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[Sader325]

Still small.

Still Nascar.

Now with rocks and mandatory nightvision.

Edited by Sader325, 06 October 2015 - 01:37 PM.

[Livewyr]

Well.. LRMs aren't quite the gods they were.


Because that was a real problem in tier 3+...

[Not A Real RAbbi]

Remember when it was the biggest map?

[Screech]

Was really sad when I read that they were not really changing Caustic much as it really is the worst map to play on, I mean at least TT is a decent conquest map.

That being said, can anyone tell if the increased the map rotation for Caustic as they have done in the past for new/rehabbed maps? I am just hoping that since they decided that no dramatic, and imo needed, changes were made they wouldn't give it the same treatment on rotation.

[Alistair Winter]

Caustic is one of those maps where they may as well delete the outer 50%. Remember in 2013, when people used to try fancy maneuvers, like going down the 3-line? Good times.

Gentlemen, start your engines.

[chewie]

Except now its no longer Nascar.

All them rocks have turned it into I don't know what.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Alistair Winter, on 06 October 2015 - 11:25 AM, said:

Caustic is one of those maps where they may as well delete the outer 50%.

like all of the maps theyve made bigger. We still engage in the same tiny areas. Look at river city for an example

[MeiSooHaityu]

TheRAbbi, on 06 October 2015 - 11:05 AM, said:

Remember when it was the biggest map?

Pepridge Fa....oh never mind.

Yes, I remember that.

[Not A Real RAbbi]

Hey, I still run the 2-line. LOVE me some Caustic Valley. Call me sentimental...

[Livewyr]

Confirmed.. group queue just NASCAR'd hard core.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

Sader325, on 06 October 2015 - 11:03 AM, said:

Now with rocks and mandatory nightvision.

Shame, this used to be one of the few maps where alternate vision was both situational and optional.

[generalazure]

Really like the cover from all those new rocks, now I can feel safe when pausing the race to cool down

[Alistair Winter]

It sure is pretty though. It may very well be the second prettiest map in MWO, after River City.

[cepera]

Why do we have so many small maps? We do not want to hide in the rocks! Mechs - very big! We need extensive maps to maneuver!

[Sader325]

Updated with video

[TWIAFU]

Sader325, on 06 October 2015 - 11:03 AM, said:

Still small.

Still Nascar.

Now with rocks and mandatory nightvision.

Then don't follow the rest of the lemmings.

[Rebas Kradd]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 06 October 2015 - 11:30 AM, said:

like all of the maps theyve made bigger. We still engage in the same tiny areas. Look at river city for an example

That's the fault of the gamemodes.

[Bishop Steiner]

chewie, on 06 October 2015 - 11:27 AM, said:

Except now its no longer Nascar.

All them rocks have turned it into I don't know what.

Pikes Peak

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 06 October 2015 - 11:30 AM, said:

like all of the maps theyve made bigger. We still engage in the same tiny areas. Look at river city for an example

Odd, I'd say I see massive fights in the Citadel area of River City maybe 1 in 10.

Maybe it's the people you keep playing with that are the issue?

Regardless, I think the color pallette is hideous, but haven't dropped on NCV enough to really get a feel for it's play dynamics.

I do see a fair number of people crowd the arch still in NFC, but again, IMO, that has more to do with the lack of imagination with the players than the map forcing it. After all, there is a massive, better battlefield far south of Candy Mountain on Alpine...and every lemming is brainwashed into heading to that dang hill.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 06 October 2015 - 01:50 PM.

[Otto Cannon]

TWIAFU, on 06 October 2015 - 01:40 PM, said:

Then don't follow the rest of the lemmings.

Yeah, because everyone likes to die alone and then be called a scrub over chat by all the lemmings.

[TheCharlatan]

I haven't played it much yet (only 3 matches) but while nascar is still there, all the rocks really split up the fight and i've seen the nascar suddenly stop and change direction a few times.
It's good ol' Caustic, just better.