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Post  WalkerBoh Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:08 pm

Let's talk a little bit about uneven fronts on maps. In general, FTA is countered on maps in AWBW by allowing each side to be a half turn ahead at the end of their turn - for example, if there are two bases, each side gets to go first on each base. Thus the infantry counter was born. However, this only holds if both fronts are even in worth. Using one of BamboozleIV's maps as an example, let's explore this a bit further.

Nerevarine
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As you can see, the fronts are not even on this map. For PL, the western base (B1 from now on) is responsible for ~8 cities, while the eastern base (B2 from now on) is responsible for a neutral base, airport, tower, and ~9 cities. Furthermore, the cities near B2 are clumped closely together, allowing them to be captured quickly. Let's step through some turns and see why this causes an imbalance:

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Recognizing that the map has the STA issues described above, Everdan made a comment to move the FTA counter infantry back from the starting base so that BH grabs the neutral base first. Let's walk through that situation and see how it turns out:

Nerevarine with Everdan's FTA Counter
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In any case, the biggest problem on Nerevarine with regards to STA is the clump of properties near B2, which gives that base disproportional value to the player who moves first on it. With those properties spaced out a bit more, very minor STA could occur due to the tower and airport being captured by B2 (STA due to the airport is more common on maps where the airport is very forward and the first copter built allows a player to control a front). So usually to mitigate this, the airport is placed on the side opposite the neutral base. That doesn't seem to be a major issue on Nerevarine, however.

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Post  Bamboozle Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:55 am

Whoa this was really informative, I generally don't tend to actively think about how the fronts will develop so this will really help me work on that. Thanks Walker bounce

I've made the following changes:

  • spaced out the cities near b2
  • added a city complimentary to the southern city of b1 to help even out the capture phase

The map now looks like this:

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Again this helps a ton, thanks for making this.
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