Age of Realms: Magic [Quenched]

[yeti_c]

Any thoughts to making the decay turn a single army neutral, rather than stopping the decay?...

not possible with the current xml
the decay will stop at 1 army.

That's too bad. I can't imagine it will make that much difference in game play as it is. People tend to leave those regions with just one army anyway.

Also converting to neutral would extend the snow analogy. You cut through the drifts (large neutrals), but you're tracks are filled in by gently falling snow..

yep indeed it would be really interesting if the decay worked like that. perhaps yeti_c can figure out something to make it work. perhaps with another xml update from lack. i don't really know.

Nowt I can do - only Lack can change this...

C.

[rebelman]

a few observations (will be back with more)

corn farm and corn mill, wheat field and bakery - considering what happened these resource pair are now useless - they should be removed from the map or in terms of accuracy remain but without any bonus ie a useless resource pair. some new rescouce pair should probably relace them but in a manner that counteracts the imbalance I have outlined below

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distance to sanctuary without connecting mines: (the proposed mines change will not shorten these distances & i am assuming the floating ice / ice bridge is not a terr.)

Aoria 3 terr.

Xi 4 terr.

Figye 5 terr.

Mua 5 terr.

Ghyr 6 terr.

Borun 5 terr.

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it may be an idea that some ports like ikalu could now be frozen over

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bridges, buildings etc should also have a more frosted look as they too would have been effected by the freeze - and i think most if not all the water should have a thin ice covering - only passable in its thicker parts or through narrow passages otherwise the ports become obsolete

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in terms of new resource pairs could i suggest forraging for berries or hunting wild animals

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to redress the distance from sanctuary issue some secret passageways / tunnels could be included that take you to the island as IMHO no territory should have a significant advantage in taking the sanctuary and neutrals can solve this problem only to a certain degree - one possible secret passageway could be between Gunn and Duht

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getting back to my frozen ports idea if Rhit port was frozen over the people of that kingdom might have built a new port at Ieme which immediatly adds another terr. between Aoria and the sanctuary (and addresses an issue some (not me) had with chapter 1

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if my proposed secret passage between gunn and duht was added along with the freezing of rhit to be replaced by Ieme all 6 castles would be 4/5 terrs. from the sanctuary

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will be posting again with other comments - but those are some initial thoughts

[DiM]

V4
DONE:
* replaced corn farm and corn mill with rabbit farm and butchery
* replaced wheat field and bakery with berry field and basket weaver
* added routes on the ice bridge to indicate it's purpose.
* added road signs on the ice bridge for feeling and for further indication that that's a path.
* modified the legend and resource graphics to represent the new changes.
* added a glow to the sanctuary to draw attention on it.
* drank hot chocolate while looking at family guy

TO-DO
* xml (yeti_c)
* small version

image:

[lord voldemort]

good to see your having a drink the road signs along with marks are great, makes it obvious that the ice is a path

i assum voigth can attack crock etc, like they can go anywhere or do they have to go to G'th??

[yeti_c]

Move the legend down a little bit - to ensure access to the far dock...

C.

[Coleman]

I think that evil glow would look good on the sanctuary shield too. Especially now that it is pretty much the same color as Rabbit Farm.

[Coleman]

i assum voigth can attack crock etc, like they can go anywhere or do they have to go to G'th??

I'm 99-100% sure that's correct, the 4 way and 3 way road signs would be silly otherwise.

[Coleman]

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getting back to my frozen ports idea if Rhit port was frozen over the people of that kingdom might have built a new port at Ieme which immediatly adds another terr. between Aoria and the sanctuary (and addresses an issue some (not me) had with chapter 1

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I really like this one. I think Rhit shouldn't even be a village now and should look heavily damaged.

[DiM]

a few observations (will be back with more)

corn farm and corn mill, wheat field and bakery - considering what happened these resource pair are now useless - they should be removed from the map or in terms of accuracy remain but without any bonus ie a useless resource pair. some new rescouce pair should probably relace them but in a manner that counteracts the imbalance I have outlined below

new resource pairs added above

distance to sanctuary without connecting mines: (the proposed mines change will not shorten these distances & i am assuming the floating ice / ice bridge is not a terr.)

Aoria 3 terr.

Xi 4 terr.

Figye 5 terr.

Mua 5 terr.

Ghyr 6 terr.

Borun 5 terr.

yep the distances are right. they will be tweaked to have the same neutrals value despite the diff number of terits.

it may be an idea that some ports like ikalu could now be frozen over

why?

bridges, buildings etc should also have a more frosted look as they too would have been effected by the freeze - and i think most if not all the water should have a thin ice covering - only passable in its thicker parts or through narrow passages otherwise the ports become obsolete

i don't want all the water to be frozen, it's common knowledge that where the watter is deep it doesn't freeze.
but the buildings and bridges can be frozen. only problem is that this would make them harder to see.

in terms of new resource pairs could i suggest forraging for berries or hunting wild animals

look at post above

to redress the distance from sanctuary issue some secret passageways / tunnels could be included that take you to the island as IMHO no territory should have a significant advantage in taking the sanctuary and neutrals can solve this problem only to a certain degree - one possible secret passageway could be between Gunn and Duht

hmm not fond of that secret passage because:
1. need explanation in legend and i don't have space
2. logical reasoning
3. graphic representation.

getting back to my frozen ports idea if Rhit port was frozen over the people of that kingdom might have built a new port at Ieme which immediatly adds another terr. between Aoria and the sanctuary (and addresses an issue some (not me) had with chapter 1

but then aoria would have the advantage of taking 2 villages without having exposed itself by taking a dock. aoria would become too powerful.

if my proposed secret passage between gunn and duht was added along with the freezing of rhit to be replaced by Ieme all 6 castles would be 4/5 terrs. from the sanctuary

i still would like to balance through neutrals.

will be posting again with other comments - but those are some initial thoughts

will be waiting

[DiM]

good to see your having a drink the road signs along with marks are great, makes it obvious that the ice is a path

i assum voigth can attack crock etc, like they can go anywhere or do they have to go to G'th??

the terits connected to the ice path can attack all other terits connected to the ice path. for example rongar can attack croch voigth and g'th

[DiM]

Move the legend down a little bit - to ensure access to the far dock...

C.

will do in next update

[DiM]

i assum voigth can attack crock etc, like they can go anywhere or do they have to go to G'th??

I'm 99-100% sure that's correct, the 4 way and 3 way road signs would be silly otherwise.

can go anyway. that's why i put the road signs that show all directions.

[yeti_c]

PS I'll do XML tomorrow.

C.

[DiM]

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getting back to my frozen ports idea if Rhit port was frozen over the people of that kingdom might have built a new port at Ieme which immediatly adds another terr. between Aoria and the sanctuary (and addresses an issue some (not me) had with chapter 1

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I really like this one. I think Rhit shouldn't even be a village now and should look heavily damaged.

yeah but if i make a dock in ieme and destroy rhit village then aoria will have just 1 village.
if i leave rhit and move the dock to ieme then aoria will have 2 villages and could take them without exposing itself by taking a dock.

if you really want rhit not to touch aoria then i can simply extend aheo to touch butchery and thus make rhit 2 attacks away from aoria.

[lord voldemort]

with the por territory could i suggest some wider ice, hard to read caus it ends at the same, there are som others like this, that maybe the names could be moved. or the ice extended

just my opinion though

[DiM]

with the por territory could i suggest some wider ice, hard to read caus it ends at the same, there are som others like this, that maybe the names could be moved. or the ice extended

just my opinion though

done for por, qasr and butchery. will be seen in next update.

[Coleman]

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getting back to my frozen ports idea if Rhit port was frozen over the people of that kingdom might have built a new port at Ieme which immediatly adds another terr. between Aoria and the sanctuary (and addresses an issue some (not me) had with chapter 1

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I really like this one. I think Rhit shouldn't even be a village now and should look heavily damaged.

yeah but if i make a dock in ieme and destroy rhit village then aoria will have just 1 village.
if i leave rhit and move the dock to ieme then aoria will have 2 villages and could take them without exposing itself by taking a dock.

if you really want rhit not to touch aoria then i can simply extend aheo to touch butchery and thus make rhit 2 attacks away from aoria.

I was meaning the new dock would also be a village but meh, whatever.

Ignoring my sanctuary shield post?

[DiM]

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getting back to my frozen ports idea if Rhit port was frozen over the people of that kingdom might have built a new port at Ieme which immediatly adds another terr. between Aoria and the sanctuary (and addresses an issue some (not me) had with chapter 1

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I really like this one. I think Rhit shouldn't even be a village now and should look heavily damaged.

yeah but if i make a dock in ieme and destroy rhit village then aoria will have just 1 village.
if i leave rhit and move the dock to ieme then aoria will have 2 villages and could take them without exposing itself by taking a dock.

if you really want rhit not to touch aoria then i can simply extend aheo to touch butchery and thus make rhit 2 attacks away from aoria.

I was meaning the new dock would also be a village but meh, whatever.

Ignoring my sanctuary shield post?

the shield is already done. will be seen in next update.

so move rhit village and dock in ieme? i can do that. what does everybody think?

[yeti_c]

I don't think you should modify the original territories - so move the village and Dock to the next one is fine... leave a trail of destruction though...

This works too - as the Corn Farm was ruined and the villagers died out as they struggled to feed themselves... until a new food source was discovered. The survivors felt that they didn't want to stay in the ruins of their old village as they had discovered a better location nearer to the food.

C.

[lord voldemort]

I don't think you should modify the original territories - so move the village and Dock to the next one is fine... leave a trail of destruction though...

This works too - as the Corn Farm was ruined and the villagers died out as they struggled to feed themselves... until a new food source was discovered. The survivors felt that they didn't want to stay in the ruins of their old village as they had discovered a better location nearer to the food.

C.

sounds good!!

yer as long as a bit of destruction is left behind

[rebelman]

thank you for your prompt replies to my proposals / comments i have one small concern mainly after hearing feedback on the grass in the madness map - i believer some players will assume that the new ice on the waters edge will join all terrritories touching it - im aware this is not the case but this needs to be clearer preferably graphically so the forum doesnt have to be adjusted.

As of now people could wrongly assume the following connections: (Cracks in the ice or small ice movements could solve these)

Mua and Aosa

Eon and Tait

Eon and Chelt

Eon and Aelmo

Eon and Roa

Eon and Ikalu

Lynn and Aelmo

lynn and Roa

Lynn and Ikalu

Aelmo and Ikalu

etc. etc. (got sick of completing this list - you get the idea)

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some of the villages from chap 1 need not be villages this time (having a secret tunnel could be explained this way ie the village people fled through the tunnel in search of warmth and shelter

[DiM]

V5
DONE:
*added glow to the sanctuary shield
*froze rhit dock and moved village to ieme and built a new dock there.
*extended ice so the por, qasr and butchery names would be perfectly visible.
*moved the legend down a bit to indicate that sler is connected to the other docks.

[lord voldemort]

As of now people could wrongly assume the following connections: (Cracks in the ice or small ice movements could solve these)

Mua and Aosa

Eon and Tait

Eon and Chelt

Eon and Aelmo

Eon and Roa

Eon and Ikalu

Lynn and Aelmo

lynn and Roa

Lynn and Ikalu

Aelmo and Ikalu

etc. etc. (got sick of completing this list - you get the idea)

i dnt think someone would assume that

[DiM]

I don't think you should modify the original territories - so move the village and Dock to the next one is fine... leave a trail of destruction though...

This works too - as the Corn Farm was ruined and the villagers died out as they struggled to feed themselves... until a new food source was discovered. The survivors felt that they didn't want to stay in the ruins of their old village as they had discovered a better location nearer to the food.

C.

sounds good!!

yer as long as a bit of destruction is left behind

look at v5. unfortunatelly i was working and did not see you posted this.
so you say a trail of destruction. i'm not sure how i could graphically represent this.
perhaps some houses totally covered in snow

[DiM]

As of now people could wrongly assume the following connections: (Cracks in the ice or small ice movements could solve these)

Mua and Aosa

Eon and Tait

Eon and Chelt

Eon and Aelmo

Eon and Roa

Eon and Ikalu

Lynn and Aelmo

lynn and Roa

Lynn and Ikalu

Aelmo and Ikalu

etc. etc. (got sick of completing this list - you get the idea)

i dnt think someone would assume that

i'm with lord voldemort on this one. why would people assume that? the only ice that connects things has a path and road signs. the other don't.

i could add cracks, that's easy but it would look kinda artificial to have cracks where every border is