Let the creator know what sort of guns you want, no images, just say the name of the gun in general.

Me personally, I would like turrets placed around the maps, snipers, and pistols. And maybe a shotgun.

Remember back before custom maps, where there was something really unique about the fact that you'd never play the same map twice because they were custom generated? Now that we have custom maps with carefully planned areas, nests, bunkers and buildings, the generated maps have sort of fallen out of favour. Consequently:

The default server map generator badly needs an overhaul.

Good as the custom maps are, I think a strength of this game that hasn't really hit full potential yet is the custom map generation. Take a look at minecraft for a moment- when you start a new world you've got your lakes, mountains and valleys same as the AoS ones do, but you also have trees, cliffs, distinct climate areas like sand, rocky, snowy (all could be emulated just with the right colour), whole oceans, and caves. It's also completely random- meaning no low lying river system always to the east, mountains to the west etc.

Can you imagine how much more diverse the battles would be if the default maps generated more like that? Anyone who's played on the paradise map knows how amazing it is when you're digging a tunnel and you stumble on a big underground cavern, and then find yourself having a firefight with the startled enemies inside. Imagine if flat areas looked like the blue half of incomplete fortress, with trees and bushes dotted around? Supposing very simple bunkers got put down as well for people to occupy and pimp out?

At this stage having one weapon still works just fine, but the introduction of custom maps has all but rendered the default ones obsolete, and now barely any servers use them anymore.

It would be a major shame if this procedurally generated content in the game went to waste because it didn't measure up to the custom maps.

All it really needs is some dynamic minecraft like scenery for people to draw up their own frontlines and tactics around. If they were less like the same old setup in the current default ones and looked more like Incomplete fortress, Mesa and Paradise, every single game would be like playing in a whole new world.

What maps do you guys think some of the map editors out there should create?

Here's what I think:
-CARGO TAKEOVER - A map that is pretty much covered in water but has a large cargo ship in the middle. There is a coast on each side of the map where the blue + green bases are situated (so they each have their own small coast) and both have bridges that lead to the cargo ship.
-LAVA FLOW - A map with a large volcano in the middle. There are orange blocks to simulate lava inside of it and running down it. At the crater of the volcano are sniper towers. Around the actual volcano are trees.
-SPADE CITY - A map that is essentially a big city. There are skyscrapers (with sniping areas on top) and a park area (think Central Park) in the direct middle of the map where it is essentially flat, aside from a few trees and small hills.

I think these would be a bit hard to create but, if made, they would be awesome. What do you guys think?

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