Legends of Faerun - Closed (Game started) - Page 24

Zeldor · #1 May 4th, 2009, 02:53 PM

That map is cool, but it should really get some serious work on starting locations and population of many provinces. Chances to win can be not perfectly equal, but right now gaps are a bit too big.

Jarkko · #2 May 5th, 2009, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeldor

That map is cool, but it should really get some serious work on starting locations and population of many provinces. Chances to win can be not perfectly equal, but right now gaps are a bit too big.

I definitively agree with this. Take C'tis position, looks marvelous at first, but it is blody impossible to advance anywhere without a massacre. It'd be damn easier to stomp into a neighbouring players capital than try to take on the independents bordering my capital

I know the purpose of this game is to provide good stories, a player-community written history of Faerun. But it is hard to come up with a good story when your leg is chewed off while you bang your forehead against a granite-wall. I guess van Gogh could have made a painting under those circumstances, but I seriously doubt even he would have been able to write a coherent story :P

Edi · #3 May 6th, 2009, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeldor

That map is cool, but it should really get some serious work on starting locations and population of many provinces. Chances to win can be not perfectly equal, but right now gaps are a bit too big.

If you know of problematic ones, please post in the Faerun thread on the map & mod forum, that way I can take a look at things. I checked province 103 and it really is untenable, because I had not checked thoroughly enough. I have no idea where C'tis started in this game, but it may or may not be something that has been fixed.

The map will not fix itself and I need to know about problems in order to correct them.

Jarkko · #4 May 6th, 2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Edi

The map will not fix itself and I need to know about problems in order to correct them.

This is very understandable. However, as you may guess, I have had little incentive to reveal exactly *where* C'tisis on the map, because after all it is a MP game and revealing such info at this point might not be healthy.

However, once I get home, I'll PM you what I found problematic. When this game launched, I was happy as a puppy with the position that did appear so strong (yeah, it is strong, but sadly so were the surrounding indies too). Notice that not all in my case has to do with map as such only, I got a really lousy start with three nasty events. The map however is much more unforgiving than some other maps when those things happen early on; if this was a SP I would have restarted ages ago (yeah, I am such weakling

no stamina to see through the bad days

).

I still think the map is nice for a SP (I am in fact RPing a SP campaign on the map). In a MP enviroment too much toughness simply may be a bit too much. I am also such a weirdo, I play games for fun. When the fun factor has for whatever reason been lost, it is very hard for me to get excited again.

The map is in general great, and it is not fair I posted above that I do not like the map. I *do* like the map, but in this particular case the map (with the random independents + the scripted ones) was enough to break my weak mind. I am certain Frozen Lama will be able to take C'tis to greatness as he will be able to start from a clean slate. I think it is way better for the game to have along somebody who is really keen instead of one whiner who is crying about all those lost possibilities gone during the first four turns.

Lingchih · #5 May 4th, 2009, 09:02 PM

I would vote to set Mictlan to AI.

My start position wasn't bad. Wasn't great, but not bad. I can understand those who got shafted though.

Zeldor · #6 May 5th, 2009, 05:56 AM

1 prov between capitals is not something you see every day

But it looks like pretty much every water prov is available for start. I cannot complain that time much, it's the best of 3 starts, 2 earlier ones were really really bad. I had bad luck with other things, that is attacking the only easy indies in same time as someone else :P

llamabeast · #7 May 5th, 2009, 09:24 AM

I believe we may have the wrong version of the map. Edi PMed me to say he'd seen people had issues on this thread, and he believe the new version does not have such issues. Sorry about that.

Fakeymcfake · #8 May 5th, 2009, 03:35 PM

Well I'm out. Cap's all but taken and I've got no more troops. Enjoy the rest of the game.

Starshine_Monarch · #9 May 5th, 2009, 09:29 PM

Early as it is, I think I've been missing too many turns now. Sorry, but I guess I'll go AI.

Starshine_Monarch · #10 May 11th, 2009, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Starshine_Monarch

Early as it is, I think I've been missing too many turns now. Sorry, but I guess I'll go AI.

I don't know how many people actually saw this, so I'm posting it again. Please don't PM me regarding diplomacy anymore as I'm not really there.