Toxen
05-09-05, 19:07
Firstly <PLUG> http://nc.synergyxr.net/maps/layout.php </PLUG> very good job FN.
Secondly
We've all heard everyone bitching about stuff like if procity wants a lab it should attempt to keep cycrow but we all know that FF and paradox and who ever else sides with em would throw everything into defending cycrow even if it ment loosing all other ops.
But no one can argue the map is unbalanced.... this is becoming a more recurring point with other balance issues we're still operating with NC1's balance of power system where it was more advantageous to venture away from home base of the south of neocron to gain greater rewards better leveling etc, in NC2 the map layout didn't really matter too much as everyone really generally started from the same point the south of the map, cept MB but its obvious that accomodations were made to MBs locations to balance it out in NC1.
Now if you sit at the layout tool and pop up all the trader boosting ops factories, labs, mines. you instantly notice factories are balanced so are mines with roughly equal ammounts either side of the north/south techhaven design. But then we get to labs and every lab is north of techhaven and to make it worse a majority of the labs are located in the north eastern area of the map in canyon country which is basicly anti city territory due to doy bots and other advantages from the close proximity of doy and tg canyon.
Sooo solutions.
Firstly soliko lab gets removed, and turned into a public spot perhaps add a GR.
Add two new ops in the south one just north of sherman bay in B-10 a new lab. Then another lab on the beach in A-10.
Secondly
We've all heard everyone bitching about stuff like if procity wants a lab it should attempt to keep cycrow but we all know that FF and paradox and who ever else sides with em would throw everything into defending cycrow even if it ment loosing all other ops.
But no one can argue the map is unbalanced.... this is becoming a more recurring point with other balance issues we're still operating with NC1's balance of power system where it was more advantageous to venture away from home base of the south of neocron to gain greater rewards better leveling etc, in NC2 the map layout didn't really matter too much as everyone really generally started from the same point the south of the map, cept MB but its obvious that accomodations were made to MBs locations to balance it out in NC1.
Now if you sit at the layout tool and pop up all the trader boosting ops factories, labs, mines. you instantly notice factories are balanced so are mines with roughly equal ammounts either side of the north/south techhaven design. But then we get to labs and every lab is north of techhaven and to make it worse a majority of the labs are located in the north eastern area of the map in canyon country which is basicly anti city territory due to doy bots and other advantages from the close proximity of doy and tg canyon.
Sooo solutions.
Firstly soliko lab gets removed, and turned into a public spot perhaps add a GR.
Add two new ops in the south one just north of sherman bay in B-10 a new lab. Then another lab on the beach in A-10.