DEATHSTROKE #1 (FA Edition) - July 29th - 9pm BST, 4pm EDT

Turf Wars: The Island by me (20 players max). Sea based turf war (one capture bag with both cases in the same location so it's a battle to control the island). o_ManOfFire_o Did respawns and everything else work out in the Sunday Skool play through?

De_Train by me

28 Player Max, Free aim recommended

An enclosed deathmatch map based on the popular fps game counter strikes map, the de_train. Recreated in the LS Rail Yard.

I would gladly join this Free Aim Event but I'm currently on vacation until early August.

"Yellow Subs: Final Flight"

The Casino needs MORE SUBS!! The last ones sold like hotcakes, and now everyone's living in small, eco-friendly, gluten-free, vegan, yellow submarines! Hurry up and grab the rest before the fad ends! TIP: Drive to the Cargobob to get a submarine, or keep the enemy from delivering them by defending! Drive the sub onto the platform to make it easier to pick up.


Forced Weapon : Double Barreled Shotgun

Respawn Vehicle: Enduro

Target Score: 3 Submarines

AI with 'DEFENSIVE' instead of 'AGGRESSIVE' / better weapons placed at capture points to help defend.

Ground-based combat with aerial capture.

I'm not sure if this fits within the event guidelines. Halp!

Hey Everyone! Here are the playlists that will be featured in Deathstroke #1 Free-Aim Edition 7/29/16

Playlist #1 (Up to 28 players)

Biohazard Supremacy by Zorvaine CAPTURE - HOLD
LTS: Criss Cross (FA) by Terto123 - LTS
Frontier II: Classified by HiddenSaint27 - CAPTURE
G{}$[[P *DM - Stab City by gosccp - Deathmatch
Richmen's World by HerrLarson - LTS
de_train by Mr_Grandis - Deathmatch


Playlist #2 (Up to 20 players)

Fort Knox Heist by Gilmore50 - CAPTURE
²Gargamel's Castle² by SmootheJohnny - CAPTURE
TurfWars: The Island by Terto123 - CAPTURE
Battleships by WhiteKnight774

I saw it on the stream. Not so bothered I missed it due to holiday now. You can also tell by the RP. at the end. E.G. At the end of Biohazard supremacy, there were teammates with 900rp difference between eachother 

There are 4 targeting modes in GTA AA-full, AA Partial, FA Full and FA-assisted.

If you are in an AA, and joina FA, you will change to the same type of FA of the person you join on. So, when the loftonian is hosting in FAA, all the people who join off his invite from AA (likely the majority, given that most players are in AA), will be in FAA. 

I hope it was an accident, but if it was on a purpose, A) it's a joke to advertise it as a Free aim event. B) it goes against our crew's ethos of fairplay, which is a kickable offence. 
I hope the situation is fixed next time, when I'll be joining. 

Seems the situation got awkward. Sure not on purpose. Maybe Loftonian mixed between all the targeting modes but should have changed it once he realises that's not the Full-Free-Aim session even if the playlists starts.

Edit: Sorry for anyone joined and had the hopes of FA event but didn't meet it. Hope the future changes your lost hopes.

The fact you hosted the free aim session, but lofting an hosted the playlist would explain the split in FA and FAA in the lobby. Those who'd joined you in the pre-lobby would have been in full free aim. Those who'd joined via Loftonian's playlist invite would have had FAA. Loftonian's did have FAA, however he could have got it from selecting to join on a player who had consciously set themselves as FAA.

I'm not finger pointing that Loftonian conciously made a decision to equip FAA. However, the reason Larson and others had FAA was because of the host's invite.

I didn't even notice anyone in FAA and looking at the streams there only seemed to be a handful of people getting lower RP than everyone else so it wasn't a huge issue. I only just recently released that free aim and free aim assisted use the same servers (wtf ) so it was, in all likelihood a honest mistake (that no-one was made aware of at the time, for some reason). So in future hosts just need to set free-aim manually in single player before hosting and we can ask anyone receiving lower RP to quit out, change their settings and re-join?

It was a great event anyway, playing with other free-aim noobs I was able to hold my own in most of the jobs and am slowly getting better at it. It also noticeably helps the flow of captures with more players making raiding more achievable, reducing exposure in vehicles and just generally keeping the capture fluid. 

Reviews

Biohazard Supremacy by Zorvaine
A condense 4 teamed symmetrical hold set around Vespucci Canals expertly made for free-aim. The cover arrangement is well thought out at each base with the turrets only providing cover in one direction leaving the back of each base slightly exposed. Respawns were placed well, just far enough to allow for some raiding without it feeling like a long trek back to the action. 

The main issue with this is the massive time limit. At 20 minutes, with very little chance of any team getting the monopoly required for victory, gameplay soon gets repetitive as the team with the early lead and a solid enough defence is almost certain to get victory. 10 minutes would be ample imo to keep the action focused with the logic that any team winning after 10 minutes seems v.likely to also be winning after 20. It probably didn't help that it got set on 2 rounds either   Some guidance for hosts with the time limit in the description would be helpful. 

LTS: Criss Cross (FA) by me
This seemed to work out fine. Reviews welcome

Frontier II: Classified by HiddenSaint27
One centrally located case with up to 30 players all swooping in to get it; a recipe for disaster in auto aim but this job showcased what free aim can do. 2 teams wingsuit down to the case with the winners of this initial race & battle making the short journey to deliver. The man-made carpark is nice and setup very good. 

The capture points could be brought closer in as there's very little chance of a chase scenario. The team that gets the case tends to have killed all the other team and when they've captured the case it's a slightly longer wait than necessary for the battle to re-commence. I'd make the setup perfectly symmetrical personally as the unequal weapon options didn't add anything to the game imho. 2 solid symmetrical 7 minute rounds would be fine rather than 2 slightly asymmetrical ones. 

G{}$[[P *DM- Stab City by gosccp
Cover light setup that I just didn't see working in free aim when we loaded in. Technicals, Insurgents and grenade launchers would surely be a recipe for OP disaster. How wrong was I. A perfect antidote to a tense playlist with explosions, fast paced battles with well chosen weapons for free aim set in a great area. Grenades prevented the Insurgents from being OP and the vehicles were placed randomly enough that no one team dominated with them.

With very few props used in the central arena there seemed to be near enough 100 lights around the outer perimeter - surely crying out for a night-time default? I imagine free-aim lovers may not have totally fallen in love with this with vehicles having the ability to dominate but enjoyed this a lot. 

Richmen's World by larson
Solid LTS set around Richmen's Hotel. The few scarce weapon pickups are crucial in this as getting something other than the lower powered pistol default as quickly as possible is key to victory. Snipers placed deep work well by having the ability to pick-off the braver/ more naive opponents rushing to the centre. Tense symmetric enough arrangement that works just as well in auto aim. 

I'm not a huge AP Pistol fan and found this massively OP in auto aim and reasonably OP here in free aim. I think something with a lower fire rate (any rifle or even the SMG) would keep the tension in this LTS a little better. Although I liked the sniper pickups the scarcity was a bit of a problem, with the first spawn none were to be found but 2nd time I spawned near 2. As it's such a key weapon I'd add a few more to make sure anyone who wants one is able to find one easily.

My final suggestion would be to try to make it easier to flank opponents. Although blocking off the central alleys between each side makes sense to limit movement between sides it didn't seem possible to get to the other side easily. In both free aim and auto aim the rounds usually end with a awkward battle through fences in one of the alleys. Opening up one of the alley's / making some other route to the other side clearer would keep Sniper's on their toes while allowing the rounds to end more conventionally. 

de_train by mrgrandis
A tight enclosed map near the train tracks with good propping and well chosen weapons. Scores were kept tight through this thanks to the pretty flat arrangement meaning no area had any real advantage. 

A new error post 1.35 is that when there's a large number of respawns in one area you fall through the map! The 1st time I've experienced this and the only solution is probably replacing the whole lot of respawns (eek) or waiting for to fix it. I'm guessing this same bug led to respawning in the middle of the red containers at the back but still able to move through them. bugs aside this was a solid build. 

Thanks to loftonian & o_ManOfFire_o for hosting. Sorry I needed sleep instead of playlist 2 Poll opened