Also, I know that this looks kind of too complicated (which a lot of the community would object to), but if you read, it's really just a simple idea that I've explained in a bit more detail for the sake of the proposition. If you have any questions or would like to add to or comment on the idea, feel free to post.
Concept: In a lot of games, players will end up with one or two big areas of regions and a bunch of much smaller ones. This happens especially often in full map games, where you start off with all your units spread randomly around the map. The idea of Vector mode is to use 'command bases' (substitute a better name whenever you come up with it) to focus the gameplay around one set of regions and force players to direct their attack and movement in one direction at a time (thus the name of the game type)
Movement: At the beginning of the turn, the player chooses one area that he controls to be their base for attack (the base can be marked by a glowing center, a striped pattern on the colored area, or anything else that's simple but noticeable). From that point on, the player moves and attacks other players just like normal, but can only make use of regions that either are directly connected with the base (by the player's own regions only) or regions that are connected by other moves. Areas that do not connect with the players base are unusable until they are made to connect. Defense boosts could still be placed on any area, even if not touching the base. After the turn is over, the base goes back to normal and the player can choose another base for the next turn.
Reinforcement: Reinforcement would vary between the different reinforcement styles (these rules for reinforcement seem the best to me, feel free to suggest better)
*Manual: The bases would be uninvolved for manual distribution. You would be able to place your units on any regions you want to, just like normal. This would allow for greater strategy as you would be able to prepare another area to attack without having to sacrifice your home completely.
*Borders: I'm a bit unsure about how this would work best. What I'm thinking right now is that the bases would be optional, as another layer of placement preference for the AI. With the base, you would have the choice of focusing your armies on one area (any region that touches the designated base) or you could play it like normal without the base and strengthen regions all around the board.
*Random: Random is completely random. Anything else wouldn't be random.
Advantages:
*Not overly complicated once learned, just like any other mode
*Allows for new (and in some ways better) strategy
*Helps new players to learn to focus their play and plan out their attacks
*Gives senior players an interesting new game style to master
*Brings new value and choice to attacks
*Reduces the ability the 'kamikaze players' have to ruin a game when they're losing, because they are restricted on the damage they can do
*The first players in full map will (usually) not be able to run everyone else's chance on their first turn anymore
*Would be a choice of game type, so if some people don't like it, they could play normal mode
*(And so on...)
Disadvantages:
*Games would, in some cases, take longer to finish because it takes longer to get things done
*Splitting your opponents becomes much more powerful (possible advantage too, for the strategy it adds)
*Bad luck would have a greater effect when trying to connect
*Some players might have a hard time figuring it out to begin with, especially new players
Possible variation: To further emphasize the idea of directional planned gameplay, it would be even more interesting if you could only attack and move from regions that are five or less regions from your base. I would prefer this, for the strategy and extra challenge, but I realize that a lot of people would hate it. Still, the variation would make a good challenge mode... and reduces the power of first turns even more.
So yeah, I've done my part, now tell me what you think.
