Best Map

jonesdaniel11 · February 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Best begginer map?</div> Which map is easiest for a newb to get used to the game in? thanks for any replys <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

NefariousNSP · February 2003

hmm..... good question....

Well, I started with ns_caged.

Some people will not agree with me, but i say that it is the simplest to learn.
It is very flat, not to many ups and downs, though i find that the minimap does not represent the map very well, as the marine start is hard to identify.

ns_tanith is also alright, though it's a bit more confusing.

I would definately not start with ns_bast, no matter how pretty it is, it has VERY confusing vents, and I STILL get confused by it, and I've been playing since release.

Paq · February 2003

I think that the easiest map to learn is eclipse.

The biggest labyrint is hera of course, but that is the reason that it is my favourite map. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Niteowl · February 2003

i second the vote for ns_eclipse, fairly straightforward map.

also, get the overhead maps that are posted on this forum, or go to

<a href='http://www.mayberrygames.com/ns.html' target='_blank'>http://www.mayberrygames.com/ns.html</a>

playing with an overhead printed out GREATLY increases your speed in learning the maps.

gl! (that's good luck, not grenade launcher for any of you vets out there <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> )

avoid
ns_nothing(massive), ns_hera(labrinthian), ns_nancy(if only because the unnamed hive can mess you up a bit, and the vents are quite expansive)

Unknown · February 2003

ns_nothing and ns_eclipse were the maps I played first (in that order). I love ns_nothing because the hives are so hard to defend and no weldable vents (except for the marine spawn one, but no one ever welds that one). And ns_eclipse is REALLY easy to learn and I think its one of the smallest (if not the smallest) maps.

FireStorm · February 2003

eclipse is good for a beginning, because it's a really simple map, no labyrinths, simple vents etc.

K-suspended · February 2003

i find ns_nothing or eclipse are the easyest maps..... deffantly never choose ns_bast as easyest map...it's the hardest!

i have a print of ns_nothing in front of my comp on the wall coz it's my fav map ...plz dont say i have gone to far...

-]K|[-suspended

realityisdead · February 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (-]K|[-suspended @ Feb 10 2003, 05:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i have a print of ns_nothing in front of my comp on the wall coz it's my fav map ...plz dont say i have gone to far...  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Heh. I know this reply is of absolutely no value to the conversation on hand, but... You have no idea how cool that is to hear.

;D

JediYoshi · February 2003

^^ OMG THE BEST MAPPER EVAR ^^

Thansal · February 2003

lol, amuzing
oh and:
<a href='http://www.tribes2maps.com/ns/' target='_blank'>great over heads</a>

watch_me_die · February 2003

I'm going to say that Tanith has by far the simplest layout.

-Eclipse is simple but the corridors near computer core look alike and tend to get people confused.
-Hera isn't as confusing as it is made out to be, all the areas are instantly recognisable.
-Nothing is very confusing for a new player. I've seen people go round and round in circles trying to find a way out of the Powersilo / Viaduct area.
-Bast is confusing at first, the main things to learn are the vents system.
-Nancy is smaller than Bast, but still has a very perplexing vents system.

Lucid · February 2003

nancy is the easiest to learn as long as you stay out of the vents.

Thansal · February 2003

and if you stay outa the vents you are lost

I think one of the best ways to learn any map is to start a lan server, put cheats on, make yourself some MCs get celerity, spawn another hive for leap and run around as a skulk

you will learn the map and the vent system (vents are so crucial to survival on both sides, f you know here you can pop in and out of and what enterances there are to cover, dear god it helps)

also it would probbly be a good idea to print one of those over head maps

oh and the commands to type in the console for cheats are:
sv_cheats 1
bigdig
spawnhive (Aliens only)
and something along the lines of givepoints

Jacturus · February 2003

I'd put my vote in for ns_eclipse...seems the easiest to me. The first map I ever played in was ns_bast. As a newbie I got lost all the time! Wow did that suck! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

After playing for a few weeks, all maps got to be easier to navigate. But now and again I'll find some place in the maps I never been before, even after months of playing...and I still hate playing on Bast as a marine! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Revenant · February 2003

Gotta be out of Caged, Tanith and Nothing. All classical texture maps, not always dirty. Not always clean!

Lee_Harvey · February 2003

I started on caged back in the day, so I got really turned off to marines for a while. But yeah, I would agree that Eclipse is the best to start, as those corridors require only very basic backtracking o figure out. There's only 3(?) || corridors anyway (that means parallel).

And [watch me die] did you get your sig off the suggestions forum a few days ago? Someone posted about juggyurnuts armor. It was ridiculous, but fun to flame.

Inuss · February 2003

Actually, you know I would select NS_BAST. There are a variety of ways to exit the marine base, and lots of landmarks. Also, since several of the vents are high up, the noobs can get lost in them so easily.

[I brake for Gorges]
<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif'>

watch_me_die · February 2003

Well I <b>did</b>, but I changed it now <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

jonesdaniel11 · February 2003

Thanks for the help guys, i went with most of everyones advice, but i like eclipse <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> but i might as well get used to playing on the others. Marines are a good team to use...but i have no idea what so ever what im supposed to do on the alien team <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>

Cadet_Orcwipe · February 2003

I did it backwards, and learned on the alien team first. To learn alien, all you gotta do is play skulk and keep pressure on the marines. Even if you die a hundred times, that's just the life of a skulk.

Aliens aren't as straightforward to learn as marines. As marines, you have a commander telling you what to do, and after a while, you get to pick up the game from the marine perspective pretty easy.

When you're skulking about, the best thing you can do is learn the vent systems, and just listen to your teammates (assuming they know what they're doing). Once you get used to skulk vision being so low to the ground, chomping marines is easy. Just don't go gorge. Ever. Until you've logged like 500+ hours or so and you've watched gorges doing their gorge thing.

It's my experience that since noobs always like to go marine, there's always a demand for aliens. ^_^

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