Baltic Crusades

by **koontz1973** on Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:30 am

Frame looks a lot sharper now. Thanks.

I know I have probably missed it somewhere in the thread but why are some territs a light brown (Kuyavia, Sudovia etc)?

by **thenobodies80** on Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:57 am

koontz1973 wrote:Frame looks a lot sharper now. Thanks.

I know I have probably missed it somewhere in the thread but why are some territs a light brown (Kuyavia, Sudovia etc)?

Right legend, where bonuses are listed:

Teutonic Order (Pomesania+Ermland+Prussia) gives you +2
If you hold also Kuyavia it gives you an additional +1
East Prussia (Samland+Nadruvia+Scalovia) =+2
If you hold also Sudovia you will recive an additional +1
Osel Wiek =2 with Dago additional +1
Courland (B.of Courland + Courland) = +1 , with Zemgale additional +1
Sword of Brethen (sakala+livonia+latgale) = +2, with Sileja additional +1
Papa Legatus (B. of Dorpat + AB of Riga) = +2 , with Riga additional +1

I'm not a fan of the current bonus system, but it was developed by theBastard and I don't know if touch it again is a good idea. To be honest I would get rid of those lighter zones, adjust bonuses accordingly, but leave the trade routes. I don't know they look to me something not totally necessary to enjoy the map. :-k

But I need a strong support in this direction to go with it.

Nobodies

by **koontz1973** on Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:40 am

I would change it for a couple of reasons. They are not essential to the gameplay and add an unnecessary confusion to the map. I had looked at the map and still not worked out the reason for them. If you keep it, I would make the colouring the same or similar to the main region, having the different colour detracts from the map. IMO.

by **ender516** on Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:28 pm

I like the bonus system as it is, with the ability to supplement the basic bonuses with a little extra.

by **thenobodies80** on Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:09 am

So? I can go with the small version or not? O:)

by **natty dread** on Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:45 pm

No, you should add tons more bevel and outer glow, and change the title font to comic sans.

Just kidding, it's good

by **Victor Sullivan** on Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:35 pm

natty_dread wrote:No, you should add tons more bevel and outer glow, and change the title font to comic sans.

Just kidding, it's good

For a moment there, I thought someone hacked your account.

-Sully

by **isaiah40** on Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:03 pm

Victor Sullivan wrote:
natty_dread wrote:No, you should add tons more bevel and outer glow, and change the title font to comic sans.

Just kidding, it's good

For a moment there, I thought someone hacked your account.

-Sully

No one in their right mind would hack his account!

On the map note, I believe that you can go ahead and do the small.

by **thenobodies80** on Mon Dec 05, 2011 2:28 pm

isaiah40 wrote:On the map note, I believe that you can go ahead and do the small.

Will do this weekend

by **thenobodies80** on Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:36 pm

Here the small, a bit bigger for a better readability. Supersize application here --> viewtopic.php?f=583&t=151326&p=3486497#p3486497

by **ender516** on Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:12 am

I hope you resized this with a simple stretch. It might make it easier to use the Map Wizard to autoposition the troop numbers. (I hope the Map Wizard is working, I had heard some people were having some difficulties with it.)

by **isaiah40** on Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:27 am

I hereby grant thee this stamp for the small map only!

by **WestWind** on Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:13 pm

Can we change the text, "are river crosses" to "can ford rivers"? Maybe it's just my inner grammar geek, but "are river crosses" just doesn't sound good.

by **AndyDufresne** on Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:34 am

"river crossings" might work as well.

--Andy

by **ender516** on Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:43 pm

Andy's wording is better, I think. A castle is a river crossing, because people can use it to cross the river which it straddles. A castle cannot ford a river, as a castle does not move.

by **WestWind** on Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:59 pm

ender516 wrote:Andy's wording is better, I think. A castle is a river crossing, because people can use it to cross the river which it straddles. A castle cannot ford a river, as a castle does not move.

As long as it gets changed. Maybe just, "Castles bridge rivers" would work. Short, clear, and to the point.

by **thenobodies80** on Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:50 pm

Anything else?

by **ManBungalow** on Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:18 pm

Looks like fun, but I don't understand some of the bonuses.

Take, for example, the Terra Mariana bonuses.
There's +2 troops bonus for holding Sword Brethen ('Brethren' might be the word you wanted here, btw)...but +1 troop for holding Selija as well. Don't you have to hold Selija to get the yellow Sword Brethen bonus? The same applies to other regions, which I notice are all highlighted in white. What does this indicate? I feel that I'm missing something important.

I like the graphics, anyway; and the concept, too.

by **thenobodies80** on Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:10 pm

Removed the white zones. They make everything unclear for nothing. Without them the gameplay won't change anyway.

Here's the final versions (sorry for my slowness):

Click image to enlarge.

Nobodies

by **thenobodies80** on Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:18 pm

ManBungalow wrote:Looks like fun, but I don't understand some of the bonuses.

Take, for example, the Terra Mariana bonuses.
There's +2 troops bonus for holding Sword Brethen ('Brethren' might be the word you wanted here, btw)...but +1 troop for holding Selija as well. Don't you have to hold Selija to get the yellow Sword Brethen bonus? The same applies to other regions, which I notice are all highlighted in white. What does this indicate? I feel that I'm missing something important.

I like the graphics, anyway; and the concept, too.

Terra mariana is both bonuses (all them, also the optional one). Sword of Brethren is just Latgale, Livonia and Sakala. If hold also Selija youwill get another +1
The white was there to make the additional bonus easier to understand, but it seems that it doesn't work at all.
To make another example East Prussia is scalovia samland and nadruvia (+2) if hold also sudovia you'll receive +3

I fixed the mispelled name in the legend.

by **koontz1973** on Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:23 pm

Looks really really nice. Thanks for removing the white blobs.

Why is your name so small and basterd has his nice and large. Should it not be the other way round?

What is the . in B. of Dorpat and a couple of others. Just thinking it might be nicer without the dot.