New map: 1984

[once]

thanks!

 

[Bluebonnet]

strange
1v1
i am eliminated by decay
points awarded.

but it still says i can deploy 0 troops.



Game Over
You have 0 troops to deploy

 

[BadElmer]

Anyone else get their 1984 Bronze yet? Loving this map, race you to Silver...

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

Anyone else get their 1984 Bronze yet? Loving this map, race you to Silver...

You've got Cardinalsrule and once to catch up to.

 

[BadElmer]

You've got Cardinalsrule and once to catch up to.

Cards, maybe, but once is leaving us in the dust. I didn't really figure I was the first, but thanks for letting me know where I stand.

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

Cards, maybe, but once is leaving us in the dust.

Yeah I know huh. But 3rd isn't bad at all. You still get a bronze in your race for a bronze! LOL.

 

[once]

Cards, maybe, but once is leaving us in the dust. I didn't really figure I was the first, but thanks for letting me know where I stand.

how cool! i knew i was playing this map excessively (it is fantastic!), but great to know i am in the lead here! thats a first for me..

 

[BadElmer]

how cool! i knew i was playing this map excessively (it is fantastic!), but great to know i am in the lead here! thats a first for me..

Congrats! Guess I'll have to take solace in my 3-1 record with you in 1v1's (even if those were at the front of this map's learning curve). Since I need 25 for silver and you need 3, I suppose I'll have to race you to gold. A marathon it is (pacing myself...).

 

[once]

yeah, you mopped the floor with me, i remember well.

 

[once]

made it

 

[F15FreeEagle]

made it

You're welcome. I guess.

 

[NewSheriffInTown]

how cool! i knew i was playing this map excessively (it is fantastic!), but great to know i am in the lead here! thats a first for me..

So if you've been playing so fanatically, what sort of insights can you give about gameplay?

I mean in terms of minor tweaking (if at all)
Are the bonuses balanced?
Are the one-ways well placed?
Does the fortress or rocketship ever come in to play?

Let us know the minutiae.

Thanks!

 

[once]

So if you've been playing so fanatically, what sort of insights can you give about gameplay?

I mean in terms of minor tweaking (if at all)
Are the bonuses balanced?
Are the one-ways well placed?
Does the fortress or rocketship ever come in to play?

Let us know the minutiae.

Thanks!

hm, thanks for asking, i feel honored,.. but not sure i have that much to share. also, i have mostly played 1vs1, so insights are quite limited to this too.
i am very much in favor of starting off with the 4s. this can be disastrous for player 2 (also for player 1 if dice arent so great), but i like what it does to the overall dynamic. and i love martial law & the opportunities it opens up..

the bonuses seem more or less balanced to me. however, just like antarctica or aussie on classic evolved, securing 1 of the smaller territory commands can quickly seal the game, at least in a 1vs1, where the neutrals have a tendency to protect my opponents commands. as opposed to classic evolved, these commands have more borders - they shouldnt be as easy to protect, so i think this is mostly a problem of the many neutrals in a 2 player game. not sure what to do about that. maybe it would help if there was a minimum of 1 neutral within these commands? games that start off like that usually seem more balanced.. these are powerful commands, particularly because of the lack of martial law there.

the oneways took some time getting used to, but i do feel they are well placed, and constructive to gameplay / strategies, no complaints.

i am not sure the disputed zone is working how it is supposed to.. as a command in its own right, i find it is harder to complete & protect than the territories commands. maybe it would deserve an additional guy for that? or maybe 1 less for the territories instead? 4 bonus seems about right for eastasia in relation to the larger superstates.. so, not sure.
i have yet to see this as an actually *disputed zone* where the additional +2 come in play for holding another superstate. but it seems already kind of rare for someone to control a superstate midgame (eastasia being much more frequent though).

in theory i would really like the idea of superpowers in superstates arming their super fortresses & super rockets-ships.. maybe this happens more in a 3-5 player game, i havent nearly played enough of those.

in my games thus far, the fortress or rocket-ships have come into play very very seldomly.. the only couple of times i have seen this was toward the very end of the game, when it was probably 80% decided anyway. and they also feel a bit like an afterthought in comparison to the deploy bonus one gets (even though it is twice as much), because the few times that i was actually able to use them, the times when i was able to hit sth with them were even fewer: usually i would already hold the territories at the other end of the bombardment path, or it would be a neutral.
again, i could imagine that with the right # of players this might work differently…

all in all, i really love this map. it is very complex for its size, and there are a bunch of different approaches one can take.. it can also provide dramatic power shifts. i like being able to come back in a seemingly lost game (or lose when i thought i would surely win, not liking that as much). i played this a lot as a 2 player because even though 1st player advantage can be disastrously huge here, it still actually works well as a 2 player map, in my opinion at least. sure, some games are lost (or won) before they start, but the map is both small and complex enough to be capable of bringing about big change by either luck or cunning or more luck. i would like play more multiplayer here, with whatever is the right # of players for superstates and such things to come in play properly. join me if you like: https://www.majorcommand.com/games/405167/

 

[bilsi]

I like it. Never played a game where anyone got any special feature...Still learning it

 

[xsb1977]

Hi guys, I assume this is not yet included in the corrent engine, right? today i lost a game assuming that Martial law will do the final terts kill (it was assasin) and I was surprisied that the game still went on (and obviously I was killed ). Not complaining, just to know what happened there

https://www.majorcommand.com/games/406831/

yes please do add this to the to do list.. i am agreeing with cards here, would be nice. after all, other players could potentially do the work for me too, and eliminating someone via the 1984 mastercommand server has a certain elegance to it..

 

[Shepherd]

Here's what we know...

https://www.majorcommand.com/forums/threads/8719-1984-Map-and-Eliminations?p=89152#post89152

 

[Hortik]

Just as Once mentioned,

Sometimes, securing your commands is quite easy if the right terts are bonus and your opponents dont really want to risk their troops against 4 neutrals.
Just a quick thought:
It might (maybe) be a good idea to change the neutral terts from 4 to 3(or2) in order to balance this?

Looking forward to read what you guys think about it.

Hortik

 

[ndrm31]

cool, got a medal; didnt know they where aviable!

 

[empirejeff]

The 4 neutrals make two player games quite interesting!!!!!!!!

 

[SageBlue]

Are points awarded for wins in this new game?