Ill start of by saying that napoleon totalwar is a good game, i find multiplayer somewhat ruined tho by the poor choice of maps available.
Do's for mp maps
Rolling hills
Lots of woods especially on the hill slopes (Ala Galcian Ria)
Larger Maps (why is galcian ria bigger in 2v2 than 3v3? width wise)
Flatish maps with woods are the way to go.
More maps why not have every map in the campaign available? some of the maps ive seen are great and would boost multiplayer 500% and theyre already in the game just not accessable
Map editor we had it in the past it made the game so much more interesting we had over 400 maps in shogun and some of the most played maps were user made maps.
Remake the classic shogun maps for multiplayer exactly as they were with some new graphics and larger evn if you make for example a new totomi map just put in the old and call it Tutomi (Classic) the multiplayer community would really appreciate it.
If you do include a map editor maybe have competitions where users compete and the best maps made are selected to be included in a future patch or as free DLC.
If you dont include a map editor please make every map from single player available in Multiplayer and include regular new CA made multiplayer map packs as DLC (multiplayers would gladly pay a few quid for say 10 well made multiplayer maps) NTW even could use this as the map selection there is poor and we hve 6 months to go till shogun 2 Just make it if the host has the maps all can join and play or something.)
If you do include a map editor maybe include a feature in the game where players can download the map from the host when joining a game, lots of games have this nowadays if you cant include it shove them on steam or something.
Donts for mp maps
Buildings - 99% of players online hate them, they cause movement bugs and positioning bugs, make the units able to pass through them easy or just have them in single player maps.
Impassable Terrain - Leave this to command and conquer, it has no place in multiplayer. totalwar is just not playing out well with maps like mazes. Its a war we want open battlefields with woods.
10 Years on and we still have to see the red zone, is there a problem with the game running on maps that are larger than the current size?
Im begging you please dont put buildings with bonuses on multiplayer maps, especially if the map number will be limited like in ntw as it could ruin a good map.
Please dont leave us with a limited selection of maps in shogun.
Please even if you agree with the above points still put them in your lists and ofc let me know if my donts are not agreed with. Lets see what everyone likes and dislikes and see if we can find common ground.
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