I & II Maps are Coming Back!

[Hex 11,520]

In the V-LOG, the developers announced that some maps are going to be reworked to host a 10v10 battle. As an example, they gave us Silence and Highland. They also said that the original maps are going to stay, so the new equivalents of these maps will be dubbed Silence II and Highland II, while the original ones will become Silence I and Highland I.

 

This is Silence II:

 

As you can see, Silence II is a lot wider and has some additional area added to the Blue base. The Red Base is no longer a "death trap" now, as it has a lot more area.

 

 

 

This is Highland II:

 

For Highland II, two new areas have been added on either opposite sides of map, which can possible mean new places for campers, further leading to new tactics.

 

 

 

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But, that's not it. Owing to the match-making system, most of the maps are being reworked to suit a balanced 10v10 gameplay, meaning that there will be a lot of I and II equivalents of maps.

 

So what do you think?

 

I personally think they look amazing, will definitely change the gameplay of the maps a lot. Also don't forget that new additions to a map means new Gold Box drop zones; and that will definitely need some getting used to our normal drive-though of the map when a Gold drops.

Edited May 29, 2017 by Hexed

[Spoon 1,030]

Nice :D

[The.L-E-G-E-N-D 5,093]

:D

[Spy 14,688]

I prefer adding new maps into the game instead of re adding old maps which players already played in but it sounds nice!

[r_Kiv1 687]

Nice update

 

 

:D

Nice edit

 

I prefer adding new maps into the game instead of re adding old maps which players already played in but it sounds nice!

Nice thoughts

[ptcl 116]

A mistake " red base is no longer a death trap "

 

Polygon is also being reworked :D

Edited May 28, 2017 by ptcl

[Hex 11,520]

^ Fixed.

 

Also, as I mentioned, a lot of maps are being reworked.

[Mario3108 462]

Nice to hear when developers say that they won't add new maps due to there are a lot of unused ones, but they will duplicate rework some maps with little changes :rolleyes:.

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

^ Fixed.

 

Also, as I mentioned, a lot of maps are being reworked.

I thought he said all maps that already aren't 10v10 are being reworked? What about Island and Sandbox though?

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Cool, maybe noise is one of the maps that will be reworked.

[Mario3108 462]

I thought he said all maps that already aren't 10v10 are being reworked? What about Island and Sandbox though?

Those smaller maps should and will remain without changes due to it would affect the gameplay, I guess.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

A few years ago, they deleted Deck-9, Magadan, Canyon, Silence II and some other maps because they were unpopular (Deck-9, Canyon...) or unecessary like Silence II. And it was too much work to "take care" of these maps.

 

And now, we will have a lot of "I" and "II". I am not complaining, it's a good thing. But this is curious :D

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

You said that there will be three new ramps in the blue base in silence 2 but can you point it out for me, because it sure doesn't look like there's any new ramps in blue base, let alone three.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

Same, now you mention it. I don't see 3 new ramps in blue base.

[Tofu 6,773]

Ping Pong II

[Hex 11,520]

You said that there will be three new ramps in the blue base in silence 2 but can you point it out for me, because it sure doesn't look like there's any new ramps in blue base, let alone three.

Same, now you mention it. I don't see 3 new ramps in blue base.

See the skull wall in the blue base? The containers on either side of them? I thought they were ramps, because it looks like they're leaning upwards due to the diagonal view of the map (picture is not straight). Those aren't ramps, just a differently colored surface.

[Sliced 819]

So you guys change these maps....

 

 

Can you also change NOISE!?!? If you think red team on Silence is a death trap, look at Blue team on NOISE!! o.O

Those priorities, tho

 

 

[Guest TSY_the_crazy]

Nice :)

 

But I think Highland 2 is gonna favour campers.

 

Btw, how do you get all that info Antartica? Because you're wiki editor and news reporter?

[Maf 32,300]

Can you also change NOISE!?!?

My guess is that Noise isn't as popular as Silence and/or fixing balance on Noise would be more difficult. Let's face it - Noise was always quite unbalanced and making it balanced as well as expanding it to fit 20 players would take a lot of effort.

[CooperO 7,956]

Nice :)

 

But I think Highland 2 is gonna favour campers.

 

Btw, how do you get all that info Antartica? Because you're wiki editor and news reporter?

It was announced in the latest VLOG.

[unholycloak5 1,814]

This would be an interesting change, to be honest.

Additionally, from my experience in the test server, I wouldn't recommend 10vs10 TDM battles in maps like Deck-9 and Ping-pong...it's a nightmare.  :lol:

[splitterpoint 10,986]

If Silence II will get as popular as the regular one, I can get some nice EXP with Shaft there.

Adding new maps is always great. I wish they had the map-maker staff position again.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

My guess is that Noise isn't as popular as Silence and/or fixing balance on Noise would be more difficult. Let's face it - Noise was always quite unbalanced and making it balanced as well as expanding it to fit 20 players would take a lot of effort.

I don't think noise needs to be 10 v 10. Just readjustment for fair play.

[Bydo 20,121]

I thought he mentioned it would be only 5 VS 5 which was only 10 on the map . I guess I was wrong lol

 

good  i can see magnum camping in certain spots.

[Maf 32,300]

I don't think noise needs to be 10 v 10. Just readjustment for fair play.

Devs said that every map needs to be 10v10 in order to be included in the list of maps created by the matchmaking system, so if Noise doesn't fall under that category, it will stay only in PRO battles and therefore does not need any changes.