From now on, ranked boards should rotate automatically each month (we can also rotate them more frequently for special events and so on). They system is designed to rotate in the boards that were seen longest ago. For now, the sets in rotation are: Crypt Gladius Celestial Winter Vulcan Tezkal According to my records, the order they were last seen in was (oldest first): Vulcan Tezkal Gladius Celestial Winter So the next set of boards should be Crypt, after which it will rotate back to Vulcan.
No, they should change on the 1st from now on. So Crypt won't be in rotation for long, that that after that they should hang around for a month each time.
No basic rotation? I always enjoyed the larger number of maps in that one... On a related note, it could be interesting to occasionally have a "community rotation" where map makers create ranked maps to a theme, and some are selected/voted to become a new rotation.
I was struggling to remember which boards are in that rotation and when we last used them. Can you remember?
There were 6 maps including Temple tussle (pax demo ?). Maybe this will help jog thy RAM: http://forums.cardhunter.com/threads/pvp-league.1163/#post-13796
The two being used in the Quick Draw league (Streams, Temple), the three used in Cardstock (Dungeon, Cave, Bridge), and Forest. You'll probably have to search the logs to see when they were last used in the ranked rotation.
What about running a contest for some new MP boards? Crypt is really annoying, especially with reduced mobility in the game and how strong some builds are for single VP maps. Would love to see some new maps come out that were fan made, especially if they weren't single VP designs. =)
I'd be up for making one and testing others -- just no freakin' single VP maps (and maybe less single cluster) and I'll be happy. :-P
Does that mean the "basic" maps are their own set? Also, some of them aren't symmetrical (Cave) and are pretty poorly balanced...
I'll take Cave out of the set. That means it will be: Dungeon Bridge Temple Tussle Streams Forest Feel free to suggest any balance changes.
Just some ideas from quick inspection. Forest: Starting locations have LoS to enemy target within 10 (Sizzling Bolt and to a lesser extent Flash Of Agony). Could result in first turn advantage. Plus the map is a bit too open I think. Bridge: Same problems as Forest. Streams = Steams of Blood? If so, then it is "fine" for a single VP map. Although the current map "Heart of the Mountain" is just a reskin of it... so we basically get the same map twice (plus Quick Draw) Most of those maps have really open areas that are heavily supportive of full caster teams and all are single VP or single-cluster VP. Seems like they are very bland for a full month rotation. Maybe half a month or something and then re-evaluate them?
I'm throwing together some MP ideas for further testing. Just rough sketches, but I think there's a lot of interesting things that can be done with VP configurations that haven't been explored. They are the primary focus and main instigator of battles, so creating interesting patterns with them can lead to more diverse builds and interesting gameplay I believe -- but we'll see. Threw something together in about 5 minutes earlier today and I'll probably spend another 5 to 10 cleaning it up to see if my theory is correct.
Here are some board ideas I threw together in about 30 minutes or so each. The cosmetics obviously leave a lot to be desired, but functionality is the important part to test. I'll make a new thread to see if anyone else is interested in submitting boards with interesting designs for MP: http://forums.cardhunter.com/threads/multiplayer-board-submissions.6358/
