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The newly revamped Forest Colony map is out, and here are my first impressions..
First of all.. So.. Many... Trees! You can't see the forest from the trees! Seriously though, so many of them.. they will provide some great visual cover, and we can have a "who knocks more trees down" tournament..
Secondly, on the first glance, the map is a bit confusing, with many many roads and windy ways, its easy to get lost.. And I believe finding a solitary light will be nigh impossible.
On the upside, the revamp has expanded the map greatly, and added much depth to the design.
I do miss the old parts though. The new map is completely unrecognizable from the old one..
I do have a few beefs though:
1) Why are so many rocks made as stacked stairs? (that lead into solid rock) That looks.. unnatural somehow..
2) Why is there an open area on B8, that leads into out of bounds? Many pilots will die there easily..
3) Lots of places only lights with jump jets get into and snipe from, almost unseen. This is not inherently bad, but I wish I could get my Timber Wolf up there..
4) The obvious bugs - Dropships hovering in the air
5) Very little or none of the old topography left over.. its a completely new map, nothing of the old one has remained in terms of layout.. just a few landmarks, such as the tube bridge, the overturned shipwreck and the satelite uplink.. but its on a "wrong" hill now..
6) Nothing of the infamous "tunnel" remained..
7) Many hiding spots that will promote "I'm the last mech, I'm a light, and I want to waste your time, so come and find me powered down" mindset..
8) Sort of lost the "colony" feel... not that the original map had it in spades, but still..
9) The waterfall mists look unnatural, more like smoke than water mists
And now the good things:
1) MUCH bigger map
2) More Trees, that can be knocked down
3) Added the Forest to the colony..
4) Added the jungle feel, wish this map was used also for the Tukayyid event.. since it resembles the battlefield of that particular battle.
5) Had that "Wow, I'm in a strange unknown place, and I think I'm not alone" feel
All in all.. The map is not great, but its a step in the right direction. I still think a much better job was done for River City, since on that map, much of the original map remained, where the New forest colony is a completely new map. That, in itself, is not bad. But I wish some of the old one lived on..
Edited by Vellron2005, 18 August 2015 - 10:53 PM.
