Hmm. I haven't played NFS with the airburst yet. I don't see why it should be any different from 98% of the other maps where people whore them. It's just like smg nades. There's always the one weapon that everyone gets pissed off at.

I voted yes but I'm worried it may unbalance the gameplay. One of the things which I think adds to the intensity of a good football map is extreme stopping power - you can't just run past everyone with the flag right into their base without putting up a good fight. The xbow did this, and now the airburst serves this role - what happens when it's gone?

I think instead of removing the airburst all together you should make it spawn in a different part of the map with a longer time between spawn.  What I've seen with NFS is 6 people in the cap area unloading all of their airburst, running back to spawn, and repeating making for near impossible flag caps.  If they were say, near the flag and only spawned once every 10 seconds it would turn the whoring down and turn the real strategy up.  Another suggestion is not having every weapon with unlimited ammo in the spawn, that's what arena mode is for, if you spaced everything out it would make for interesting strategy, maybe even cutting out explosives, make it a gun match(which would only promote shotty whoring, but you can't bitch about everything).  Seeing as it's a very narrow football map where most players would rather camp, it would be kind of cool to just put weak  or slow weapons in there.  If nfs only had smg pistol mag bow and limited nades it could be rather interesting. 

Just a few suggestions,  if nobody likes it then I'd like to see a fast spawn of wacky balls and rpgs in the spawn area.

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What ive seen happen in the past relates to what don is saying. Just put the nades in one spot that you have to work for to get to, insted of spawn. The problem would be a tit bit smaller.

compiling right now.  i will test the map later tonight to make sure that the flag returns work then i will send it to whut.  if all is well he should have it when he wakes up tomorrow morning in his e-mail.

EDIT: i send him the e-mail now with the new version of this level attached.  now you guys just have to bug him to upload it.

changes for hl2ctf_nfs_b2

removed all the airbursts in both spawns
removed the airburst that spawns on the stage just outside the first tunnel
changed the smg_nade that spawn on the overhang outside the spawn into the smg
added 1 airburst to spawn next to the flag spawn (only one in the level)
added smg_nade to spawn next to the flag spawn
triggered up the spawn doors to return the flag if a player tries to bring it into the spawn room
triggered up the overhang so that the flag will return if the player tries to bring it into the spawn from the top
tweeked the lighting in the capture rooms and the rooms just ouside the spawn room


on a side note, i can't seem to compile hl2ctf_shipping_b1 for some reason.  i made all the changes and sent the file to whut.  if he can use his beast of a computer to compile it and everything works, that level should be added soon also. 
HAPPY FRAGGIN!!!

Exactly! If Whut can't compile, it's a long shot, and this lappy sucks, but I could always give it a try. Nothing better to do ever anyway.

But great job, can't wait to test out the map. Whut just has to add it, and take out b1 so n00bs don't go voting it constantly for the airbursts lol.