Infernal

This looks very nice! Can't believe I haven't tested this with you?!?! This week's TCOJ lobby perhaps?

 

Looked pretty good to me from our earlier game today. Only issue as I stated in game was the kill barrier by green. Outside of that game-play did seem a bit hectic but that just may have been due to the unbalance between teams. Looking forward to playing more of this.

 

At first glance, this is a big improvement over your previous maps. There are a few things that stand out to me which won't suddenly make this map 100 times better, but which are good fundamentals to stick to when forging...

First, the ramp in your sixth pic - It's generally a good idea to allow 2 units at each end of ramp so that players don't need to change direction immediately after walking up/down the ramp. You only have 1 unit at the bottom of this ramp. You could easily have your ramp begin at the right edge of the one 3X3 block, and meet up with the left edge of the higher 3X3 block. The blocks between there are not really necessary. The crate in that corner doesn't appear to serve any purpose either...

The 1X1 Tall and Thins in your first pic - They are not necessary, and will probably hinder gameplay more than they help it. Cover should not be in the middle of a pathway. It hinders the flow. Generally speaking, cover should not be used to affect battles within a given space (that platform/walkway, for example) but rather should be used to affect battles between 2 different areas. If 2 players meet on that same platform, it's perfectly okay if they have a 1 on 1 battle without pillars breaking up the line of sight between them. If you want to break up the lines of sight between that platform and some of the other structures of the map, you can do so by positioning those pillars on the outside edges of the platform/walkway so that they don't negatively impact the flow through that area.

Finally - This is purely speculation on my part, so take it with a grain of salt. You've built good solid structures around the perimeter of the map, but the middle of the map looks relatively open in comparison. Beware of the doughnut syndrome, where all of the movement occurs around the exterior of the map, while the interior goes essentially unused. If you notice this happening, then I would try to add some more substantial structure in the middle of the map. Not cover, but structure.

I'm happy to see some real growth in your work.

 

We played a couple very fun game on tuesday night chronmeister! By far your best map yet- in fact everytime you produce something it is far better than the previous map. I dunno if it was cos we were playing that classic Unity gametype or what but it has a very classic halo feel to it. Perfect for FFA it seems- although it is open, the paths you must take seem to break LOS more than mere object use does- so that there are certain converging spots that give bigger LOS over areas. I would love to play a few more games on this please- i reccomend testing this another 3-4 weeks to refine it cos it's worth it.

Two thing bothered me however- one was your use of an upside-down golf cup, occasionally this item is glitched and it has an invisible barrier somewhere in the middle that can block anything you throw at it. The other was what Schnitzel pointed out- the 4x4 tower block needs to be hard-killed so that sneaky jet-packers can't abuse it.

yup, moar please.

 

Here's a demonstration of what can sometimes happen with the tin cups. Unfortunately, they should be avoided at all cost due to this glitch. If you have any more natural pieces available, you can replace them with rocks. Otherwise I don't really have a good suggestion.

 

This map played will during TCOJ, I still haven't got a grasp of it though. What i am sure of is that the map encourages great teamwork and flows very well. Other than that i still can't figure out much. Being a smaller map forger, I cant help but wish it looked cleaner, and I often found myself lost, though the latter may simply be because I was unfamiliar with the map. I'd need to play a few more times to get a grasp on this map. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it was somewhat a confusing area on my first game. I hope to play it again and if I come up with something new, I'll drop by and let you know.

 

Played Tuesday Night 7/16/13 at TCOJ Testing Lobby.

Agreed, this map looks like your best yet. I particularly enjoyed your blend of rocks and blocks, they seemed to come together naturely. The bottom Purple area looked unique and was fun to get into confrontations down there. I also like the top mid yellow, with the raised exposed platform around the column, I just enjoy that mechanic. Looking forward to testing other gametypes.

 

I remember playing on this map during one of the FCCGNs. This is truly a very fun map to play on. In the game we played, the map flowed quite nicely. I love how you were able to transform this map to what it is now by taking in all the feedback you can and using them to improve upon the map.

Fantastic map, Chron. I hope to play on this again soon.

 

Sorry, I couldn't make it. I might just give it a DL and walk around to find those spots and better feedback for you. If I don't get to it, I'll try to make the next TCOJ. I got super busy working with some Halo Customs things a for a while before this week's games and just couldn't stay on to play with you guys. Either way, I'll try to get you some more specified information in the coming days.

 

The FCCGNs have been blowing up recently. But there are still some times when we don't have that many people.