7.7.3: The Day Defense Died

[Namacyst]

New defense maps suck!

 

Old "new" Corpus defense map was a blast! It kept me playing because it was fun getting rushed fast and in numbers. I just played defense to kill mobs.. alot of them.

 

Now.. with all those overly huge S#&$ maps that are chosen random it's not fun. There is no sense of danger.. just small groups of mobs coming one by one, taking ages to reach the pod and it's BORING! It's not defense... it's waiting... endless waiting because the AI is $&*&*#(%& on those big maps.

 

Either remove those big maps for defense and use them for something else or let us choose which map to play when picking defense so we can avoid that new crap and play the old, cool map again.

 

Thanks for your effort but the maps just suck &#!!

 

Cheers

 

a now even more bored veteran player who lost his precious defense map.

[Dashx]

I liked the new outpost dam map =(... but yeah, the older map was awesome. If they fix the spawn of the other one i believe it will become fun :P

[ZAPTONE]

I think all defense missions need to be a little faster.  Waiting around isn't fun.

[Guest Sess1on]

I agree, they need to bring back the old Valefor.

[Dancingfirefly]

The one defense map I tend to have issues with is the one where you're defending the pod in the middle of a bunch of buildings. Enemies tend to filter in very slowly on that map. I honestly spend a good deal of time sitting around and waiting, or roaming around to hunt for enemies who are no doubt taking cover inside a cave or building.

 

The other map where you defend on a corner and there's two bridges branching off, with a few other paths to the pod, I find that one to be fairly enjoyable. Granted, enemies tend to derp on that map too, but at least they come frequently enough that it's intense. I think most people leave after the 5th wave on the first mentioned map out of boredom.

 

I like the designs. The AI and enemy patterns could use some work.

[[DE]Scinbed]

Spawning will be fixed soon guys, wasn't intentional to be as slow as it is.

[plznohurtme]

https://forums.warframe.com/index.php?/topic/27448-update-773-level-expansions-and-new-weapons/page-32#entry254166

[Emolition]

The one defense map I tend to have issues with is the one where you're defending the pod in the middle of a bunch of buildings. Enemies tend to filter in very slowly on that map. I honestly spend a good deal of time sitting around and waiting, or roaming around to hunt for enemies who are no doubt taking cover inside a cave or building.

 

The other map where you defend on a corner and there's two bridges branching off, with a few other paths to the pod, I find that one to be fairly enjoyable. Granted, enemies tend to derp on that map too, but at least they come frequently enough that it's intense. I think most people leave after the 5th wave on the first mentioned map out of boredom.

 

I like the designs. The AI and enemy patterns could use some work.

Yeah the bridge one I loved unluckly only got that  one time. Wile the slow came up 5 or 6 times in row making me go back to jupiter instead=)

 

*edit* The last 2 or 3 times on the slow we just let the infested kill the pod to speed it up even that took ages with 7+ chargers or what the "dogs" called was beating it the health on the pod hardly moved.

Edited April 15, 2013 by Emolition

[Gryphticon]

Didn't notice the Corpus outpost defence map changed. What changed?

[Gryphticon]

 

Fixed enemies not spawning during Endless Defense missions.

 

 

 

Umm. Not spawning but OP said "Little groups" spawning.

[Katakuna]

Umm. Not spawning but OP said "Little groups" spawning.

 

Yeah, I misread, realized too late, and promptly deleted my post.

[Thingofmyth]

I am sorry sir but you are wrong

Edited April 15, 2013 by Thingofmyth

[Namacyst]

There is no reason for discussion here, sorry. Fact is: Old map was fun.. new maps are boring. Sure, the maps look awesome and are beautifully designed but... pictures are also pretty but i don't want to play them because they are BORING!

 

Gimme a center with a pod, doors around in reasonable distance with AI friendly obstacles in the way from Door to Pod and then... spawn mobs like crazy! FUN!

 

Right now defense missions give crappy loot, regardless of wave, give no credit rewards after completion and difficulty is measured in enemy HP...but hey....that was ok because there was a smoothly running map with decent design and there were a S#&$load of Corpus & infested (nope, sorry.. Grineer defense missions suck) to smash, bash, clobber and slice..you could even shoot them! In masses!

 

3/4 of the time now i just abort mission at the start because i wont give me that S#&$...but mostly i don't even bother to play defense anymore and level my remaining weapons on Bossruns... still boring but not as much as defense atm.

 

DE, your move ^^

Edited April 15, 2013 by Namacyst

[CosyPigeon]

I think currently the only reason the new maps are boring is because the AI path finding is currently incomplete, which the devs have said they are working on.

Edited April 15, 2013 by CosyPigeon

[arune]

Its not just pathfinding, the mobs also spawn very very slowly.

[SFkenny]

Good! Hopefully the defense maps on Earth and Venus got changed so the spawn rate isn't as frequent, so I actually have a chance in hell of getting the other two Banshee part schematics.

[Gryphticon]

Anyways, I would rather play Survival/onslaught than Defence, honestly.

[DaveC]

The big defence maps suck ballz, It's just continual running around with the shift key pressed to suck up the few mods that drop. Smaller maps are much better for defence. That large circular one with the central reactor is about as big as it wants to ever get. Even on that, the spiked balls are a pain as you can only shoot them off from an angle and not directly from behind.