Open bases or tighter bases?

[omnomnom]

Open Base: Walls more far apart, easier to leak, more split paths for ships (for smaller ships especially)

 

Tighter Base: Walls closer together, leaks most likely after an AD, more likely to contain strong bomblines

 

I personally like tighter bases. In tighter bases it ia easier for a lancaster to live , because one person defending flanks has an easier time of not getting leaked passed. There is also less room to move, so a spider firing guns can defend anything easier. It becomes obvious you need a rush ship to win with high energy and/or reps and bursts: you do anyway but in a tight base it is clearer than ever. And bomblines are a good challenge, too bad the team has someone whine if they can't get past it.

 

Other would be a combination of the two, or maybe just something else, hense "other". All I know is that I have more fun in tighter bases... what do you think?

Edited December 4, 2010 by omnomnom

[Kilo]

LCD gameplay wooooo

[Unix]

We've seen what happens if a base is too tight, I dont think many care for going back to those type of bases. On the other hand, having bases too open allow rush wb/shark leaks too easily. Need to find a nice balance so that way a lanc doesnt die from a so so coffin placement because it's so tight the burst pieces just touch the lanc so quickly and easily, and you dont have leaks happening every time someone rushes.

[omnomnom]

We've seen what happens if a base is too tight, I dont think many care for going back to those type of bases. On the other hand, having bases too open allow rush wb/shark leaks too easily. Need to find a nice balance so that way a lanc doesnt die from a so so coffin placement because it's so tight the burst pieces just touch the lanc so quickly and easily, and you dont have leaks happening every time someone rushes.

 

Well, yea, I agree that having a tight base go too far would be a problem. Although I'm still thinking I like tighter bases, there could still a bit more room than the old ones that were a problem. ...If i add a "tiles wide" option I wouldn't pick the one which is the same width as lanc lol, or even 2-3 tiles higher i think. Hmm

[Unix]

From my own experiences, if you are going to have a narrow base, it narrow throughout the entire thing, only in small sections so that it creates choke points. A wide area would be ok, as long as it's about 2 lanc lengths (give or take) and it was followed by a choke point.

 

The previous base seven probably is the best example of this.

[Deathmonger]

I likes my bases like I likes my women.

[Dr Brain]

I likes my bases like I likes my women.

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