That was the answer I was waiting for <3
Yes, this is post is not on the direct topic, but since Fuzz has thankfully given good answers to the question we can all relax and get a little phillosofical:
The maps themselves are perfect! I have a hard time finding things I dont like.
Each map is greatly designed and its clear that a lot of thought has gone into its development.
Despite my less than average post-count Ive been playing PR since 0.6 (starting a month b4 0.7), and I have (and always will) loved it ever since (okay, maybe not 0.8 infantry gameplay but you fixed that in 0.85 so thats cool
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The trouble was that I loved it so much that I played it almost 3 hours a day, if not more. I played more PR than I spent time studying (I know, escapiology).
But as you can imagine, playing the same maps every night for almost 3 years, it gets repetetive almost nomatter what you do. Especially since the actual difference between the maplayers (ie. skrim, 16, 32, 64) is tooled towards making the gameplay of a map more infantry orientated the lower the number (Hurrah for the difference on kashan (not really)).
The point is, there is absolutely no point in playing Muttrah 32 compared to 64 (imho), since it just removes interesting aspects of the game.
Fx, despite the sheer scale and number of enterable buildings on muttrah, the firefights are usually concentrated around the same buildings, irrellevent of the layer (save skirmish).
A simple solution to counter that is to expand the flag radius to cover larger areas, to get more of the map to play. As it is, all firefights happend (allmost) within the flag radius, everything else is usually meeting engagements on the way to an objective and will always be over fast.
Muttrah is just an example (which btw, is the map that handles the repetetion best).
Combined with a larger playerbase and a generally harder gameplay, it gets quite frustrating at times to kick and curse new players around in the same old mud.
A suggestion I can make immediately to anyone who reconize this situation, is to try and open op new aspects: squad-leading, commanding, flying stuff etc.
Personally Ive depleeted all renewability (Im not going to take my own advice and fly stuff because it will inevitably come crashing down like a meteor, I really suck at it),
I know Basrah and kashan better than Dust and Dust 2. I know the best ambush sites on Qingling. I know the perfect firelanes on fallujah. I know the best ambush drills on Ramiel. I know the best mechanized assault tactics on Kashan. I know how to command US to an easy victory on Jabal. I can coordinate the best strategies on Archer. And I can make the BMP-3 all but sing. I dare say I am a decent autorifleman.
If its possible, Ive been there and done it (No jets, they just want to kill you the moment you get in, and when shot down, the team-chat can be rounded up to: RAWR, the incompetence!).
These last to months I have been in a state of cannot be arsed.
The cure is renew the maps that are around (change the assets) make new maps. And I am sure youre on both jobs like ants, so I rest assured that 0.9 will get me back in the fold.
