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Thread: 1vs1 Removing map from automatch2 Aug 2018, 19:25 PM Nigo, the reason so many maps are not ready for automatch is they have not been tested. There are hundreds of maps that MAY be good. But unless they are played we will never know for sure. And putting the maps in the game is a long process so you want to be sure. Here is a winter 1v1 map I just posted not too long ago (2) Novgorod Outskirts Only one person tried it and commented. One. And no replays have been uploaded to my knowledge. Steam says it has been downloaded 8 times by 7 people. Generically it has not been tested. The best way to get new maps is a map contest so the maps can be peer reviewed and then played on by top players. Currently, Trics SMC is the best format for getting testing accomplished. Whiteflash also sees the necessity in this with his Nexus tournament. The community will not put time into a map unless they are sure something will come of their effort. However, these maps are not peer reviewed so little bugs and things may still slip thru. The 2v2 map contest was the best shot at getting decent maps. But there were some glitches that kept it from being perfect. Hopefully someday we get another type of contest for 1v1 or even better 4v4 maps ROSBONES MANIFESTO As a freshly minted MAPMAKER on COH2.org I felt we needed a test. I posted Novgorod Outskirts to test the communities willingness to try maps not by a known map maker since Whiteflash had just released Nexus. Novgorod 8 downloads. Nexus 592 downloads. The community believes that a Whiteflash map will get into the game or since he has maps in game already, it is a quality map. So they put in the effort to check it out. NOTE: Novgorod was not on the steam list so the 8 downloads are from COH2.Org only. Not the clearest results. COH2.Org views Novgorod 118, Nexus 2061. Nexus has been posted about many more times and each time garners views so that metric is also skewed. So the jury is still out. Maybe another test is required In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: (6) Oka River Frontline2 Aug 2018, 18:32 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2018, 17:58 PMMajorBloodnok Deep snow on the RHS sectors? (Needs to go, IMO) I am not sure what you mean but there are no DEEP snow areas (Shows as RED in worldbuilder). There is a small DEEP snow section off map to the left (GREEN arrow). In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: Rzhev Winter 3v32 Aug 2018, 18:19 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2018, 12:06 PMSturmpanther 1. Why there is green cover for north side?? 2. I would move the house more to north side to the fences. and remove the woods things then. This building is very powerful for the bridge. But only for north side. https://prnt.sc/kdrswv The sandbags and bunker(2) mirror the south house(1). House(3) mirrors house (4). The hedge should be removed so the house by the new bridge is mirrored correctly. Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2018, 12:06 PMSturmpanther 3. Ice is missing when you start this map LUL xD https://prnt.sc/kdrtoj Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2018, 12:06 PMSturmpanther 4. On the right side near the new point you put LoS Blockers. I did not checked it ingame, but what kind of vehicles can kill it? Also can Royal Eng blow it away, so that a wickers in the south house has free LoS? Hedges are heavy crush. However you can shoot them with all kinds of stuff to eventually destroy it. Brit engrs will destroy cover. They will not destroy a hedge by itself. So if there are logs, trees, etc nearby then they can destroy the hedge as collateral damage. EDIT: Brits will destroy hedges the demo just needs to be moved away from the hedge a little. It cannot be placed on impassable areas. Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2018, 12:06 PMSturmpanther 5. I am not sure yet about this new point. You saw what loxley wrote here? I am not sure if i like this point at all. I can see why you want to have it in. But atm i am not convinced yet. My thoughts: - Resources are miss matched. Wrong number of resources on map. - This part of the map is empty. Promotes camping. Forces the boring "Two go left, One go right" everytime. - The house by the bridge is never used and is visually very cool. A few little things need to get cleaned up once we agree on the big things. In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: (6) Oka River Frontline2 Aug 2018, 17:30 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2018, 11:57 AMSturmpanther Yo, I guess you meant favours south or? Yes favors the south The main goal was to get around the issue with the river. 1) The problems I see with the map: - IT HAS TO BE a 2v2 left and 1v1 right. Boring. By having similar resources, teams can choose the side they want. - Late game the river can be destroyed leaving North to be isolated from the city. Just make arty pieces and destroy the river. GG. With similar resources, disconnecting the south = disconnecting the north. 3) If the VP moves North/South it will be unbalanced with the cover at the perimeter of the cemetary. So it was moved North-East. In many instances the actual distance to the point does not matter, the distance to the cover matters. For instance the center Church is more important than the fuel/VP distances. So I moved it as far as I could. Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2018, 11:57 AMSturmpanther I would have no problem to just remove it completed tbh! And change the cover south side or north side. Atm north side has green cover, and south side only yellow. There were buildings there already so I tried to leave one in, but place it in a way to make it fun to play around. It will give good MG coverage North/South. It is sight blocked to the middle VP. And the new opening makes it very easy to flank. So you can take it for a quick advantage but you do not want to camp in it or you will eat a grenade. North side has more green cover: Truck and grave stones. South has a water trough(bath tub) for green cover. Could remove the truck and trough. The building also adds a sight blocker for the cemetary so you can retreat vehicles etc after engagements. 5) I would love to make a crossing on the river but it would ruin the look of the map. I made a version with bridges and it looked...weird? And you gain a solid crossing point but lose a little river crossing area due to the hills needed for the bridge. Other options would be make land bridges like in Rzhev winter. A large river would allow for boats in reality so I thought a regular bridge would look the most realistic. The bridge should actually be more of an angle and more south so units travel on it coming out of the base area. In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: (2) Arnhem Checkpoint2 Aug 2018, 04:56 AM Does anyone have thoughts on making this map better? A couple quick ideas from a mappers perspective: 1. C1 and C3 need to be moved. This map is large but you only need to hold 1/2 of it to completely decimate your opponent. If north player spams MGs they can lock down the city and right side leaving south with almost zero resources. C1 is in plain sight and MG distance from the church. C3 is hidden and far enough away to take without shots fired from a major building. 2. These sight blockers have to go. In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: 1vs1 Removing map from automatch2 Aug 2018, 04:27 AM Jump back to quoted post1 Aug 2018, 22:10 PMSturmpanther Arnheim will stay. Will it get reworked? Can we change the name to jotunheim EDIT: Oh wait I did not respond correctly: That map is cancer In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: (6) Oka River Frontline2 Aug 2018, 02:57 AM A prominent community member has requested this map get looked at. Here is my assessment: (6) Oka River Frontline (v1) This map favors the north a little. The main problem is the river. Most of the fighting takes place on the west side of the map in a 2v2 format. North has to cross the river to get to the west. South does not. There is no cover on the river and late game it can become impassable. There were also a couple garrisons that over looked the river so south could put MGs and North is pinned in their base. 1. Moved the south munition to the east side of the map. Now there are equal resources on each side of the river. Two VPs remain on the west. 2. Moved the right VP garrisons so that building A contest building 1. Building B contests building 2. The sheds have one door (BLUE line) and sight blockers so North/South attacks are negated (not possible). 3. The middle VP is closer to the south. It was moved as much as possible to get it balanced with the terrain. The South also had better access to the area from the road. The road was also a dead zone of red cover. Going on the road was treacherous at best. It was also annoying trying to move back and forth from the west to middle VP. So a hole(BLUE) was added to the cemetary at the middle building. This allows the the road to be used more for flanking and to quickly gain access to the new shed position. Sight blocker hide the shed from the west buildings. 4. Building 1 was moved away from the left VP so that it mirrored building 2 better for coverage. Several new opening were made so you can play the game and not try to solve a maze puzzle The minimap in the unpacked files was bizarre so that was punched up as well. Cheers In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: Angoville 1 Aug 2018, 04:32 AM Latest version (2) Rosboneville (v5) 1. Changed north spawn to inside base area. 2. Adjusted other north and south spawns so they position better on minimap roads. 3. Moved south west spawn for balance additional timing of new north spawn. 4. Cleaned up the minimap. 5. Numerous cosmetic changes: Tiling, splats, splines, etc. In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: Lienne Forrest31 Jul 2018, 04:56 AM Everything all in one picture that needed fixed: 1. (BLUE) North MG areas(GREEN) were easier to flank. Added new path for south flank. 2. South had very little space for late game. Grove removed (YELLOW). 3. Both North bunkers had sight blockers. Northern most removed to closer mimic the southern sight blocker (PURPLE). North and South MG areas closest to VP(RED) are easiest to flank. 4. North did not have a enough space for an MG to hold by the west Munition passages. Grove size(PINK) reduced to give more sight and increased distance to travel for northern MG. 5. Cleaned up pathing allows for light vehicles and large AT weapons to get thru the forest lanes better. 6. The NORTH western based flanks (RED) are still slightly longer. 7. Added treeless pockets around VP for bunkers. A) The river is red cover and favors the North by Munition and south by the VP. Balanced? B) One of the Norths paths is all river (red cover). It is still the forrest, so grab your blobs and pitch forks and go find Shrek In: Summer patch 2018
Thread: 1vs1 Removing map from automatch31 Jul 2018, 01:06 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jul 2018, 00:58 AMWhiteFlash I agree this is the devils advocates position and approaching ideas as such, its just a very weak position I dig the devils advocate approach thanks Rosbone All arguments have pros and cons. I just try to get all the ideas out there so you smart guys can get it figured out from everyones perspective You will also see me on here asking for transparency when these decisions get made. But it is hard to criticize when someones doing the work for free and Relic is at least letting the community make the game better. So I don't bark too much In: Summer patch 2018