They seem to have abbandoned that for BF2142. Maybe it caused to much lag.

But I agree with you otherwise. Its exactly why I wanted to join the mod, to help flesh out the maps, heh.

Mapping is something I feel really passionate about. Being a counterstrike mapper for about 3 years I’ve had a lot of experience in the matter of map design.

Personally I find most game companies insult the average gamer’s intelligence by creating uninspired and dull maps. The map is simply a platform for the units and weapons to fight over. That imo is completely the wrong attitude to take. Gamers want to think on their feet to get past an obstacle, not simply outgun it, it’s far more rewarding.

If you have a lift, you should be able to blow up the lift, or destroy its power supply. That would disable the lifts use until repaired. This can be an action to slow down a defenders reaction time, or stop the attacker from using said lift and forcing them to take a different route. If you have a door in front of you, you should be able to, blow it up, hot wire it, or get to a special console and open/close all doors manually. You should be able to blow up power generators to stop lighting/power getting to specific areas of the map. The map needs to continually evolve to keep you thinking on your feet.

push maps are great but only in small size with 8 or 16 people on both sides. anything larger is just a nade/rape fest

Which begs the argument, isnt it just as much fun to actually make the flags *matter* for those player counts? I mean I know that push mode is good for fewer players and I've said it myself, but that's really more of a band-aid over a BF problem: Too many flags.

It be just as easy to place ONE flag on 16p maps and make it all that matters: One team has to attack and another team has to defend. With 8 peeps per team, this leaves 4 per squad and still quite alot of options trying to sieze just a single flag. Again we are back to the cookie cutter BF gameplay of a set amount of flags (3 for 16p, 4-5 for 32p and 5-6 for 64p) that doesnt really have to be there. One can change it without a new game mode.

Yeah I know I'm real lazy, I'm sure FS coders drool over push mode

flag hopping as you call it is also a good working game tactic with a lot of ways to counter it aswell.

what you see in push maps are large groups of players attacking a single flag with only 4 or 5 people that didnt go with there own team attacking another flag.
this isnt a show of skill, its just power in numbers. and when im on the battlefield i want to show of my skills (dont we all?) not show that im sheep #3 in the group.

push maps are great but only in small size with 8 or 16 people on both sides. anything larger is just a nade/rape fest

Personally, I think good map design is better than forcing people to cap flags in a certain way. You'll want to *encourage* them to capture this and that flag, not *disallow*

I completely agree with this comment DAWDLER, good map design is priority #1

I am just suggesting a really simple (easy for a non-coder to say ) ALTERNATIVE to the "normal mode" to ensure the longevity of FIRST STRIKE

The other big advantage, as you have rightly pointed out, is the ability to have fun and some great games on less populated servers - this may be useful in the early days/weeks of the initial release until FIRST STRIKE is fully established and achieves worldwide domination MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

If it could be done automaticaly and have the thingy hidden, then shur

Also the destroyables need to be undestroyable untill the point is captured, otherwise you could have people hitting it from a distance blowing it up and then zooming past when they should work on caping the point.