Finale discussion: Moon Base Z
Moon base Z finale
After discovering a rare crystal named zecranium on the moon, Dr. Zomboss created a giant magnet with a plan to pull the earth into a solar eclipse robbing plants of their photosynthesis. Can the plants stop his mad scheme?
After capturing the processing facility, the plants must proceed to the space thingy and shoot out the tubes carrying the magnetic balls similar to how the golf ball must be shot off the club house before the minigame can truly begin. Magnetic balls will fall out and must be escorted to their respective goals. When the balls are activated by a team they will turn green or purple respectively. The longer the minigame goes on the more rapid the balls will come out and drop into the facility causing more chaos as the teams try and grab them. If it's a tied score zombies will win. There is a visible switch for the magnet from off to on that changes based on score. Walls will rise and fall in the arena.
If the plants win the power will surge with green electricity and the magnet will overload and explode saving the Earth.
If the zombies win the magnet will be powered with purple electricity. The magnet will then connect to the Earth and pull it into the shade of darkness as the moon blocks the sun, which creates a permanent solar eclipse on Earth.
This finale is the closest we get to perfection. The rapidly dropping balls keep teams seperated and constantly moving trying to grab them all and the arena favors many playstyles. It truly comes down to which team is worthy of victory, no oustide factors, no spawnables, no dominating sightlines, and no heavily campable positions.
My second favorite turf map in Gw2. I do wish there were more low gravity zones but it's fine as is. The sci fi references placed throughout the map are fun to find. The moon worm is also a great easter egg that should've been easier to activate (you can also find him in tunnels in the mines). I really like how the zercranium crystals that power the magnet are seen throughout the map constantly being transported from the third point onward by the monorails on top of the dome, mined by the robot, and flowing through pipes alongside the magnetic spheres.
You can find a battleplan for the first point of this map in lunar landing and Seeds of time states that this battle took place in 3058 amd that plants were victorious.
