry path to it. We shall see how the udates work.

VicFontaine wrote:That map is a POOR one to play 1-on-1. Why would you do that? Changing a game to making it pliable for a 1-on-1 game doesn't make much sense to me.

This is definitely not a poor 1v1 map. I've played over 100 1v1s on it (lost 4 to joriki =( ) and love it. This makes 1v1 more fair, and it doesn't change other gametypes really...

thanks a lot guys for all your interest and support


...lets see how those updates will work, I honestly haven't had the time to test them properly - but I'm quite sure that those were the right options after all this last period in Beta testing

I think France is a bit too hard to hold! Maybe you should give it one border and territ less? How about merging Provence with Burgundy and lowering the total bonus to 4?

Gillipig wrote:I think France is a bit too hard to hold! Maybe you should give it one border and territ less? How about merging Provence with Burgundy and lowering the total bonus to 4?

Well France shouldn't be easy to hold. The French can't hardly hold it. lol

I wouldn't reduce the terts. An impassable between at Ba wouldn't be bad idea though.

I still believe England is in to strong a position to be worth 3...

C'mon kab. You know this is true.

England is well balanced at 3. First, it does not have easy access to any land battles at all, and breaking through sea battles could easily lead to it being conquered if done too early in the game. So the +3 is vital to ensure its development in the middle game. Second, it reflects the historical reality of a slow English build-up at the stgart of the Napoleonic era, to its achieving a strong position towards its end. Here, too, the +3 is essential. Finally, a +2 would put it on the same level with the Ottoman empire and less than hald of France or Russia, which again makes no sense game play wise or historically. I strongly oppose any change in England's bonus for all these reasons.

France is tough to hold, just as Russia is, because they should be tough to hold given their bonuses and easy access to 5 land battles in and around their territories. So, again, I strongly oppose removing any territory from France or making any new impssable borders.

After the latest changes, I think the game is perfectly balanced and no other changes should be made - save minor ones not pertaining to game play, if necessary.

jefjef wrote:Well France shouldn't be easy to hold. The French can't hardly hold it. lol

Raskholnikov wrote:England is well balanced at 3. First, it does not have easy access to any land battles at all, and breaking through sea battles could easily lead to it being conquered if done too early in the game. So the +3 is vital to ensure its development in the middle game. Second, it reflects the historical reality of a slow English build-up at the stgart of the Napoleonic era, to its achieving a strong position towards its end. Here, too, the +3 is essential. Finally, a +2 would put it on the same level with the Ottoman empire and less than hald of France or Russia, which again makes no sense game play wise or historically. I strongly oppose any change in England's bonus for all these reasons.

France is tough to hold, just as Russia is, because they should be tough to hold given their bonuses and easy access to 5 land battles in and around their territories. So, again, I strongly oppose removing any territory from France or making any new impssable borders.

After the latest changes, I think the game is perfectly balanced and no other changes should be made - save minor ones not pertaining to game play, if necessary.

I agree wholeheartedly. Especially about UK. UK is the counterbalance to the Portugal/spain > France expansion, the back door if you will. Weakening UK would partially negate it's viability as a "home base" in the build games, but also, put further focus on "spain" as the ideal starting position.

In the dubs-esc games I play I see no problem with the map as it is. The nerfing of the scandinavian countires was a good call, and after that the map is in balance. I've never ever had any issue with the Naples area which was the other area of discussion. (though granted I play the map mostly sunny, and I can see potential advantages in the area for fog games)

For the Build games (standard, flatrate/No spoils 6-8 player) time is needed to play and assess. These games take time, hundreds of rounds, and real life Months. With this game type in mind, potential tweaks might need to be made down the line, but Kabanellas is a humble and friendly guy, and I'm certain he'll be willing to listen to such arguments if the time comes.

For now, all issues with the map seem to have been addressed, and any changes asked now seem more to be about personal preference than objective issues with the map... thus; Realease this baby from BETA!!

Thank you. I agree with your comments and have nothing against potential tweaks down the line if necessary. I also think it's time to release this map from Beta, so if the Foundry guys could make this thread sticky for any last -minute comments before release, that would be super. Thanks to all who contributed to this map over the past 15 months - and of course, first and foremost to Kab, who is simply amazing as an artist and amazingly patient, as well as to ender who coded the map and implemented all necessary changes and adjustments.

Vive l'Empereur!

so if the Foundry guys could make this thread sticky

the thread is already sticky

oh great! didn't notice, sorry..

Good to have you back Rask


..I can say that I'm pretty satisfied with the last changes, though I agree that France is a bit hard to hold/make. Which ends up to be a bit of a paradox 'cause you hardly see Napoleon rise in most of these games

..but as we all know it's hard to match gameplay with historical accuracy

Looks fun, can't wait to play it! Might I ask though why Prussia looks like it ate part of the Confederation of the Rhine? I like the Kingdom of Westphalia and the Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Now that I look at it a little closer it looks like you have a nice boarder around it but the orange color there is misleading to my eyes, maybe change it a little if it really isn't apart of Prussia? =p

if you read the legend you will see that the two Confederation of the Rhine territories which have the same color as Prussia will give Prussia a bonus if someone controls all of Prussia and both these territories. Same thing with Warsaw. Other countries have similar bonuses (for ex. Austria with Kracow and Illyria, Ottoman Empire with Bassarabia, Kingdom of Naples with Rome and Piedmont etc).
And you can play the map already since it's been released in Beta for a while now. Enjoy!

I don't have any great concerns here; unless there are any voices of dissent in the next hour or so, I'll push this one out...

Quenching

---The Beta period has concluded for the Napoleonic Europe 1812 Map. All objections have had their time. The Foundry and I hereby brand this map with the Foundry Brand. Let it be known that this map is now ready to be released into live play.

Congratulations Kabanellas and ender516, your shiny new medals are well-earned


Conquer Club, enjoy!

--MrBenn

One of CC's greatest masterpeices.

Kabanellas, Raskholnikov (and ender516 I suppose) I salute you !
Brilliant work guys!

Good job, congrats

Thanks a lot guys for your all support

I've been playing this map a ton lately and I love it. Both for team play and solo it's so complex and balanced. Great work! The main reason I'm posting though is after all the time spent on that map, I just now noticed the signatures in the swords at the bottom--what a nice touch!

thank you