An analysis from a pre 2.45 point of view:
As long as nobody comes up with an official map statistic from the fh2 awards server, I gave it a try and compared the winning percentage per 64-player map versions from the axis point of view for two players, who usually play only one side and have played most maps quit often: karel88l, who played 98% of his 2106 rounds on Axis side and me, who played 99% of my 714 rounds on Allied side.
(I beg your pardon karel. I assume that I can use your stats, since your profile has been already linked in this thread. And it looks really great.)
It doesn't make sense to add more players, because we would then have more rounds double counted as we already have, due to the fact that I often met karel on the virtual battlefield.
There is some impact on the outcome of the battle by the skill of karel88l, who is leading the scoreboard and having the golden pilot medal, while my impact is mediocre due to the fact that I am at best a bit above average. To exclude this effect I set up the following bounds in order to decide if a map is unbalanced or not:
- If a map has been won at least 67% of the time by Axis in both cases (mine and his), then I may say that the Axis has a clear advantage on that map.
- If a map has been won less than 33% of the time by Axis in both cases, then I may say that the Allies have a clear advantage on that map.
Map statistic from karel88l: | My Map Statistic: |
Map | Played | Won | Axis wins | AlamHalfa | 45 | 22 | 49% | Anctoville1944 | 40 | 22 | 55% | Bardia | 38 | 24 | 63% | Bastogne | 100 | 61 | 61% | BattleOfBrest | 64 | 37 | 58% | Crete1941 | 56 | 28 | 50% | ElAlamein | 79 | 49 | 62% | Eppeldorf | 120 | 102 | 85% | FalaisePocket | 84 | 58 | 69% | FallOfTobruk | 66 | 32 | 48% | Gazala | 73 | 47 | 64% | Giarabub | 53 | 26 | 49% | HurtgenForest | 68 | 44 | 65% | Lebisey | 61 | 44 | 72% | MarethLine | 48 | 32 | 67% | MersaMatruh | 31 | 10 | 32% | MeuseRiver | 91 | 63 | 69% | MountOlympus | 17 | 6 | 35% | OperationAberdeen | 20 | 11 | 55% | OperationCobra | 82 | 32 | 39% | OperationGoodwood | 69 | 43 | 62% | OperationHyacinth | 27 | 14 | 52% | OperationLuttich | 70 | 61 | 87% | OperationTotalize | 65 | 42 | 65% | PointeDuHoc | 71 | 51 | 72% | PortEnBessin | 64 | 20 | 31% | PurpleHeartLane | 62 | 31 | 50% | Ramelle | 46 | 26 | 57% | SidiRezegh | 27 | 15 | 56% | SiegeOfTobruk | 30 | 11 | 37% | StLoBreakthrough | 65 | 45 | 69% | Supercharge | 55 | 42 | 76% | TheBattleForSfakia | 75 | 66 | 88% | Tunis1943 | 25 | 3 | 12% | VillersBocage | 36 | 26 | 72% | Vossenack | 42 | 26 | 62% |
| Map | Played | Won | Axis wins | AlamHalfa | 17 | 13 | 24% | Anctoville1944 | 19 | 12 | 37% | Bardia | 13 | 9 | 31% | Bastogne | 26 | 13 | 50% | BattleOfBrest | 18 | 11 | 39% | Crete1941 | 13 | 8 | 38% | ElAlamein | 15 | 8 | 47% | Eppeldorf | 26 | 6 | 77% | FalaisePocket | 27 | 16 | 41% | FallOfTobruk | 13 | 9 | 31% | Gazala | 24 | 10 | 58% | Giarabub | 16 | 11 | 31% | HurtgenForest | 21 | 11 | 48% | Lebisey | 14 | 5 | 64% | MarethLine | 17 | 8 | 53% | MersaMatruh | 15 | 9 | 40% | MeuseRiver | 27 | 6 | 78% | MountOlympus | 10 | 8 | 20% | OperationAberdeen | 12 | 7* | 42% | OperationCobra | 26 | 22 | 15% | OperationGoodwood | 25 | 13 | 48% | OperationHyacinth | 12 | 8 | 33% | OperationLuttich | 29 | 5 | 83% | OperationTotalize | 21 | 6 | 71% | PointeDuHoc | 27 | 8 | 70% | PortEnBessin | 21 | 13 | 38% | PurpleHeartLane | 29 | 17 | 41% | Ramelle | 18 | 13 | 28% | SidiRezegh | 13 | 10 | 23% | SiegeOfTobruk | 16 | 11 | 31% | StLoBreakthrough | 23 | 15 | 35% | Supercharge | 26 | 6 | 77% | TheBattleForSfakia | 13 | 7 | 46% | Tunis1943 | 18 | 17 | 6% | VillersBocage | 13 | 4 | 69% | Vossenack | 11 | 8 | 27% |
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(* different from my profile, because one victory was as Axis)My conclusion is that prior to 2.45 at least on the following maps Axis had a decisive advantage: Eppeldorf, Meuse River, Op. Luttich, Pointe du Hoc, Supercharge and Villers Bocage, while the Allies have a decisive advantage on Tunis 1943. This balance may be intended or historically correct, I don't really care. It is challenging to play a map, which is hard to win and I often accept this challenge, but for me Supercharge, Villers Bocage and Pointe du Hoc are the limit, while the old Meuse River, Eppeldorf and Op. Luttich maps are no fun at all for me. The same may be the case regarding Tunis 1943 from the Axis point of view.
only grammar was edited