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    Nothing jumps out at me as being bad or wrong and I liked the "coastal shelf" thing you had going...but that's me and I'm probably the only one. The pass works fine since it goes with the other "hand-drawn" elements. All I can really suggest, and it's very minor at that, is that the mountain ring around the wastelands seems to be of uniform height so I would make the edges near the coast into hills. Nice job so far and I'll keep watching. Oh and as far as city placing/style, do either...it mixes scale but I did it on my Narthaine and Charadon maps.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Korash View Post
    I am wondering if you are planning to either de-emphasize the features and/or re-emphasize the coast line sometime before the end?
    I probably will. I just want to get it all drawn in before I start fiddling with it. It's all on seperate layers still, so it shouldn't be a problem. I'll probably redo the water thing as well at some point, but it was bugging me.

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    Quick question - In the event of a crater, I would assume one side is steeper than the others. I'm guessing the inside is steeper than the outside. Is that correct?

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    The crater profile will depend largely on how large the crater is. For smaller craters, there will be a raised rim and a bowl-shaped inside. For large craters there will effectively be a flattish plain many miles in diameter with a centrail raised peak and a rim of mountains. The Chespeake Bay ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesape..._impact_crater ) and Chixulub ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_Crater ) craters are examples of largish craters. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/ is great fun if you've got time to kill.

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    Quote Originally Posted by waldronate View Post
    The crater profile will depend largely on how large the crater is. For smaller craters, there will be a raised rim and a bowl-shaped inside. For large craters there will effectively be a flattish plain many miles in diameter with a centrail raised peak and a rim of mountains. The Chespeake Bay ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesape..._impact_crater ) and Chixulub ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_Crater ) craters are examples of largish craters. http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/ is great fun if you've got time to kill.
    Ahh... brilliant.

    You know how useful that will be if I decide to write a story that takes place during an impact event?
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