New Pub map for the weekend

[Indirect-1]

Well, this thread is basically for anyone who has anything to say about the new map that is currently being used for the weekend. For what its worth, I actually dont like it. I feel it is to big. I do, however, like the player capacity that the arena can hold and the fact that almost everyone seems to be basing. Thats just my opinion....everyone has one....whats yours?:fear:

[PrOnEsSim]

I like it, tbh. But spawn area needs to be less big. Levis need to go away. I think this will be good 8v8 with the better teams.

[Downfall]

Area for flag room is too small too many blocks need more empty space for fighting. Need to cut down the number of entrances and make the pathway to flag a more obvious one.


edit: when you spawn the base is quite far.


Overall: Lets stick with this map and make small changes. The current one everyone knows all the angles to camp at, the burst spots, and some even have the bounce pattern for the bursts memorized.

Need new basing map!!

[JabJabJab]

yeah thx for the info, the spawns were obviously too big but i kept them to see if the public players said the same. obviously this is true.

hop on a map editor and do what you wish with it, i dont mind. Make small changes to make it better.

I provided an entirely new layout for yall to pick and play with.

the entire purpose of this was to see how trench warrians would react to a "completly" new layout.


ofcourse, as trench wars is with its public arena, this is not permenant. But if yall like it alot, maybe it might go somewhere.

[CaptainPoopface]

I like the fact that we're trying something different, but I don't think this particular map concept is very good. Spawns are much too far from the action. It's easier than ever to be a cheap lev or LT and stray bomb the spiral. I strongly disapprove of firing gaps between the tiles in the safe zone, again due to lev cheapness. There should be a few more firing gaps and/or narrow entry points in the spiral itself. It lacks the intensity of FR battles and crams in the default map.

Think about what makes the regular map great: It has a combination of open areas and bottlenecks, and they are arranged in alternating sequence (spawn -> tube -> mid -> base). There are multiple ways to reach the same point, although alternate routes have different costs in terms of time and maneuverability. The map encourages a general stream of traffic in a single direction, toward the flag, which makes the bottlenecks more strategically critical. There are small gaps at particular places that allow limited attacks from outside. I think these are all qualities to emulate in any TW map design.

Jab's map has some of them, but not enough IMO. By all means, let's keep trying different things though.

Also, small weasel.

[JabJabJab]

This look better?

btw, the ring around the asteroid is invisible on the actual radar, so it wont look like that in-game.

[Dwopple]

i actually like this map, but i think it needs to have more meaning. Perhaps adding in a little bit of ?go warzone, having to hold the base while you protect a few flags? or maybe even 2 bases, so that you can hold "your" base to protect your flags!!

[Indirect-1]

I like Dwopples idea actually. But I am going to add a little twist. Why dont you have X amount of bases ( X being the number of freqs.) Each base has a flag and the goal is to hold your flag, but also try to get other teams flags. This, will compliment the amount of players for sure. Not to mention people will stay and lilke it. haha. Then what you could do it simply give more points to the freq holding the most flags....yeah?:fear:

[Cambia]

too many entrances to the flag. spawn is way too big. flag area isn't big enough. doesn't feel like a basing map at all, nor a pub map. seems random.

[Downfall]

I like Dwopples idea actually. But I am going to add a little twist. Why dont you have X amount of bases ( X being the number of freqs.) Each base has a flag and the goal is to hold your flag, but also try to get other teams flags. This, will compliment the amount of players for sure. Not to mention people will stay and lilke it. haha. Then what you could do it simply give more points to the freq holding the most flags....yeah?:fear:

yeahhhhhh

[Noah]

I don't like this map too much, I do like how the base has two entrances. It's fun being terr with a port on one side and then you go at the other side. When you have all of them fighting you there you can just portal in the back door!

I'm also really happy to see that we are experimenting, keep trying new maps maybe every second weekend or so. After a month or two we can have a poll on which map was the most popular. Please don't get stuck on improving this one map when there are a ton of maps that needs to be tried too.

[H.M.S. Stargazer]

THere will be another pubmap contest. I have to talk to moot and jab about the plans for it. However, I have had mostly good feedback.

[Cambia]

If you're going to keep having new pub map tests... can you at least keep one arena as the normal pub map?

[Mootland Farmer]

We cannot have two or more Public maps up on the server at once. It just cannot be done. Having a different base map for a weekend once a month may make Public more interesting?

[Indirect-1]

Agreed. I like the change personally.:fear: