I really want to see this map made and think it is more than ready to go to the next stage. C'mon mods!

/\ Agreed.

You've got to listen to the people.

Do anyone know of a good forumula for calculating the adjusted bonuses? Quite a lot of tube stations, each with only 1 starting neutral.

Maps have to have an appeal to a wide audience, I just can't see that many people wanting to play a map of Idaho.

There's already maps of regions, I think this is probably the smallest geographic area of the US that would have appeal, unless it's of a major city/historical landmark.

That was a bit tongue in cheek.

Yes, the bonuses for the lines needs to be readjected. Perhaps starting at 8 as you suggested.

I agree, but they will be impossible to hold, so there is no point having them as continent bonuses.

There is still a point in having them, you have to use them to get from continent to continent. Like real life you have to get the tube then attack someone then get the tube somewhere else then ...

OK, I've taken off the tube line bonuses now as they were just too hard to hold.

Let's go to the Main Foundry and talk gameplay

I did want to keep all of the starting points at the edges, the idea being that you are commuting in to london, arriving at one of the main stations and then going around London from there. I guess the idea isn't as important as the gameplay though.

I've been really busy at the moment, will make ...

Nooo, definitely the old one in space, I don't like the (old) new chalkboard one, unless it's the (new) new chalkboard one.

Definitely version 18, without a doubt.

Background needs some changes though, but the look of the foreground is much better.

EDIT: ooh, I didn't see the version on p6 before I said that. King of cool, I'm torn. I think v18 makes for better gameplay though, just because it's easier to see.

P.S ...

Maybe tone the background down a little so that you can see the territory border colours more easily.

Something like a black fill at opacity 10/15%?

Big improvement! Makes the whole map look a lot more polished now, great work.

Ready for the main foundry now, I think.

Skill is required to hold a bonus , maybe to much for some of them. I think that some zones are too hard to hold, for example Holborn can be attacked by 9 different regions, the whole City zone has 14 different borders...
It does have a lot. There are still only 3 regions to hold, people may be ...

I was just making suggestions (that clearly benefited me), not my fault the idiot did them.

We've never played before, never messaged each other and he's in Canada...

Looks great!

One graphical issue is that in the large image it is a bit fuzzy. Do you have a high res image of the protein?

Leaning towards no on the army circles.

Also, no to the background. It's a bit to busy and distracts from the map. Maybe a simple faded microscope or something sciency.

Can anyone foresee any gameplay issues?

Yup, I like the new legend, looks very smart.

Not sure about army circles, I like them on most maps but, as you say, this one doesn't necessarily need them.

Give it a try so we can compare?

Well that's helping!

It's just easier this, that way I don't have to bother you every time!

What do people think of the gameplay/starting positions?

Thank you!

Great, now I can't change the thread name because I didn't start it...

Thanks for that, mods.

Better with black or white writing?

Thanks a lot guys! Your encouragement and tips are helping a lot, really starting to take shape now, I think.

v12 now has black text for the regions and the army circles are at 80% opacity. The look crap because photoshop is messing up the smart objects and taking the top and left 1px and putting ...

Is that any better?