CP Alarum

[Atlantic T]

Shtory lads!

This is the first map I feel comfortable posting. There are some weird lighting thingamajigs in some places, but I want to start testing it for game flow and stuff.

Anyway, it's a Gravel Pit style map (ie, A + B, C).

That's it really.

Update: 4th April!

Alpha 2 BSP Dropbox Download

Aplha 2 BSP.Bz2 Dropbox Download

Alpha 2 TF2Maps.net Download Page

 

[Mr.Blob]

Too much deathpit is too much D:
Looks nice though, maybe a tad open and sniper friendly.

 

[Atlantic T]

Too much deathpit is too much D:
Looks nice though, maybe a tad open and sniper friendly.

The deathpit gives pyros a chance to use their airblast to great effect! Well, that's the idea. :thumbup1:

I hope that the only sniper-friendly area is outside the C point, where the deathpit is.

The theory behind it is that I want points A and B to be relatively easy to capture, but C much harder. Gravel Pit, I find, often tends to get "stuck" on point B, and C can get neglected.

Thanks for the input though!

 

[Fredrik]

I think pyros will be OP and freakin' kill everything, and it will be impossible to cap C.

 

[Atlantic T]

I think pyros will be OP and freakin' kill everything, and it will be impossible to cap C.

If they are overpowered during a gameday, then I'll try to find a solution. Covering the bridges maybe?

 

[tyler]

That path to C is a terrible, terrible idea. If those bridges are flanks, fine. If they are the main or only path, you need to change it like right now. Or I guess play it once to understand, but jesus.

 

[REEJ]

it looks original and interesting, that's rare

 

[tyler]

true but pyros aren't the only class that can knock people into death pits

 

[RaVaGe]

Make us a premuda theme

 

[LeSwordfish]

People dont like death by deathpits because so many of the ways to die from them feel cheap. Airblast spam, rocket spam, FaN, simply walking sideways into them while payinga ttention to something else... all of them feel like deaths you couldnt have done much to prevent.

 

[Atlantic T]

So there was an impromptu yesterday on the US server and they played Alarum. I took the feedback I got and I updated to Alpha 2!

Check the OP.

 

[Harribo]

The open Bridges towards C and the really short walk time for red to get on point C made it impossible to attack, the way gravelpit corrects this is to put C up like 3 flights of stairs meaning that you can help slightly straight out of spawn when red but the distance keeps you from being very effective, it also increases the walk 2 or 3 fold for red while the small hut lets blue jump across and start their walk up the tower a third of the way up. Also the vulnerability of walking up the open sides gives a heightened sense of risk / reward to entering the point.

 

[Atlantic T]

I think I might have to rejigger the entire layout at this point, but I'll definitely keep that in mind.