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https://mwomercs.com...d/page__st__120
And I did a little testing in a locust with these results:
South spawn at the testing grounds spawn between K10-11 & L10-11.
North spawn between E8-9 near the smoking drop pod wreckage.
Domination circle centered on the base at J5. Circle needs to cover the safe zone behind the hill at I6/H6 to the northwest.
Circle can cover whatever to the south, plenty of cover there.
The approach in a max engine locust takes about 40-45 seconds and has long distance firing lanes on the east side of the central hill so you can see people moving a little bit but can't shoot at them unless you close. The high ground in the center is great for the southern group shooting down at northern group hiding behind hills but leaves you cut off from your forces to the south. The northern group has more options for maneuverability but less cover. There's still enough cover to hide from LRMs and to attack around north side or south from any piece of cover. There's accessible east side cover if you're brave enough to go for it so late game lights/fast mediums still have a role other than brawling. Long distance shots and LRMs are always useful on Alpine but there's a plethora of up/down locations (hills and valleys) to maneuver over and through without being a constant target for gauss/ppc/LRM. The actual domination circle would require you to be close enough that forcing a brawl is always an option.
...I mean, "I" like it...
There are several benefits to this change. Alpine is consistently difficult to balance with domination. This places the domination point at a location that offers both sides reasonable cover and maneuverability while opening up the map for flanking possibilities and light fighting. It's a non-traditional domination arrangement that allows skirmishing away from the domination point while still fighting for domination of the base itself. All weapons systems are useful, although significant brawling requires moving to the domination circle (as it should).
Edited by metallio, 12 April 2017 - 01:35 PM.
