Unpopular Multiplayer Maps
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I started RMK by playing coops with my sister( we werent good players at the beginming(, and we won very easy TSK 20( with just 3-4 attacks on us) and TSK 8, so in my opinion it still will be easy, but little more harder than now ;]
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1000 Corpses - is balanced !
The principle of the map is 3v5. Many times I saw that players were fifth How can I speak here of the balance as they do not play like the map was created. !
in new version I fix : folds
A Clash of Kings - co-op map ( new)
Is good, and balanced i played with 8p, and ... plyes very good. ! **I blocked the passage between the rivers on the left. to TDL
Bad Mountains - Is balanced -_-
this map is 3v5 not : 2v4 or 3v4 !!!
To map was balanced the need to 8 players. no less! Just as a map of "1000 Corpses" I saw that the players do not play 3v5 and just, 2v4 or 3v3!
in new version I fix : folds
+ fix area
+ fix towers in loc 1
+ other fix
Battle Moon - is good,
The map is unique, only you can fight it with ONLY iron. Has a different area than the other maps. The new version improved the locations of central players. Balanced ++
in new version I fix : folds
Battle Sun -
is balanced !, and is good map. This map is on 16th place in the ranking and have 179 Games played. The area in the middle is empty, the map I wanted and so I did.
The new version of the map, the terrain is slightly changed. (Folded), and add ++++ tree
in new version I fix : folds
Battle Sun 1 vs 4
As the name suggests the game 1v4. It can never be otherwise. Just as with other maps, players will play 1V2 or 1V3, then the game is not balanced. It is balanced for 1v4 play. GUYS ! ! ! !
+ folds
City of Gold - new ! tactic
fight in the Mayan City
Clash - new (eco)
Map is good and pretty
Dangerous Swamp
The area is ugly? It is a small map. I do not know what is wrong. It is well balanced.
in new version I fix : folds
Dark Rock 4P
In new version:
- fix loc players = +balanced
+ folds
Dark Rock 6P
In new version:
- fix loc players = +balanced
+ folds
Dream
+ add gold mountain, coal in loc 7 and 8
++ balanced ( ofc in new version)
in new version I fix : folds
Game of Thrones 1v1v1
bad area? I will try to improve
Game of Thrones 2 ( this map is 2v3 !! )
In new version I fix loc and gold mountin in loc 1 and.. loc .. 2? = + balanced
+ fix folds
God of Vengeance
I fix: ( in new version)
+ folds
+ add peansans and build man
HOMA I ( heroes of might and ax i )
this map is NOW good
add in new version:
+ folds
+ fix loc 7 and 8
+ fix roads on all map
+ fix resources
+ small fix in area
HOMA II ( heroes of might and ax ii )
ok i fix area...
in new version: fix folds
King's Bounty
in new wersion fix:
+ folds
+ bridges
Why do players do not play in this map? I do not know !
L-O-S-T - Survival
This is a unique map. No map granary. Players must work together. One of them is closer to gold than the other. The map is well balanced. In the new version: improved folding, more helpers and builders.
Lost Lands
IMO: good map.
In new version:
+ fix folding
Monsters Islands
in new version:
++++++ improved crossing between the bridges +++++++
++ improved folding area
+ add peasans and build man
Mysterious Cities ( LOST - S )
granary on this map is ON , ( normal game)
+ folding
+ fix loc players
New World Order
in new version:
very large changes on the map !!!
+ fix folding !
+ add new crossing
+ fix Loc: 1,2,3,4,7,8 !
Open World
ok I fix ( to TDL)
in new version:
+ fix folding
+ add more coal
+ other fix
Riversides
in new version:
+ fix folding
+ block towers
Roads
in new wersion:
Yes i now this map is not balanced... but I worked on this:
+ fix folding
+ fix loc 1,2 = + balanced
+ add helpers and buld man
The Kingdoms
Players forget that the map was created for the game 3v3v2 or 3v3 or 3v2 with the fact that two players will always be "Czech Republic" and the other side of Polish!!
or German. Exactly this is written in the information. When we take other settings than it is written, the map will be unbalanced !!!
This map is my favorite ! big changes on the map!
In new version:
+improved location of the players
+ improved folding
+ fix area
The Passage 4P and 8p
In new version:
+ fix folding
+ add helpers and build man
+ smal fix in area
The Same Rocks ( NEW MAP ) ECO
Time to Die - Gorge
In new version:
+ smal fix area
+ add tree
+ folding
Ufff
Re: Unpopular Multiplayer Maps
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Game of Thrones 2 ( this map is 2v3 !! )
Game of Thrones 1v1v1
bad area? I will try to improve
New World Order
in new version:
very large changes on the map !!!
+ fix folding !
+ add new crossing
+ fix Loc: 1,2,3,4,7,8 !
L-O-S-T - Survival
This is a unique map. No map granary. Players must work together. One of them is closer to gold than the other. The map is well balanced. In the new version: improved folding, more helpers and builders.
Mysterious Cities ( LOST - S )
granary on this map is ON , ( normal game)
+ folding
+ fix loc players
...Is good
...and is good map
Map is good and pretty
I think Stranded (4p & 8p) should be removed since no one plays it and the terrain looks really flat.
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New maps coming... and only the best of best will survive.
In my opinion, Lewin could just delete the less played maps till reach a limit.
For instance--- if you have 66 maps... then remove the 20-25 least played maps (0 or few times).
That would be deleting the unpopular... maybe you want to save some for its quality, making it an "example map" to follow and design new potential maps in future.
For instance, unpopular or not, Classy maps must stay (quality saved them).
I know To and probably "Paker's team" are making new maps.
I myself want to present a map experiment for next release (still working on it).
Offenses? All community has chosen already which maps should be played or not. Lewin has the statistics. Now it's time to make the final move. Without regreting... let's clean the long list.
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Re: Unpopular Multiplayer Maps
1000 Corpses - is balanced !
Battle Moon - is good,
The map is unique
Battle Sun -
is balanced !, and is good map. This map is on 16th place in the ranking and have 179 Games played. The area in the middle is empty, the map I wanted and so I did.
The new version of the map, the terrain is slightly changed. (Folded), and add ++++ tree
in new version I fix : folds
Dangerous Swamp
The area is ugly? It is a small map. I do not know what is wrong. It is well balanced.
in new version I fix : folds
Dream
+ add gold mountain, coal in loc 7 and 8
++ balanced ( ofc in new version)
in new version I fix : folds
L-O-S-T - Survival
This is a unique map. No map granary. Players must work together. One of them is closer to gold than the other. The map is well balanced. In the new version: improved folding, more helpers and builders.
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Hey everyone,
As you've probably noticed the Remake now has a lot of included maps, and people keep submitting more and more. The list is already quite long and hard to use, so at some point we have limit the number of maps that are included, and replace old, less popular maps with new ones.
The problem is rather the list which is hard to use. It's not the maps themselves that are made. In fact, the many submitted maps are good because that's a sign of an active community.
So why not think of ways to increase the handling of the map list? I propose a ranking system with 5 stars. And - very important - the list must be shown sorted from the maps with the most stars to the one with the least stars.
In the end, you see the very good maps at the top and if you feel to play a worse map, you have to scroll down. But I think this still is better than requesting every player to download a map, restart KaM and then hopefully see that the server room isn't occupied if they want to play a map not included in the remake.
Maybe you could use the online map ranking to improve the list. The 20 frequently played maps get 3 extra stars each, so they appear at the top of the list. The list is refreshed with each release, as this means that maybe new maps may be added.
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What is the 'new version'?Dream
+ add gold mountain, coal in loc 7 and 8
++ balanced ( ofc in new version)
in new version I fix : folds
this is my link from my topic viewtopic.php?f=5&t=902&start=15
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In r3392 there were 6 locations. 3 of them had a massive wall of mountains with a few narrow entrances, 3 were completely exposed. That's why people keep saying it's unbalanced.Game of Thrones 2 ( this map is 2v3 !! )
I don't see how it's balanced when the bottom left player has to build a massive road half way across the map to get to coal. Sure he starts with 20, but he'll have a massive long road to bring the coal home and a mine in the middle of the map that can easily be destroyed by either other player and not defended.Game of Thrones 1v1v1
bad area? I will try to improve
One of your better maps IMO, and the improved version is even better. I like the way the area in the middle is raised with the cliffs around it sloping down to the sea, they look nice, like the top base in TSK 7. I don't like the forest on the area that connects the middle of the map to the top left (on yellow dirt). It doesn't look good to me, mixed tree types and uninteresting. There are large arrows painted on the ground all over the map, but I guess they're pretty subtle and don't make the map look too ugly/unnatural so I won't complain about them.New World Order
in new version:
very large changes on the map !!!
+ fix folding !
+ add new crossing
+ fix Loc: 1,2,3,4,7,8 !
I think it's an interesting idea to not have storehouses. But the images you drew in the stone just look stupid IMO.L-O-S-T - Survival
This is a unique map. No map granary. Players must work together. One of them is closer to gold than the other. The map is well balanced. In the new version: improved folding, more helpers and builders.
I don't see any point in reusing the same map as L-O-S-T - Survival. It's already used once in a unique idea, no need to use it again.Mysterious Cities ( LOST - S )
granary on this map is ON , ( normal game)
+ folding
+ fix loc players
...Is good...and is good mapMap is good and pretty
No stress. I sit on Saturday and Sunday on maps. I'll work all day. I improved everything that is wrong.
new fix map I seny You and TDL Bye
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The problem is rather the list which is hard to use. It's not the maps themselves that are made. In fact, the many submitted maps are good because that's a sign of an active community.
So why not think of ways to increase the handling of the map list? I propose a ranking system with 5 stars. And - very important - the list must be shown sorted from the maps with the most stars to the one with the least stars.
In the end, you see the very good maps at the top and if you feel to play a worse map, you have to scroll down. But I think this still is better than requesting every player to download a map, restart KaM and then hopefully see that the server room isn't occupied if they want to play a map not included in the remake.
Maybe you could use the online map ranking to improve the list. The 20 frequently played maps get 3 extra stars each, so they appear at the top of the list. The list is refreshed with each release, as this means that maybe new maps may be added.
We've already made the list bigger and sorted (with name, size and player count columns) so it can handle a few more maps before it becomes hard to use. But at some point there must be a limit, nobody wants to scroll through 200+ low quality maps to find a good one to play.
If we felt we had 200 excellent quality maps we would be much more hesitant to delete any, the point is that in the past we were somewhat "desperate" for new maps because we didn't have many. Now we have hundreds and people seem quite happy playing on only ~20 of them regularly. There are maps in r3392 that have been played less than 10 times, while Golden Cliffs has been played 100 times more.
We also want to have a "minimum quality standard" for being included in the Remake. If we included every map that is made it would make the Remake look bad because many of them are poorly done with not much effort put into them. It makes the game look bad visually if most of the maps are flat, mostly grass with few objects/details. Some of the maps included are badly balanced, have worse looking terrain than other maps and have only been played a handful of times. I think it makes sense to slowly phase out these maps as we add new good quality maps. We're not just going to delete 50 maps overnight, I think maybe 5-10 maps will be deleted for the next release and more than that number will be added. We certainly don't want to delete any popular or high quality maps.
The new version is at the top of only two players and at the bottom of the thirdIn r3392 there were 6 locations. 3 of them had a massive wall of mountains with a few narrow entrances, 3 were completely exposed. That's why people keep saying it's unbalanced.Game of Thrones 2 ( this map is 2v3 !! )
He wrote about his process of making Back in the Desert here if you're interested. I think it's a good guide.
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Please do not remove the atoll and kaderto. This are good old maps, which is sometimes played. And by the way, and that if the players do not like such and such card, the player then why not just remove it from the folder MapsMP? She disappears from the search, and the player is not on any map will play in which he considers bad.
But for adding new maps into Remake, I agree there are so many useless maps and even repeated...
I saw for instance, 2 versions of Florek's Map (old and new) "Save the King" and dont remember the other... and 3 versions from "New Year", the map made by PAKER (+folding -> +improved folding -> fixed folding).
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