How come this map isn't in beta yet? I don't mean to be rude, I just want to know why.
I personally reckon it's been ready since I first played it in A7A.
I did bring up some issues with the A forward hold in A8 but you fixed them pretty quickly, and ever since then the amount of feedback has been really small, which can only be a really bad sign or a really good one.
And knowing this map, it definitely is more likely to be a really good sign.
If you're worried about the map being unbalanced in BLU's favour, I reckon you shouldn't be:
The TF2M servers aren't a great indication of team balance. With a large proportion of skilled players, the perceived BLU-friendliness or RED-friendliness of a map can drastically shift just depending on how aggressive or defensive the average server population is feeling.
What really matters is the proportion of team imbalance it takes for the gameplay to break. As long as RED is getting a fair chance to have a forward hold and backward hold on any point, it doesn't matter if they lose a bunch, they still had a fair chance and that's what matters, because it feels like they would've held if the teams were just slightly less unbalanced, and in fact they probably would've held.
And observing the most seemingly unbalanced recent playtest, of A10A, RED is given that chance, consistently, every single round.
If you're still not convinced, ask the players in your notes the next few playtests to simply feedback "!gf I like this map" or "!gf I dislike this map". If 90% of players or more say "!gf I like this map", you've got a damn good map that you should artpass immediately.
I know I would answer "!gf I like this map".
