Proteus

i played 2v2's on this rig with max and co friday night. My thoughts overall- super fun, very fast map. Def promotes and rewards aggressive play.

Critiques-

1. The map is so fast and battles so frequent that I never really had a chance to look around- thats not a critique- what ended up happening is that I was never really very aware of what was happening above me.

I don't expect to intimately know a map after the first game, but I do expect to have at least a rudimentary awareness of whats around me. So while I also can appreciate narrower pathways, there did seem to be a feeling of things being a little congested. I think if you were able to widen a couple walkways, or maybe even just remove some of the details like unnecessary pillars or rails that might help.

I really enjoyed the fights I had on this map but while I was always aware that there was a level above me I never felt like I had the chance to look up and learn it.

So yes this map will definitely reward players who log time on it, and thats as it should be, but I think it might unfairly punish players who are just landing on it for the first time.

2. Rockets. There is so much detail and geometry packed into this small space that its almost impossible not to make kills with every rocket. It's the splash damage. I felt like it was impossible to face someone down who had rockets or even get out of the way. And just so you don't think I'm being salty after getting owned I'm actually speaking from my own experience as the person with the rockets. I absolutely got at least 2 kills that in all fairness should not have been kills. My shot was desperate and wild and I still collected kills just because there were so many pillars in the shot, and it wasn't intentional splash damage on my part.

My suggestion would be fuel rod. I think fuel rod smaller splash and greater lead time on shots would feel way more balanced and competitive on your map.

So overall- really fun, fast, exciting map. A little more room to breath in a few places and a more balanced power weapon and I think you've got an awesome map that I will def have in my bookmarks.

 

Hey man no problem I'm happy to leave feedback. I've had trouble getting a lot of strong feedback and so I try to give people real honest in depth feedback in the hopes they will pay it forward.

I'm glad you tried fuel rod out I really want to play it again with that weapon.

The vertical stuff I think was more of an observation. I just hadn't had that kind of experience before where I sort of assumed at all times that someone would drop on me from above but I never had the chance to really get familiar with the upper levels except in mid. I do think of the map was a little more spaced out you would have a better sense of what was in your periphery. That said I'm not sure you can change it now so it might just be a lesson for next time. The good news is that the map is really fun- it plays like halo just a bit unorthodox- and clearly, based on what max was doing, once you get to kno the map you can really get nasty with it and that's cool for sure.

 

I jumped on your map last night with three of the UCC guys just cuz we were on and there was four of us. We got sweaty- kind of doesn't count since those guys run circles around me (and I don't have any gameplay to show you either) but I do have some feedback for you if you want to make some tweaks before Monday's official test.

2 things we all noticed and commented on:

1- when you're looking top mid, especially from around the damage boost side of the map- really bad frame rate drop. From my own experience I know that even little pieces of glass and Windows can kill ur frames. It's really distracting when you are fighting someone in top mid from that side. I know you have worked hard to create your aesthetic but if you put some time into simplifying the top middle tower I think it would go a really long way towards gameplay.

2- there are a number of little places on the map where you can fall and die that are super frustrating. I'm all for the boundaries of the map being death-falls and I'm all for a well labeled death pit or two but there were a couple areas where you would miss a jump and die and the only way to know that was to miss the jump. Considering how narrow the paths are already I would put some floors in there. If I am in a battle and I push in to clean up and I fall down to some lower level where I cannot finish my kill or help my teammate until I can find my way back up THAT is punishment enough- I think. The map encourages a lot of level changes and jumps and crazy **** so I just think you should let people jump around on the interior of the map without the fear of dying.

3- I would have to show you were but there is a kill volume that overlaps a ramp just a little. My dude ripped my face and then crouched in a ramp to get shields and just died! I got a trade out of it haha.

Ok positives:

Fighting in and out of and around teleporter is ****ing beautiful.

There are some great areas right off spawn where you can lay shots on all the upper levels without over exposing yourself- but it's tough to finish kills on your own and that dynamic makes it lovely for 2v2.

The gameplay is great imo just need to keep fine tuning. I thought fuel rod was brilliant esp compared to rocks. Was devastating with damage boost and that will lead to some sick meta of losing the battle for fuel rod and then needing to rally so they don't also get damage boost.

Over all I think it's still a tad busy. I think there is a fair amount of detail that is not necessary to sell your aesthetic. Everyone was really impressed with how the map looked so you have no worries there. It might be time to be a little less precious with your baby and just give it a buzz cut.

 

If you're on tonight I'll show you that weird little death spot. Otherwise I'll just make you a little clip. And yea man it got sweaty. Its definitely a map that a player on my level will appreciate a lot - I mean I was only negative 2 in this game and when we ran Legion I was like negative 15 haha ha ha but I wouldn't call it casual. If you want to make it more sweaty I'd just remove some of the pillars and things that break up your shot when you're fighting between catwalks and platforms. But its a really playful map man its really fun to run around on.