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MandatoryIDtag's avatar
6 years ago

If you could design a map theme...

Just one for a bit of fun, so as the title implies;

If you could design a map theme, what would it be?

To get the ball rolling,  I personally would create a map set on a moon, predominantly it would be indoors, and by indoors i mean huge complex structures, lots of layers and isolated from each other across the map,  low grav areas when travelling across the moons surface with lots of craggy areas and craters for cover.

Satellite relays and antenna towers that can be climbed for high ground. Some sort of energy based slingshot system instead of jump towers for crossing the map.

Visually it would have a lot of scope to look pretty awesome too, an amazing sky, with the the usual space theme contrasting what would be a pretty stark ground map.

Anyways, would love to hear if you guys/gals have any cool ideas for a map. 😛

10 Replies

  • Just to troll, i'd make a new map a completely flat square shaped plateau without any textures or skybox. No supply bins either to make sure there is no cover except for Gibbies dome.

  • @MandatoryIDtag A map with signs everywhere saying this really awesome thing that Respawn should probably do. What is on said signs is definitely not mentioned in my posts anywhere wink wink nudge nudge.

    #BuffMirage
  • Carnival. The map is interactive, constantly changes and designed to trick you. Whole host of cosmetics they could pump out for that $$$ too.

    They could add games like whack a mole with items so every time you try and pick one up it disappears or changes into something different.

    Sound rooms where footsteps don't make any noise or have them coming from the wrong/opposite direction.

    Mirror rooms where your abilities mirror those of the nearest team mate and/or enemy.

    Manipulate the senses and the list is potentially limitless but half of it is already implemented. 😛

  • @MandatoryIDtag Nice idea, it would give some sense to why Crypto wanted to reach the space elevator.

    I have a similar idea, but haven't had the time to write it properly. In short:

    • Location is on Orthos / Typhon, situated on one of the remains of the moon / planet (they were destroyed by the fold weapon in Titanfall 2).
    • Arena is in a facility that remained partially intact, could be a part of an IMC dynamic testing facility, containing a simulation dome, moving platforms, environment turned upside down, cranes, etc., also prowlers :D. Parts of the map could be similar to the tangled shore from Destiny 2: rocks tied together with cables. Jump towers could be replaced by those superjump pads from the Winter Express LTM. There could be some gravity anomalies in various places, for example, if you fall between rocks in some places, you would be pushed up in the air slowly, becoming exposed to snipers until you manage to land back. A more dramatic approach would be a huge void portal under the map, bringing those who fall through high up above the center of the map, costing them time to get back to their mates, making them take damage if the center is outside the ring and exposing the team's location in the process.
    • A simulation dome inside this map could be a nice new twist to the game. It could only open when the last 2-5 teams remain or in round 3-4-5, it could have racks with golden weapons and special respawn beacons, allowing respawnees to come back already equipped with their previous loadout or a choice between 3-4 presets (similar to Winter Express). Several layouts should be possible inside the simulation dome (props, bridges, covers moved around, different skyboxes, etc.) and each time it opens, one of these layouts would be loaded randomly.
    • Since there are gravity anomalies, jetpacks should be used for some boosted jumps(double or triple jumps). Charging the jetpacks for 2-3 boosted jumpes should be doable through shield cells and batteries.
    • Storywise, it's the syndicate moving the games away from the hands of Hammond Industries, after their attempt to steal the show by assimilating the legends into robots. The alternative can be Crypto's friends, which are possibly from the Advocate Network, steal the legends themselves to save them from getting completely turned into robots by Hammond & the Syndicate.
  • Some really cool ideas coming through here guys!

    @DoYaSeeMe  Loving the fact you've tied lore into your idea along with an element of the actual games story.

    @apostolateofDOOM  This sounds like a playground for mirage....maybe crazy wouldn't need his #buffmirage campaign if something like this got implemented!

  • Koochi-Q's avatar
    Koochi-Q
    6 years ago
    @MandatoryIDtag I’d say a spaceship. Not multilayered at every entrance or area. Just one area to go up and come down. Preferable just one plateau tho. I’d say USG Ishimura as example or exactly like that. Tight corridors, given claustrophobia to ppl and no space for long range sniper third party’ing.

    Just CQC all the way! Some necromorphs coming out as well...
  • @MandatoryIDtag That sounds like caustic heaven and a pathfinder nightmare. I love it.

    I’d like a water world.. lots of waterfalls, caves, islands. I’m not sure I want swimming involved...

    I’d love to see more stuff like the geyser incorporated in the maps. Maybe thermal vents?!
  • @MandatoryIDtag I'd love to see a big green forest map, but more alien, something like what you see in the Avatar movie with larger than life trees and glowing vines and all the ambient noise you'd expect from a forest.

    Lore could be Hammond Corp setting up shop in a previously uninhabited planet to farm resources, then hosts the Apex games to get some free population control done by the contestants trying not to get their faces chewed off by the local fauna and flora (giant fly traps y'all).

    Weapons and loot can be found from temp shelters made by Hammond and from loot crates dropped from choppers before the match.

    Lots of trees and cover means teams will have to stick together like glue to survive and legends like Crypto or Bloodhound will be meta for once.
  • MandatoryIDtag's avatar
    MandatoryIDtag
    6 years ago

    @DarthValtrex @Pretzelnutcake  Both these ideas are great! Hell you could even have a variant including elements of the two to give a tropical paradise kind of vibe,both would probably fit mr koochmeisters desire for a CQC map also. 😛

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