maps you hate...

bob72 · Post by **bob72** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:40 am

Underworld poor explaination of the map bonuses

San francisco every time i think i've got it won someone beats me.

United Kindom (i love the idea but a bad deploy = loss) very little chance to recover.)

The maps themselves are great kudos to the makers just my playstyle sucks hehe

Oh I love AoM very nice map and some strategy required.

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:21 am

it seems i got exactly what i wanted with AoM. either love or hate but NO indifference.

for those who love it. thanks a lot.

for those who hate it. read the instructions twice and ten give it one more chance. oh and make sure you have BOB this is probably the map where BOB helps the most.

PS: look out for Age of Realms :twisted:

Honibaz · Post by **Honibaz** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:22 am

Crosswrod-hard to understand.
Age of Merchants-too complicated.
I like every other map, especially Circus Maximus.

Snowman · Post by **Snowman** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:08 am

I love AOM - probably my favourite map at the moment.

The ones I can't stand are all the Australian maps for some reason. I never win on Australia, find all the neutrals on Battle for Australia annoying and all my games on Cairns seem to end up going nowhere and lasting forever.

jpcloet · Post by **jpcloet** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:33 am

I only really hate Crossword. The better question maybe: why do certain maps hate me?

Jota · Post by **Jota** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:46 am

I think I'm winning so far, but only if you add all my maps together. Sorry, DiM! But there's still time for you to pull ahead!

FWIW, although I've only played Merchants once, I really enjoyed it. It was quite a refreshing change of pace! (Although I admit that having a different icon for every resource did make the instructions slightly confusing for me the first time I read through them.)

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:21 am

Jota wrote:I think I'm winning so far, but only if you add all my maps together. Sorry, DiM! But there's still time for you to pull ahead!

FWIW, although I've only played Merchants once, I really enjoyed it. It was quite a refreshing change of pace! (Although I admit that having a different icon for every resource did make the instructions slightly confusing for me the first time I read through them.)

if the whole trilogy Age of Realms gets quenched i'll surely pull ahead.

they'll probably start throwing rotten tomatoes at me :lol:

charles77 · Post by **charles77** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:32 am

i like world2.1, king of mountains, usa, classic, and europe!

i hate northamerica, indochina, crossword, valley of kings, and age of merchants is to confussing

Risktaker17 · Post by **Risktaker17** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:51 am

I don't like Age of Merchants or Crossword, because I don't really understand either of them. I don't like British isles because I keep losing on it.

jako · Post by **jako** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:10 am

y does everyone hate valley of the kings? its a great map that is not confusing, there are just some one ways that make it challenging to fort backwards.

as for AoM, DiM i ahve decided to give u and ur map a chance, i will play one game on there and see how i feel about.

i hate also circus maximus too

Ham · Post by **Ham** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:07 pm

Valley of the Kings is way more confusing than AOM. IMO. :shock:

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:09 pm

I don't like crossword, space, or circus maximus.

yankeesfan · Post by **yankeesfan** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:10 pm

i havent tried any but classic so i dont know

Rocketry · Post by **Rocketry** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 5:48 pm

I hate space...

Dont get the wrong idea, im fine with big houses, open fields and room to breathe. The space map looks awful and is hard to relate to considering there has never been a conquest of space.

The1exile · Post by **The1exile** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:24 pm

Crossword
Valley of Kings
World 2.1
Hong Kong
The New Circus Maximus

t.e.c · Post by **t.e.c** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:52 pm

excellent.

in fairness to DiM, because i know the effort that went into making AoM, i'm going to give it another shot. here's hoping i win this one...

and i have to give my 2 cents about valley of the kings. after a rough start (again) i have come to really enjoy it. kudos cairnswk!

JustCallMeStupid · Post by **JustCallMeStupid** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:59 pm

I thought AOM was a different map. I dont hate it but it is a bit tuffer than the others. I think I once got 48 units somehow because of the way the bonus structure works. It was cool.
I hate:
W 2.0 - too big
Valley of Kings - too difficult to get bonuses and too many loop arounds/oneways Took 20ish rounds for a 1v1 player escalating game to finish

rebelman · Post by **rebelman** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:00 pm

comic boy wrote:
Bad Speler wrote:I like the game play on Age of Merchants, but I never play it because it has a huge code and it takes while for my greasemonkey to read it.

Also, I hate world 2.1 because, its so huge, and it takes forever to kill someone off, and if your losing, it takes forever to get put out of your misery.

Seriously no offense meant but surely you can play a game without the help of greasemonkey.

Since I installed greasemonkey I have gone on a horrendous losing streak (dropping over 200 pts). I suspect it is part of my problem over studying the stats instead of playing my own game which I was doing OK before then,

Bob Janova · Post by **Bob Janova** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:07 pm

I hate Europe ... I have played 4 or 5 games on there and only won once, and that was due to terrible play by my opponents.

Age of Merchants is very confusing but I suspect actually quite good once you work it out.

Lector · Post by **Lector** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:37 pm

Any map that is too symmetrical i tend to avoid. IMHO RISK is all about manipulating a preciarious balance into your favour. Whan the map is too symmetrical it is harder to tilt the balance en it depends more on the dice then on strategy.

comic boy · Post by **comic boy** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:39 pm

rebelman wrote:
comic boy wrote:
Bad Speler wrote:I like the game play on Age of Merchants, but I never play it because it has a huge code and it takes while for my greasemonkey to read it.

Also, I hate world 2.1 because, its so huge, and it takes forever to kill someone off, and if your losing, it takes forever to get put out of your misery.

Seriously no offense meant but surely you can play a game without the help of greasemonkey.

Since I installed greasemonkey I have gone on a horrendous losing streak (dropping over 200 pts). I suspect it is part of my problem over studying the stats instead of playing my own game which I was doing OK before then,

I have never used greasemonkey or any of the other aids and I havent done too badly even though I play 50-60 games at a time on a variety of maps.

Killer619 · Post by **Killer619** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:44 pm

these r the maps i hate:
1. Age Of Merchants
2. Ancient Greece
3. Battle For Australia
4. BeNeLux
5. British Isles
6. Crossword
7. Circus Maximus
8. Great Lakes
9. Hong Kong
10. Middle Earth
11. Middle East
12. North America
13. Tamriel
14. USApocalypse
15. Valley Of The Kings

AAFitz · Post by **AAFitz** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:51 pm

comic boy wrote:I have never used greasemonkey or any of the other aids and I havent done too badly even though I play 50-60 games at a time on a variety of maps.

Are you one of those people who dont use antibiotics too??? how can you play without greasemonkey... its just not right

this is of course borne out of jealousy... if you play that well without a monkey on your back, im humbled

comic boy · Post by **comic boy** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:59 pm

AAFitz wrote:
comic boy wrote:I have never used greasemonkey or any of the other aids and I havent done too badly even though I play 50-60 games at a time on a variety of maps.

Are you one of those people who dont use antibiotics too??? how can you play without greasemonkey... its just not right

this is of course borne out of jealousy... if you play that well without a monkey on your back, im humbled

Fitz I am a comic genius

I am allergic to Pennecilin though :cry:

raptors · Post by **raptors** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:06 am

DiM wrote:it seems i got exactly what i wanted with AoM. either love or hate but NO indifference.

for those who love it. thanks a lot.

for those who hate it. read the instructions twice and ten give it one more chance. oh and make sure you have BOB this is probably the map where BOB helps the most.

PS: look out for Age of Realms

What is BOB first
The thing I hate about some of the maps is its not 100% clear the attack lines and some the color schemes to closely resemble the player army colors so it makes it very difficult to read...the standard map i hate when here are blue players on europe... :shock:

I really enjoy World 2.1!!
I like africa too