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[Phoenix Branson]

The goal of this thread is to inform PGI what the community wants in terms of maps. Thanks for taking the time to do the Polls below.



Poll 1



Space Platform
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Very Cold
Gravity: Low
Key Features: Massive space platform with various JumpShips flying around


Lunar Observatory
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Very Cold
Gravity: Low
Key Features: Lunar observatory, cliff faces, and craters


Aerospace Hanger
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Moderate
Weather Effects: Clear
Key Features: Massive aerospace hanger with various aerospace fighters


Deep Cavern
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Clear
Key Features: Massive cave system


Badlands
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Arid
Weather Effects: Clear
Key Features: Rock towers, rolling hills, and grassy plains


Planetary Rings
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Cold
Weather Effects: Freezing Rain
Key Features: Large hills and valleys, evergreen trees, and small civilian buildings


Red Planet
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Very Cold
Weather Effects: Sandstorms
Key Features: Terraforming stations, mountains, desert flatlands, and canyons


Metropolis
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather Effects: Clear
Key Features: Vast city landscape


Green Valley
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Temperate
Weather Effects: Fog
Key Features: Massive valley, plateaus, rivers, and dense forest

Marshes
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Hot
Weather Effects: Thunderstorms
Key Features: Bog environment


Mining Colony
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Very Cold
Gravity: Low
Key Features: Mining colony, moon landscape, mining vehicles and equipment


Jungle Station
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Hot
Weather Effects: Sunny
Key Features: Station within jungle environment, streams and waterfalls


Asteroid Base
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Very Cold
Gravity: Low
Key Features: Asteroid base, geysers, craters, and massive rock outcroppings


Ancient City
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Hot
Weather Effects: Sunny
Key Features: Ancient city with large perimeter walls, courtyard, barracks, and statues.


Redwood Forest
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather Effects: Clear
Key Features: Dense redwood forest, long rivers, and various structures


Castle Mountain
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather Effects: Rain
Key Features: Castle mountain, lakes, and scattered hills


Biodome
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather Effects: Clear
Key Features: Massive bio-dome environment





Poll 2




Stormfront Farm
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Hurricane (Heavy Rain and Gusty Winds)
Key Features: Farmland, scattered trees, and various farm structures and equipment


Dustbowl
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Duststorms
Key Features: Desert with massive duststorm (visibility drops rapidly when BattleMech enters duststorm)


Firestorm
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Very Hot
Weather: Wildfires
Key Features: Forest with massive wildfire (heat raises exponentially when BattleMech enters wildfire)


Event Horizon
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Very Cold
Gravity: Low
Key Features: Blackhole is slowly ripping apart a rogue moon, causing unstable gravity and electronic interface


Tropical Island
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Hot
Weather: Clear
Key Features: Giant tropical island w/ multiple smaller islands, vegetation and bright blue water





Poll 3




Jungle Palace
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Hot
Weather: Sunny
Key Features: Large palace structures within a jungle environment



Underwater Ruins
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Very Cold
Key Features: Underwater city ruins


Spaceport Facility
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Clear
Key Features: Large spaceport facility


Nuclear Wasteland
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Cold
Weather: Radioactive Fog
Key Features: Planet filled with trash and debris





Poll 4




Desert City
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Hot
Weather: Duststorms
Key Features: City within a large desert landscape


Cloud City
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Cold
Key Features: Floating city (above the clouds)


Mountain Base
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Cold
Weather: Snowy
Key Features: Large military base, evergreen trees, and snow capped mountain


Outpost Colony
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Sunny
Key Features: Multiple towers, long river, dense forest, and scattered hills


Abandoned Refinery
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Hot
Weather: Clear
Key Features: Refinery structures with numerous ramps to traverse all three levels of the refinery


Solaris Arena
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Key Features: Massive solaris arena with pedestals (varying heights) and electronic billboards




Poll 5




New Province
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Sunny
Key Features: Bottom city level is slums while upper city level is upper class (multiple ramps for access).


Air Base
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Sunset
Key Features: Air base with various buildings and Aerospace fighters.


Frozen Fortress
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Cold
Weather: Snowstorms
Key Features: Fortress alongside mountaintop.


BattleMech Factory
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Moderate
Key Features: Factory environment with numerous corridors and large open areas.


Waterfall City
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Sunny
Key Features: City environment alongside massive waterfall.


Naval Shipyard
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Cloudy
Key Features: Naval shipyard with various buildings, docks, and naval vessels.


Derelict Mine
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Duststorms
Key Features: Mine environment with various mining equipment.





Other Map Concepts...




Fog Forest
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Fog
Key Features: Forest environment with dense fog causing low visibility.


Monolith Desert
Map Size: Medium
Temperature: Hot
Weather: Sunny
Key Features: Desert environment with large rocky pillars scattered throughout.


Apocalyptic City
Map Size: Large
Temperature: Moderate
Weather: Sunny
Key Features: Destroyed city environment that is overgrown with vegetation.

Edited by Maverick01, 12 July 2014 - 08:43 AM.

[Phoenix Branson]

Thanks for taking the time to do the polls above!

Edited by Maverick01, 27 May 2013 - 08:35 AM.

[Murku]

Again, nice to brainstorm possibilities.

[Lokust Davion]

space platform would be epic!

[Phoenix Branson]

Lokust Davion, on 03 February 2013 - 04:30 PM, said:

space platform would be epic!

I agree!!!

[Nathan Foxbane]

If I could vote other well. I would like to see a bit of a mash up. Redwood forest with a long abandoned and overgrown urban area. With buildings overgrown with foliage that have large enough damaged spaces for 'Mechs to move through and hide in. Streams running down eroded alleyways into a subway system beneath partially collapsed streets. (Could not actually enter the subway) Boggy park, square or Quad that spills into some nearby buildings. Would need to be a large map with a solid mix of heavily wooded and very mixed elevation urban areas. Environmental effects could include shifting mists and/or clinging fog limited to certain parts of the map.

For the record:
Badlands
Marshes
Jungle Outpost
Redwood Forest
Biodome

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 03 February 2013 - 06:32 PM.

[Oy of MidWorld]

Those are some nice concept pictures, even if some seem a little too "high sci-fi" for BattleTech. I would love to see map designs get a little more alien. I do realize that many planets valuable enough to be fighting over have been terraformed to some degree, however there might still be strange rock formations, differently colored plant life and strange moons in orbit. Or a gas giant with rings if the battlefield is on a moon.

All in all i really think the maps need to get a lot bigger.

[Navid A1]

again... i want aaalll of them.

[Sybreed]

these concepts are simply amazing. PGI should look at this thread and go "well, we know what maps we need to make for the next 2 years"

[MasterofBlasters]

I have another idea, how about a map that takes place at the bottom of an ocean. There could be sunken ships for cover and ridges and sea mounts for terrain. Perhaps ships could pass by on the surface above. Ballistics could do half damage or have half the range to represent the increased density of water compared to air. We'd need torpedoes instead of missiles. Probably a pipe dream but I can hope.

[Jman5]

Deep Cavern, Space Platform, Biodome, Metropolis, Marsh.

[Santiago Macario]

Jungle Outpost would be very nice if it had a larger river crossing the map at its center, with each team on its side. The surroundings of the main river could be more open with scattered buildings to provide direct fire cover from the other side (mostly like the concep art itself). This game needs a tropical jungle map.

Edited by Santiago Macario, 03 February 2013 - 05:36 PM.

[Phoenix Branson]

My five picks are...

Space Platform
Lunar Observatory
Deep Cavern
Red Planet
Metropolis

[Riptide556]

These are all very beautiful!

What I miss the the most from MW2/MW3/MW4: huge maps.

[Team Leader]

CRAP! I voted before I saw the pictures!!!!
What about a map with giant crystal structures/geodes that would refract lasers?

Edited by Team Leader, 03 February 2013 - 06:14 PM.

[Phoenix Branson]

Team Leader, on 03 February 2013 - 06:10 PM, said:

CRAP! I voted before I saw the pictures!!!!
What about a map with giant crystal structures/geodes that would refract lasers?

You can delete your vote and do it again.

Edited by Maverick01, 03 February 2013 - 06:17 PM.

[Mazzyplz]

redwood forest is what i have been hoping for (besides metropolis) trees you could use for cover but that can be easily flanked as well



imagine a raven walking along a huge downed tree, with lush vegetation all around. it's AMS starts spinning and shooting all of a sudden! it's an ambush!!!!

this is what i would use as a setting for a battletech movie.

edit: not to mention you could use the cryengine to it's fullest (eg. Crysis 1)

Edited by Mazzyplz, 03 February 2013 - 06:38 PM.

[Scrawny Cowboy]

Voted for Space Platform, Hangar, Badlands, Castle Mountain, and Metropolis.

Great poll!

[Phoenix Branson]

I tried my best to make all the maps unique and interesting environments.

I hope I was successful.

Edited by Maverick01, 03 February 2013 - 06:37 PM.

[Tincan Nightmare]

Crap all of them. Variety is the spice of life and I like all of these . Though the IS isn't building warships yet so the Aerospace hanger shouldn't have one under construction. Be cooler to see rows of Stuka's or Corsairs. But just way awesome pictures.