count me in for testing too if you need players.

as for circle suggestion, I'll try a revise.

hmm... just a very minor thing, it looks like the Albany bonus could be split into two.

You should merge a lot of Australian territories. They are currently a bit overpowered and many territories is not needed for custom scenarios (split it between Holland and Britain? You only need the large regions for that).

EDIT:
Also, split India more. Their GDP isn't particularly good but their population and military is. Also, having more territories would be useful for custom scenarios.

Edited 3/20/2016 17:12:20

actually the difference in population or population density between Europe and China isn't that dramatic, it's only a factor of 2! :)

Okay, so I hate to open this can of worms again but... I've started making a non-colored version, and I must say I'm a pretty big fan:

https://www.warlight.net/Play?PreviewMap=54747

Absolutely beautiful.

I know this is a little off topic, but is there any way you can fix the Veracruz territory in Mexico? It is the one on the eastern border. There is a little dot in it. If that's intentional, feel free to keep it. It just looks strange to me.

To be fair, it doesn't look nearly half as good, and you're gonna have to redo so many things and lose so much time =/

Not even worth it for such a little detail that honestly backfires (the poll you made showed that most people liked it colored better).

Only 11 people voted which is a minuscule sample size. The real test is which one gets used more once published.

I suspect the black version will be played more because it offers more flexibility; you can make fantasy and historical slots that look natural. And most diplomacies you see nowadays are historical and fantasy diplomacies.

It's not too big of a deal, I got nearly a third of the redoing done tonight, and I really do want to do this just to see what it looks like completely grey. If I feel like a project I'm working on isn't top-quality, it really does discourage me and I just end up stalling. Maybe if I redo it and it looks like crap I'll at least be able to put the thought from my mind, as it really has been bugging me.

Or, if I decide that it looks significantly better, I may continue development on it. It's actually going to save me time either way though, since like I said if I don't put the issue to rest with a side by side comparison It's just going to keep bugging me and weigh down the entire development process.

All black to me just looks boring and unappealing. The colour made the map really pop, so to say.

For example. here's Belgian Gentleman's Original Coloured Earth map:

https://www.warlight.net/SinglePlayer?PreviewMap=33360

And one for the finished version:

https://www.warlight.net/SinglePlayer?PreviewMap=48289

The coloured one makes the countries more destinct and looks better.

Edited 3/24/2016 05:53:44

The grey version in my opinion is very bland and boring, as compared to the vibrant coloured version which allows for easier perception of true borders and divisions.

This will be one of the best Warlightmaps and the best diplomap man. I will instanly create a Custom Szenario once you finish it. Good work :)

I should be done with development pretty soon, and then i'll have to do some testing at least. I've just got those little bits of africa and south america to finish up :)

I do think that most maps look pretty boring and bad with just black, but mine uses a magical blue background and a slightly less boring color than black. But like i said I'll have to see what it looks like when It's done, but I really do want to do this.

Well, I decided it's too much work to redo all 900 territories, so going back to development on my colored version:

https://www.warlight.net/Play?PreviewMap=53711

I may finish developing the gray version and publish it as a seperate map, as I really do think it looks better. I'm definitely going to finish up the colored version first though.

Edited 3/24/2016 19:05:14

I also prefere the colored one more than the black one. If you need someone who test the map just tell me i will do that.

#YayForColored!

Broken Connection:

Dallas <-> Houston

Here are my suggestions

http://i.imgur.com/ZXLhoRQ.png

http://i.imgur.com/q6WgWof.png

I'll probably split india and pakistan some more just to reflect all the people living there. I'm not sure that It makes any sense to redo australia though. The territories are already comparable to the ones in the sahara and eastern china in size, IE larger than most others on the map.

I'm sure there will be plenty of broken connections for you to find during testing zeph :D

Edited 3/24/2016 20:04:39