I've been putting some thought into the map and what people have said.
ttocs wrote:Two things I don't like two much are;
Alice Springs, it makes it too easy to seize the map and its continent, mabye divide the springs into two, then increase the bonus of the northern territory, or just decrease the bonus of western australia by one.
Queensland should either be a bonus of four, have a territory added, or separate Brisbane and Western Downs, because they are to easy to get, esspecially when they are together.
Northern Territory was modified to make it easier to defend... I've already gone backwards and forwards on this. I think it's fine, but it's my map.
Queensland could have a territory removed, but that buggers up the numbers. There's not really any more room to add more countries/territories.
Marvaddin wrote:I know why South Australia is given a higher bonus. But dont you think, again, the Victoria area is too strong? 4 minor continents and 2 big ones, no much interesting from begginning. So Victoria can waste 2 of those other small continents... and taking S Australia, 9 countries, 3 borders only, bonus of 6! Shocked
I'm very restricted here by the natural borders in place, but how about removing Hobart from Victoria and making it a continent (the state of Tasmania) all by itself with a bonus of 1? No bonus at all? It's the only way I can think of to reduce the power of Victoria. I dont' know, opinions?
To Rednaxela, a very interesting idea, but I don't think it has a place on this map. It might be better suited to another map.
And finally, on the colours... I don't see a problem with them. On my monitor they are:
Western Australia = Gold
South Australia = Lime
Victoria = Green
New South Wales = Blue
Queensland = Purple/Pink
Northern Territory = Tan
If they are that big of an issue I can adjust them.
So to sum up the changes I feel could be made:
- Make a continent of Tasmania for Hobart, reducing the power of Victoria
- Remove a country in Queensland
- Adjust Northern Territory countries, but I really don't see the point, it's going backwards
- Adjust colours for continents
I really do feel that this map has acheived as much as it can, with the exception of some minor changes. I'll say it again, I feel making a map of Australia and keeping it geographically accurate (as much as possible) is very restricting. If it's not good enough for Conquer Club it's not good enough, I'm not going to cry about it.
Final forge or the rubbish bin?