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Old February 15th, 2015, 02:27 PM
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Re: Killometer's maps ~ Vallum (single RotV) added 2/2/15

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I think Vallum is a perfect name.
I'm glad you approve. You were actually one of the two posters I thought of who might call me out on it.

If it came down to it, my ace-in-the-hole was going to be that Hadrian's Wall (which has significant stone features) was called Vallum Aelium.

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Old February 17th, 2015, 04:32 PM
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Re: Killometer's maps ~ Vallum (single RotV) added 2/2/15

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Vallum
requires 1 RotV
supports 1 random power glyph and 1 random treasure glyph
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Old February 18th, 2015, 02:17 PM
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Re: Killometer's maps ~ Vallum (single RotV) added 2/2/15

Thanks @capsocrates . If you get to give it a whirl I'd love to hear how it played.

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Old February 18th, 2015, 03:28 PM
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Re: Killometer's maps ~ Vallum (single RotV) added 2/2/15

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Thanks @capsocrates . If you get to give it a whirl I'd love to hear how it played.
I'm not caps, but I have played on Vallum (just a couple times).

Firstly, I'd like to say that I like the hex footprint, and the aesthetics of the map when its built. It looks quite good, like a pair of stone platforms upon which building were once, but it has crumbled and deteriorated. However...

I don't really like the way the height works.

Firstly, I think its a bit too hard on range. Its an incredible hassle getting to height, getting to where you can shoot at people, and shooting at people from a range with height all at the same time. Truthfully, using ranged units (in my limited experience) and going for the hills was the exact same thing as playing melee units and going into the hills.

Secondly, I found absolutely no allure in going up the lower hill as opposed to the higher hill. This was the one scenario in which range was okay on the height. A "meh" ranged squad can dominate from the higher hill to the lower hill, due to angles of line of sight being a friendly, and you know, the obvious fact of height advantage.

The height appears interesting, but usually seemed to end up in a drawn out, muddled up, fist fight on the upper hill.

I hope this didn't seem mean, I absolutely love the fact that this map only used 1 RotV. But I guess I just didn't enjoy this map. Hope this is beneficial.

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Old February 18th, 2015, 03:51 PM
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Truthfully, using ranged units (in my limited experience) and going for the hills was the exact same thing as playing melee units and going into the hills.
You say that like it's a bad thing.

Seriously, though, that's almost exactly what I was going for. It's hard to make a map using just 1 RotV and have it not end up a bloodbath as ranged units blasts down from height on melee units trying to advance to engage.

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Secondly, I found absolutely no allure in going up the lower hill as opposed to the higher hill. This was the one scenario in which range was okay on the height. A "meh" ranged squad can dominate from the higher hill to the lower hill, due to angles of line of sight being a friendly, and you know, the obvious fact of height advantage.

The height appears interesting, but usually seemed to end up in a drawn out, muddled up, fist fight on the upper hill.
The higher hill is definitely the more tempting of the two. In my vision the lower hill is a place to threaten the glyph, or to slightly more quickly move towards the opponent's side, while still giving up an advantage to the higher hill. Maybe a strong fixed glyph (and/or one that doesn't help campers-Valda springs to mind) would pull some attention downhill.

I also wonder if the trough between the hills is too rough on melee units that want to try to move from the lower hill to the higher hill. Maybe, considering how many figures can fit on the highest level. I may need to revisit the gap, or eliminate some of the level 4 spaces...

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I hope this didn't seem mean, I absolutely love the fact that this map only used 1 RotV. But I guess I just didn't enjoy this map. Hope this is beneficial.
Not mean at all. I appreciate the feedback and candor, and everything you've said is beneficial (even the stuff that's wrong ).

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Last edited by Killometer; February 18th, 2015 at 03:54 PM. Reason: If I *really* wanted to be mean to ranged I could make the glyph Thorian. >:D
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Old February 18th, 2015, 04:03 PM
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Secondly, I found absolutely no allure in going up the lower hill as opposed to the higher hill. This was the one scenario in which range was okay on the height. A "meh" ranged squad can dominate from the higher hill to the lower hill, due to angles of line of sight being a friendly, and you know, the obvious fact of height advantage.

The height appears interesting, but usually seemed to end up in a drawn out, muddled up, fist fight on the upper hill.
The higher hill is definitely the more tempting of the two. In my vision the lower hill is a place to threaten the glyph, or to slightly more quickly move towards the opponent's side, while still giving up an advantage to the higher hill. Maybe a strong fixed glyph (and/or one that doesn't help campers-Valda springs to mind) would pull some attention downhill.

I also wonder if the trough between the hills is too rough on melee units that want to try to move from the lower hill to the higher hill. Maybe, considering how many figures can fit on the highest level. I may need to revisit the gap, or eliminate some of the level 4 spaces...
I think Valda would definitely be a good step, but I'm still not sure if I would take that bait, though I think its more of my play style than something else. Perhaps if you put more more hexes into the lower hill and less in the higher hill? That could lead to the high hill real-estate becoming even more valuable though.

The trough did seem awfully rough on people, not just melee. Having that small divide there seemed to lead to an "after-you" aspect when playing armies that couldn't shoot across the tiny little gap.

Any who, I don't really think cutting down on the level 4 spaces is the answer. It just makes the area even more precious... ?

Yeah, I have really no experience with making maps.

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Old February 18th, 2015, 04:22 PM
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Any who, I don't really think cutting down on the level 4 spaces is the answer. It just makes the area even more precious...
It makes them more valuable, potentially making even more action occur at them, but it can make it more difficult to difficult to establish command over them. The more units that can fit on the highest level means that many more units to knock off to take control of it. Fewer spaces also makes you prioritize who you want there more. Imagine how much more careful you'd be about placement if you could only fit 3-4 figs on the top level compared to being able to jam in a squad and a half of Greenscales plus their dragonking plus Raelin plus...

Any please don't take all my contrarian jibber-jabber to mean I'm discounting your opinion (or that of anyone else who feels like chiming in). I really do appreciate the feedback.

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Any who, I don't really think cutting down on the level 4 spaces is the answer. It just makes the area even more precious...
It makes them more valuable, potentially making even more action occur at them, but it can make it more difficult to difficult to establish command over them. The more units that can fit on the highest level means that many more units to knock off to take control of it. Fewer spaces also makes you prioritize who you want there more. Imagine how much more careful you'd be about placement if you could only fit 3-4 figs on the top level compared to being able to jam in a squad and a half of Greenscales plus their dragonking plus Raelin plus...
So true, Jedi Master Killometer.

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Re: Killometer's maps ~ Vallum (single RotV) added 2/2/15

Using just one ROTV set, you don't have roads/wall walks or many LoS blockers to help out melee units, so I would say it's a good thing for the map layout to favor hand-to-hand combat.
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Firstly, I think its a bit too hard on range. Its an incredible hassle getting to height, getting to where you can shoot at people, and shooting at people from a range with height all at the same time. Truthfully, using ranged units (in my limited experience) and going for the hills was the exact same thing as playing melee units and going into the hills.
That's my cartographic dream! Oh gods of Valhalla, lend me your inspiration, that I may make a single-RotV map on which ranged dost tremble, and suffer.
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Oh gods of Valhalla, lend me your inspiration, that I may make a single-RotV map on which ranged dost tremble, and suffer.
That's really one of my two cartographic obsessions. Balanced full asymmetry being the other (more about that later...).

I'm working out a couple variations of Vallum with fewer level 4 spaces and/or merged hills, but they need a little more tweaking and testing before they're ready for the public eye. In the meantime I'm always interested in hearing more input on it as it stands-the more outside angles I can see it from the better.

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