New Map suggestions?

[B.O.B.]

I'm building a new map that Spock will approve and make live. Get your suggestions in now.

Racial ring or no racial ring?
How many neutrals?
Odd Shaped neutrals?
How many Planet Gals?

[mojo]

racial rings......yes neutrals.....3 planet gals.....3 but close together having warps inside eachother oddshaped nuetrals....no

[Infinity]

Racials 20x20, not less. Ring's fine, but it doesn't have to have a strict ring shape as it has now.

4 neutrals worked fine then again, we could go for 5. I like rectangular galaxies instead of squared ones, modifies routes a bit, gives more hiding spaces, makes people think more of where they are at current moment. None of the neutrals shouldn't be smaller than 500-600 sectors.

As for planet gals, I'd like to see smaller (usual ones) with 9-10 to 15-16 planets, let's say... 5 galaxies of about 60 sectors with 9-10 planets, and 5 with 15-16 planets and 80-100 sectors. Not necessarily squared. Double warps to neutrals.

If the idea is to make again huge planet galaxies, then I don't have much to say, when I think about it better

Total size: 3200 sectors in racials, 2000-3000 sectors in neutrals, 800-1000 sectors in planet galaxies -> about 7k

If we go for more small planet galaxies, I'd suggest more neutrals (6 even) with higher number of sectors, if we go for planet gals like in current game then 4-5 a bit smaller neutrals.

[mojo]

o when is new game starting

[mojo]

so when is new game starting

[B.O.B.]

so when is new game starting

When Spock approves the new map.

[B.O.B.]

Done creating it (just need Spock's approval).
Anyway next post will be an image and description of the layout.

[B.O.B.]

Map is relatively simple.
I'll try to come up with a more complex one next time around (or even a player submitted one).



Green is the racial ring.
Yellows are the 3 neutrals.
Blue are the 6 planets.
Red are the 4 CA Gals.

Note that the 3 neutrals are also connected.

Also note that the racials connect to each of the neutrals through a "Corridor" galaxy.
You'll see what I mean when you see the actual universe.

Racial Gals:
Alskant should theoretically have better starting routes.
Each racial gal has weapon shops containing their racial weapons.

Neutral gals:
The neutral gal show in the center has all the high lvl weapons and ships.

[mojo]

awsome map man im so gonna hunt early so watch out people

[Dilbert]

No to the CA gals, perhaps just make them additional planet gals. Personally i would like the whole universe to be a bit more difficult to get around. Make places isolated, we have pretty much 1000's of turns lets make it so you have to use them rather than having a inlocking, web of galaxies that just mimics the older style maps. What im saying is new smr, new turn system, New map; innovative, different, difficult to get around not just same old all roads lead to everywhere. make it more of a maze so that there are bottlenecks that can be controlled, areas that logistically are impossible to defend, and so that to get from 1 racial to the next you have to travel for ages. Dunno bout you guys but the map thats suggested is just a tad simple to get about looking at it.