The continents: some are better than others

[NewSith]

Esamir is the best. It has least tank spam.

Not to mention its looks.

[Rolfski]

I guess the fact that there is a lot of discussion about this is an indication for me that SOE did a pretty good job on balancing these out to cater different play styles.

For me, I can appreciate all of them in a different way.

• Indar: Go-to continent for balanced warfare and you can always find a great battle at the Crown.
• Esamir: Less bases and flat landscape makes it good for big vehicle clashes.
• Amerish: Best looking continent, great for infantry/sniping and air warfare.

[Dkamanus]

Well, my view on the continents:

Indar - More canyon and crivances, good for infantry. Vehicular combat is the worst here, mostly because a good part of the continent isn't very vehicle friendly, with natural chokepoints, and some high places that can turn into deathtraps very easily. Favour Airplanes quite easily. Easy Continent to play, you don't have to worry much about losing Tech plants, Amps Stations and Biolabs, since each "side of the map" has each for each feaction.

Esamir - Considered by the HARSHEST of the continents, mostly because of that lone Tech Plant in the middle of the map, that give a huge edge for those owning it (Yes, MBTs are important). The most competitive map, favour vehicular combat more then indar and Amerish thanks to the flatter map and less mountain ranges. More open fields are also easier killing grounds for infantry. Doesnt favour airplanes so much, mostly because of its flatness, can't be spotted and shot down more easily.

Amerish - Most balanced map, doesn't favor so much infantry or vehicle, both have their moments. Has tech plants, amp stations and biolabs for all as well, so we can count on good fights all around.

I'd say my favorite map is Esamir > Amerish > Indar, in a scale of 10 > 9.5 > 9. Esamir is just too nice to fight in thanks to this edge that one needs.

[Beerbeer]

Yeah, there's just something about Indar that I enjoy. The natural funneling and choke points created by the many canyons and roads (as others have mentioned) and close proximity of the bases and outposts makes it easy for me to find fights. I can easily switch between fighting one faction or another if I desire without having to travel across half the map. Bonus.

Another base I only recently discovered: Vanu archives, is fun to fight in as well as it's infantry only up top, although there's still a lot of tank spam, but there are areas up there where no vehicle spam can encroach.

A lot of outposts have walls around them as well, can't remember if they were always there or only recently added.

[Crator]

^ Vanu Archives is very fun to play at. You don't hear about it a lot cause of The Crown I think.

[Beerbeer]

Yeah, ironically I try to avoid the crown, but I do like fighting around the periphery of that meat grinder when all three factions are fighting over it.

The crater is fun too when there are a lot of people around.