Figured I'd make a thread for the new maps they added for the update
Imo the maps they added were really good. I really like Highpass; it reminds me of Viaduct, and I think it could be very good for 6s. Vanguard is pretty nice. Landfall feels a bit stalemate-like, and Snowycoast is a really good Payload map.
What are your thoughts on it?
Figured I'd make a thread for the new maps they added for the update
Imo the maps they added were really good. I really like Highpass; it reminds me of Viaduct, and I think it could be very good for 6s. Vanguard is pretty nice. Landfall feels a bit stalemate-like, and Snowycoast is a really good Payload map.
What are your thoughts on it?
I don't like the visual aspects of vanguard, but it seems kinda interesting. All of the Tough Break maps have lots of nooks and crannies though.
I don't like the visual aspects of vanguard, but it seems kinda interesting. All of the Tough Break maps have lots of nooks and crannies though.
i dont really like snowy coasts's huge openness and lack of flanks
i dont really like snowy coasts's huge openness and lack of flanks
i like all of the maps, especially landfall
i like all of the maps, especially landfall
i hated vanguard in HL and it never got any better
the mid is an absolute clusterfuck and last is an impenetrable death fortress
i hated vanguard in HL and it never got any better
the mid is an absolute clusterfuck and last is an impenetrable death fortress
I remember playing Highpass in new map pugs for hl a while back and it seemed pretty fun
I remember playing Highpass in new map pugs for hl a while back and it seemed pretty fun
it feels like landfall is missing some connectors, but that's just me.
it feels like landfall is missing some connectors, but that's just me.
unnecessary maps, the game really didn't need them...
unnecessary maps, the game really didn't need them...
Vanguard last pushes on pubs are really stale mate like. In competitive, dont know if this will make it less so, but it needs to be nerfed for sure to make last pushes viable.
Vanguard last pushes on pubs are really stale mate like. In competitive, dont know if this will make it less so, but it needs to be nerfed for sure to make last pushes viable.
Landfall seems like a fun map, it looks nice and fps on the map itself seems to be stable cough highpass cough
Landfall seems like a fun map, it looks nice and fps on the map itself seems to be stable cough highpass cough
its very very easy to spawncamp on snowycoast
its very very easy to spawncamp on snowycoast
Highpass and Landfill are really fun maybe UGC will add them instead of having only 2 Koth maps (Via and Lakeside)
Highpass and Landfill are really fun maybe UGC will add them instead of having only 2 Koth maps (Via and Lakeside)
vanguard is so unfinished it still has visible nodraw textures
http://i.imgur.com/nZk0XUj.jpg
vanguard is so unfinished it still has visible nodraw textures [img]http://i.imgur.com/nZk0XUj.jpg[/img]
Highpass is alright, snowycoast is bad, not played the others yet.
Highpass is alright, snowycoast is bad, not played the others yet.
Bisquitunnecessary maps, the game really didn't need them...
right? They're not even badlands, idk why anyone would make these
[quote=Bisquit]unnecessary maps, the game really didn't need them...[/quote]
right? They're not even badlands, idk why anyone would make these
haven't played the ctf one yet
should do that now
rest are actually pretty ok for pub play
edit: on second thought they are all pretty bad
haven't played the ctf one yet
should do that now
rest are actually pretty ok for pub play
edit: on second thought they are all pretty bad
Spoiler the CTF map is not very good
Spoiler the CTF map is not very good
mvanguard is terrible
Lunacidei hated vanguard
AvastVanguard is ass aids
wow rude
To be serious though - haven't yet played the other two but the snowy payload map seemed pretty bad and cp_vanguard has always been pretty lacklustre imo; I've always WANTED to like it because it has some neat ideas in places but I think it needs a lot more work to actually be a map worthy of being official or even played competitively
[quote=m]vanguard is terrible[/quote]
[quote=Lunacide]i hated vanguard[/quote]
[quote=Avast]Vanguard is ass aids[/quote]
wow rude
To be serious though - haven't yet played the other two but the snowy payload map seemed pretty bad and cp_vanguard has always been pretty lacklustre imo; I've always WANTED to like it because it has some neat ideas in places but I think it needs a lot more work to actually be a map worthy of being official or even played competitively
New map Pugs should totally try Snowycoast to see how well it works in a hl setting.
New map Pugs should totally try Snowycoast to see how well it works in a hl setting.
new maps is 6s i think isnt it?
new maps is 6s i think isnt it?
Only problem with high pass is the sniper sight lines. There is no cover on the point. Viaduct, coal plant, even lakeside have cover on the point for certain sniper locations.
Only problem with high pass is the sniper sight lines. There is no cover on the point. Viaduct, coal plant, even lakeside have cover on the point for certain sniper locations.
Landfall is just a terrible map in my opinion, it is a very short map and is very choke point-y along with this it just straight up looks bad
Landfall is just a terrible map in my opinion, it is a very short map and is very choke point-y along with this it just straight up looks bad
I agree that the timing for adding vanguard was not ideal. I was in the middle of fixing the map after the last season of UGC when valve came up to me. They wanted to feature the map and I was not in a position to turn them down (a brother's gotta eat you know). A couple changes have already been implemented since the last UGC season. but it's not enough. I had other changes ready to go but I was not comfortable sending new untested changes to valve. Everything happened quite fast. The good thing is I have the opportunity to update the map at any point in time which I intend to do.
A mixed reception was always expected but yeah, I'm hopeful that with an influx of feedback things can get sorted by the end of the campaign.
if you think it's no use, that's cool too. I'll just work harder on the next map. I'm just trying to figure out if the map is of any interest or not.
I agree that the timing for adding vanguard was not ideal. I was in the middle of fixing the map after the last season of UGC when valve came up to me. They wanted to feature the map and I was not in a position to turn them down (a brother's gotta eat you know). A couple changes have already been implemented since the last UGC season. but it's not enough. I had other changes ready to go but I was not comfortable sending new untested changes to valve. Everything happened quite fast. The good thing is I have the opportunity to update the map at any point in time which I intend to do.
A mixed reception was always expected but yeah, I'm hopeful that with an influx of feedback things can get sorted by the end of the campaign.
if you think it's no use, that's cool too. I'll just work harder on the next map. I'm just trying to figure out if the map is of any interest or not.
I have not played a single game of highpass where someone went engie. Is it bad?
I have not played a single game of highpass where someone went engie. Is it bad?
Landfall is great, but then again I am a total publord scrublord so what do I know. Plays better than double cross and well at the very least, which were the only decent ctf maps in the game.
Nobody knows how to push snowycoast on pubs because it's new, but the only really awful thing to come to mind is blu spawn.
Highpass is your typical koth map. Very few gripes but pickup placement isn't ideal.
Landfall is great, but then again I am a total publord scrublord so what do I know. Plays better than double cross and well at the very least, which were the only decent ctf maps in the game.
Nobody knows how to push snowycoast on pubs because it's new, but the only really awful thing to come to mind is blu spawn.
Highpass is your typical koth map. Very few gripes but pickup placement isn't ideal.
I guarentee landfall will be extremely unfun by the end of the second week that people have been playing it.
I guarentee landfall will be extremely unfun by the end of the second week that people have been playing it.
it looks like a map that tried really hard to tone down the campy laziness of a CTF map, but no matter how you look at it it's still a CTF map and that means it still promotes players to sit in the same spot and do little to nothing for thirty to sixty minutes at a time
the game mode's just kind of flawed at the core, everything else has some form of push/pull that requires movement, CTF has nothing
it looks like a map that tried really hard to tone down the campy laziness of a CTF map, but no matter how you look at it it's still a CTF map and that means it still promotes players to sit in the same spot and do little to nothing for thirty to sixty minutes at a time
the game mode's just kind of flawed at the core, everything else has some form of push/pull that requires movement, CTF has nothing