Realizing we're not going to have 100% perfection in maps, but one map feature I'd like to see are rivers and impassable terrain represented more accurately in on the map.
Suggested New Terrain Types
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Desert -Sahara all campaigns were around it, none took place in the Desert
Swamp - Areas such as the Amazon and Congo, Swamps of Northern Canada, Alaska and Russia
Arctic - Northern Russia, Canada, today there are NO routes East-West across Greenland
Even today, these areas (75 after WWII has ended) are largely impassable without roads. And for the most part, none of these regions were ever involved in any theatre of the war.
For this reason the Antarctic is not even listed on any CoW maps, while the Arctic has many conquerable territories... which even today don't have a road within 1,500 of these locations. Many of the Canadian communities of the Arctic, did not exist before the mid-1950's. The Inuit people were hunter gathers living in the wild. Most of the "Trading Posts" and Whaling Stations are abandoned 2-3 shack points of interest getting no visitors but the occasional hunter passing through the area.
These areas should be terrain which must be surrounded, in order to convert to a new owner... and any unit travelling in the area suffers damage, while suffering from a reduction in speed penalty.
Suggested Penalties - Speed 90% Reduced, and suffer 25% Damage for each hour spent in the territory
Building infrastructure improvement makes these areas passable by land forces without the penalties
Additional Map Feature
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Rivers
Since they represented a formidable obstacle for all land units, and affected army movements in every theatre of war, they should likewise have functionality in the game. There is a reason why many MODERN national borders are along Rivers and Lakes.... These natural obstacles are still an impediment to travellers today. Also consider issues modern armies have with this obstacle means it's something that did have a noticeable effect on WWII unit movement
This could be a simple overlay over maps... and the provinces with rivers are affected.
This could play out that any province having one of the major rivers through it.. must have the Infrastructure improvement built on it (bridges must be built to allow river crossing) Otherwise units come to to a North-South running river and have to stop at the bank unable to cross it.
ONS
Suggested New Terrain Types
=========================
Desert -Sahara all campaigns were around it, none took place in the Desert
Swamp - Areas such as the Amazon and Congo, Swamps of Northern Canada, Alaska and Russia
Arctic - Northern Russia, Canada, today there are NO routes East-West across Greenland
Even today, these areas (75 after WWII has ended) are largely impassable without roads. And for the most part, none of these regions were ever involved in any theatre of the war.
For this reason the Antarctic is not even listed on any CoW maps, while the Arctic has many conquerable territories... which even today don't have a road within 1,500 of these locations. Many of the Canadian communities of the Arctic, did not exist before the mid-1950's. The Inuit people were hunter gathers living in the wild. Most of the "Trading Posts" and Whaling Stations are abandoned 2-3 shack points of interest getting no visitors but the occasional hunter passing through the area.
These areas should be terrain which must be surrounded, in order to convert to a new owner... and any unit travelling in the area suffers damage, while suffering from a reduction in speed penalty.
Suggested Penalties - Speed 90% Reduced, and suffer 25% Damage for each hour spent in the territory
Building infrastructure improvement makes these areas passable by land forces without the penalties
Additional Map Feature
====================
Rivers
Since they represented a formidable obstacle for all land units, and affected army movements in every theatre of war, they should likewise have functionality in the game. There is a reason why many MODERN national borders are along Rivers and Lakes.... These natural obstacles are still an impediment to travellers today. Also consider issues modern armies have with this obstacle means it's something that did have a noticeable effect on WWII unit movement
This could be a simple overlay over maps... and the provinces with rivers are affected.
This could play out that any province having one of the major rivers through it.. must have the Infrastructure improvement built on it (bridges must be built to allow river crossing) Otherwise units come to to a North-South running river and have to stop at the bank unable to cross it.
ONS
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