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I think the idea is that Coffee Shop circles are actually territories, but the other icons are just going to be army circles for the coloured territories they're in. If you look carefully, the Coffee Shop circles are have a thin white border on the outside to separate them from other territories, whereas other icons are placed directly on top of its territory. It's such a subtle difference, though, that I didn't even notice it until just now.mibi wrote:but the continenal and jet blue circles being so far away isnt going to work. also i dont get the coffee shops. why are they in other territories, like delta. can the purple transit attack c14 or does it have to go through star bucks. good map, just a bit unclear in areas.
Right on. Hopefully the new circles further emphasize this. I will work up some different shapes, though, and put it up for vote. I'm afraid coffee cups will look more iconic and less territorial, but I'll try that too.vakEirn79 wrote:I think the idea is that Coffee Shop circles are actually territories, but the other icons are just going to be army circles for the coloured territories they're in. If you look carefully, the Coffee Shop circles are have a thin white border on the outside to separate them from other territories, whereas other icons are placed directly on top of its territory. It's such a subtle difference, though, that I didn't even notice it until just now.
Thanksmibi wrote:this looks great, like a real airport map.
i would nice the A-D train, its a bit confusing, also concourse A and D are only 3 spaces away from each other anyways.
also, i fear bad things will happen when you try to make a small version of this.
I agree entirely. This map looks like it might suffer from the criticisms being leveled at US Senate and Chinese Checkers, that both sides are too equally balanced and stalemate will be common. The continent borders and bonuses need jiggling to make it competitive.Evil DIMwit wrote: I think you ought to do something to make the bonus list less repetitive, too.
With Tully's back and better coffee rewards, the south side represents greater investment for greater return. A subtle difference, but significant enough, I hope, to force different strategies for each side.ZawBanjito wrote:This map looks like it might suffer from the criticisms being leveled at US Senate and Chinese Checkers, that both sides are too equally balanced and stalemate will be common. The continent borders and bonuses need jiggling to make it competitive.
Hooray for XML changes! My original idea was to have bonuses start around 3 or 4 stands, but that wasn't viable before. I threw together some preliminary bonuses, but with all the new options, I'm still not decided and open to ideas.ZawBanjito wrote:Also, something more needs to be done with the coffee stands. I think they're clever visually, but the bonuses are not compelling enough to make them worthwhile. Nobody is going to forge all over the map to try and collect'em all. I don't know what they're adding to the map.
My plan was to keep them as is on the map, but in the drop-down menus they'll be 'North Transit', 'A Transit', etc. Think that should be clear enough?freezie wrote:There is three transits.
Probably will be good to add a number ( transit1, transite2..) To avoid confusion.
I don't know, I can't see giving +3 to a 5country/2border group? I added countries to B and C because, yeah, they were too small.wicked wrote:Concourses A and D should be worth more, as there's more countries to hold than B and C. Also, it looks like you can go directly from A to D through the transit stops? If that's the case, definitely needs to be worth more.
