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I think this is heavily an amph map.
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I think this is heavily an amph map.
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Lava
doesn't
stop
the
jumpers
from
accessing
the
safe
zone,
and
amph
units
are
secretly
all
jumpers
because
Lobster
exists.
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Lava
doesn't
stop
the
jumpers
from
accessing
the
safe
zone,
and
amph
units
are
secretly
all
jumpers
because
Lobster
exists.
But
generally
i
like
the
idea
of
a
lava
chasm
island.
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Technically, the lava will also require some shenanigans to get water and lava to coexist on the same map: typically, lava *is* a type of damaging water, and Spring water is the plane {y=0}.
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Technically, the lava will also require some shenanigans to get water and lava to coexist on the same map: typically, lava *is* a type of damaging water, and Spring water is the plane {y=0}.
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This map is narrow, and having three lengthwise domains makes it even more functionally narrow for factories that are locked to any of these domains, e.g. ships are locked to water, rovers are locked to not-water. This narrowness means low ability to maneuever in 1v1; in teamgames, this means that the game dissolves into a series of 1v1, one for each lane.
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This map is narrow, and having three lengthwise domains makes it even more functionally narrow for factories that are locked to any of these domains, e.g. ships are locked to water, rovers are locked to not-water. This narrowness means low ability to maneuever in 1v1; in teamgames, this means that the game dissolves into a series of 1v1, one for each lane.
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In both of these situations, porc-and-arty playstyle prevails; which means that factories with strong artillery will be favored (maybe alongside the safe-start air that is the only thing that retains ability to switch lanes at will, until Chainsaws and Artemis appear). This also gives a bonus to slow but powerful units; and this fits amphs very well.
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In both of these situations, porc-and-arty playstyle prevails; which means that factories with strong artillery will be favored (maybe alongside the safe-start air that is the only thing that retains ability to switch lanes at will, until Chainsaws and Artemis appear). This also gives a bonus to slow but powerful units; and this fits amphs very well.
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Which, in this case, means ships will eventually dominate (or in 1v1, amph start into ships to capitalize on lane economy), as i expect Envoys and later Shoguns will be able to harass both south and north dry lanes with impunity.
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Which, in this case, means ships will eventually dominate (or in 1v1, amph start into ships to capitalize on lane economy), as i expect Envoys and later Shoguns will be able to harass both south and north dry lanes with impunity.
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The cliff in the middle will not be only accessible to amphs: it will be accessible to ship-plopping Recon commanders as well. Being a metal-heavy and very defensible thing, it will also intensify the slippery slope that's already inherent in narrow lane maps.
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The cliff in the middle will not be only accessible to amphs: it will be accessible to ship-plopping Recon commanders as well. Being a metal-heavy and very defensible thing, it will also intensify the slippery slope that's already inherent in narrow lane maps.
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It would still be interesting to see someone try to implement it.
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It would still be interesting to see someone try to implement it.
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1v1 Map idea