BIG BIG UPDATE AND INFO
PLEASE READ ALL BEFORE POSTING
DiM wrote:*there are 3 army numbers that don't belong in the map: in Lake Huron, in Albany and in Philadelphia
They are gone.
DiM wrote:*i don't like the different colours for the lakes. i think the bridges are enough to separate the lakes.
They are changes back. I originally did that to distinguish the 5 different lakes. Not the lakes border between bridges.
DiM wrote:*i don't like the bridges and somehow i don't think there should be bridges, maybe some connecting curved lines?
I will run a poll and see what everyone thinks.
DiM wrote:*i really don't care about the rivers not being acurate. i think for gameplay reasons they should be kept.
We all can discuss the overall layout and playability of the map in terms of borders once the number of territories is reached.
DiM wrote:*please make the Harrisburg-Philadelphia a bit bigger. in the small version it will barely be visible.
It is done
DiM wrote:*the army circles overlap the anchors in different ways. either make them identical or put the anchors in a different place.
Fixed
mibi wrote:its really too bad that people like the new legend better. The only reason why someone would say the original legend was hard to read is because they have literacy problems.
Now you have wasted all those great continent names, which were the only good names on the map, since all the other ones are just city names which are generally not very representative of their territory.
Before it was a battle of the great lake states! Now its a battle of a bunch of territories who are only unified because a little color coded graphic in the corner says so. I think you have stripped a lot of character out of the map by removing the BETTER of the legends.
be wary of the foundry's ability to group think
I have combined the best of both worlds in this update.
ruthlessontogeny wrote:on the same note, i must protest your naming the central new york region "albany." first of all, the actual city of albany is situated east of your demarcation, in the area labelled "new york city." secondly, syracuse is widely considered the principal city of central new york state, to the degree that it is often referred to as cny/syr. thirdly, where you have the name "albany" right now is directly over the city of syracuse. it would seem a shame to have your otherwise splendidly accurate map be faulty on this point.
cheers!
I am going to have a post with every state/province and their territories. Right now there are 49 territories minus 5 lakes for a total of 44 to be named. Most of them are good but I would like everyone to comment on the names they would like to change. Once I have all of the totals we can vote if there is any issue. PLEASE WAIT TO ADVISE ON NAMING UNTIL I MAKE UP THE LIST. THANKS
AndyDufresne wrote:The lakes is confusing at first, and it took me a moment to understand one column was bonus and the other was number of regions needed. Similar to the Crowns and Kings of the KotM map. Look into clearing that up.
--Andy
I think the new map fixes this issue. The lakes bonus id explained better now.
plysprtz wrote:i like the map but the colors arent working for me the pink purple and blue just arent working right for me
I had no real reason for these colors I just needed different ones. Does anyone else want different colors?
Here are the updated maps.
HELP PICK THE BEST NAMES FOR THE MAP
Below is each State/Province. The names for each territory are also listed. I am assuming that the number of territories is not increasing. Right now all we are going is adjusting the names. If you have an issue with naming then please copy the State/Province with the current territory names. Place your suggestion to the right of the current name. If someone makes a suggestion that you also like please do not repeat the suggestion. If there are any conflicts a poll will be setup to deal with them.
Indiana
Goshen (my hometown I will not change it)
EVANSVILLE
INDIANAPOLIS
Illinois
CHICAGO
PEORIA
CHAMPAIGN
EAST ST. LOUIS
MT. VERNON
Wisconsin
MADISON
MILWAUKEE
EAU CLAIRE
GREEN BAY
Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS
DULUTH
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Ontario
GREENSTONE
THUNDER BAY
MOOSONEE
SAULT STE MARIE
SUDBURY
NORTH BAY
WINDSOR
TORONTO
OTTAWA
New York
NEW YORK CITY
SYRACUSE
BUFFALO
PLATTSBURGH
Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG
ERIE
PITTSBURGH
PHILADELPHIA
Ohio
CLEVELAND
COLUMBUS
CINCINNATI
DAYTON
TOLEDO
Michigan
KALAMAZOO
DETROIT
SAGINAW
GRAND RAPIDS
MACKINAC
ST. IGNACE
MARQUETTE
And onto the final stretch.
Below is a picture of the excel file I use to approximate the bonuses for the territories. You can find the file here:
http://jmhooton.iweb.bsu.edu/joel/GL/GLBONUSCALC.xls
Base on the territory count/borders/etc the bonus can be calculated. Now you understand the reasoning behind my numbers. I made this based off of another picture I found in the underground map in the foundry.
I think that is it. Hope this is not too big.