Grimmfist

Ainselie you make a good point about splitting squads and the like but often the server has a majority of non-TG during the day and there is no way to maintain good squad communication-especially to break into fireteams. I can see that turning into a squad leader without a squad quickly or the squad leader ends up map watching and not really being a part of the game. If you have at least 3 TG persons then I think what you say can be true and work well. I feel the edge on most armor and flight maps goes to those TGers who have had the TGU classes for such or are always making the "Gunship" or "ROFL Transport" or "APC" squads and have IHS members who know their role right away and little confusion occurs. When you are in the vehicle you learn. Since I play TG 90% of time I am rarely in a Gunship or Transport (not generally invited to those squads as they are locked) so I am not learning in "battlefield" conditions. So the short of all of this rambling is 32 is good when it is during the day and in evening (6 est) change over to a 64.

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DaBrit

On armour maps, I like there to be lots of armour for my Pilum to explode.

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Thesleeper01

A 32 person map would be fine to try. Nothing is written in stone if we try it and we dont like it.

Personaly I would like to see smaller Vehicle maps that would have less vehicle impact and closer spawns makeing the fights faster and more brutal. The vehicle maps are much more stand off ish & usualy with a lot less action.

Camp G is one of the most popular maps because it makes you fight for the ground you take, in most vehicle maps the best way to win is to not fight but to run and cap flags where no one is.

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JamesTerror

Definetly 64 on me. More stuff to blow up, life is good.

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Ainselie

If it were possible, I would like to see a map rotation jumble depending on the time of day, as Grimmfist suggested. I would like to see more experimentation of maps we are not accustomed to during peak hours, and to return to 'regularly scheduled programming' during off peak hours to prevent the server from dying during irregular hours; but I am sure that could it could be potentially risky/time consuming for the admin team; or even difficult if the server needs to be re-seeded/restarted.

Maybe consider having just one 64 player map in the rotation and the rest 32 player map as a compromise as it seems the demand is looking to be like that from the poll.

As for squad leading a group of non-TGers: I would like to dispel this myth of impossibility. A good squad leader can turn around a squad of 6 to a cooperative and productive squad even if there are no TGers in that squad. It just takes considerably more effort, however it is not impossible. I really hope people are not discouraged and give up from the get-go from squad leading because there are no TG players on. Leadership needs to start from somewhere.

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MDFubar

I think the 64-player maps are better for the vehicle maps, they have enough to go around and you end up with mutilple battles instead of one or twwo choke points. The bigger maps simply make you re-evaluate your strategies, develope new ones, and experiment. I think it is a good change in the rotation to mix it up between infantry and armor, along with the size of the maps.
Someone mentioned they didn't like the bigger maps because they "get full and I can't get in", become a supporting memeber and that issue is solved.
As for the SL in a non-TG squad, I usually end up SLing non TGers and most of the time they listen and we have a great time. I have had quite a few top squads with all non-TG members. It does take a little more effort, because many are not used to actually having structure.
I have had many good battles on a 64-player armor map, you just can not use the same strats that you apply on the other maps.

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daithi1

I prefer the 32 person maps because I tend to like less bases, I don't really know why. It's a matter of preference. I'd ask for a random assortment of maps only I know the server is on probation at the moment .

On another note I'd love some 16 person 'vehicle maps' to be played. The only two 16 person maps I've played are Verdun and Tunis Harbour but the Minsk played in week 1 BFCL sounded interesting. I'm pretty sure there is a lot of other 16 person maps I'v never played. Maybe we could have a night on the second server AND ACTUALLY SEED IT.

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nuckj

I like the 64 version of Verdun better. But really, any armor map is fun to me. It breaks up the monotony of constant ground pounding.

QFT Ainselie. I am an up and coming squad leader still in the learning process. From my experience thus far, nothing is better than being the only TGer on late night and turning a squad of non TGers into a dominating force on the battlefield. That's how many of us came to know and love TG. I remember some of my first matches in TG squads thinking "wow, this guy is actually talking to me!" It changes your entire outlook on the game.

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Grimmfist

Well put Ainselie about Squad leading. I did not mean to make it all doom and gloom. I just see from my experience the tighter, more infantry oriented the map, the better cohesion many squads have. Its easy on the large maps to get cut off and never see the rest of your squad. Breaking into fireteams takes some amount of communication ability that I often find not on the server in the afternoons which can lead to a fragmented wandering squad helping to turn their side into a chaotic mess. And Nuckj I agree about the VOIP and being turned onto TG way of play. Without that I wouldn't be here supporting TG. Just today I had a squad of three TG and three regulars and we did well communicating and moving around the map. So like I said not all doom and gloom just observations on my part.

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P.Drona

I prefer the 64p for most of the vehicle maps. I enjoy riding in the transport or taking a leisurely drive through the country. I also like kittens, puppies and sunsets.

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nuckj

LOL Drona...

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