Complete Opposites Collide VI

CTF Map Submission

Map Name: Opposites Collide VI
Map ID: 369228
Style: Rework / Natural
Creator(s): puhdgy & lauten
Desc: We tried to improve the Opposites Collide in the rotation to what we thought could improve it and also to what other people have told me could improve it.
Structure Restricted Areas: Flagroom, directly outside flagbuilding, all tunnels.
Configured (yes/no): yes
Number of Caps: 3
*Note: I'd really appreciate people going to the map on build and exploring it rather than just looking at the screenshots, I don't know how well the screenshots do it justice to be honest. I'm kind of scared of the feedback this may get, because there were a few things I wasn't sure of whether to keep or change. I would like to see how this could do in rotation though, and so I spent way too much time within the past 3 days trying to finish this up. I really would appreciate feedback on this map, if I should change anything before the deadline for map submissions hits, please let me know. Or if this map was a complete fail, that's fine too xD

Picture(s):

Spoiler: Images

Entire Map
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Spawn
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Flagroom
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Midfield
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Underground

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Critique is accepted and appreciated. Thanks for viewing and thank you to everyone who helped and gave feedback! Changelog is below.​

Spoiler: General Changes

- General Changes
> Sponge Removals. There used to be sponges close to middle that just boosted you to your own flagroom. With how many people complained to me that recovery is such a pain on Opposites for multiple reasons, I just removed these. There were also sponges on the arch that sat above middle, flinging you right to your base, those were also removed but I'm not sure if removing them was a good idea or not.

> Better Transit. One of my favorite additions, if not my favorite addition, is the middle transits. An issue I've heard be brought up by a majority of people I've asked on what they disliked from Opposites is that you basically have to choose if you're going above ground or under ground from spawn. If you want to switch levels, it's a pain on the versions in rotation. Granted, there were transits on the current version, except they were awkwardly positioned and barely had any effect for recovery. I made cave tunnels in middle, they alone provide an extra route and some cover. But better than that, they hold drop downs so you can drop down to the underground. You can also take the sponge up. I may have not worded this great(it's 3am and i'm on a deadline, sorry).

> Watertube. At first glance, it's not obvious what this is for and it looks pretty dumb probably. But this is to make it so you can recover off people who take the arch route, you can now get to the top of it from middle(there is a sponge up). Initially, I only put the sponge there. Then I realized without anything surrounding it(making it a tube), it's a camping sponge and can make a ninja's pearls really powerful. I feel like if I left it like it was, I would have regret it. I put glass around the area of the sponge(where you're boosted up), so you can't throw pearls when you're being boosted. There is also barriers on the outside of the glass so soldiers cannot climb it, the water surrounding it simply made it look less stupid at that point.

> Aesthetics. While gameplay is more important than aesthetics, it doesn't hurt to attempt to make things look nice. There is detail to the underground cave system and just more detail to the entire map.

> 'Color Coding'. Most of the color coding I've done is basic(wool, stained glass, lava/water(doesn't give advantages for either team), etc. But I've also made lapis lazuli ore indicate blue side and redstone ore indicate red side in the underground(hopefully people will realize that's how you tell what side you're on..)

> Underground. The previous underground was pretty much completely open. I redesigned the underground(god this was a pain) to make it into wide tunneling and also placed structures to areas that I thought could use more cover/obstacle.

Spoiler: Flagroom Changes

- Flagroom Changes
With Opposites Collide(Original), it was crazy good for defense. Most people you ask would agree to that. When Opposites Collide V was made, it tried fixing that, which it did too well according to many people. I tried 'meshing' the two versions. The flagpost is not as far back as the original Opposites Collide, but still further back than OC V. I'm hoping this works well and can balance offense and defense a bit.

> Removing Back Entrance. On Opposites Collide V, there was an extra exit tunnel in the back of the flagroom. Since I tried bringing both versions of Opposites Collide together, I got rid of that tunnel.

> Flagpost. The old 2x1 flagpost is now a 1x1 flagpost, which I don't know about you but I like those a lot better, I hope others agree.

> Staircase Adjustment. I already know this will be annoying to try to explain, but I'll try. Opposites Collide V had technically 5 exits. I changed it so there are not two staircases on the left and right side of the flagroom, but just one in the middle. I also made these tunnels a lot wider so webs cannot be spammed and make as big of an effect as they used to and so PVP is a bit more fluid(as much as it can get for staircases).

> Water. There's two water spouts in the flagroom, since if you are playing pyro in this flagroom, you can stand behind the flagpost and see every entrance. Offense has to work together to take on the defense, but the water should definitely help if you're on fire trying to escape the flagroom.

Spoiler: Spawn Changes

- Spawn Changes
> Spawn Location & Spawn Camping. Spawn has been relocated to be higher up. Since it's higher up, the sponges that used to bring you to the top floor aren't there anymore simply because they would serve no purpose anymore. Before, spawn had a lot of camping room. That was another huge complaint from many people, that Opposites Collide has always been Stalemate Central. It is not nearly as spawn campable with the flag anymore. If you go near your spawn, it is very risky as you can get hit in easily.

 

woah!! November replied to my thread, omg nice OG name November

 

Well, I definitely see where you're coming from. A part of me wanted to change that, but I don't think this flagroom is impossible to capture on by any means(I'm mainly talking about casual games here). Hell, people were even able to capture on Opposites Original, so I don't think this flagroom should be that bad, but I could be wrong. I'm hoping the flagroom design will encourage offense working together a bit, but not sure. Thank you for the compliment !

 

I believe it's good now!

 

Yeah I wish there would be updates so a lot of the map versions got removed with the new wave coming up. The amount of blackouts is a bit much and I just think reworks should replace the one in rotation if they go through testing, but iduno. Thank you for the support though c: