Alternate Gameplay

Cash_Car_Star

I've heard a bit through the grapevine (ok, just through Rhoads) that future NS versions plan to possibly include marine v. marine and alien v. alien. Due to the nature of the maps, obviously entirely new maps would need to be made to suit these gameplay types. My question is this, would it be a good idea to start on a marine v. marine or alien v. alien map now, or should mappers be sticking to the standard marine v. alien gameplay?

Greedo

Well, as yet there are no design docs to consider for MvM or AvA scenarios, so it wouldn't be a good thing to get too far into a map to discover that you can only have 4 hives, or that you need to add a third possible CC location, or something else like that. I mean, it's difficult to make a map that flows well without a preplanned layout, and it's impossible to make a layout if you don't know the requirements or restrictions.