war map mode

[Rumi]

there should be a map mode that is specifically for war, it could be like the diplomatic mapmode where allies and you are shades of green and the enemy is shades of red but with occupations showing up on the map and neutral countries in gray and neutral countries with military access in purple

currently the diplomatic screen only shows friends and enemies and not occupations which means you have to switch to another map mode and it doesn't show where you have military access.

tl;dr improve the diplomatic map mode please

[Stayin Alive]

I think war goals also might be a nice touch, finding the capitals with imperialism isnt as straightforwards as it should be

[Rumi]

Origineel geplaatst door Finn:

I think war goals also might be a nice touch, finding the capitals with imperialism isnt as straightforwards as it should be

good point, the tile could be gold as is the crown thing on the graphic for the fort

[pmpdadypenguinmn]

Origineel geplaatst door Tulduil Iphukiir:

Origineel geplaatst door frozen_ghost:

That I agree with. I'd suggest marking the enemy units with a red flag (similar to your units that are exiled are marked with a black flag).

Isn't the background colour of the troop number enough?
Your troops are green, allies blue, enemies red and neutrals blackish.

I'm gonna be completely honest here. I have over a thousand hours into this game and I never realized that. I retract my previous statement. I can't believe I never noticed that before

[Tulduil Iphukiir]

Origineel geplaatst door pmpdadypenguinmn:

Origineel geplaatst door Tulduil Iphukiir:

Isn't the background colour of the troop number enough?
Your troops are green, allies blue, enemies red and neutrals blackish.

I'm gonna be completely honest here. I have over a thousand hours into this game and I never realized that. I retract my previous statement. I can't believe I never noticed that before

I very much feel you. I discovered that you can set provinces as objectives for allies and subjects after 1500 hours (or maybe 1200 hours after buying that DLC). I felt so stupid ...

[Rumi]

Origineel geplaatst door Tulduil Iphukiir:

Origineel geplaatst door pmpdadypenguinmn:

I'm gonna be completely honest here. I have over a thousand hours into this game and I never realized that. I retract my previous statement. I can't believe I never noticed that before

I very much feel you. I discovered that you can set provinces as objectives for allies and subjects after 1500 hours (or maybe 1200 hours after buying that DLC). I felt so stupid ...

to be fair it doesn't matter much since they usually ignore it anyways depending on their mood

[Mr Bubbles]

I am kind of sat on the fence in regards to this idea.

I mean on one hand, combining several maps into a "Tactical War Map" would make war a lot easier to fight for newer players and veterans alike, with easy reference material from several modes at your finger tips so you can spend more time fighting and less time map swapping. With the enemies, allies, access areas, occupations and sieges, blockades and condotiorri, along with everything else mentioned before hand. For new players who can't access this information due to lack of experience it would be a real boost.

On the other hand, I like the idea of it not being so easy to extract this information. I mean EUIV is a challenging game and this would take a lot of the challenge away from it. Especially in multiplayer where knowledge and tactics can make the difference between winning and losing a war, meaning if you learn how to use the features already in the game you can get an edge. Losing a reward like this would discourage almost any form of PvP due to the ease of countering. There are also a lot of existing maps which I wouldn't want to remove and adding another will cluster things more.

Overall I would say it is a nice idea, but I think with the features already in the game and the difference it would make to multiplayer which I primarily play, I would have to say I wouldn't support it. If it was toggled in the start screen for multiplayer to turn it off, and turned off by force for ironman? Maybe.

[Rumi]

Origineel geplaatst door Mr Bubbles:

I am kind of sat on the fence in regards to this idea.

I mean on one hand, combining several maps into a "Tactical War Map" would make war a lot easier to fight for newer players and veterans alike, with easy reference material from several modes at your finger tips so you can spend more time fighting and less time map swapping. With the enemies, allies, access areas, occupations and sieges, blockades and condotiorri, along with everything else mentioned before hand. For new players who can't access this information due to lack of experience it would be a real boost.

On the other hand, I like the idea of it not being so easy to extract this information. I mean EUIV is a challenging game and this would take a lot of the challenge away from it. Especially in multiplayer where knowledge and tactics can make the difference between winning and losing a war, meaning if you learn how to use the features already in the game you can get an edge. Losing a reward like this would discourage almost any form of PvP due to the ease of countering. There are also a lot of existing maps which I wouldn't want to remove and adding another will cluster things more.

Overall I would say it is a nice idea, but I think with the features already in the game and the difference it would make to multiplayer which I primarily play, I would have to say I wouldn't support it. If it was toggled in the start screen for multiplayer to turn it off, and turned off by force for ironman? Maybe.

ever since the map modes haven't been able to cover the minimap the amount of map modes available doesn't really matter honestly. relying on an obtuse amount of map modes to get an edge in the game sounds kinda elitist, as does the suggestion that it should be forced out from the ironman mode. use it or not, it should be your choice.