Map Balance

[Beefsquatch 3]

i serched so i appologize if this is already a topic. i feel the new map is not balanced in loot distrobution. currently the western side of the map has all the key item spawns. the way the map is laid out thier is really no point in going to the eastern side let alone the north east side of the map. NEAF has so much dead space Balota has more gear, NWAF has even more with the tents, the two smaller military locations not to mention far more jails and office buildings. where on the NE side of things you have a few schools and NEAF nothing really more. i feel their needs to be better distrobution as far as equipment around the east and more so the north east side of the map. as of now it seems like everyone is in a race west to hit that one loot line starting by Balota, to the two small military bases, even then one in Zelengork has military spawn and then straight to NWAF. by spreading the loot around the map will cause players to explore more and stop pushing everyone to one side of the map.

[applejaxc 2500]

My mental map of Chernarus is really messed up, where for some reason I also think the map is rotated 90 degrees (is that a full turn?) to the left, where Elektro and Cherno have north-south orientation and the coast is on the east and there is no south ocean; the map just ends at south Chernarus (because there's little point going west of Cherno, except Balota. But we don't go to Balota...)

If I can try to recall the right map...

 

I'm actually really glad no one seems to like the east of the map. Skalitzy (or wtf its name is) + the ship + an empty airfield + some other town I don't know the name of + 2 "Under construction buildings" is an extremely short run from what seems like the spawn I ALWAYS get, meaning I've got a mountain back pack, medicine, an M4 (if I'm lucky, Mosin otherwise), sometimes a pistol, and plenty of food (not to mention lots of clothing choices!) and a fireaxe without seeing a single player on ~30 player servers. Granted I subsequently die foolhardedly running to Elektro from there...

[Lidskjalf 132]

 

I'm actually really glad no one seems to like the east of the map. Skalitzy (or wtf its name is) + the ship + an empty airfield + some other town I don't know the name of + 2 "Under construction buildings" is an extremely short run from what seems like the spawn I ALWAYS get, meaning I've got a mountain back pack, medicine, an M4 (if I'm lucky, Mosin otherwise), sometimes a pistol, and plenty of food (not to mention lots of clothing choices!) and a fireaxe without seeing a single player on ~30 player servers. Granted I subsequently die foolhardedly running to Elektro from there...

 

I agree with you on that, I do like that the east is barren of players cause I usually run up that way too to avoid contact...  However, I do agree with the OP about there is a lot of loot spawns on the west side.  

 

NEAF has so much dead space Balota has more gear, NWAF has even more with the tents, the two smaller military locations not to mention far more jails and office buildings.i feel their needs to be better distrobution as far as equipment around the east and more so the north east side of the map.

 

I agree as the West does have a disproportionate amount of military loot along the west side, not to mention the new military base with 2 hospitals & 3 barracks east of Pavlovo.  But it's only been a month since they released the alpha (more or less, too tired to check atp), so I am sure that they are going to put more content in the northeastern part of the map.  If you haven't went up past the NEAF and travelled those new roads they added in, there are a lot of dead spaces they seem to have intentionally made just by looking at the small dead ends that branch off the main roads.  I am thinking that as development goes, Rocket and team will add some things like BIG prison complexes up there - something they talked about prior to SA announcement @ their conferences.  Hopefully they will add more unique loot spawns/buildings in the northern sector, but it's only a matter of time!