Iceland.. seriously.

by **eldawg51** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:05 am

Ice again? Didn't they have this map a few days ago?

by **lefty** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:11 am

I doubt it will be up for long. They've been putting old maps up for like a few hours between new maps that have been running for about 2 days.

by **eldawg51** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:24 am

Isee, Isee. :). Crazy Waters should be coming up soon since the tourney is Wednesday. Hope it's fun and they have all the ferries in the big water.

by **curtis89** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:46 pm

eldawg51 wrote:Isee, Isee. :). Crazy Waters should be coming up soon since the tourney is Wednesday. Hope it's fun and they have all the ferries in the big water.

One would only hope so... I had some time to sit down and play today. I was excited to get some points in until I saw it was iceland. Went in there and died twice. Insuff and then I forgot to toggle armors. Said screw it. They can delete that map, I'm certain nobody would miss it..

by **Jordann** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:50 pm

Anyone else notice the pattern?

After Levels, the map was castles.

After badlands, the map was iceland.

After foundry, the map was castles.

After Canada, the map is iceland.

Coincidence?

Maybe they're planning on removing castles and iceland, and are deciding which map to replace it with by seeing which generate the most activity (and if they'd generate more activity then the original maps)

I'd love to see Canada replace iceland and Foundry replace castles (I'd also like to see Level get in main rotation as well)

I wonder if they will do the same with other original maps, maybe find a replacement for apps and deep 6. Realistically Levels should replace maze, but I enjoy maze and don't see it getting canned from the rotation.

by **wardizzle** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:29 am

What are you talking about? Ice should stay. Apps and Castles should be removed.

Ice was the perfect water map. Once you got over expecting 4000 fuel every screen, it was easily the most fun in BF: you could have fun and expect kills in anything from a 1v1 to a 6v1.

by **lefty** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:54 am

I think they put ice back up to let players compare canada to iceland more directly. I think both maps should be permanent.

So far I'm down with keeping the original 6, axing deep six again, axe badlands, quick sand & blast zone. Work levels, foundry, and canada into rotation. I think by the end we'll have over 10 playable maps, at which point I feel as though the best ones should rotate for regular play and the lesser maps should feature in the occasional tournament.

1)Foundry

2)Desert
2)Levels

3)Iceland
3)Canada
3)Rox
3)Castles

4)Maze
4)Apps

From best to worst although I see little difference in quality for several of these maps. Still 9 more to trial.

by **eldawg51** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:14 am

wardizzle wrote:What are you talking about? Ice should stay. Apps and Castles should be removed.

Ice was the perfect water map. Once you got over expecting 4000 fuel every screen, it was easily the most fun in BF: you could have fun and expect kills in anything from a 1v1 to a 6v1.

I'm forced to agree, Apps just doesn't bring the activity it deserves in my opinion. It's fun when it's active but players don't have the patience. I think they want to insert maps based on activity; Foundry, Levels, The Pit which is rocks on roids. All maps that create activity should be in the rotation. Having said that I'm going to have to adjust my ratings again.

by **Zenta** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:36 am

eldawg your ready to let go of our homeland....

just kidding, i feel the same these days.

by **eldawg51** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:51 am

Zenta wrote:eldawg your ready to let go of our homeland....

just kidding, i feel the same these days.

No, but from a dev perspective, I would have to do what's best for the game, not my own personal preference.

by **lefty** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:24 am

kyles globe map should replace apps

foundry over castles

levels over maze

atelos iceleaf map over iceland

the pit over rox

egypt over desert

The crazy part is there are more solid maps still left over. It's gonna be a headache for them deciding what should stay and what should go. Personally I see no harm in having 15 permanent maps. Each would have 2 days per month and approximately 1 tourney every other month. That'd keep things fresh.

by **zubby** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:50 am

If the game does grow bigger, there might be room to open more maps up like battlefield, not just rotating them all the time. And I would like to play atelos ice map first before I judge it, since it only seems to be 2 ice maps to trial. Personally, im iffy on the design of whatever those things are..

by **Nameless** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:56 am

Why replace any map. Just take out the crap that wont get played like quick sands. The old maps are all still fun bring back d6 too.

by **lefty** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:09 am

d6 is terrible. 3/10

Why bring it back with so many better maps to play?

by **megaGOD** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:37 am

zubby wrote:If the game does grow bigger, there might be room to open more maps up like battlefield, not just rotating them all the time. And I would like to play atelos ice map first before I judge it, since it only seems to be 2 ice maps to trial. Personally, im iffy on the design of whatever those things are..

they're suppose to be elements, ice, wind, fire, earth haha. They're basically little lakes, shouldnt make a huge difference. It should be pretty navigable though, hopefully.

by **lefty** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:47 am

it looks like its gonna be more interesting than canada. Canada was fine i just agree that it's a little bland

by **Jordann** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:03 pm

no offense but elements looks terrible imo. Tongues and shit all over the place. Also its ice tiles but its basically a land map.

by **megaGOD** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:35 pm

Jordann wrote:no offense but elements looks terrible imo. Tongues and shit all over the place. Also its ice tiles but its basically a land map.

meh, i couldve put more time into it, the little streams arent that great, but it doesnt look terrible. what's wrong with an ice land map? :shrug:

by **lefty** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:06 pm

it looks good to me. Full review after it's trial ;)

by **Jordann** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:11 pm

atelo wrote:
Jordann wrote:no offense but elements looks terrible imo. Tongues and shit all over the place. Also its ice tiles but its basically a land map.

meh, i couldve put more time into it, the little streams arent that great, but it doesnt look terrible. what's wrong with an ice land map?

nothing wrong with it I just don't like the actual design of the map.

by **Shazam** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:30 pm

remember that time Jordan was all butthurt cuz he didnt win a map contest?

by **Jordann** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:03 pm

:'(

Ill just have to keep winning lbs or something.

by **wardizzle** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:07 pm

Jordann wrote::'(

Ill just have to keep winning lbs or something.

KEEP winning? Kyle said he won his own LB.

:poker:

by **Nameless** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:07 pm

Shazam wrote:remember that time Jordan was all butthurt cuz he didnt win a map contest?

Damn i thought that was me and lefty.

by **Shazam** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:32 pm

no one cares about you, so its understandable how your whining slipped my mind

by **Nameless** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:45 pm

Shazam wrote:no one cares about you, so its understandable how your whining slipped my mind

Damn I just shed a tear. Dont be mad my map owns they just clearly didnt want me to win a ph. They probably thought a wc would look better on nameless. :rofl:

by **Jordann** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:50 pm

Shazam wrote:no one cares about you, so its understandable how your whining slipped my mind

does this mean you care about me?

:oops:

by **Shazam** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:59 pm

Jordann wrote:
Shazam wrote:no one cares about you, so its understandable how your whining slipped my mind

does this mean you care about me?