These maps...

[Oedipus's Stepdad]

Who at CA thought it would be a good idea to put literally the entire battlefield on a 45 degree angled slope? How is this balanced in the slightest?

[Garatgh Deloi]

If you want balanced maps you play the multiplayer skirmish maps. Otherwise the maps are not meant to be balanced (especially choke point maps).

[chickabumpbump]

Its a map, its not meant to be balanced surely, its just tactical

[DarkFenix]

Who said maps have to be balanced?

[kilen]

I also think there must bad maps, such as good ones.
Maybe there could be a thing like, when you are the attacker, it’s assuming you chose how & when, then you do chose a map at least reasonably favorable for you… in that case, as the attacker, you shouldn’t inherit these atrocious sloped maps. At least much more rarely.
But at the contrary as the defender, you should have them more often obviously.

That would be somewhat coherent.
Anyway, even without that, there must be both. It’s part of the game, sometimes the terrain doesn’t favour you, you need to do with.

[The Sand Witch]

in case you thought it's a strategy game, you got your answer :D

[Païtiti]

Originally posted by Oedipus's Stepdad:

Who at CA thought it would be a good idea to put literally the entire battlefield on a 45 degree angled slope? How is this balanced in the slightest?

This map is wacky for sure. I had the same thought.

[Oedipus's Stepdad]

MY biggest issue is that ALL of these maps are specifically designed to cater to a general area/region hence they're all the same no matter where in the world you are, hence there's like 10 variations in total, unlike in previous total war games (Rome and Attila especially) where battle maps are actually generated from the geographical position of the armies on the campaign map, thus there are no 2 maps that are the same aside from sieges. So somebody at CA had to decide, between perfectly viable tactical maps (where two pitched armies would logically choose to fight a pitched battle) versus the mess right now, and picked the latter for some reason thinking it was a good idea.

[DasaKamov]

Natural terrain OP.

Mother Nature, nerf plox.

[Oedipus's Stepdad]

Originally posted by DasaKamov:

Natural terrain OP.

Mother Nature, nerf plox.

Idk if you've played this game much but the terrain isn't very natural

[Eldi]

Originally posted by DarkFenix:

Who said maps have to be balanced?

Gravity.

Doesn't always win though.

[Mky]

I kinda like it as it often represent quite well the terrain you're standing on when you check campaign map.

Recently i got screwed by hills and forests cause of a bad positionning. After reloading i slightly moved my army to the adjacent road "tile" and i got a much better battlemap with a clear way (and the road itself which was a nice detail) perfect for my arty