Voxs thread

[jagjef]

Already voted random

[mrboo123]

Originally posted by mrboo123


you mean map? If you do, what do you mean by generated?

NM, seen the poll. Make it random, but have some one make sure that one location is really crappy

[Jon Miller]

but what if we get the crappy location?

Jon Miller

[Dis]

I voted for random with oversight- whatever that means.

What kind of oversight are we talking about? But I'm against completely random. True, there is a little more flexibility this game than civ3. But location is still the name of the game.

[conmcb25]

Random with oversight means a random map will be generated by a "map maker", the map maker will check the starting locations and make sure that no starting location is totally out of whack with other starting locations. If it is he will generate another map or possibly do some minor "tweaking". It mainly helps to level the initial starting playing feild for all teams.

[notyoueither]

And prevent two civs on a continent lacking 3 or 4 of the strategic resources, while another has a larger landmass all to themselves with everything...

[notyoueither]

Take the PtW map. If supervised, either it would have been scrapped for another try or one of Vox or GS would have been moved to Lego Major, and a couple of resources added to Estonia/Stormia.

And then the scorpion box that GoW, ND, and Lux Invicta were thrown into might also be addressed.

[conmcb25]

Some folks have said that the map generator for CIV IV is better and I tend to agree, however I have gotten some fabulous starts, a lot of average starts, and a few crappy starts. Thats better but for this kind of game, I think some human leveling should be done to be fair to all teams.

Sorry but I just can't forget the crappy map Panzer gave us for PtW II, something he will never live down

[Jon Miller]

What speed of game should we play? It is hard to play fo rtoo long, so I would be inclined to Quick or Normal.

JM

[mrboo123]

We don't want to have the entire game last a year, but neither a month. Normal seems good

[Krill]

Hey, mate, these demogames last a while. More than a year, for sure. PTWDG lasted 2 and a half years, for example.

[mrboo123]

Originally posted by Krill
Hey, mate, these demogames last a while. More than a year, for sure. PTWDG lasted 2 and a half years, for example.

I know that. I just pull a number out of my head. What I'm saying is, I don't what it to be long for long's sake.

[Panzer32]

If GoMW doesn't turn out (and it doesn't look like it will, I'd like to be on this team for the Civ 4 version... )

[Jon Miller]

well we would be glad to have you

JM

[Dis]

Originally posted by Krill
Hey, mate, these demogames last a while. More than a year, for sure. PTWDG lasted 2 and a half years, for example.

though I belive civ4 is a much quicker game than civ3.

I'm fine with normal. I think that will work best. Epic doesn't change all that much. Since unti build costs are raised along with research rates. The only thing that remains the same is unit movement.