by oaktown on Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:01 pm
In my humble opinion, the legends and gameplay info on the map is now MUCH easier to understand - nice improvements there. Now as for that empty box...
I agree with your wish to not add any more islands to the sea - it will just get messy.
But I also share the concerns about Cyprus being a +1, sort of. I don't think you should get rid of the +1 completely, because I think that it is fine to give a +1 to a territory like Cyprus that is strategically and historically significant. However, on this map it does NOT seem to be strategically important - the only other territory it can attack is Greece, which means that the player that starts with Cyprus or the player that starts with Greece - whoever goes first - will be able to control that territory, and then it will be very easy to defend. And if the player who starts with Cyprus goes first, its an unfair advantage.
I have two suggestions that would make the +1 for Cyprus better:
1. Make it a starting neutral, like the capitals, and give it at least one more attack route; I would like to see it be connected to both Smyrna and the Mediterranean. That way two or three players would have a chance to go after it instead of just 1. Or...
2. Since you have listed Cyprus as a British Base, tie the Cyprus bonus in with the UK bonus; you could either say that the UK is a +2, or a +3 with Cyprus, or you could say that Cyprus PLUS London is a +1 bonus. And I would still add one more attack route to Cyprus, so that the UK player would have at least two possible ways to get there.
Adding a route from Cyprus to Smyrna would probably make the red area a +4, which would be fine considering the other bonuses on this map.
Visually my biggest concern is the way the small map is peeling away from the main map; I think I know what you're trying to do, but something is off. Some parts are smooth, some are pixely; some are sharp, some are fuzzy.
well i have idea,that you have normal bonus for britain,and that you get +1 more if you hold Cyprus,if you follow me,so if you hold only cyprus you dont get nothing,if you hold britain you get normal bonus for that continent. I hope that you understand what im want to create here.(that why i have empty box to explane these cyprus bonus),only need to write these in english,to people understand better. Without Britain cyprus is no bonus territory,but with britain become +1.In that way,no need to connect cyprus with some other territory,maybe i can create one way attack to constantinople(Gallipoli campaing).
Small bonus map,well i dont create specialy small map(because will be no same like main map),i just use original and down size to be bonus map,if you know better solution,i will be happy apply.