Mexican-American War Feedback Thread

[Shepherd]

no not the navy it was an tnteresting twist one way attack, if u avance all u can use your troops to reinforce!

the original set-up of having two one-way attacks (LA -> Navy and Navy -> VeraCruz) had the unintended effect of stranding troops on the Navy with no way to reinforce them out. As the Sheriff said, the one way attack into Vera Cruz is still in play, but now a player can back troops out of the Navy to Louisiana if they wish.

I personally think it's a fairly elegant solution to a problem that the site has had for a long time - one-way attacks do not equate to one-way reinforcements.

 

[gravity]

Hey Shep, just got done getting blown out by gtivan and cardinalsrule, so I have to complain that I think the die weren't working on our map

Otherwise it looks (and played) great. On another note, have you considered making the ship return to Neutral after a turn? Or, like Africa conflict zones, a diminishing force that must be added to or it would be lost?

This may not be relevant now that you've decided on 2 as the start point, but it just struck me as something that might be interesting to consider.

-grav

 

[OneEyed]

completely true, the actual fighting of the Mexican American War took place in a very small segment of this map. If we'd made a map of simply the battles of the war, this map would be little more than the land surrounding the Rio Grande and the invasion force at Veracruz which took Mexico City.

However, as I have explained, the theme of this map is the expansion of the United States across the continent. I thought there was value in showing the immense territory that was a part of Mexico before the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded all of Texas, Alta California, New Mexico, etc. to the US.

your explantation makes different view on the map.
As for the specific questions:

1. We can't do victory commands at the site at the moment.

this could be next feature to code in. btw, has MC victory conditions?

2. Covering the map with one-way attacks may be true to the war, but would make for bad gameplay.

one more one-way attack will not covering map. but as I wrote, after your explantation I have different view on map.

the original set-up of having two one-way attacks (LA -> Navy and Navy -> VeraCruz) had the unintended effect of stranding troops on the Navy with no way to reinforce them out. As the Sheriff said, the one way attack into Vera Cruz is still in play, but now a player can back troops out of the Navy to Louisiana if they wish.

I personally think it's a fairly elegant solution to a problem that the site has had for a long time - one-way attacks do not equate to one-way reinforcements.

this is great solution. also from historic view and also from gameplay view.

once time, good job Shepherd.

OneEyed

 

[Shepherd]

this could be next feature to code in. btw, has MC victory conditions?

We have a list of new rules we would like to see added when the recoding of the site is completed, and this is on the list.

 

[TheGeneral]

unless i have not cleared cache properly (possible as i am not IT perfect) then this game shows 3 on the ship??

https://www.majorcommand.com/games/276698/

i do not think it has been used yet?

 

[Sebrim]

unless i have not cleared cache properly (possible as i am not IT perfect) then this game shows 3 on the ship??

https://www.majorcommand.com/games/276698/

i do not think it has been used yet?

I'm sure they can't change in a running game... Only games that start after the change was made

 

[ndrm31]

There are arrows pointing the one way flow. I guess you mean letting this clearer right? If so, i agree

clear your cache *browser history, its clear now, where its one way and where its 2 ways

 

[ndrm31]

Sherif!: some sick people are asking me if the medals for the new map are ready, I know a guy that already has 12 UDOS on it XD

 

[Shepherd]

I'm sure they can't change in a running game... Only games that start after the change was made

This is correct.

And medals are made... I can't speak as to whether of not they are loaded. That's above my pay grade.

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

I'm sure they can't change in a running game... Only games that start after the change was made

That is correct. 2 troops on the ship will only appear in new games, not in started games.

This is correct.

And medals are made... I can't speak as to whether of not they are loaded. That's above my pay grade.

They have been upload to the server and you can see them in the WIKI. But the code to give them players has not been installed yet. They should be ready to give out in the next week or so, not long after the Map goes public.

 

[TheGeneral]

That is correct. 2 troops on the ship will only appear in new games, not in started games.



They have been upload to the server and you can see them in the WIKI. But the code to give them players has not been installed yet. They should be ready to give out in the next week or so, not long after the Map goes public.

Thank you, fellas!

 

[riskyone]

The medals look real nice. Can't wait to get one, but I haven't even earned a UDO yet

 

[edsdad]

Great game guys,nice job.

 

[CaptSweatpants]

How about a two way access to the ship from Corpus Christi... also a decent seaport in those days... and that one way attack into Vera Cruz is murder. Any chance to strike back without having to march across a bunch of territories might be nice

 

[palmono]

I really like the map and have played it a few times.

Just two comments:
1. You can attack from the ship to VeraCruz but not reinforce. Why??
2. Most of the commands are hard to defend at the first rounds.

Cheers!

Palmono

 

[Shepherd]

You can attack from the ship to VeraCruz but not reinforce. Why??

This has to do with the way the game engine was originally designed. When the re-code is rolled out this will be addressed.

As for commands being hard to defend, I think its good to have some maps that are like this. It reduces the influence of a lucky drop to start the game.

 

[jasmine1978]

might be interesting if the US Navy could attack anywhere on the coast and not just the one place. early days in my game so will report back later... thanks for the map shepherd!

i think the mexican american war map is awesome i have played it many times but i do agree with sensa abit about having the boat attacking another region like San patricio or would it be possible to add another navy boat on the other side of the map maybe connecting Colima (central mexico command) to San Diego (alto command) i think this would add a great twist to an already great map ;-)

 

[Shepherd]

at this point, any changes we make to the map will affect games that are in progress. Adding a region would cause in progress games to crash, and adding connections would change the play mid-game. Unless there's a need for a fix, I don't see us making significant changes to how the map plays.

 

[legionbuck]

Makes a good team game map !

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

Makes a good team game map !

Does it? That's good to know.