Originally posted by drone
If you take a real good look at the map, you can see how the game play is actually forced along certain lines
hmm... I was afraid of that. Although it could be said that all maps do that in one way or another.
To my mind,
any map is good if it can avoid the all too monotonous scenario of a long green darbar with a short red one in one sector, and a long red one and a short green one in a nearby sector. That is where the children’s maps fail miserably. Still, they were designed at a time when peak attendance was much lower than it is now, as was bardar.
No-one has answered why there are
so many fields. What’s the point? Get rid of all that outer map area and keep the front line bases and a
few other fields. Those interested in winning the war (is there anything wrong with that?) would fight hard to get to the strat targets, and the fighter jocks could have fun killing them. Brand-W worked like that in the old 4-colour days. Ah yes, I hear you say, but there were fewer people online. Perhaps, but it shouldn’t make any difference, given that as things stand there are layers and layers of unused fields.
I agree, let’s give it some time, but let’s keep an open mind. The WW2A concept in Brand-W was once hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread – even I was all for it myself. But as more and more people saw the crap gameplay it engendered, more and more people hated it, and some of us left partly because of it. If all this new Fester map offers is endless vulchfests, it’s not a problem – I’ll go to the CT. I get no sense of satisfaction from vulching, for the same reason I would get no sense of satisfaction from flying LA7/Spit ix/P51/Yak9U – no challenge.
But I agree with kamori - maybe my post was a kneejerk reaction. I'm afraid I've not had enough time to fly AH in recent weeks.
Map design or, more to the point, designing a map which will create good gameplay, is a complicated business with many factors to consider. Sorry my initial post was so long. I see that its length resulted in Creamo suffering a vodka induced bout of cerebral palsy. Get well soon, Creamo, and quit being a cheapskate – spend some $ and get Finlandia instead of your normal gutrot brand. Make it to the WCMC and I might even bring you some from Duty Free!
Straffo - I love your avatar! I want one with a union jack flying from Big Ben, with a bottle of beer and some fish and chips!
