What maps don't you like and why?

BMfox wrote:

It's the first time that i played this map and i don't like it. You start with a lot of buildings, knowledge and troops. It doesn't demand skill and anyone can wreck another player in the first days when they work together with others. Because of this a lot of beginners and players who don't really know the game join this map. They cry loud in the newspaper the first couple of days but then turn AI when they see that they will lose. These people try to join easy maps over and over again, using the same tactic that clearly doesn't work and who give up prematurely ruining the game for others. As soon as they see their neighbor is skilled they will either attack with other players or archive the game. When one player or alliance get's powerful they give up too. This map is attracting these players like flies to honey.

my least favorite is the Homefront map along with the Pacific map. I have tried playing them but just don't find them fun in the end. I find no enjoyment in playing building or attacking. I also find it difficult to join a 50 when someone asks me to in the chat because sense there are 2 continents and it is hard to guess where that player is. over all, neither are fun and I find no enjoyment in playing them.

attacker101 wrote:

well, thanks for ruining my favorite map.

attacker101 wrote:

my least favorite is the Homefront map along with the Pacific map. I have tried playing them but just don't find them fun in the end. I find no enjoyment in playing building or attacking. I also find it difficult to join a 50 when someone asks me to in the chat because sense there are 2 continents and it is hard to guess where that player is. over all, neither are fun and I find no enjoyment in playing them.

In the 25 Historic it is just all handed out and it's my impression that players have the tendency to go into role patterns.

BMfox wrote:

Well, thank you for ruining my favorite map

BMfox wrote:

BMfox wrote:

In the 25 Historic it is just all handed out and it's my impression that players have the tendency to go into role patterns.

BMfox wrote:

I didn't like the 25 historical.

The map turned very quickly inactive and quiet at the same pace as my expansion.

As for your experience with it as shown in your original post, thats just how things go I guess. You being a player that wins around 50% of the maps he plays, I do think that your experience and over all winnings is enough to draw attention on any map. Don't we all do the same? Its just smart. And being Germany on a historical map you do start with a lot of research and buildings already done. From the top of my head the 3 'strongest' nations to start a historical map with are USA, Germany and Soviet Union. Naturally, these nations are targeted by other players. They have to if they want to survive.

Try playing with one of the smaller nations, like Romania. Your experience with the map will be very different, trust me. It is both an imbalanced map and a fun map and I think the imbalance makes it fun.

My personal map favorites:

1: 40 p Antarctica, a beautifully balanced map where paranoia is achieved throughout the entire game. Love it.

2: 25 p historical map, beautiful because of the imbalance. Different ways to play depending on your country chosen.

3: 22p europe map. Same army starts all around, lots of build up, some imbalance in starting resources but trading makes it even again (Egypt has lots of oil but no metal, Finland is the reverse.

4: 50 p Pacific map, really cool to see navy come into play a LOT. You can actually make a difference here by having a navy. Though I do not like the starting core resources. A lot of countries start with only 2 food provinces and then it is just annoying having enough food for all the provinces you conquer.

5: 10p blitzkrieg map, some research done already. Sadly, never around and usually only beginners play it.

6: 10p europe map, lots of chokepoints and stuff, but has a long build up because of no research being done yet.

7: 50p homefront map, can be really fun, but can also be a big neighbour invasion fest. Norhtern neighbour goes west, I go into norhtern neighbour, my south western neighbour goes into me and the player my neighbour invanded goes south. Forming a circle. Very little chokepoints to use strategically, which I do not like at all.

8: 4p mediteranian map, really cool, 1 unit can make a difference. Sadly only played once, since it is hard to get good players together to play this map.

9: 100p world map, probably at the top for a lot of players. But in my experience, I have never had the patience to finish it. Takes to long and after a couple players leave you are just fighting the AI for eternity. My truly my least favorite map.

Thats about all the maps I have played and stuck around to make an impression on me.

Edepedable wrote:

3: 22p europe map. Same army starts all around, lots of build up, some imbalance in starting resources but trading makes it even again (Egypt has lots of oil but no metal, Finland is the reverse.

Edepedable wrote:

8: 4p mediteranian map, really cool, 1 unit can make a difference. Sadly only played once, since it is hard to get good players together to play this map.

Edepedable wrote:

You being a player that wins around 50% of the maps he plays, I do think that your experience and over all winnings is enough to draw attention on any map. Don't we all do the same?

BTW you win half your games too and your stats are pretty decent too

I have very definite ideas about maps, though they change if I play them...

Good Maps

• World at War- Long term strategy, though it can be a real stat killer
• Clash of Nations- A quick game for gold
• Pacific Conquest- A good compromise if you can't play world at war
• Historical Map- A nice, strategic map with some decent RP

• [Tutorial mode] Clash of Nations- Hate the speed, it always messes things up
• Home front- Neighbours are a pain, poor land grouping
• Antarctica- I think everybody knows why I don't like this one

• Mediterranean
• Road to War

I'm trying Operation Supremacy as well.

BMfox wrote:

I've never heard about this map, I don't mind joining one with you.

BMfox wrote:

Edepedable wrote:

You being a player that wins around 50% of the maps he plays, I do think that your experience and over all winnings is enough to draw attention on any map. Don't we all do the same?

I'm fairly sure that they didn't check my stats before going all RP nuts on me but thanks for your compliment.BTW you win half your games too and your stats are pretty decent too

I used to like having the highest stats possible. Now a days I am just fairly convinced that the higher my stats are, the more it means that the opponents I fought were just not all that challenging.

if you do want to start a Mediterranean round, contact me, I'd be glad to join with you guys.

well heres my ranking then

loved maps:

-100

-homefront

those becasue i enjoy making long term plans... building economy and army even if i dont grow much on conquering and even if they drag for 30-40 days i find them fun and nerve braking on always looking whos the next enemy you need to fight

-10 europe

well balanced, makes really strategic heavy decision. which is why it has been used in the world cup

-pacific

even tho i dont agree with anyone on this map being navy focused (i make DD and sub and naval bomber, cross the straight and its back to destroy with land units) and it always end up in either US agaisnt asia.... one of those days i should probably try doing it in solo

ok maps:

-22 europe

too many drop outs so i only do it to cheese gold and aim for achivenemts

-10v10v10

too many dropouts and screwing your possiblity to win based solely on who has the most active players after day 3 but is balance in acertain way it still possible to win in all condition

-2-2 map

awesome if its done with a proper enemy/teammate

hated maps:

-X2-X4

cant deal with the pace, x2 is still accettable but even then is a suffer always checking and never being off

-anonymus round

dont get me started on this sh*t.... i used to love this map for the uncertainity on the enemy you have and therefor fighing him as if it was the top player of the world, but seeing this clan in the italian server entering 15 memebrs sharing maps and sniping single player each time made me regret ever to open it and always be tempted.... i should probably join this map on another server to at least stop dealing with this cheaters

-all-in map

i love the idea, but the random factor can either be fun (play as swizland) or terrible (play as tibet) althought i should keep an eye on it if some change is being made

-3v3v3

damn, the resources being scare to push the exchange and the drop out rate just makes me want to lash the idea guy that had this map....

never tried:

-historical

always have been told they are boring exactly as pointed out above on the drop outs and therefor AI fight

-antartica/supremacy

havent really understood the main point of them, but its a lack on my part on not investigating on it further.... i even read all forum threads about it but still cant figure them out enough to give it a crack

Spiffolo wrote:

havent really understood the main point of them, but its a lack on my part on not investigating on it further.... i even read all forum threads about it but still cant figure them out enough to give it a crack

General Nightman wrote:

if you do want to start a Mediterranean round, contact me, I'd be glad to join with you guys.

attacker101 wrote:

BMfox wrote:

my least favorite is the Homefront map along with the Pacific map. I

ITSAEROMF wrote:

bottleneck area for more fun play,

I mean, most olaces you can just go around even without going to sea.

Homefront- The whole game/map is unbalanced, even after first 2 or 3 days map is turned in hell, with wars come revolts, so...map is just "ugly". After thoes wars come to end, one or two stable coalitions survive and then you have Columbia and Venezuela to clean that mess. Cuba is with them 99%. And that's it

I don't have a wide variety of maps that I play, but I do like the following:

- 100p World at War. Long term strategy, the great feeling when you conquered a bunch of land (then you realize you simply just beat one human player with loads of land), and of course, the massive stacks of armies. Only thing I don't like is the high probability of golders and the disappointment when you lose to one (c'mon, I wasted days for this?)

- 10p Road to War. Quick, intense gameplay (although the inactivity is quite annoying) to pass the time by. I like using Yugoslavia as only Italy borders me. I really have nothing to say for the cons except for too small of a map, but hey, I like quick games, so it's only natural if I like small maps.

- 22p Clash of Nations. Wide variety of nations to choose from and a possibility of a showdown (although the rate of inactive players makes me wanna cry). Just don't be Poland, and you'll be fine.

Homefront is very balanced, all players start with the same. I have played 3 homefronts, twice with as a Canadian and once as a northern US state. I have won all 3 of them and in all 3 games Columbia and Venuzuela got into a war for the continent. Whoever wins that fight joins Mexico and in Most cases also Cuba joins. In all three games i played we wrecked all southern states and the south Americas. Now that only 70% of the map is needed most of the times Columbia or Venuzuela can just sit there.

vanhemar wrote:

Homefront- The whole game/map is unbalanced, even after first 2 or 3 days map is turned in hell, with wars come revolts, so...map is just "ugly". After thoes wars come to end, one or two stable coalitions survive and then you have Columbia and Venezuela to clean that mess. Cuba is with them 99%. And that's it

ITSAEROMF wrote:

attacker101 wrote:

BMfox wrote:

my least favorite is the Homefront map along with the Pacific map. I

I think homefront is the best, but I am from US so I am biased. It has lots of different places for different playing styles, 5 cities apiece, lots of double resource provinces, bottleneck area for more fun play, and some AIs with two cities. I agree Pacific is unbalanced, but still pretty fun, all that moving around. I find Antarctica the worst as I only played once, it seems a bit dumb with no attacking enemy cores and having massive AIs. Europe maps are annoying as many go inactive. World 100 map is also annoying, as it gets very slow and can be pretty predictable.

BMfox wrote:

Don't quote me if it was attacker101 please. I never said that my least favorate map is Homefront, I freaking love it.

No problem.

Not counting events, I hate Antarctica, i dont like Mediterranean and i dont like Pacific because there are too many gold users, and after two countries establish domination in America/Asia it becomes a stalemate. Events counted, i hate the last two honestly. Hope this „Endgame" is better.