Battlefield generation

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Hi,

Are the battlefields randomly generated or pre-made in the game? There was a long discussion about this but I haven't found the result of it.

Thanks in advance,

trigorin

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

There are specific tactical battle maps that get picked. I don't believe any of them are randomly generated. And the map edit should allow you to make your own tactical maps.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Thanks. It's a bit strange for me: the game provides randomly generated world maps while using pre-made battlefields. However I'm far from beeing competent enough in this topic.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I can't answer the why with any authority on the subject, but I think it's mostly a question of balance. By their nature, randomly generated maps aren't balanced, which is something that's generally required in a "battle". There are obviously some things that are meant to be a bit unbalancing, such as the defending being behind walls, but even then by hand it's possible to create maps that are balanced for their required roles.