Cat and mice sucks, and here's why.
Cat and mice, with its many varieties, are all unbalanced to one side. I've played cat and mice games where I can spam rocs and just sit above a tc...its not fun for the cat or the mice. Then there's the people who can't use triggers (besides modify protounit) but try to counter the roc problem by giving the Cat 1000000000000 SoO's, with 100000000000 attack each. And top it off by giving them enough range to hit the Mice from the start.
Here's the fact--Cat and mice is basically another Genre like Supremecy--its more like a game of it's own than a scenario.
That's why THERE IS NOT AND WILL NEVER BE A BALANCED CAT AND MOUSE MAP.
All those scenario designers who make Cat and Mice maps need to wake up and realize two things:
1)You aren't ES. You didn't put a year into the game to balance it, and thats why your scenario sucks. You don't have talent, you aren't original, and your wasting everyone's time. Until I see a credible name on a Cat and mouse map (which will then by ripped off thousands of times) like Xamo, I won't play the map again. You don't have balancing skills, and even if you did you wouldn't put enough time into your scenario to make it balanced.
2)There are two many Cat and Mouse scenario's already. The first one was original. Edgy. Smart. Every one after it was LAME. If I wanted to play a poorly balanced rip-off that some guy with enough time to copy the scenario from someone else but not enough to make it a decent scenario "made", I'd play.....you know what? I don't think there is a precedent for this kind of crap. Since when can "Scenario Designers" get away with this? Boycott Cat and Mouse!
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