It looks good! The only thing that worries me is that the item flow seems to congest EVERYTHING into the Rocket Launcher and lightning gun lavapit area, but the otherside of the map sees very little traffic, with the railgun being the only real draw to that part of the map. I'd suggest changing the YA on that side of the map to a RA instead, to draw more people.

Class Balance:

Earth is going to kick complete ass on this map. The napalm launcher will really shine here. It has quite a bit of ammo, and the narrow stairs and hallways are deathtraps if flame is everywhere. The mortar rocks here too because the angle of the stairs almost perfectly mimics the mortar's arc, allowing you to skin the rocket just above ground level the whole way up and back down.

Skippy's a bit weak on this map, because there's not much rocket/grenade ammo. I was always out of rockets, but I got a lot of nailgun and SNG kills.

Doom was actually fun to play against on this map, because the lack of rocket ammo means less rocket spam! The plasmagun is absolutely NASTY in some of the corridors though. The narrow corridors are good for doom too, but only if you can get that SSG blast off before you eat a mortar or a wall of fire.

Arena did good all around, but didn't overwhelm in any one area. Just like he should.

Stroggers will have to rely on the railgun to a great extent, or horde the chaingun/shotgun ammo. The hyperblaster just isn't on par with the other plasmaguns, and the RL is too slow for anything but surprise attacks. Grenades from the upper tier into the central area are good for a few quick kills though, against the unwary.

In terms of class balance, I'd vote it Earth > Doom &  Arena > Strogg > Slipgate

Of course, all this comes from playing nightmare bots for a while. Not actual people. So take it with a grain of salt.

I agree with most of what Con said.
There seem to be few (useful) camping spots, which is excellent.

My Wirehead job makes aesthetics more of a point of interest for me ofcourse, and I have a few comments regarding that:
- the lava-lighting effects look good to me,
- there are some very nice touches, like the smoke plumes in the lightning-pit, as well as some interestingly used textures.
- on the whole, though, I think the texturing and brushwork is a bit bland. There's a great deal of 'big blocks' and repetetion of textures in staircases and hallways. Evillair's textures are fantastic, btw, no arguing there :]
It's just that I think there's a bit too much of the gray/brown going on, making it boring to look at. A good way of breaking up this monotonous decoration can be seen in the railgun area: the flags really liven the place up!


As far as I can see it plays fine. Rocketjumpers will have a lot of fun here, that's for sure :]

Had a quick Q2 1v1 against Grunt and I'd say that it plays pretty damn smooth.  

Ok, updated with several packs of ammo, RA, and a little detail.

Might need to shift their postitions though.

(same download)

edit: i'm an idiot... the upload didn't go through, i'll have to do it tommorrow

did you ever get it fixed, kaz?

The file is invalid. I can't open it. it gives me an error...

Woot! Got it uploaded

I could reach the railgun with all classes except for Earth.  Doing a running jump is kindof a pain tho