map idea will it work? [yesh i am going to make it myself]

ironized · Post by **ironized** » 11 Dec 2007, 03:25

well i want to make an unbalanced map.....

1 v 3 ish...

3 people star on an island with VERY litle resources...

and one starts on a mountain... on the mainland with heaps of metal.....

eventually plan to make a mod to match....

will it work?

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 11 Dec 2007, 04:16

Without knowing the mod design we cannot tell you anything.

ironized · Post by **ironized** » 11 Dec 2007, 05:05

will it work for ba though?

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 11 Dec 2007, 05:50

ironized · Post by **ironized** » 11 Dec 2007, 06:16

even though 3 teams need to use metal makers, and the 1 gets metal = to speed metal?

DZHIBRISH · Post by **DZHIBRISH** » 11 Dec 2007, 08:22

Of course it can work..but you have to balance the map out..taking many hings into consideration.Bit yes,it can work if properly done.
I hope you do it..itll be refreshing tbh.

ironized · Post by **ironized** » 11 Dec 2007, 08:28

i want to but how can i balance it out?

im looking at haveing 3-4 paths up the cliff...

DZHIBRISH · Post by **DZHIBRISH** » 11 Dec 2007, 08:37

how to balance it?
by trying and failing..i dont think there are maps that are intentionaly unbalanced and are promoting unbalanced team play..
You have to make toyr first version and test it..see hoe it goes..
make attacking the one guy very easy but the other 3 guys should have low res..
for example les take a flat map ...you can make alote of metal in the middle and the further it is from the middle the less metal you have.. so when the center player expends he gets les metal but he has alote at start and the 3 player team gets more metal if it expends more....
I dont know what kind of a map you wanna do,youll have to try different things till you get it right...

clumsy_culhane · Post by **clumsy_culhane** » 11 Dec 2007, 09:17

Speed ball suicide is the only deliberately unbalanced i know of, and that's a of a similar idea to the the one ironized is suggesting.

Saktoth · Post by **Saktoth** » 11 Dec 2007, 12:38

I can, and have, played 1v3 and 2v6 games, on regular maps. Is it possible? Hell yes. But it depends on the relative skills of the players, as the balance between two sides on -any- map does.

Can it be balanced so that players of roughly equal skill can play it? Would they even want to?

I dont know, but you can try.

The major problem you'll have is the problem of any unbalanced game, its tempting to just airlift one of the coms and combomb the loner guy.

Pressure Line · Post by **Pressure Line** » 11 Dec 2007, 12:41

there wasa that OTA map... King Of The Hill. you could do something like that i guess.

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map idea will it work? [yesh i am going to make it myself]

map idea will it work? [yesh i am going to make it myself]