Are elevators and stairs good for TF2?

[Mar]

Little poll I'm making to satisfy my own curiosity.

Do you think that Elevators and/or ladders fit in with the gameplay mechanics of TF2?

Personally I am strongly against ladders break the flow and are extremely awkward to use and shoot at someone else at the same time. I'm also against elevators due to the fact that they take control away from you and it's very easy to get stuck beneath them or fall off of them, which sucks when it happens.


EDIT: Can an Admin, using the same format, add stairs and ramps to the poll? Just add these options.


Yes, I think stairs should be in maps.
No, I think stairs should not be in maps.
Yes, I think ramps should be in maps.
No, I think ramps should not be in maps.
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[The Political Gamer]

Yes to all, IF THEY WORK!

 

[DJive]

Yes to a WORKING elevator.

no to stairs. Stairs physic is so weird and SUPER fast it doesnt feel right.

 

[Mar]

Yes to a WORKING elevator.

no to stairs. Stairs physic is so weird and SUPER fast it doesnt feel right.

Stairs? Maybe I should add stairs to poll. but I guess ramps are ok then.

Edit: Can an Admin, using the same format, add stairs and ramps to the poll? Just add these options.


Yes, I think stairs should be in maps.
No, I think stairs should not be in maps.
Yes, I think ramps should be in maps.
No, I think ramps should not be in maps.

 

[DJive]

Yes to a WORKING elevator.

no to stairs. Stairs physic is so weird and SUPER fast it doesnt feel right.

I meant to say Ladder.. not stairs.

sorry for confusion. :facepalm:facepalm

EDIT: Added other polls

 

[medd]

IMO, stairs and ramps are fine. I REALLY don't like ladders or elevators.
I prefer to keep it real

 

[Icarus]

stairs and ramps are the same thing...?

Elevators and ladders are a big no-no in my opinion. Not only do neither of them work well in TF2, but Valve stated themselves that limiting player movement with ladders and elevators is not as fun as the freedom of stairs and ramps.

 

[eerieone]

we forgot the most badass way of vertical transportation

JUMP-PADS!!!!

they are like the meaner, cooler brother of elevators

 

[Inqwel]

I prefer to get shot out a canon to get around the map. /kidding

 

[AntonJ3000]

I like all those except for ladders, they are too damn buggy in TF2

 

[kwagner]

The way ladders work seems too mechanical. You are either free, or you are stuck doing the ladder thing. Takes my mind out of the fight. So I voted 'no' to ladders.

An elevator could be different. If it were open sided you could fight while it moved, and periods of time waiting for it to come into position have the potential for creating drama. But if it were badly done (buggy, serving no real purpose) it would detract. Still, I don't want to block skilled mappers away from a potentially useful tool. 'Yes' to elevators.

Stairs? Ramps? Total 'Yes'. You need SOME means of changing elevation, and those are the most natural.

Anyone ever done Escalators? That would seem to have potential.

Jump pads, cannon, etc... Not familiar enough with them to comment. I've only played a couple surf-style maps, and how such things were working didn't make a lot of sense. (Maybe the surf-maps I played weren't so good?)

 

[Shadow Monkey]

Stairs and ramps: yes!

Elevators and ladders: no!

I often play spy and I need stairs for stairstabs (yes, rly )!
Elevators are not so bad, but stilll not good and ladders = SHIT!

 

[uma plata]

Only elevator I can recall in TF2 is in Mach4, and it sucks. Always crushes you

 

[DaFatCat]

Ramps and stairs (which are essentially just ramps that look different- player clip is always used on stairs) ftw!

Elevators stop gameplay. They are blurg.

Ladders just don't feel right with the gameplay of TF2, and besides it looks like shit when people climb ladders.

One way of changing elevation is using big sucking vents, that suck players up into a vent.