[TheDemon]

The map I'm talking about is greatly different than the one referred to in your maps post. I'll attach it.

I think if you took the World of Geometry remake (prepo team arena version, not the regular version), took out all special indeps and sites, added cave connections between the branches so that the noobs can support each other and if one of them dies it threatens their immediate neighbors rather than giving a time buffer, and then added some more connections between places near the center to the caves OR eliminate the center <-> caves connections entirely. I don't think either team wants to keep on switching ownership of the center prov just to be able to perform an offensive through that prov.

Here's the original map, and also included is a second version that I propose as the variant we use. I've just swapped the center prov's connections to the 4 port provs surrounding it, removed all special sites, indeps, and poptypes, removed the VP, and added some branch<->branch connections to allow the noobs to interact. When placing starts on this map, I recommend putting the vets between the center and the start of the branches, not too close to the port provs as you don't want us in the caves system early. For the vets, something like provs 215, 144, 143 etc). The noobs should get access to the caves system early and most of their branch, I'd recommend placing them pretty far back in the branches, something like 132, 229, 56. You'll have to do some nostart editing as the start positions I think are pretty fixed.

If there's one thing contentious about the things I've changed, I think it might be the branch<->branch connections. They connect all the noob caps in a big ring with small spaces in between, which could be difficult for dominion management, and perhaps defense. However, other than the caves system, there isn't any way to move between branches. If you put branch<->branch connections further up the branches, it would be safer, but the vets might secure them first.