Originally Posted by Zhohar

1. What type of weather would you like to see? Snowy winter/Scorching summer/rainy fall?

Storm. Heavy rain, grim weather, thunder if that's even possible.

2. What type of terrain height would you like to see? The uphill fight a la Cerbere, or even ground as Belgrade?

Favor even ground that puts both teams in balance, and has them given a number of flags to establish a frontline before the game begins.

3. What mode would you want? Conquest Assault (PAC needs to stop bleed, a la Gibraltar/Berlin) or Conquest Head-On (a la Tunis/Belgrade)?

Conquest and Assault Lines. Both teams have an uncap (or unlockable base as appropriate)

4. How many players would you ideally like to play this map? Any number lower than 64 is acceptable. State only one number, for the sake of simplicity, as multiple map versions are a pain.

32.

4. How prevalent should man-made structures be? Dense urban fighting as in Gibraltar or far off armor combat as in Verdun?

Favor heavy urban setting with mostly intact buildings but also some noticeable ruins, suitable for ambushing. Some rooftops should be accessible by foot (via ladder leading to a monorail a la Belgrade/Berlin or via the usual two-story buildings to allow sniping and counter-sniping.

5. What kind of gimmick would you like to see on it? Large stretch of flat ground with enough cover for one infantry strewn about? Dense forest throughout the entire map? Dry, rolling hills punctuated by an odd tree like between Oil and Trash on Suez?

The map is essentially flat and quite easy to navigate for the most part, but some mild hazards are meant to slow down infantry movement and make them vulnerable for a short amount of time as they reach a more advantageous position. The map plays on making decisions that heavily rely on the balance between performing a quick and risky maneuver versus a slower and safer one, all in a medium-quarters urban setting where intel counts.

6. How much armor should there be on the map? What kind of it? How long should it take to spawn? Should the flags spawn any armor? What type?

Each team has one walker and three Jeeps. Each uncap has two railgun positions but none of the other flags do.



LISBON INDUSTRIAL PARK

History: As EU attempts a retreat towards Africa, the PAC seizes control of the local power plant in a daring blitz and shuts down the loaders to the European boats, forcing the EU to make a standoff as their men prepare whatever they can by hand to escape.



The map is a rather straightforward mirror in basic design, where neither position is favored and where both teams start with two flags and one uncap. On both sides, decision-making is quite similar although the sauce varies in some details here and there.

The red bullseyes are intended rooftop sniper spots, which allow view both north and south. The wall on each side of the channel is high enough to disallow sniping directly into the enemy's uncap, and all three buildings have a "back wall" of sorts, thus restricting sniper operations across the channel to nothing but the enemy's own rooftops, while at the same time preventing an enemy who's snuck up there to shoot down into the uncap. Since the uncap ground is not visible from this position in any way, and both bases are out of nade range, those rooftops are considered as not part of the uncap. For the most part, those positions are meant for sniping and recon about the north and south bridges, and to counter snipers on the other side.

The grey squares are intact buildings. The grey circles are oil cylinders.

The black charred squares are ruins, into which soldiers can seek cover. As much of the area is in pieces, it's a central theme to the map and thus it's expected that one will find traps within these ruins quite often.

The north bridges are narrow and can only be traversed by infantry. A ladder is located on each side between the bridges.

The south bridge can be traversed by all vehicles.

The blue diamonds are craters filled with water. Soldiers who seek cover in these nearby ruins will temporarily slow down and/or expose themselves to enemy fire while they run to their hiding spot. Those pools pose a risk of visibility.

The blue crossmarks are railgun emplacements.


Now for the flags:

SHORELINE is a fairly open area, with few obstacles and suitable to capping by armor. It's quite a visible spot, with some rubble here and there and several blind spots.

REFINERY is the EU's uncap, and is accessible by north or south via vehicle. A hole in the walls on the west side also allows infantry to sneak through. As it is on the shoreline, that method of entry is risky and exposed to fire from both the north and south flags there.

RUINS is composed of a tight square of destroyed buildings around a small playground filled with small craters. Attackers will need to keep an eye on the surrounding are as a well-placed grenade can easily bounce right next to the flag. Vehicles cannot approach it.

CITY GATE shows an impassable gate on the far east coupled with auxiliary, two-story buildings suitable for early warning and anti-vehicle. An alley among the buildings allows vehicles to pass northwards to the center-east edge of the map. Can be capped by vehicles.

POWER PLANT is the PAC's uncap and accessible by vehicles from the north and south. Two holes in the wall to the east allow insertion by infantry, with the holes separated by a deep channel of water. However, a shallow a bit further to the east allows passage to Jeeps and even a skillful battlewalker, forcing infantry to choose between smilling or taking the shallows to get into both holes at once.

POOLS is composed of ruins that face the flag with a wide entry point on the west and southwest sides, allowing defenders to peek out and forcing attackers to seek alternate, sneakier routes.


Points of interest:

-Passing the southern bridge requires clearance of enemy motion mines, as it is the only way vehicles can get to the other side.

-A little bit north of this bridge is a hole in the wall on each side, allowing infantry to swim through.

-Vehicles are meant to circle around the enemy uncap to reach the peripheral flags safely, and the railguns are in such a position that they can easily punish whoever attempts to get too close to the uncap. The northern railguns are also useful to help pick away enemies on the far side of the river without the use of a sniper kit. NOTE: A small error snuck into my sketch. The railguns should be located OUTSIDE the uncap's walls to make it clear that they are not part of it per rules (although tied to the flag for spawning).

-The northern bridges are long enough to prevent one team from using an IDS to guess the enemy's position on the other side. Contact has to be made visually, and support fire will be needed if either team wants to make it through.

-Since the battle will happen on two fronts at once, balance will be needed to keep both situations under control. However, a gambit is available to each team in which they both trade away their east-west situation in favor of a north-south one. The gambit has to be attractive enough to let both teams seriously consider it, rather than settle for the initial statlemate. The latter situation should be open enough to development to make it a rather unstable position for the teams that will incite doubt in the respective COs.

-Some additional buildings are present for the urban feel and to wall-off areas that are out of limits, but they have been omitted for the sake of clarity and because they do not contribute to the map's overall strategy.

-The presence of the walker allows the team to set up a defensive and fire-support position, with the walker being a psychological tool that can help buy its teammates enough time to pass a chokepoint. Staying around too long in such a tight space, however, is asking for Pilums.

-The map is meant for Jeeps to be mobile and to reach other flags quickly. A well-executed Jeep plan will allow the team an escape route and an opportunity to shuffle the field of battle anew in an attempt to regain the advantage.


TL;DR

Two fronts, two different sorts of battles, tough decisions to make. Soldiers will make quick and solid calls of judgement, and live through their consequences.