The reason I hate Springfield

MODERATION: Moving to Rants.

Stupid is foeva!

I actually like springfield compared to some other maps *cough* Yammantu *cough

I've seen this a lot lately. A month or so ago, the fight would of been for the center and corresponding beacon-good math- 2 vs 1. And don't get the idea that reds spawn there, no one will be able to hold.

I got Springfield 3 times in a row. It gets fustrating sometimes but as long as we win, I'm fine

I hate any map that has clearly *good* and clearly *bad* spawn points.

I actually hate all the center beacon brawl ones. Yamantau and Shenzen in particular.

Springfield and powerplant you can actually manouver and use tactic. The other 4 eventually is invariably who has the heaviest weapons and biggest bots (unless you are on comm with your clanmates).

Totally feelin ya. Shenzen is fun, because I have a great strategy there for my favorite weapons. And no, they aren't hydra, spirals, or aphids. Homie don't play that.

The Yamantau and Shenzen center beacons really shine when you have those 'fearless' players on both teams. It basically turns them into a highly entertaining robotic cluster@#$% from about 1:30 in till match end.

I actually like Springfield. It is the toughest map with the placement of the beacons, it's design, and varying spawn points. I have some of my best wins there and some of my worst defeats. (Thank-you Tech Warriors of iOS. You, oh you..)

It is challenging to say the least and with a team full of random's can be a total nightmare as there is no plan. On those occasions I look and see where anybody is headed. No don't all of you go that way! I have said more than once. As I see 2 or 3 of the opposition moving my way.

So I adjust my game and do the best I can. Sometimes it works, sometimes it is a snowball chance in Hades, that we will come out victorious.

Could there be some minor tweaks needed, sure I guess. I wouldn't hazard a guess though as to what they might be. Except scraping it completely and coming up with a new map named Springfield.

Springfield was the first map ever for me and was played alot back in the day, so it holds a special place in my heart. Now it holds a special place for my Tridents

Ah, nostalgia...I can almost still feel the thrill of my Destrier firing off my spiral, then running out all brave with a freshly reloaded molot. And the hysterical antics of the other newbs as they act like it's the first video game they've ever played. XD

Springfield is the first map for everyone and is one of the only maps that you can play at the start

Which you can do when on comms with your mates, hence the parenthesis. When you are soloing and you go for the side beacons alone without cover you are dead quick.

I remain of my, qualified, opinion.

In the wiki?

The problem isn't just Springfield, it's the overemphasis on rewards for damage over beacons. For many players, their optimal strategy for the team will be to go to where they are most likely to tip a battle so as to result in taking/keeping a beacon, and that will often be center and sometimes a corner.

However, undertaking such a strategy often means traveling a long distance with little or no targets in range, reducing the likelihood of getting a top damage spot. Much like with the side beacon near the ship in Power Plant, players will actually have a better chance of earning gold if they ignore center and just go after reds, hoping that other players on their team will cap it (i.e., tragedy of the commons issue).

Trudging to the corner with a knife fighter is essentially a recipe for greatly helping your team win but ending up last or close-to-last in damage and 2nd or 3rd in beacons. I’ll gladly take that trade-off every time, because my gold from tasks greatly outweighs gold from matches, but I imagine few other players do. As I’ve said many times before, there needs to be gold rewards for 2nd or 3rd in beacons, perhaps less than that for 2nd or 3rd in damage, but at least something.

Certainly, Springfield faces its own share of issues, like unbalanced spawn points where one team is closer to center than the other. And clearly it was intended to strike a balance between cover and openness. However, because there is no cover available when approaching the center beacon from the city and loading dock, it ends up very skewed to the open side.

And of course, since there is actually a perverse bonus in this MM for tanking matches, the above issues makes Springfield a map that many players leave, worsening the balance issue.