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sammus420
Goonfeet
Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
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Posted - 2013.06.14 19:36:00 -
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TheAmazing FlyingPig wrote:You mean thousands of temperate planets, right?
No, he means thousands of maps. When I bought a merc pack during the closed beta, the fine print promised 40000+ maps.
What they're doing is counting every time they change one structure on the maps, even the tiny small ones in the red zone that no one sees or uses for anything, as a whole new maps. So they're not really lying, just vastly under delivering on their promise. |
sammus420
Goonfeet
Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
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Posted - 2013.06.14 20:28:00 -
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Cosgar wrote:You know we're basically playing on sections of one large map to begin with, right?
Yup. The terrains are something like 5km by 5km or more, and CCP has opened only very small areas of those to play on. Which begs the question, "Why?" |
sammus420
Goonfeet
Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
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Posted - 2013.06.14 20:37:00 -
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hooc order wrote:Cosgar wrote:You know we're basically playing on sections of one large map to begin with, right? On that ABC map on the side that A is closest to i jumped out of the MCC and tried to drive to that city out on the plain. Nearly made it. Next time i will try with a drop ship =)
It's not very well fleshed out, the buildings are poorly textured and not entirely attached to the ground. You can also drive/fly/walk through them. They're (hopefully) not a permanent set of structures, just a halfassed attempt to make it look like there is something in the distance. |
sammus420
Goonfeet
Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
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Posted - 2013.06.14 23:44:00 -
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Cinnamon267 wrote:Quote:promised 40000+ maps. You believed that?
I was skeptical, but with a well built random map generator, it's completely possible, which is what they were promising. Procedurally generated battlefields sounded awesome at the time. But from what we've seen so far, even if they randomize the structures on each map, it's still basically the same map over and over since only 5% of the battlefield is buildings, the rest is boring open space. |
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