Beta 1: What's your favorite map?

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

What's your favorite map?
and why?

(don't write why you hate other maps - write why you love your fav # maps placed in alphabetical order # Only SolarisArena maps)

If you don't know map names, here is what we have:

SA_Clearcut - Mountain in the middle, lots of trees, a river, two bases on the hills

SA_Extremity - Low gravity map with violet crystals, placed on an asteroid

SA_Inferno - Volcano map with lava rivers

SA_Marshes - Swamp map placed on ruined airport, lots of water, trees and huge dropship in the middle

SA_Sandblasted - Egyptian-style map - pyramids, sand storms.

[Matty101]

As a mech jock i went sandblasted, fairly open terrain, sexy dust effects. This poll will have different votes depending on what roles ppl play most though.

[menotyou]

1.SA_Clearcut
2.SA_Sandblasted
Why?
I like the fact the it has dx9 destructible vegetation and was my first map i played on.
Second runner up for me is SA_Sandblasted Love the game play on that map

[Profane Arbiter]

Sandblasted: I like other maps better for their creativity...I like Sandblasted for ease of navigation...no getting lost in endless valleys on a desolate rock in space, no getting hung up on tree stumps, no being in a short vehicle and not being able to see anything while underwater in a bog.

[Draks]

Sandblasted: I like other maps better for their creativity...I like Sandblasted for ease of navigation...no getting lost in endless valleys on a desolate rock in space, no getting hung up on tree stumps, no being in a short vehicle and not being able to see anything while underwater in a bog.

Yup, this is one of the major reasons I'd vote Sandblasted. The terrain provides cover but doesn't get in your way. All the maps are amazing in their own right but I'd say Sandblasted has the smoothest most enjoyable gameplay after playing for an extensive amount of time. Maybe if mechs had an easier time traversing rough terrain it wouldn't be as annoying... getting stuck on a tree stump in a mech is just plain wrong.

[Dagger]

1. Sandblasted
2. Clearcut (As a Mech. It's sometimes difficult to navigate with Tanks because of many obstacles (stumps, stones etc.)

[(TLL)Sky_walker]

For me it's
1) Marshes
2) Sandblasted

Marshes because of great terrain for mech battles and number of tactics you can show here - You can get a tank and go on the enemy's way making ambush, you can get LRM mech and try long-range assaults in the middle of the map, you can get short-range mech and hide behind the hills just to clear enemy LRM launchers, you can take BA and play tagging or 1v1 fight against other BAs near the zone on screenshot in first post. It's great. And the lack of air support makes it even better! (there's nothing as disturbing as Fbombs in the middle of the fight >_<)

Sandblasted - because of amazing terrain, a chance to play various tactics. Open terrain in the middle however makes this map turning into missile war far too often (yet if people stop missile-boat this map becomes my nr.1)

(hehe, funny, looks like most of people like these two maps most - it's 7v7 ATM, 3rd is Clearcut with 2 votes)

[=KoS= Eldragon]

Clearcut: I love knocking down trees. I also like the wide open fighting. Seems like only this one and Sandblasted do you get to use the Light Gauss rifle and ELRM.

Hopefully the stumps get cleaned up a bit so vehicles can roll around a little better, and perhaps another obsticle or two to keep the Arrow IV spamming down, but its still the map I look forward to playing most.

[limpossible]

1) Marshes
2) Sandblasted
3) Clearcut

I like Marshes the best since you get sneak around with passive radar and go relatively undetected. No aircraft restriction and the small fighting areas with lots of cover make it a great map.

Sandblasted is a nice balanced map.

Clearcut is great for "sniping".

[Stahlseele]

Inferno and Clearcut.
Because if you know what you are doing, even a partisan prime means death on those.

[Profane Arbiter]

The more I play the more I actually prefer Marshes. It's the only one without airpower I think...and as a result since I don't fly, the only one I can consistantly make Khan on.

[Uranium - 235]

Extremity is slow, terrible, boring, etc. etc. etc. we know.

Inferno is too hot, and it amplifies the sound bug times ten. I also hate navigating the bases (though it's fun for a BA I guess) and the entire thing is almost too hilly. Too much fighting on narrow paths, TBH.

Clearcut is alright, it's a good map to BA on, but I just finished a game where 4 dedicated BAs shut down the ENTIRE TEAM and they just hid in their fapping base for 30 minutes.

Sandblasted has great meching action, but BA is almost impossible on it. There's places with lots of cover, but most of the map has none.

Marshes has intense mech action, lots of cover for ambushes, and is also a great BA map. If the plant bug could get fixed...

[(TLL)Palad1]

Sandblasted is very good and on the plus side it's very easy on my poor machine! I love the looks of Clearcut but the destructibles make my MBP crawl...

[Dagger6T6]

What's your favorite things about each map?
and why?

write why you love your fav # maps placed in alphabetical order # Only SolarisArena maps)

SA_Clearcut - Love this map, open spaces, love watching the LRM fireworks at night... the easter egg on the top of Mt. Pissyerself, trees and rocks to provied some cover... nice layout.

SA_Extremity - I love this map because it's everyones' red headed stepchild of maps. Personally the things that people hate about this map are why i like it and why it has personality. Low grav is a new experience, I like the cockpit ice effects regardless of how annoying it is to see BA. Purple ice and crystals, hot one minute and cold the next. It's an extreme enviro... we are not piloting mechs through the local McD's drive thru. Who ever did this map should get some kudos for an original idea

SA_Inferno - it's a challenge to navigate... gotta watch the heat levels and heat management really comes into play... good for fast battles

SA_Marshes - Love hunting mechs with BA on this map. The water effects are cool, lots of places to hide and sneak around

SA_Sandblasted - Maybe this is my fav it has a good mix of everything, long range fighting on the ridges, trench warfare down in the ruins, Elementals hiding in the ruins waiting to pop out on some mechs. I like riding in atop and Atlas, watching all the Aeros and mechs duke it out.


Overall this whole mod makes my pants tingle and I love all the maps... I just want more maps! and objective based play.

[Valkyrie Vewas]

I feel as your poll is showing that some of the maps really arent mech friendly. While cool looking they have ruff movement. Also I feel that even a map like sandblast were there is lots of room to move. The Sand bumps are almost to much as in they are so high that u have to get close to have a snipe. I feel alot more people would like clearcut if 2 things were done those little things u get stuck on get removed same goes with the swamp map though not as bad. Maps just need more even, or slowly changing in height. MW4 maps are a good idea of the right balance imo