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[Mirkk Defwode]

And I'll have you all look at the post in my signature. Please keep pinging that and supporting that - I've been pushing it to Russ and the PGI official twitter account hoping for some sort of reply or acknowledgement of the concept.

[Magos Titanicus]

i want a new map! NOW!

[Kharax]

!!!!!!

[Bulletsponge0]

tel me there will be new maps with the clan rollout

[Effectz]

Bulletsponge0, on 13 April 2014 - 12:41 PM, said:

tel me there will be new maps with the clan rollout

LoL probably not,normally they release screenshots etc before the map comes out but we've had nothing.

[Bulletsponge0]

Effectz, on 13 April 2014 - 12:43 PM, said:

LoL probably not,normally they release screenshots etc before the map comes out but we've had nothing.

they need to give new maps when the clan mechs roll out..just wouldn't seem right to have clans fighting IS on the same ground IS has been fighting IS for so long....

but I suppose if they did, it would only be more hot maps, and no cold ones....

[Viges]

Spoiler

New map? Stage 4 social reward of clans preoders.

[Bryan Ekman]

Kharax, on 03 April 2014 - 05:54 AM, said:

Because i Like MWO realy, it is just all the existing maps booring me off after played them 1000+ times. PLEASE DUDES BRING US SOME darn MAPS cant that be soo strange???

Right now the art team is working on finishing up the Clan `Mechs. We have two maps in the cooker on hold for now. We're waiting for resources to free up and then we can see about finishing them up and pushing "Swamp" live.

[Roadbeer]

Bryan Ekman, on 14 April 2014 - 08:42 AM, said:

Right now the art team is working on finishing up the Clan `Mechs. We have two maps in the cooker on hold for now. We're waiting for resources to free up and then we can see about finishing them up and pushing "Swamp" live.

This makes me a Sad Llama

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

@Topic

New map will be available late May, and it will be another shoebox.


Next Question, please!

[Kharax]

Bryan Ekman, on 14 April 2014 - 08:42 AM, said:

Right now the art team is working on finishing up the Clan `Mechs. We have two maps in the cooker on hold for now. We're waiting for resources to free up and then we can see about finishing them up and pushing "Swamp" live.

Thank you, this point makes me realy re think about, to make some clan preorder ;D
And also doesent leave the smell of anything writen here is being ignored anyways...
Looking forward for what ever there is comming...

[Rebas Kradd]

Bryan Ekman, on 14 April 2014 - 08:42 AM, said:

Right now the art team is working on finishing up the Clan `Mechs. We have two maps in the cooker on hold for now. We're waiting for resources to free up and then we can see about finishing them up and pushing "Swamp" live.

While we have you here, can you say when "The Plan" will be updated next?

[General Taskeen]

I really wish there would be a map based on a Star League Depot with a huge set of factories to fight in.

Just Something that really digs into the canon more.

Edited by General Taskeen, 14 April 2014 - 10:05 AM.

[Nathan Foxbane]

Bryan Ekman, on 14 April 2014 - 08:42 AM, said:

Right now the art team is working on finishing up the Clan `Mechs. We have two maps in the cooker on hold for now. We're waiting for resources to free up and then we can see about finishing them up and pushing "Swamp" live.

Will this swamp be of the tall reeds wetlands kind or the creepy, curtains of moss hanging from trees, piss your pants when a frog jumps into the water kind? Because the second would be freaking awesome as a night map.

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 14 April 2014 - 08:27 PM.

[Dimento Graven]

Bryan Ekman, on 14 April 2014 - 08:42 AM, said:

Right now the art team is working on finishing up the Clan `Mechs. We have two maps in the cooker on hold for now. We're waiting for resources to free up and then we can see about finishing them up and pushing "Swamp" live.

Direct translation:

No work is being done on maps currently, while Clan 'Mechs are being created.

It sounds like they have, at least, plans for two different maps.

No maps will be worked on until they people available to work on them.

The next expected map will be "Swamp Map".

No delivery date given.

What I don't get is, what would be so hard about taking advantage of some very obvious "low hanging fruit"?

Create night versions of:
Caustic Valley
Crimson Strait
Canyon Network
Forest Colony
Forest Colony Snow
HPG Relay
Alpine Peaks

Aren't Day/Night settings actual Crysis Engine flags? A simple switch of a single bit, effectively?

A little larger stretch (because I assume that new textures would need to be created/applied):
Create "snow" versions of:
Crimson Strait
Canyon Network
River City
River City Night

Little things like that. Just recycle the current maps with new 'modes'.

Or is there something about map development I'm not understanding? Cure my ignorance if you can, I love to learn!

Edited by Dimento Graven, 14 April 2014 - 12:05 PM.

[Deathlike]

Rebas Kradd, on 08 April 2014 - 12:30 PM, said:

No wonder you're so grumpy.

Map Name Matches Wins Losses Ratio Time
Forest Colony 23 9 14 0.64 02:13:54
Frozen City 21 14 7 2.00 01:57:21
Caustic Valley 42 21 21 1.00 04:28:27
River City 21 11 10 1.10 02:07:05
Forest Colony Snow 24 15 9 1.67 02:29:25
Frozen City Night 29 18 11 1.64 02:19:39
River City Night 22 14 8 1.75 02:22:11
Alpine Peaks 41 27 14 1.93 05:07:00
Tourmaline Desert 48 26 21 1.24 04:39:21
Canyon Network 47 28 19 1.47 05:04:46
Terra Therma 66 33 32 1.03 07:03:37
Crimson Strait 52 22 30 0.73 05:43:35
HPG Manifold 42 23 19 1.21 04:17:38

The numbers don't lie.

[Viges]

Though I want new maps (pref jungle) and new mechs, I know this will change little for me game wise - it will be pretty much the same (boring). I really want to see new game modes, mission oriented, even on existing maps.

[DevilCrayon]

Bryan Ekman, on 14 April 2014 - 08:42 AM, said:

Right now the art team is working on finishing up the Clan `Mechs. We have two maps in the cooker on hold for now. We're waiting for resources to free up and then we can see about finishing them up and pushing "Swamp" live.

So not until after the clam mechs are out? Mid-June?

[Cattra Kell]

@Dimento Graven; Snow Crimson Straights would be amazing. Mainly if the ice was all frozen or something different was applied to it.

[Dimento Graven]

DevilCrayon, on 14 April 2014 - 02:00 PM, said:

So not until after the clam mechs are out? Mid-June?

"Clam" 'Mechs?!?!? NEVAR!!!!

Anyway, they could finish the Clan 'mech artwork much sooner than June, but that's not an unreasonable interpretation.

Cattra Kell, on 14 April 2014 - 02:05 PM, said:

@Dimento Graven; Snow Crimson Straights would be amazing. Mainly if the ice was all frozen or something different was applied to it.

Agreed, which is why I mention "new" map options like this every time I get the opportunity.

Again, it seems like something that "should be" quick and easy to accomplish.