Map (Yamantau) - Those who Hate and Love

I have to say. Not a big fan of Yammy.... Not one bit at all. Its not a Leo friendly Map. My Leo, Willie Dynamite... As he's known in certain circles... It takes his fat, bumblin self 5 mins to get near center beacon. And by then I've taken about 10 Treb shots to the dome... My legs doing the wibbly wobbly... I die.. And start all over again... But this time with my Golem... Herb McNasty... And he ain't much faster

Everyone is trying to figure out how to punish ditchers to dissuade them, but a carrot might be better. A match completion bonus for staying until the clock runs out, win or lose sounds like a good idea.

I love Yama. Its a center brawl but you cal also attempt flanking and side beacons. Im pretty sure if I tracked I would discover I win more on this map than any other.

I just hit the higher tiers today, so I played Yama for the first and only time so far. I'm not a big fan of it, but I managed to squeak out the 10 Au somehow lol. My hangar is built for knife fighting, so there was a lot of running around the ground level with the pillars in my line of sight as much as possible.

I love Yama... on the condition that I'm with my clan; as a runner I can't trust randoms in solo to cover me.

Long range just isn't my thing.

At the very beginning i hate Yama, then i discover how to play that with my angar (sniper leo,knife leo,mid griff,mid doc or hydra griff) and now i enjoy this map more of any other!

Si true, many time i've waste my time targetting shielded bots triyng to break their shield, with my sniper leo, before i realise that i can simply ignore them being much more effective sniping light bots,flyng griffin and carnages! Overall Carnages it's very effective to blast them down before they can use their tremendous payload on your team mates!

I love Yam in squads but I kinda hate it solo.  The map offers something for everyone, but people systematically gaming their match assignments can ruin the experience (hey, where have I heard that before?!?).

I think is the best map from the standpoint of providing diverse geographical features allowing a mix of tactics. Unfortunately when playing random, it seems like an unusually high percentage of the players who actually stick around for the match consider their TT Fury/Carnage "short range" and Treb Fury/Carnage "standard range." No map is going to be fun when 10 of the 12 players are in mid- to long-range setups, and it would seem that too many randoms map-hop both ways: some only playing their long range hangars on Yam, with others refusing to play their short- to mid-range hangars on Yam.

Squad battles on Yamantau are still a blast because the center beacon is generally a bloodbath, there is usually at least one probe/feint towards side beacons by either side midway to late in the battle, and one or two campers - er, ranged support - can contribute meaningfully to both types of action. Battles usually run close to 10 minutes, you almost always see some people mech out on both sides, and sound tactical decisions make more of a difference on Yam than piloting or shooting skill alone.  So yeah, I'm happy to see it in a squad but have very low expectations for 'fun' when running it solo.