This map has a number of problems with positions and distances for ffa9



Silo range:


Strange range between players 1 and 4, this must be solved by building a mountain range:


Complete imbalance with angles, absolute control over the angle have: 4, 2, 9, 6. Minimum control: 1, 3, 8, 7 and position 5 has no control, it is the worst position, position 5 is generally the worst position for starting in general... The best position to spam Singu is 2.

I am pretty sure a 9-way FFA with all start positions outside silo range of each other would have to be monstrously large. Most other FFA maps for large numbers of teams do not satisfy this constraint.

Similarly there is probably no way to avoid some start positions having better access to areas like the corners than other positions, no matter how you arrange the map, short of some kind of widget hax. Pretty much every FFA map for any number of players other than 4 and 8 is fundamentally going to have this problem on a square map.

Positions 1 and 4 having to deal with aggression across the river from each other, potentially building a mountain, is part of what is intended to balance these positions against positions 2/5/9. If anything I think 1 and 4 (and similar positions) might need to be made to fight each other *more*.

quote: Minimum control: 1, 3, 8, 7 and position 5 has no control, it is the worst position, position 5 is generally the worst position for starting in general...

Nice analysis.

I also think loack of mexes in rivers mean the islands become insular (hehe) instances. Only after winning the island do you turn outwards.

I like it, it's a good map. As everything is a 3-way fight you will perhaps get even more moaning about unfair fights (1v2 or a suiciding lob)