CHANGE DUEL MAP TO ARENA [OFFICIAL POLL]

[Thryn]

Howdodis

1) Make a flat area map
2) Put some props n shit (ruins) on one side for people to screw around (practice cattlepaults)
3) Make the other side purfuct for dools (maybe some dooling squares so that we has set areas to fights in)
4) No rain, fog, night, etc. Purfuct weather only
5) get dat dev epeen for doing something right

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[Tydeus]

Just need a larger arena map. Shouldn't be too hard, maybe one of the scene editors can make another with a diameter 2x the size of the current one.

[Teeth]

All the duel server needs is flat space to duel. I do not see the practical difference between Arena and Ruins, except that Ruins is large enough to allow cav duels and catapult practice. The only issue I have with Ruins as a duelling map is that the spawn points derp hard occasionally, especially when there are very few people on the server. I realize now that I could adjust this easily and edit the spawn points to form a more central ring or something so you never spawn too far away from the center.

4) No rain, fog, night, etc. Purfuct weather only

Weather effects are decided server wide and have nothing to do with the map itself, which is why you have a little weather indicator on your character page. Map only decides which form the weather takes, rain -> snow, fog -> agent orange.

Just need a larger arena map. Shouldn't be too hard, maybe one of the scene editors can make another with a diameter 2x the size of the current one.

There is no shortcut for enlarging maps, would require dragging and enlarging all the items or adding more items, would be more work than making one from scratch. Still leaves the question why. Does having empty spectator benches make duelling more epic?

[Thryn]

Weather effects are decided server wide and have nothing to do with the map itself

I understand this, I was just hoping that *if* you create a map from scratch, you can also rid the duel server of the plague that is weather.

[Thranduil]

People want a larger map to practice siege, but for the rest of the time Ruins is too big really, people spawn too far away.

The best compromise would be a map like ruins where the spawn are all just set much closer. So duelers can duel and not have to run across the map, but siege practice can still happen elsewhere.

This could work for ruins or if they had an extended arena with an *outside* for siege and strat but everyone spawned inside still for duels.

Funny. I was just thinking this or something quite similar.

[KaMiKaZe_JoE]

Arena looks cooler and makes me feel like a gladiator. Has closer spawn points.

Other than that its useless.

The current map also lets cav, ranged, and siege people practice/fuck around. Better to just put all the spawn points close together on the current map. Ideally we'd have a big map that also looks cool, like an arena with a big grassy area outside with some trees and shit. Adjustable spawn points so ranged, cav, and infantry can spawn where they want. This will never happen, and its not worth the effort anyway.

[Kafein]

A larger, completely flat arena map without those silly props everywhere. The problem with Arena as we know it is that it's much too small and cluttered for cav duels.

[Thranduil]

Arena type maps aren't really my expertise (not that any type of map is  ) and I usually need some kind of inspiration to hit me for a map. Nevertheless, I threw a little something together because it's easier for me to make a map than it is for me to sketch one in paint. =P

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The spawns can be moved closer together and closer to the 'arena' which might be better.
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Melee side
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Cav or more melee side
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Weapon racks if needed and 4 of them so no waiting
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Construction sites with material storage to build catapults (sorry, there isn't a fully built and functional catapult prop)
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Firing range. Battlement walls at 100m. Castle keeps at 150m. Destroyed towers at 200m. I increased the sizes of the props according to distance (i.e. keeps size x1.5, destroy tower size x2.
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Also, 1 destructible dummy at each distance. For the stealth catapulter in you.

[njames89]

I definitely think it would be great to rotate through both maps. Maybe even a third and forth to allow for duels in different scenarios, ie. in castles, on stairs, in fields, in arena, and more useful situations that could serve as practice for strat.

[AllTimeFail]

Thranduil's map looks sick. That's what I was hoping for.

[Thranduil]

If it gets agreed to have a duel rotation, even if it's just between a few maps for a change of pace, I'll contribute the map I posted above with any modifications the community suggests. Maybe even one or two different kinds of maps for duel as well, such as a castle (like njames89 mentioned) or a small dungeon type map.

[Soldier_of_God]

I like it, but the center needs entrances for people wanting to duel, instead of having to jump over the wall.

[Taser]

I like it, but the center needs entrances for people wanting to duel, instead of having to jump over the wall.

If you can't do parkour, don't even bother trying to duel.

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[Butan]

Ruins is getting tedious true.

There should be a map rotation even for duel server, for variety sake.

[Thranduil]

I like it, but the center needs entrances for people wanting to duel, instead of having to jump over the wall.

There are small entrances or rather, gaps in the wall, but those may not be big enough. I can make the walls a little smaller. This would also give a slight bit more battle room.