OK, so I was able to have a good scrap on Mon Cal today with decent numbers. My concerns:

1. Basically, the beach is easy enough to capture, and shouldn't really give Imps cover. Instead, do what really should be done on every FS map, present and future: place spawn points only away from the control cap zone. When the spawn points are 5 meters from the flag, it gets impossible to capture due to the fact that enemies respawn right there when you move in to cap it - especially with the beach completely bare. Move the spawn points farther away, and the problem is solved.

2. I love the Lambda on this map. Without the presence of enemy fighters, this map really does her justice, unlike Ryloth, where she gets shot down really fast. I had the pleasure of being a gunner of a fully-crewed Lambda today, and it was nothing short of awesome to come in on the beach, guns blazing, and land to deploy troops with the guns laying down covering fire.

3. I'll be frank here - I absolutely don't want pilots running around with guns and equipment fighting. It didn't make sense in the Battlefront games and it doesn't make sense here. AT-ST pilots running around on Endor I can live with - after all, the AT-ST is actually a ground unit and it makes sense to see AT-ST drivers repairing them and fighting near them, and I seem to recall from ROTJ that AT-ST drivers actually fought on the ground. It kinda makes sense for them to have proper weapons and equipment for the same reason, although being a "tanker" class I guess they'd really be very lightly armed.

Pilots, though, spend their time in the air flying fighters. For this purpose, they're given no generator, no repeater rifle or DEMP, no mines, and no droid caller. Having actual pilots in aircraft is cool, I agree, but it's strictly not necessary as the model is seen 99% of the time when it's on the ground running about - away from fighters, as they are air units and generally do not drive around on the ground with infantry.

I'd be fine with it if there was one or two unused classes, like on Ryloth Mines, and the pilot was made a new kit with some sort of lightly armed stealth/scouting/spotter purpose or whatever, or was the only class allowed to fly fighters, but making them a full-blown unlimited engineer class doesn't sit well with me at all.

4. The Eastern beach just by the crater is a nice landing spot for the Lambda, but is within the line of fire of the hill. Consider placing some additional trees or hills in-between if the beach was supposed to be a safe landing site. As it is, the Imps' best bet is probably to fly in with a DX-9 and drop a barracks there, unless the new barracks will be too big for that, of course.

Yea, no real thought went into spawning as of yet.

Cover will be added tho, getting sniped over and over is no fun... and it just makes for a more exciting fight huddling yourself behind an anti-tank barrier a-la "Saving Private Ryan"

The Rebs might get an air vehicle or 2 (less than the imps) but I agree it is nice to not have all fighters go straight for you. I believe Woody is gonna have a look at strengthening the Lambda, when he gets back.

On a side note: the 64 version, and maybe 32 (I doubt - but we'll see how it goes) will get a cap ship each.

I wouldn't worry, they aren't gonna be in the final map - I just thought it'd be neat to see the reb pilot running about whilst testing. Ideally, at some point, the map would have mon cals as certain, if not all, classes.

Aye. Will do.

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Im gonna get an update sorted for tomorrow BTW. Nothing drastic, mainly quick things to help with the testing. They are as follows (if you can think of anything, within reason, go ahead and post) :

1. Make the OOB combat zone for infantry only - allowing air vehicles to fly easier.

2. Move Rebel spawns

3. Add some (placeholder) cover to beach

4. Add some turrets

5. Make the map a pushmode

6. Smooth out Crater to allow imps to walk out of it from a lambda/barracks

7. End game when bunkerhill is taken.