VANQUISH #45 APR 17

Live stream of VQ in my vision:

Dawn of Battle II by Mr. Echo

The second installment of Dawn of Battle sees a more complicated arena than it’s predecessor, which provides more cover for the tanks and Savages from the jets which inevitably dominate the match. The fight can though swing either way if the tanks remain under cover and out of sight of the skies. No complaints, great fun job.


Fish and Chips ? By SLOBBER--DOG

Norton’s series of LTS’s based upon foods he likes continues with this fun, fast paced combat LTS with team members starting amongst the chips (fries if you are American) armed with Carbine rifles and all the weapon pick-ups grenade in the centre of the map on the battered fish. The team that gains the high ground generally gets to keep it and so the round could be dominated by the team with the least lag, this could be overcome by making it a 3 team LTS. Good and fun nonetheless.

Nice Night 4 A Knife Fight by loftonian

A crazy melee only LTS on an eerily lit mountainside. Teams start either side of a steep and narrow gorge and can try to get to the bottom of the valley where a few different weapons are available, including tear gas and molotovs, but none of the weapons are as effective as a stab to the kidneys from the knife that you start with. One team starts with some BMX’s and a Blazer off to one side, whilst the other team – with a less steep side – must run. The vehicles don’t really afford any advantage apart from enabling this team to get to the bottom without dying. Great fun.

Paleto On Sea by o_ManOfFire_o

My own job – will change out the Combat MG – feedback appreciated.


Runners Vs Police Cars by monzterbill

A car vs parkour run that falls foul of the eternal bane of this kind of job, the car team getting to the weapons before the runners. Not only can a careful driver land on the platform easily, but it’s possible to jump over from a car with just it’s tail end hanging off the ramp at the side. The two sides of the car jump should be further apart and perhaps the end of the run with more obstacles or a thinner platform

'PUTA VS PUTA by gilmore50

Close quarters LTS with zero weapon pick ups. Two teams start in a tight arena underneath the Palmer Taylor Power Station with Combat PDWs. Several bottlenecks between the two teams provide decent cover for what becomes a tactical battle, where you not only have to avoid dying whilst taking out the enemy, but also have to conserve your ammo. Simple concept, huge fun.

'INSIDE 'Z' MINESHAFT by jayaf2k13

Another close quarters LTS and again with limited weapons, this time the forced weapon is the Bullpup rifle, but one team gets grenades too, so that they can blast their way into the mine where the other team spawns. Because the mine is so restricted in it’s space, the grenades don’t necessarily afford any advantage to the team that has them and the resulting stand-off can be tense and exciting. Enjoyable.

$ SNIPERS VS STUNTERS $ by GNPORTUGAL

The name is enough to put anyone off playing it, so to find the concept to be dramatically different to that which they were expecting was nice for the players. The stunters in T20s have to jump into little slots in a big wall while snipers try to shoot them with Heavy Snipers. Successful stunters must run a mini parkour (which they can retry) to get to RPGs, from where they can annihilate the snipers. The concept is refreshing, though the name could be changed – maybe Sniper Slot Stunting for example. At the moment, it seems far too easy for the stunters to get into the slots and then get up to the RPG.
I think the unbalance could be fixed by one of:
Removing the floor on the parkour, so those who fail will die;
Making those with the RPG have to fire from a parkour rail;
Reducing the number of slots to one.
Really liked this refreshing take on a much imitated (usually poorly) style of job.



Dumps Like What by CynicalCreator

A close quarters LTS at the docks, with a wealth of double barrelled shotguns to pick up and a touch sensitive mountain of dump trucks glitched into the centre of the arena. The tiniest tap or ricochet of buckshot and 30 dump trucks glitch into existence in the space where it appeared the where just one or two. There is a warning on this job “May Blue Screen” and thankfully with the reduced numbers of the tail end of playlist 2 that didn’t happen, but we did get some rather cool glitching under the map, falling and then landing back on the ground as the dumpers spawned into being. Quite without the chaos of magic trucks, this is a nice and simple shotgun LTS, with the trucks it is great. Maybe it could benefit from some health pickups hidden amongst the containers?