Map list guide WIP - questions to community

I'm making another one map list, and I'm confused what the community would like to see in one.
I want to create simple and fast to read list with simple information, especially easy to read for new players.
For now my plans are to:

• include credits for all maps in the guide
• categorize them in some order
• add basic information about ref output and points to capture

And when getting more and more maps, I started wondering if should it be changed into one big list of ALL availible maps, or as much as there are to download, and other.
So, I'm asking You to answer these questions, maybe give some feedback and what do you think about the guide as a guide and a list.

1. Should the list include most played/official/all maps?
2. Minimaps should be taken from files or screen (in files you don't have indicators about buildings)?
3. What order would be the best? Alphabetical, classic/infantry?
4. What kind of information is 'basic'?
5. Should it include tips, strategies etc?

I'm doing this guide not for me but for the people. If you don't care about it leave the thread, but if you do seem interested please answer. I want to make it a resource to use by community.

 

The most useful info for me would be:

• Minimap or other relevant image (like how I did them here: https://forums.empiresmod.com/index.php?threads/2-12-map-rerelease.11784/)
• Some indication of the res flowrate (low, normal, high? where normal is something like canyon/mvalley res flowrate)
• The type of map, e.g. infantry, commander, other (think empirescup)
• Any notable differences (i.e. like BE attacks/NF defends on escort)

As for organization, I'd say group the maps together (commander with commander, infantry-only with infantry-only). Also, it'd be great if you could provide a link back to the original release thread for the map where possible.

 

How to best play the map, common tactics and counters.
Newbie mistakes made on the map

Ill give an example canyon
- Taking c5 hill as NF and putting rax vf on there basicly putting your main there, same goes for e2 hill for BE. Taking over either of these 2 bases early on as opposing team is a game winning event.
- Pushing the e3-e2 area as nf is very hard due to the highground advantage and the be rax thats there. Its better to hold that bend and try to force an attack from the west flank from c2 onwards.
- It's a very chokepointy map so get ready for real trenchwarfare.
- theres a position at c1 hidden away where a rax can fit
- newbie mistakes are to push your chokepoint without fortifying it or building a rax. Ground is taken back really easily in canyon.
- Chemistry is a great research tree here

 

I think I'll add res rate but i may have probles with categorizing them into normal/high etc.
Minimap is for sure, but still wondering WHICH ONE should I use

hmmm, writing something like that might take reaaly long (also probably I don't know half of these map tips soo i could use help with that)
but yeah, sounds pretty solid for me

 

well, the strategy thing i wanted to be like 'on SoF it's kinda nice to defend bridge and all', not the more serious like apc rushing on mvalley

 

the hell, i responded you and you are on the same thing
i'm not trying to tell players what to do, but to let them see what map areas are important and which aren't

 

YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE GREAT, PEOPLE NOT WRITING GUIDES ON MAPS THEY DONT FUCKING KNOW FOR FUCK SAKES

 

OKAY I WONT WRITE THIS THING OK

 

...what about to write such advanced map info things at the wiki? - there you can discuss them in detail too ;-)

 

YOU CAN WRITE STUFF ABOUT MAPS YOU ACTUALLY PLAYED MORE THAN ONCE AND UNDERSTAND BUT NOT LIKE WHAT BRD DID BUT HEY YOURE BRD 2.0 ANYWAY
CAPSLOCK

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1034763/Minimap files/Empires Minimap Dump.7z

A dump of most of the minimap files I have. Like I said, there are a few missing, but they should mostly be in there. This covers the period of 2.22 to 2.31, with the addition of a few 2.12 maps from when I threw a 2.12 pug a few years back and regathered some older customs for it.

You'll need VTFedit to view them.

 

I Fucking Love it.
Lets have more guides, I might write one myself; entirely based about which map makes Paradox the saltiest.

 

Please no, I'll dehydrate!

 

ITT lots of maps inferior to Mvalley original, greatest map ever made.

 

shameless self bump for answers
pls ;-;

 

in alphabetical order with an indicator of what type of map it is. maybe color coded?
you dont really need to know what buildings there are. just where the starts are/flags
no need for strategies, since they always change. same for res, the past 100 versions have been res overkill, it could change. just a quick idea of what the map is (joke map like rainbowroad, one lane map like bootybay, actual map like ballast) would suffice

if i was setting up a server this is what i would look for. too much information would make it hard to navigate