How about some vJB?

[Tazdrummer_VIII]

An interesting point was brought up by a clan mate.

With vehicles included is that going to include a tank? His theory is "having a tank running around in Jailbreak does not sound overly fair or fun; even if both sides have one, it will quickly become last tank standing wins."

Just curious what you guys thought of it.

 

[Trueblood]

im sure the mappers will find a way to make an area for the vehicles, to make sure they cant be used for Evil

 

[Birelli]

I doubt we'll ever see the tank in JB, it's way too powerful when one shot can kill and that puts the guy in jail for the round. I was considering both the Raptor and the Manta for my map as well but after testing them they're just too darn fast. In ONS it's fine if people can zip across the map, non-adjacent power nodes aren't vulnerable. In JB though having someone be able to quickly zip in and jump out at the enemy base would completely ruin the gameplay.

So, after some consideration, I'm thinking the Hellbender and Scorpion are the only decent choices, at least for the layout of the map I'm working on. The Hellbender is particularly well balanced in that it's relatively powerful weapons are counteracted by the need to put 2 or 3 players in the vehicle to use them. A couple of well placed AVRILs could spell disaster for a team that has 3 of their 5 players in a Hellbender, for example.

I think you may see the Manta or Raptor around though. If the bases of a map are of a decent size and they are enclosed and impossible to enter by vehicle, the speed concerns are somewhat balanced out, especially since the Manta and Raptor are very vulnerable to a well-placed shot or two.

 

[Trueblood]

Yeah, Hellbender and Scorpian are best suited really, a shock ball to a scorpian sends it flying which is handy ^__^
me thinks a prison bus would be great

 

[Mulch_D]

rember people just because I vehicle wodn't work well in the main game area, doesn't mean it won't work in JB at all

 

[Mychaeel]

Actually, about a year ago somebody -- ElBundee, in fact -- had the idea of a vehicle race arena...

 

[TheSpoonDog]

Almost anything can be put in a map, as long as the level designer is good enough, and designs the layout of the map right from the start. Yes, the tank is powerful, but it was also said that the redeemer was too powerful for UTJB, and that had been in quite a few maps since then. For example - maybe the tank has to cross a narrow platform to get to the main map area, making it totally vulnerable to all those other AVRIL-loaded players who can see it

I think the Leviathan may be a different story, though anything's possible...

 

[Half_Lunatic]

I don't fool around with vehicles in editing, but I'm sure it is possible to lower the health on some vehicles like the tank. The Leviathan on the other hand is well....NEVEEEEER!!! I'd probably delete any JB maps with this since I hate it in ONS.

 

[FireCrack]

Arena idea.

Each player spawns with a scorpion and has to race across a long cool track to a teleporter that has a trigger on it that closes a door just a bit earlier down the track, it also triggers a somwhat elaborate death sequence for the guy left behind.

(yes i have played scorpionrace too much)

 

[Mulch_D]

damn you that was (sort of but not quite eactly the same as) my idea for an arena!

 

[FireCrack]

ARENA-ScorpionRace is (c) FireCrack

 

[TK v3]

I got a map in the works, like I said, and it's pretty much finito once the bugs are worked out. It's effectively two back-to-back bases with a half-pipe track linking them... oh, and a jump and a soon-to-be-flaming ring for your stunt pleasure.

 

[ChaosJester]

In reference to an earlier comment a jail that is a bus that rides around on a track that could run people over and allow the occupants to shoot out of the windows would be fun to have in a large map. The kill sequence would be a derailing and crash sequence. It would be perfect for a vJB match

 

[DYN@MITE]

i have a good idea for an arena, why don't you give a manta or so and let a whole bunch of monsters in the arena, you can choose then dodge the monsters or kill your opponent.

i could have been playing too much invasion lately

 

[ReLiK]

i just wanna say.

i love you guys.