Map Comments and Edits Thread

[Mori]

Chalk Outline


Hume


Sequoia & Kings


I liked my last batch of maps. This one not so much. But here's a few of the ones that turned out pretty cool.

[Walker]

I left some comments for you. Loving your maps, by the way.

[Mori]

Totally Not Rainy


Suika Ibuki


Somewhat Rainy


Inverted Star


Some obvious and some not-so-obvious references to S-rank maps in there. Will add more if I come up with anything before I head home for the day.

[Morgan_Leah]

Snaking Sidelines


Here's a map I just made. Comments would be appreciated.

[Walker]

@ Mori: I left more comments for you on the maps. You're getting to the point where most of your maps look like they should play excellently; you're nailing terrain -- especially forest, mountain, and river placement -- and you're doing a good job with creating interesting fronts and supply routes. Now you'll have to start working on the more advanced stuff, which is harder to teach and learn, and will require plenty of play-testing. Good luck, we're always here to help.

@ Morgan: Although the central towers aren't particularly contested, it usually isn't a good idea to place them so near to each other anyways. It makes it potentially too easy for one side to grab both towers, and a 2:0 tower advantage is as good as an auto-win if you don't have to heavily sacrifice something else for it (unit count, positioning, fund advantage). If it were me, I'd move the towers back a bit -- far enough that you'll only capture both once you have a solid advantage, but not so far that it's not reasonable to make a push for the second one.

The islands are probably a little too city heavy, and it will be quite hard to sustain a front there right now, since one country is going to be able to get to the island significantly earlier than the other. The amount of cities will also make it hard to attack into a side once they get a strong foothold, and if each country is able to control one island apiece, I think the map will fail due to only having one other front. The island fronts might work, if only because you did a good job positioning the shoals for drop-offs, but I would still cut down on the cities, and maybe reduce the airports to just 1 also.

[Mori]

Some new maps, some edits, some maps people may have missed.

Dunsel

Suika Ibuki (Edited just a bit)

Guns and Swords

National Highway 303

The Trashy Man


Edit:

Anthem

Feed

[Morgan_Leah]

Pincer Peninsula


Here's a new map from me.

Edit: and others

Juicy


Pressure Cooker

[Mori]

One of My Turns

Malkin Jewel

Empty Spaces


Most of you have already seen them, but I like this thread. MorganLeah, Pressure Cooker looks pretty solid. With the amount of shoals on Juicy, I wonder what use players would get out of a predeployed BBoat or Lander.

[Walker]

...but I like this thread

Me too!

I think I already left comments on all of those maps though. We need to get some kind of official play-testing going, because a lot of the maps being made recently (especially by you, Mori!) have had potential to be A-Rank or League maps. If anyone play-tests any of these maps, PLEASE leave some comments on how your games went -- even if you don't know a lot about map design, it helps knowing how games played.

[Mori]

I'm far from a talented AWBW player, and I rarely have the time for games, but I'm definitely trying to get on a schedule of regularly testing and documenting my games with the replay tool and whatnot. Any time anyone sees me hosting a game, feel free to join it. You'll more than likely win, but you'll be a huge help in terms of balancing my maps, and you'll provide valuable feedback in general.

[headphone]

Might as well rename this mori's map thread.

[airob]

*Enters the fry*
Amped Dam

Cocaine overdose

Unscathed maneuvering

Drugs for free


I have changed a bit from my designing style.

[funwes]

*Enters the fry*.

[Mori]

I love how Airob's maps feel so substantial. The ones you posted tend to revolve around repeated patterns of terrain that are just so cool functionally and aesthetically (The roads are the obvious examples, but there's a lot of very cool blobs of terrain outside of just the roads throughout those maps).

Spyglass

Notorious


Won't really have time for much mapping this weekend, gotta read a book, write some papers, and test a ton of new Arma content I'm working on.

In the Flesh


Just two more for now.

The Northwestern Bearitories A

The Northwestern Bearitories B


Last one of the night, hopefully.

Dubs, Ravager of Worlds

[Morgan_Leah]

Here's my new ones:
Merry Go Round


Sonic Wave


Inundation