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Map Balance: Which Side Has The Advantage?

Started by ohtochooseaname, Apr 18 2013 09:12 AM

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Poll: Which starting point do you think has the advantage on Conquest? (19 member(s) have cast votes)

Forest Colony

  1. Upper, in the mountains (3 votes [15.79%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 15.79%

  2. Lower, near the water (5 votes [26.32%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 26.32%

  3. Undecided/no preference (11 votes [57.89%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 57.89%

Frozen City

  1. Upper/sky scrapers (10 votes [52.63%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 52.63%

  2. Lower (2 votes [10.53%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 10.53%

  3. Undecided/no preference (7 votes [36.84%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 36.84%

Caustic Valley

  1. Buildings (5 votes [26.32%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 26.32%

  2. No buildings (6 votes [31.58%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 31.58%

  3. Undecided/no preference (8 votes [42.11%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 42.11%

River City

  1. Upper/Drop Ship (10 votes [52.63%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 52.63%

  2. Lower (5 votes [26.32%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 26.32%

  3. Undecided/no preference (4 votes [21.05%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 21.05%

Alpine Peaks

  1. Upper/larger city (15 votes [78.95%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 78.95%

  2. Lower (1 votes [5.26%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 5.26%

  3. Undecided/no preference (3 votes [15.79%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 15.79%

Tourmaline Desert

  1. Side with epsilon on the right (clear view of the Stargate/ring from start) (2 votes [10.53%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 10.53%

  2. Side with epsilon on the left (4 votes [21.05%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 21.05%

  3. Undecided/no preference (13 votes [68.42%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 68.42%

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#1 ohtochooseaname

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Posted 18 April 2013 - 09:12 AM

So, since the sides aren't identical, one side is invariably at least slightly better than the other. This is more pronounced in the Conquest game mode, and virtually unchanged in the maps with two variants. Therefore, the poll was limited to a single map for each "world" and conquest mode only for brevity. Feel free to comment on your choices about why you'd pick one side over the other.

To reduce confusion, I have tried to make which side I am referring to obvious, but I would welcome any comments on a better way to describe them. I especially need help with Tourmaline.

I am not proposing to make the sides identical, like in WoW, as that would break immersion and make the game seem more contrived. I'm just curious as to what the community thinks.

Edited by ohtochooseaname, 18 April 2013 - 09:14 AM.

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Posted 18 April 2013 - 09:15 AM

Only on Alpine, the advantage is SIGNIFICANTLY greater in the NE base. Every other map is more or less the same.
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