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Medium USA - HQ

Unlocks at level 33 or with the Mega Maps Pack
#Real World  
Created by [REGL] Pooh (all)
Went public on 5/30/2012
Number of ratings: 115
Average rating: 3.5826 / 5
194 territories, 258 bonuses, 3 distribution modes

Description

This map consists of Two Parts.
1) The Main Map, and
2) The Headquarters (HQ)

The main map plays normal: Get bonuses for completing states and regions.

The HQs modifiy these bonuses: Stars enable extra bonuses for cities and regions. Each city+star combo is 2 army and a region plus 1 star gives 1.5x region bonus, whole region + 2 stars is 2X region bonus.

Each team has 2 stars and 4 standby spots in the HQ. As many people as possible should select one standby spot at the start so they are can recieve star bonuses later.

Recommended Settings:
3v3 or 4v4
Dist. Mode- Cities/States HQ.
Manual Territory Selection.
At Least 3 territories (1 for HQ, 2 for Map)

Other variants:
- Add gift cards,
-Choose NO HQ dist and set non-dist neutrals to 99 to play without the HQ feature
-Set Negative Bonuses to 0

Reviews

Review by [REGL] Pooh on 5/30/2012.
I tried to remove some of the imbalances of normal team games with this map by allowing shifting bonuses between teammates. It may be a bit complicated at first, but I really tried to simplify gameplay by having only two rules. One for Cities, another for Regions. Please review the key's on the map.

As always, please invite me to a game if you're interested.
9 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
Review by Olorin on 5/30/2012.
This map is unique. It requires a bit of study to decide how to play and makes a great deal of difference as to distribution methods. The AI does not seem to behave as one might expect with the bonuses though it may be a function of the game selection type.

6 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
Review by coucou on 6/12/2012.
maybe a way to oblige people to take a star at beginning ?
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 6/19/2012
I wish there was, short of making a custom scenario there is not.<BR><BR>Alternate Distribution (No HQ) makes it so that noone is in the HQ's from the start, and you can change the negative blockades to 0 to have a race to the HQs.<BR>-------<BR>
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by baragon777 on 12/15/2012.
A very great original idea for a map.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by MovieJoker on 5/3/2013.
Great job. I was getting bored with the 48 state map. This is the next step up. Looks like it was a lot of hard work to make, but the map turned out great! I really liked how the state bonuses are small and evenly weighted.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Novirtue on 5/31/2013.
Really fun, enjoyed the headquarter idea.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Empire on 4/6/2013.
gggg
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by nigs on 11/26/2012.
This very good like it to use recommend to family
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by otinanaimail on 3/25/2014.
nice
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by TJohn2008 on 10/8/2015.
neat twist on USA ...
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
Review by Nick on 6/18/2012.
It's a little confusing, and it give a little too much extra poeple, and it only lets you battle one other person.
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by Dave Harvey on 10/29/2012.
it was alright too big for my likign though
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Moon Brownie on 10/2/2019.
Interesting...
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful.
Review by Devean on 6/14/2012.
Very bad map. Avoid at all costs!

It's too complex, overdone. Too many ideas put in a too little a map. Several ideas by themselves are maybe good, but everything altogether simply doesn't work well.
Response by map creator [REGL] Pooh on 6/19/2012
Devean, I'm sorry you don't have the time to understand the map. Its actually quite simple if you take the time (2 minutes) to understand it.<BR><BR>I'll invite you to a game, perhaps we can discuss.
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After discussing, it seems the complaints are against the settings, as this map is 100% playable without the HQ's, just using the No HQ Distribution mode.<BR><BR>However, I still stand that the HQ's add something unique. Please give try it out until you understand how they work.
4 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
Review by VaporWolf [FROG] on 6/6/2014.
stupid HQ
0 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Review by diekill5 on 9/7/2012.
HQ sucks. Especially when on the recieving end.
0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
Review by UN on 2/24/2013.
This map was terrible.
0 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
1 out of 9 people found this review helpful.