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about 3 years ago - /u/Zoythrus - Direct link

Originally posted by Tryhard696

This would be awesome, especially when diplomacy comes out, we could have balanced, custom team battles that don’t rely on geography

See, that's the problem. "The Geography" (and the need for exploration of that geography) is like, one of the game's core components, and something we don't want to remove.

about 3 years ago - /u/Zoythrus - Direct link

Originally posted by Tryhard696

I agree with you, however I also think we should have a list of standardized maps for more fair matches (especially in continents), although that would have to be a pretty large list so maps aren’t predictable. It also makes sense since balancing is the main focus right now

That's the hard part here, we want exploration and discovery to be large parts of the Polytopia experience, even competitively. We don't want you "learning a map", but getting good at exploration and adaptation.

Reconciling that with a map editor has been one of the main hurdles.

about 3 years ago - /u/Zoythrus - Direct link

Originally posted by Tryhard696

No easy answer huh :/

Yep, that's the dilemma.