Am I the only one who wants fewer cities?

**Darth Wong** · March 28, 2006, 03:29 AM

It seems to me that every major MOD adds a ton of extra provinces/cities to the map. It also seems that most of the gamers cheer this on and consider it a great improvement. So am I the only one who thinks that it would be nice to actually have fewer cities, so that campaigns go quicker?

**Zenith Darksea** · March 28, 2006, 03:47 AM

No you're not. I'm completely with you on this.

**Holger Danske** · March 28, 2006, 07:42 AM

No.. more cities are BORING.. We want battles.. but for empire builders more cities are great!

**Halie Satanus** · March 28, 2006, 08:00 AM

100% agree i always find that maintaining a mundus magna empire of more than 60 or so cities gets boring,when all you really want to do is battle it out with whoever else has a huge empire,

**Joar** · March 28, 2006, 08:17 AM

I prefer fewer cities not because it's quicker, but because every city is important and has a strategic value. You could quickly conquer a large empire, but you could loose it just as quick if you're not careful.

**Ahlerich** · March 28, 2006, 08:27 AM

larger map - yes
more cities - no

**Arbaces** · March 28, 2006, 08:28 AM

Yeah man. Your problem doesn't come from the number of cities but for the difficulty of managing them.

My vote goes to scripted managing of cities and improved, remade tech trees. One building for recruitment, one for infrastructure, one for law&trade... stuff like this. I'll see what I can do, since I've got a project of my own which will mess with every thing that makes the gamplay bad.

Farewell,
Arbaces

**spirit_of_rob** · March 28, 2006, 08:53 AM

i like the enlarged map and the more provinces its just a shame that this equals alot of sieges lol

**drak10687** · March 28, 2006, 11:59 AM

yeah, thats it, the problem with more cities, is not more managing (you could automanage i believe) but that it results in more sieges. Armies can just go and hide in their cities, so after the ai looses its fielded armies, you end up having to fight a bunch of sieges, wich wouldnt bee too bad if they werent so monotne, repetetive, and most of the time: easy.

**Mirconus the Great** · March 28, 2006, 12:12 PM

I like a map with many many provinces. If you like the Hellenistic Era, u could join my modding team...

**player1** · March 28, 2006, 12:24 PM

I support less cities.
Or at least not more then in original campaign, or maybe even BI.

**Tostig** · March 28, 2006, 12:27 PM

I like more cities, but only in context. It was why (in my opinion) the Viking Invasion map was the best one so far.

**repman** · March 28, 2006, 12:35 PM

If only the capitals have walls you can reduce the siege parties. The game becomes more dynamic, the AI is expanding more aggressivly and defending cities is more difficult

repman

**Fuji** · March 28, 2006, 01:34 PM

Well all very true but if you like battles so much, just play custom battles !

**LSJ** · March 28, 2006, 06:35 PM

I like to have a fair amount of cities and a large map, but I like having longer distances between cities.
When someone just adds provinces, I don't think its that much better.
I like when people make the scale smaller, so that there can be a few more provinces, but the distances between them are doubled or tripled, in other words: more battles, same empire-building.

**Cyrus the Virus** · March 30, 2006, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by halie satanus

100% agree i always find that maintaining a mundus magna empire of more than 60 or so cities gets boring,when all you really want to do is battle it out with whoever else has a huge empire,

Yep after that there's to many cities and to many family members.

**Mirconus the Great** · March 31, 2006, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by DarkProphet

I like to have a fair amount of cities and a large map, but I like having longer distances between cities.
When someone just adds provinces, I don't think its that much better.
I like when people make the scale smaller, so that there can be a few more provinces, but the distances between them are doubled or tripled, in other words: more battles, same empire-building.

Hmmmm... I think the longer the campaign is, the difficulty level increases and so the fun level...
I mean there should be bigger distances between cities, but also many many provinces. Of course some of u won't agree with this, but the opinion is very subjective... :ninja

**repman** · March 31, 2006, 01:44 PM

You can increase the distances although using the 4 turns-per-year script with reduced movement points (dynamic depending on season and faction)

repman

**killmore** · March 31, 2006, 02:00 PM

Less cities, less provinces, less walls please!

Also less battles, meaning that every battle is significant.
Why do I have to fight 3 armies in the same place every turn?

**Joar** · March 31, 2006, 04:09 PM

I don't like the 4tp-thing. A large map with few provinces is good. More battles - less sieges. It makes cities more important to protect and keeps the game interesting.