Wake Island - feedback & discussion
Wake Island – Some Thoughts on Naval Warfare, Vehicles and Combined Arms
After spending some time on the new Wake Island, I wanted to share a few thoughts about the vehicle and naval gameplay.
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I really have a problem with tanks on this map. Not the number, I usually play Escalation and there's a bunch of them by the end.
But they all spawn back in HQ, and it leads to terrible attitudes: players just take those tanks to the nearest beach and start shooting at C, boats, the other side of the map... It's not a here and there issue, it's pretty much systematic to have one or two players do that every match. I'm sure that if you got more tanks spawning there in Conquest, you'd see the same issues.
This is in one way just an extension of the tanks camping in HQ problem that have plagued the smaller maps that were there at release. But this map really encourages that.
Could DICE please implement a small, easy change that would do a lot of good without coercing players into any play style? Just remove score, experience and scoreboard Ks from kills made from HQ. You still get to shoot and kill from HQ, it is needed in some situations, you just don't get rewarded for it, and it would promote better gameplay. Heck, it would probably even positively impact the mortars from HQ problem.
EA_Shepard : if this seems reasonable, could you add it to the list?
Ironic, because as someone who likes to use MBTs, this map is absolutely awful for MBTs and IFVs because there is so much cover on either side of the roads, including underground tunnels, that it becomes incredibly easy for engineers and recon to ambush any tank making its way towards the airfield, so it's hardly surprising that players don't bother and just sit at the spawn area.
Thats an issue caused by the map design.
EA_ShepardCommunity Manager
AlphiB Hey, there
I summarized the thread and this one and passed it along to the team!Appreciate the details on it.
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