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New Map Preview: Facility

Posted by Scapes May 08 2013 04:00 PM in Game Information

New Map Preview: Facility

If you've spent any time playing the unskinned version of the Facility map, prepare to be amazed. Our artists have outdone themselves with the finished look for this popular Open Beta test map, which goes into rotation with the Facility Update.

Desert Installation

Facility sends pilots back into the Illalian desert where structures exist that haven't been touched by the Hawken virus... yet. As the images below show, the map is a pristine, functioning installation set in the middle of a windswept desert plain surrounded by rocky spires that create a series of paths around the industrial complex.


Map Overview


Southwestern Facility Approach and Northern Facility Entrance


Southern Facility Entrance and Facility Interior





Watch for detailed information on the new Facility map as soon as our cartographer returns from the desert.



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53 Comments


ArnieF4440
May 08 2013 04:16 PM
Nice, nice~ like the pic of the tech scapes *winks*

Conquistador
May 08 2013 04:16 PM
Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!

SS396
May 08 2013 04:17 PM
Whats the story on the levitating boulders and rocks_

Xacius
May 08 2013 04:21 PM
WANT!  WANT!

DAFG;HJNADKNHFKGDNLHAL HA

WANT!

WarlordZ
May 08 2013 04:23 PM

Conquistador, on May 08 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!
I think I've slipped from hating tech to a grudging dislike of it.  Hell, I've even played one on occasion when my team was desperate or my connection very laggy.  I still think they're not a good design though, they need some major fixing as they promote a less fun meta.  I've decided to just stick around, wait for a better meta, and have what fun I can in this one.

Anyway, facility's looking great.  Beautiful cliffs there and I like the addition of more cover dotted around.  I see we've stuck with the pristine white surfaces even after testing, though the brightness seems less harsh now.  I like the overall layout and architecture, sleek, new and interesting.

Scapes
May 08 2013 04:24 PM

View PostSS396, on May 08 2013 - 04:17 PM, said:

Whats the story on the levitating boulders and rocks_

Cavorite, the material that makes your mechs light enough to boost and dash. HAWKEN: Genesis has the full lore behind it. We'll also be adding more backstory to the maps in coming days.

ArnieF4440
May 08 2013 04:24 PM

View PostSS396, on May 08 2013 - 04:17 PM, said:

Whats the story on the levitating boulders and rocks_

Quoted from some magical place:

Quote

Actually, it's part of the lore: cavorite.
(magically floaty stuff that makes mechs mega light_)

deBoru
May 08 2013 04:27 PM

View PostConquistador, on May 08 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!

Way ahead of you, Haha!

Posted Image

ArnieF4440
May 08 2013 04:30 PM

View PostdeBoru, on May 08 2013 - 04:27 PM, said:

View PostConquistador, on May 08 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!

Way ahead of you, Haha!

Posted Image

you're not doing it right, it HAS to be that one, lol

Scapes
May 08 2013 04:31 PM

View PostdeBoru, on May 08 2013 - 04:27 PM, said:

View PostConquistador, on May 08 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!

Way ahead of you, Haha!

Posted Image

"I am vengeance! I am the night!"

SS396
May 08 2013 04:32 PM
deBoru

not quite, the other image of the tech.

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ropefish
May 08 2013 04:33 PM
what about the odd red circle in the center of the test map_
never took a snap shoot i should have

deBoru
May 08 2013 04:34 PM

View PostArnieF4440, on May 08 2013 - 04:30 PM, said:

View PostdeBoru, on May 08 2013 - 04:27 PM, said:

View PostConquistador, on May 08 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!

Way ahead of you, Haha!

Posted Image

you're not doing it right, it HAS to be that one, lol

Fixed.

Posted Image

Beefsweat
May 08 2013 04:35 PM
Posted Image

ArnieF4440
May 08 2013 04:37 PM

View PostdeBoru, on May 08 2013 - 04:34 PM, said:

-snip-

Fixed.

Posted Image

haha, better :D *refers back to hobo's haters gonna hate gif*

SS396
May 08 2013 04:41 PM

View PostScapes, on May 08 2013 - 04:24 PM, said:

Cavorite, the material that makes your mechs light enough to boost and dash. HAWKEN: Genesis has the full lore behind it. We'll also be adding more backstory to the maps in coming days.
Well, I guess that shows that I haven't read the book.

ropefish
May 08 2013 04:42 PM
once again

View Postropefish, on May 08 2013 - 04:33 PM, said:

what about the odd red circle in the center of the test map_


deBoru
May 08 2013 04:51 PM

View PostScapes, on May 08 2013 - 04:31 PM, said:

View PostdeBoru, on May 08 2013 - 04:27 PM, said:

View PostConquistador, on May 08 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!

Way ahead of you, Haha!

-image-


"I am vengeance! I am the night!"

Just for you Scapes:

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ropefish
May 08 2013 04:52 PM
for a third time plz i want to know

View Postropefish, on May 08 2013 - 04:42 PM, said:

once again

View Postropefish, on May 08 2013 - 04:33 PM, said:

what about the odd red circle in the center of the test map_


OdinTheWise
May 08 2013 06:57 PM

View PostScapes, on May 08 2013 - 04:24 PM, said:

View PostSS396, on May 08 2013 - 04:17 PM, said:

Whats the story on the levitating boulders and rocks_

Cavorite, the material that makes your mechs light enough to boost and dash. HAWKEN: Genesis has the full lore behind it. We'll also be adding more backstory to the maps in coming days.

I am a sucker for backstory. Can never get enough.

Aims
May 08 2013 07:08 PM
This truly reminds me how lucky we are to have this game... and for free_ It doesn't make sense.

bacon_avenger
May 08 2013 09:03 PM

View PostdeBoru, on May 08 2013 - 04:51 PM, said:

View PostScapes, on May 08 2013 - 04:31 PM, said:

View PostdeBoru, on May 08 2013 - 04:27 PM, said:

View PostConquistador, on May 08 2013 - 04:16 PM, said:

Quickly, someone take the technician image and slap "haters gonna hate" on it!

Way ahead of you, Haha!

-image-


"I am vengeance! I am the night!"

Just for you Scapes
*nanananananaanbatman*
Naaa, you are doing it wrong ;)

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The_Silencer
May 08 2013 09:04 PM
The map looks awesome, indeed. It's gonna be a pleasure to play on it. :D

Just a suggestion.:
Also I find posting the minimap is one more nice and useful touch in the preview post. We should have minimap pictures of every map in the game to, for example, organize strategies and tactics. Read clans here as well.

Definitely an outstanding work, guys there at AG. Congrats! ;)

TerranCmdr
May 08 2013 09:05 PM
Shhhhhh, they might catch on. ;)

SilentJacket
May 08 2013 09:45 PM
can they add more emphasis to the floating rocks, maybe some huge levitating pillars of stone around the outskirts_