CC2Pro Local Map - Longsaddle

[Steel General]

I agree with Gandwarf... you are definitely suffering from a severe case of Softwarus Insufficientus, a somewhat common and fairly virulent malady.

Upgrade to CC3 (if you can), or give something like GIMP a try and see what you can come up with.

[Ascension]

Don't sell yourself short my man, this is a solid start upon which you can go pretty far. The layout is quite pleasing with the placement of the cities and such. This is a map screaming for RobA's regional style using GIMP. But, the bottom line is that any map is supposed to convey information easily and this does so. It's the aesthetics people get hung up on and it's not always necessary.