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[miscreant]

Maverick: You should go to work for PGI - I'm certain the upcoming maps are all featureless Earthly locations.

[Phoenix Branson]

miscreant, on 04 February 2013 - 10:38 PM, said:

Maverick: You should go to work for PGI - I'm certain the upcoming maps are all featureless Earthly locations.

I wish the community could help with maps. Would be cool if you could submit a map concept with detailed sketches and supporting pictures, and if accepted by PGI, they could give you MC for your hard work. However, once submitted, you lose ownership. There are legal issues I'm sure.,.

[Vincent Lynch]

They are ALL awesome!!!

[Kraven Kor]

Yes.

As in, all of them.

[Bhael Fire]

These are the maps I really want:

Ancient Forest
Jungle Outpost
Tropical Islands
Firestorm


Also:

Canyon
Map Size: Very Large
Temperature: Hot
Weather: Clear
Key Features: winding ravines, steep elevations, shallow creeks, caves

[The Silent Protagonist]

Just saw that event horizon concept.

ALL OF MY FECKING WANT

[Chou Senwan]

I wonder if PGI could have some sort of 'fund the maps' competition, working a la Kickstarter, where they say, "Okay, it will cost us <wild guess>$5,000</wild guess> to make a new map. Here are the maps we're considering. Whichever one receives $5000 in pledges first, we promise to release within 60 days. The money will go to hiring a short-term coder or paying overtime to our staff."

[DEN_Ninja]

[Phoenix Branson]

Tichorius Davion, on 05 February 2013 - 03:59 PM, said:

Famous words.

Let's get a few more votes to get over 300. Do it for your faction!

Edited by Maverick01, 05 February 2013 - 05:22 PM.

[Zanathan]

Maverick01, on 04 February 2013 - 07:13 PM, said:

Here are three new map concepts not included in the Poll.

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: Large
Temperature: Very Hot
Weather: Wildfires
Key Features: Forest with Massive Wildfire (Heat raises exponentially when BattleMech enters Wildfire)

Dude .. love your work!

Those would be insane! Fighting in a friggin (fire)storm.

So instead of "Don't go into the caldera guys!" it'll be "Don't go into the storm guys!".

[Mordynak]

Dammit, I read the title thinking this was PGI asking us what we wanted. Greatly disappointed ...

Some nice looking maps though, and i still voted.

[Tastian]

bump for epicness!

[Spirit of the Wolf]

I can't believe the Event Horizon doesn't have more votes!

I know that there aren't really any black holes in the inner sphere, but still -- how many players would love to see a giant black hole floating in the distance?

Plus, we all know that there's a ton of stuff which isn't canon already -- I say if you're going to ignore it a bit, screw it: GO ALL OUT.

Also:
Deep Cavern (Would make for a great night vision map, and if there are luminous crystals, it would look even better.)
Red Planet (Sandstorms would be nice -- and if they're metallic (ferrous, as in iron, as in rust, as in RED), they could interfere with ECM by acting to dull its effects.)
Castle Mountain (Okay, this just looks awesome)
Biodome (This could be interesting, especially if there are certain passages which only light mechs can use because of height limits.)
Green Valley (Fog would be cool, so long as it's only in the lower part of the valley, and it affects both looking into and out of the fog.)

Event Horizon (See first explanation)
Tropical Island (Dude. Volcanic Island.)



*EDIT*
Also, this is the type of thread that really makes me wish that 'follow this thread' worked properly.

Edited by Spirit of the Wolf, 06 February 2013 - 08:22 AM.

[Eyecon69]

Those are obviously all great ideas considering all the results are so tight... all under 10%

As a side note I think a level with volcanoes lava and such would be pretty epic... lots of heat going on there.

Edited by Eyecon69, 06 February 2013 - 09:04 AM.

[DEN_Ninja]

Why not all of it.

[Spirit of the Wolf]

Tichorius Davion, on 06 February 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

Why not all of it.

Well, maybe if we're really lucky.

[Ilxuss]

My picks are: Aerospace Hangar, Deep Cavern, Metropolis, Marshes and Castle Mountain. In the second poll I chose Tropical Island and Stormfront Farm. All of those concepts sounds nice though.

I wish there was option "All of Them!". Oh well, maybe one day in future far away.

[Dagger6T6]

poll is fairly even... therefore i motion to add them all

[DEN_Ninja]

In all fairness I just want to keep this thread alive because PGI needs to know that Maps need to be larger and grander. This thread has a load of great ideas.

Hell I'd actually like to see the forum "coders, software developers, programmers, and graphical artists" that brag about how they could pull this off put their money where their mouth is and help make some of these maps.

Edited by Tichorius Davion, 06 February 2013 - 09:51 AM.

[MaddMaxx]

After "Redwood Forest" with an "Event Horizon - Night" version, Any and or all of the above.