Which map size do you like best?

[panzer_kevlar]

Now that we have gotten a little time to get used to the new wonders/units/governments in conquests that affect gameplay, what type of map size do you like best now?

I still like large best. Normal was always too small and huge was always too big. The new features haven't changed that for me at all!

 

[Bobisback]

Giga 300 x 300

 

[Al Zan]

i play on a 362x 362

 

[Commander Bello]

Originally posted by Al Zan
i play on a 362x 362

I modded the maps setup in PTW, but what I really hate about maps with more than 250*250 (appr) tiles is the fact that, after the 512th city there will remain large areas being unused

Typically, short after entering the middle ages, I will have to start wars just to be able to raze cities and to build new ones on good locations...
I cannot understand, how they could hardcode this city limit - in a time in which it is at least not unusual to have systems with 1024+ mb of memory and huge hard drives... not to mention the cpu speed

Don't you face these empty areas on the world maps, with your settings????

 

[capslock]

Normal is plenty big enough. Huge is way too big, and the games take way to long, and there are too many units to move about.

 

[Grey Fox]

Large is my favourite. But standard is good too, when I don't want the game to take so long to play.

And all of you guys that plays Giga maps and such, why? Why, why why? WHY?

I rather play several games then one gigantic. First, this gives me more chances to improve. 2nd, I get to play each era several times. 3rd, those maps take forever between turns. 4th, I get to play several different civs.

 

[Bobisback]

On all the maps I have played on I have never run in to the city limit. I just like big maps, Grey Fox you do have a point but when you have cpu speed to use, why waste it

 

[Akka]

Large (between 140x140 and 160x160). I aslo like normal.
Smaller maps are just too compact, and the bigger are too much of a hassle to play. Too big and too many cities and units.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Standard. I don't like my mpas to big, but I don't like them too small.

 

[HannibalBarka]

Tiny or Small. I hate it when I have to manage above 20 cities, it becomes really boring

 

[Sparrow3]

Huge -- It gives me so many more opertunities to explore and colonize.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Originally posted by Sparrow3
Huge -- It gives me so many more opertunities to explore and colonize.

Same here

Plus it means I can play games with 15 other civs on teh map, which is always fun

 

[Oake]

350 x 350. I like to explore a bit before running into another civ.

 

[Civrules]

Standard. Just right.

 

[raen]

Huge with a lot of islands to take advantage of the Portuguese capabilities in exploration and colonization

 

[Fanny Brice]

Large... I like having more civs on the same map. The political situation can get wacked out sometimes. Huge is too much to manage (although I am playing a huge map now).

Tiny is sometimes fun for a spearman/archer rush elimination game. But would be better if they did not always start the civs right on top of each other (at least on few tiny maps I've played).

 

[jpowers]

Huge is the only size I'll play on. It's hard to reach the absurd city limit, but you can really get a feel for exploration and strategy.

 

[Jaybe]

Large, with no cities allowed in deserts or tundra (and no planting forests in tundra).

 

[bru]

Large. I like huge but the old computer didn't! I upgraded so we shell see.

 

[impactblue]

Small maps.


Still looking for a good real earth 80x80 or 60x60 map....
Fin.