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B.Schuss wrote:

I can replace Dragon Valley with Clean Sweep.

Second that ! Dragon is getting pretty boring.

Another idea...Why don´t we put ALL the vanilla maps in the map cycle ? The new and  the classic ones first, the old and "boring" ones later.
Normally there is always at least one admin around in between the time when the server is full, so we could change the map according to taste and amount of players...
For example : Last night, when nearly everybody left, we had like 16 players left on the server and Dragon was coming up. Needless to say that  16 players on a 64 player dragon is pretty senseless, so I changed it back to Karkand and people were okay with that...

Like I said, it´s just an idea and don´t even know if it´s a good one, but I guess it´s worth a try.

Dragon is still in the rotation, did you forget about it b. schuss?

Any change you guys will change the mapchanging thing from 2 > 3. maybe you guys feel diffrent about it but when i load the map (takes long time, I normally just have 1 full round of that map. (same with other people i think)

I like it, especially as USMC (F15 FTW).... This map gives me one gold after another

I hate Kubra too, but I appreciate that other people like it.

Once MEC's airbase is taken, that's basically game over for them. That, and the fact that if you're not in air vehicles, getting around the map takes an absolute age...only to finally arrive at your destination and be teamkilled by Slayer. 

Good call, plus it would keep the (kind of) theme of infantry > air > infantry > air maps. I like that kind of alternation.

superfly_cox wrote:

MAP CYCLE CHANGES

I think our map cycle should have two basic principles:

1) Balance city with air maps.  These should be 50-50 in my opinion.  If you want i'll get into more detail as to why.

2) Alternate city and air maps.  There's nothing worse than playing Kubra, Dragon Valley and Cleansweep in a row (maybe this isn't exactly the right order but you get the picture).

my two cents,
soup fly

theDude5B wrote:

well i had already suggested in another "sub-forum" , that we changed the first map to mashtuur or sharqi for a while so we all dont have to constanly play karkand. maybe just for a week or two. But Maybe then we could add the other maps into the map cycle for a week or two also?

something like

Mashtuur
Daging
Sharqi
Dalian
Karkand
wake

just a thought and a suggestion for map cycle which can then be praised, changed or "down-sized"

^*AlphA*^ wrote:

well i would say:

Sharqi
Wake
Mashtuur
Daqing
Karkand
Dalian


OMAN = OUT, its a fun map (could be) but it brings too much trouble with it

k30dxedle wrote:

IMO:

-Sharqi (so we don't have to play Karkand every single time)
-Dalian (air map - need admins as the J-10 tends to rape the carrier)
-Mashtuur (city map, good for teamwork)
-Daqing (air map with lots of ground combat as well)
-Songhua (non-air map with APC convoys for Superfly)
-Wake (air map - definitely need admins as the J-10 tends to rape the carrier as well as M95-TKing)
-Karkand (city map - maybe a "break" from all the aircraft around?)
-Kubra (air map, good for teamwork)
-FuShe (air/armor map)
-Dragon (air/armor map)
-Clean Sweep (air map, good for teamwork)
-Zatar (air/armor map, big)
-Oman (air/armor map - need admins as both teams tend to baserape uncaps)

Edit: Assuming we're using all of the maps.

superfly_cox wrote:

Varegg wrote:

I miss Songshua *sob*

WORD!!!  I love that map and its really good for squad work!  with so much fog it limits the usefulness of the armor.  A good squad can really wreck havoc on that map!

Let me be the first to sign Varegg's We Want Songhua Back petition

as far as chinese maps, the only one I don't like is FuShu.  Way too big and hilly.  Not good for armor, not good for infantry. Its not even a good map for those who like the jets.  Used to be good back in the black hawk days but that's over now.  i hope we scrap it

Fushe is boring - to many steep hills !

So what you guys are basically saying is that you'd like the mapcycle to be changed, but you haven't made up your collective minds yet, as to what the change should be like...

well, as far as I am concerned, I'd have no problem with adding all the maps to the cycle. Full stop.
I'd even add Wake, although that is probably the most unbalanced map in FPS multiplayer history.

As someone ele has suggested, if we cannot agree on a compromise, we just as well might put in all the maps.

anyway, here is my suggestion for a mapcycle:

Sharqui
Dalian Plant
Karkland
Dragon Valley
Mashuur
Kubra
Daquing
Fushee
Songhua
Clean Sweep

The problem is we do not have enough city/infantry maps available. We'd have to double the three maps we have up, if we want to mix air maps with city maps regularly.

that's quite alright with me, moving karkand down a little. But I must say, I played on friday and yesterday evening, and had no server crashes.

Full Map Cycle

Sharqui
Dalian Plant
Mashtuur
Daquing
Zatar
Karkand
Songhua
Wake
Dragon Valley
Kubra
Fushee
Clean Sweep

everyone happy with this? anymore comments/suggestions?

see now this is why i enjoy playing on this server. we are all able to discuss this sort of stuff which benifits everyone!

Last edited by theDude5B (2006-08-01 02:33:19)

Fushe sucks - drop that one, and i agree about wake - tends to be very onesided .....