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Map Reshuffeling Thoughts
IHNIWTR
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8/6/2014
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or rather, a surfacing of pre-existing thoughts, as expressed by Master Polarimini in the Salt Lions thread:
Master Polarimini wrote:
Perhaps they should consider the idea of a "reshuffling by tiles"... that is, not a completely random reshuffling but linking specific tiles to stay at a certain distance from the coastline. I think it could also be reasonable story-wise (just to make an example, I cannot really see Polythreme being farther than two-three tiles from the coast, considering all the exchange that is in place between it and London).
I can't support this enough - at the moment things feel a bit... too random. The Khanate shouldn't "spawn" right outside London, and Polytheme shouldn't be half a Zee away. If not a rigid shuffling structure, than at least some manner of probability adjustment to determine relative distances should be added.
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nameless
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8/6/2014
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Yup. Way too easy to cycle through maps until you get an easy one where you can just grind until you own the zee.
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Flyte
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8/6/2014
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IHNIWTR wrote:
I can't support this enough - at the moment things feel a bit... too random. The Khanate shouldn't "spawn" right outside London, and Polytheme shouldn't be half a Zee away. If not a rigid shuffling structure, than at least some manner of probability adjustment to determine relative distances should be added. That is, in fact, how it already works. Shuffling is governed by a set of rules designed to prevent narratively absurd or egregiously unbalanced tile placements. The Khanate cannot appear close to London, Void's Approach will always be North, and so on.
edited by Flyte on 8/6/2014
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Master Polarimini
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8/6/2014
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It's good to know that a selecting system of the shuffling is already in place! Perhaps this means you can tweak it a bit! (to avoid, at least for the moment, too many empty spaces close to London, or Polythreme farther than the Khanate, etc.)
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