Mech Powerup Detected
Creator: banana map6 || First Published: 05/13/2025 || Players: 2 || Size: 16x18
Categories: A-Rank, Live Play, Standard
Rating: 3.00 in 1 rating
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Comments:
banana map6 (05/13/2025 06:42am | Edited: 05/13/2025 06:45am):
For standard

Apcs are intended to be destroyed by mechs even in Jess vs VB matchup but artillery is also fully viable.
In theory day 2 and day 4 both players could make inf+mech so having mechs is encouraged.
DaysOfPlague (05/13/2025 08:39pm):
Interesting idea!
Forcing mech (and infantry) production like this slows down the early game, but that enables earlier "slow push" armies and
more positional gameplay.
Maybe it ultimately leads to a base-heavy like opening, but infantry production quickly tapers off to normal levels?


Unfortunately, I think the current layout is likely to encourage a face-off in the middle and will likely stall.
1) The 2 centermost cities + the comms are the most contested.
2) The middle base can reinforce anywhere effectively, so not much of a strong-side/weak-side.
3) There isn't much to do on the edges in general.


Additionally, while the APCs don't give way too much charge, they still give quite a bit. I would suggest lowering the income
so that SCOP-based COs don't dominate. I think 18k-20k would the sweet spot.
MontySigurdson (05/18/2025 10:03am | Edited: 05/20/2025 04:42pm):
Interesting! Though I think it's a problem that the center base is almost strictly worse than each of the other two so it will be pretty much relegated to Inf-spamming most of the time. IMO the terrain should be changed a bit so that the middle base is more useful. I think the easiest way to fix this is placing a mountain at (02,13).
EDIT: Back to New after the mountain got added
a9977321 (05/23/2025 04:59am):
Concept is interesting, but I seriously doubt whether mechs are really the units to go for here.
Bigjoe (06/01/2025 04:29am):
I love the name of this map, considering I played Mech Warrior 3 growing up. The idea of the map encouraging mech is cool,
so I dig it. I still feel like infantry is the way to go, but I could be wrong!



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