the Sad status of map availablity in mp - proposed an idea

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4 v 4 is the stable of diet of sins mp. always has been. 5v5 to a lesser extent if theres an excess of players.

But the only map worth a damn is 4v4 Random (single)

This map is not fully random. Its only random within a fixed template so its not a different expierience each time its played. its infact the same expierence each time - so I regard it as ONE MAP . And because of random positions there are varying degrees of how fugged up the map is.

we need new flavours of maps

I propose

More 4v4 and 5v5 OFFICIAL FIXED MAPS which offer an expierence that random large single cannot offer ,

For example If Ironclad bothers to fix twin empires (ive been wanting this since 2006) , you get a game where you start very close to a partner ; Its setup as 2 pairs vs 2 pairs . Its brilliant as you really have to work with your ally , whether its counting down a jump on allied chat or helping your partner clear the mutually shared ice planet since you have both agreed to hes going civ first and your military first.

In the late stages of Vanilla Sins (before entrenchment) we used to play Twin empires but have unlocked teams so that when we found our associated players we can then "ally up" , but this isnt ideal as if a player drops the AI often de-allies.

more decent maps like a fixed twin empires , and players can soon transition to fixed maps and make sins alot more interesting.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

The good news is that Yarlen said that they are working on a map pack to release in the near future.

The better news is that since you voiced your concerns, there is a good chance they might get addressed.

The bad news is, making 4v4 maps and 5v5 maps is a BITCH. I mean. there is. what. zero 5v5 premade singlestars?

course maybe that is the thing that is gettting addressed.

We'll see.

And while It would prolly be a good idea to post "id like cool map stuff", we need to be careful, as i dont know how paranoid stardock/ironclad is about this stuff, but they prolly dont want to risk someone going "oh hey! that looks exactly like my map! <insert evil thoughts here>" or something like that.

 

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Fix storm front aswell!

set positions so its one side vs the other.

 

 

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

It's too bad that they won't enable auto-download for custom maps.  If they would do that, the player base would fix the problem with the lack of map selection.