This is a question for the devs, I have played the aquatone patch and I don't like it. The new vents you've added make it ALOT easier to thief, thats what I absolutely love about aqua, If you drop out of certain places yeah you'll prolly get a lot of loot and evidence... now you gotta get half way across the map back to the vents with out dieing. On top of that there are a ton more shadows and little things that make it so easy for the thief. Perhaps its been changed because everyone cries about it being so hard to win, yet I win atleast 50% of the time as a thief. Anyway my question is will the old aqua still be available after 1.3? Its THE best map imo. Thanx for your time and consideration.
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"They say we cleaned out the royal treasury, and took the kings wedding ring off his finger as he slept!" "That must have taken an entire team of our best sneaks." "I heard it was lieutenant Jarvis." "Impossible!"
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Originally posted by MajarisanThis is a question for the devs, I have played the aquatone patch and I don't like it. The new vents you've added make it ALOT easier to thief, thats what I absolutely love about aqua, If you drop out of certain places yeah you'll prolly get a lot of loot and evidence... now you gotta get half way across the map back to the vents with out dieing. On top of that there are a ton more shadows and little things that make it so easy for the thief. Perhaps its been changed because everyone cries about it being so hard to win, yet I win atleast 50% of the time as a thief. Anyway my question is will the old aqua still be available after 1.3? Its THE best map imo. Thanx for your time and consideration.
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Originally posted by MajarisanThis is a question for the devs, I have played the aquatone patch and I don't like it. The new vents you've added make it ALOT easier to thief, thats what I absolutely love about aqua, If you drop out of certain places yeah you'll prolly get a lot of loot and evidence... now you gotta get half way across the map back to the vents with out dieing. On top of that there are a ton more shadows and little things that make it so easy for the thief. Perhaps its been changed because everyone cries about it being so hard to win, yet I win atleast 50% of the time as a thief. Anyway my question is will the old aqua still be available after 1.3? Its THE best map imo. Thanx for your time and consideration.
It's NOT meant to be easy for the guards to vent hunt.
Thieves have to leave the vents to get evidence & loot, & most vents can't be re-entered due to being in the ceiling, so if you keep patrolling the corridors, you'll catch the thieves eventually.
Aquatone is laid out so that theoretically guards control the rooms/corridors & thieves control the vents. I don't think it's currently as hard to thieve as everyone says it is, but I'm glad they're making the vents darker, since there was no good reason why they should have lighting in there (if guards were going to repair/use the vents, they should be using flares).
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I love the aquatone patch. I think it's much better than the current one.
It is nonvent-hunting friendly. The vents are much darker now. So it's harder for a guard to find a thief in there. Besides, why would an airvent need to be lighted? Also, it is very easy now, since there are less entrances and ways to get around in the vents, for the guards to cut off an important area with a few sets of caltrops. Adding more vent area helps thieves on this.
The ratio of guard to thief wins on aquatone is NOT 1:1; it's more like 3:1 in favor of guards. Thieves on the current version have NO chance against a well seasoned group of guards (unless he is GS or ungodly lucky). The new version allows thieves to be more stealth-like, and will prevent less confrontations and thieves just running around hoping to not get killed.
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Originally posted by The_DanOriginally posted by MajarisanThis is a question for the devs, I have played the aquatone patch and I don't like it. The new vents you've added make it ALOT easier to thief, thats what I absolutely love about aqua, If you drop out of certain places yeah you'll prolly get a lot of loot and evidence... now you gotta get half way across the map back to the vents with out dieing. On top of that there are a ton more shadows and little things that make it so easy for the thief. Perhaps its been changed because everyone cries about it being so hard to win, yet I win atleast 50% of the time as a thief. Anyway my question is will the old aqua still be available after 1.3? Its THE best map imo. Thanx for your time and consideration.
It's NOT meant to be easy for the guards to vent hunt.
Thieves have to leave the vents to get evidence & loot, & most vents can't be re-entered due to being in the ceiling, so if you keep patrolling the corridors, you'll catch the thieves eventually.
Aquatone is laid out so that theoretically guards control the rooms/corridors & thieves control the vents. I don't think it's currently as hard to thieve as everyone says it is, but I'm glad they're making the vents darker, since there was no good reason why they should have lighting in there (if guards were going to repair/use the vents, they should be using flares)."They say we cleaned out the royal treasury, and took the kings wedding ring off his finger as he slept!" "That must have taken an entire team of our best sneaks." "I heard it was lieutenant Jarvis." "Impossible!"
-Two unknown CTG probies
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I think the old Aquatone is good as it is; as many of the maps seem geared towards thieves anyway (Nostalgia especially)
And it's always fun being the last thief left and winning when there's 3 human guards :roll::grin: (like i've done once)
So IMHO, server admins should at consider keeping the old Aqua on their map list.
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Originally posted by ZidaneI think the old Aquatone is good as it is; as many of the maps seem geared towards thieves anyway (Nostalgia especially)
And it's always fun being the last thief left and winning when there's 3 human guards :roll::grin: (like i've done once)
So IMHO, server admins should at consider keeping the old Aqua on their map list.
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