I’ve noticed some tower issues in AV that seem to favor the Horde side. First off, their two towers, out in the field, are closer together than the Alliance towers are. This makes response time faster. Second, the graveyard is also closer to both horde towers. This again can aid in defensive response time. Third, the alliance towers give a single horde ranged an easy ability to defend a capped flag by doing the pillar hump from a substantial distance. Try defending a horde capped tower as a ranged dps . Way harder.
Make all towers the same and the issue will be solved.
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No…AV is not a symmetrical map and has never been one . Towers and Bunkers have their own flavor. No need to make everything the same .
That’s why you take IBGY before taking Tower Point . Just like how Horde shd take SHGY before taking Ice Wing.
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If that’s true, then alliance towers can also give a single ALLIANCE ranged an “easy ability to defend a capped flag by doing the pillar hump from a substantial distance.”
99% of time people respond to towers that are capped.
Except when you play defensively.
Gonna level with ya dude, I kind of understand what you’re saying however what you’re taking issue with is an objective you should be seeking to take. Yes, it is harder to get to SH bunker from the GY than it is to reach either TP or IB from the horde GY, but that is something your team can potentially use to it’s own advantage.
In either regard, neither tower shape has a definitive enough edge to warrant making the map uniform. Just one of those things ya gotta learn to play around.
Simply put, write off Stonehearth Bunker every game. There’s no saving it logically unless you have a dedicated coordinated recap team. If you defend Stonehearth the Horde can run right past you and cap everything else as there is no choke point. Stonehearth graveyard is too far back and Iceblood Graveyard is too close to realistically defend SHB.
Unfortunately iceblood graveyard is situated in a way that really benefits defense. Rezzers at iceblood gy can defend IBT and tower point with ease. They also control a choke point at IBT where you are both defending IBT/IBGY/and basically the south part of the map all in one.
Defend SHGY and Icewing. Forget SHB, its really unfortunately placed.
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