The reason why i made this a turtle map is so you can focus more on attacking and less on " omg he is attacking over there, now i have to move all my fleet there" and i made this map mostly for AI and yes it does take longer due to the hard AI building star bases at the 2 choke points but that is the fun, joining with someone as an ally so you can crush someone else, also i wanted to put desert planets but i tough because Terran planets support more populations which means more income with which is something you will definitely need for this map.
Like i said this map is really great for a casual play and even tho you can put defenses and star base at the choke point , while my fleet was attacking the enemy planet near the star a titan and around 5 capital ship and a fleet attacked my choke point near the star, i had to pull back my fleet to save it, by the time i got there my star base was destroyed and my fleet was fighting on the planet for around 30 minutes, the enemy was bringing reinforcements i was making ships eventually i destroyed the enemy titan and 2 of its battle ships and they pulled off, right after that another enemy comes in and i had to pull back in the 2nd choke point planet for repairs and to get reinforcements, well for me the map is a lot of fun. And if anyone have any suggestions how to improve it let me know i can add more planets or change the planets a bit.