This might have been brought up before so I apologize. Anyways doesn’t the man cannon on Daybreak give the red team an unfair advantage? Red team can get to the middle bridge area of the map in seconds while blue team has no way of getting there quick enough to hold that area before red. I know we’re just hours before the DLC has been released so I can’t truly know how the map plays but I’m just worried about this map being too one sided. What do you guys think?
> This might have been brought up before so I apologize. Anyways doesn’t the man cannon on Daybreak give the red team an unfair advantage? Red team can get to the middle bridge area of the map in seconds while blue team has no way of getting there quick enough to hold that area before red. I know we’re just hours before the DLC has been released so I can’t truly know how the map plays but I’m just worried about this map being too one sided. What do you guys think?
No!
IMO, the Blue Team has the advantage.
I watched the live stream today. Both bases have a sniper at spawn right in front of where players spawn. It can be obtained very quickly and a skilled sniper will drop the red man canon lemmings like stones into glass.
On the other hand, the blue team has bridge with protective covering along the way for protection. Further, the blue base is at a higher elevation relative to top middle whereas the red base is much lower.
Further, besides the simple man canon, Red Team has no direct cave entrance to Top middle but must flank either side to go onto top middle.
In any event,Top Middle or teh Spine, if you like,will not be my first priority no matter which team I spawn on. There are other priorities, such as the Banshee (over at Fraggle Rock) or Rocket Launcher to consider and others too.
> > This might have been brought up before so I apologize. Anyways doesn’t the man cannon on Daybreak give the red team an unfair advantage? Red team can get to the middle bridge area of the map in seconds while blue team has no way of getting there quick enough to hold that area before red. I know we’re just hours before the DLC has been released so I can’t truly know how the map plays but I’m just worried about this map being too one sided. What do you guys think?
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> No!
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> IMO, the Blue Team has the advantage.
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> I watched the live stream today. Both bases have a sniper at spawn right in front of where players spawn. It can be obtained very quickly and a skilled sniper will drop the red man canon lemmings like stones into glass.
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> On the other hand, the blue team has bridge with protective covering along the way for protection. Further, the blue base is at a higher elevation relative to top middle whereas the red base is much lower.
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> Further, besides the simple man canon, Red Team has no direct cave entrance to Top middle but must flank either side to go onto top middle.
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> In any event,Top Middle or teh Spine, if you like,will not be my first priority no matter which team I spawn on. There are other priorities, such as the Banshee (over at Fraggle Rock) or Rocket Launcher to consider and others too.
I didn’t get a chance to watch the live stream today unfortunately. Well as you said, if both teams have a sniper at spawn then the man cannon sounds like a death trap. I just assumed all of this from watching the Daybreak walkthrough video on YouTube.
I don’t think I noticed too much. I think it made it seem easy to get in and out of the base when you have the flag or getting in. If you do it right, the ramp to the middle is not that long from the round base anyways.
I can’t remember which base is red and which is blue but while I was messing around on the map I noticed that the cannon side will probably have an easier time in CTF. They get to cannon to the middle, go into the enemy base, and then lift to top of the base. It just seems like if both teams were evenly matched cannon side is going to win. The only disadvantage to cannon side is it may be slightly harder to defend from cave rushers.
Another Note: If the opposing team tries to grab the flag and cannon they will probably die.
Extra Note: Cannon doesn’t always successfully work. If you walk straight into it it should work but I’ve sprinted into it a couple times and fell short. I’ve also walked into it at awkward angles and didn’t make it to mid.
> I can’t remember which base is red and which is blue but while I was messing around on the map I noticed that the cannon side will probably have an easier time in CTF. They get to cannon to the middle, go into the enemy base, and then lift to top of the base. It just seems like if both teams were evenly matched cannon side is going to win. The only disadvantage to cannon side is it may be slightly harder to defend from cave rushers.
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> Another Note: If the opposing team tries to grab the flag and cannon they will probably die.
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> Extra Note: Cannon doesn’t always successfully work. If you walk straight into it it should work but I’ve sprinted into it a couple times and fell short. I’ve also walked into it at awkward angles and didn’t make it to mid.
Thanks for that hands on experience update.