Personally, I loved the Tribes Take and Hold maps.
My two cents on how to change AV for the better: instead of making the flights and the cavalry be things that players have to go out of their way to summon, have them be permanent, recurring parts of AV. These are your 'reinforcements'. New waves come out of your reinforcements pool, and when you're down to zero reinforcements, when your last troop dies, it's game over.
The objectives might appear as follows:
A 50/300 (that is, Alliance has 50 troops in the field, and 300 reinforcements remaining)
H 35/350 (that is, Horde has 35 troops in the field, and 350 reinforcements remaining)
A new wave of troops won't get sent until the old wave of troops is finished.
Without player intervention, they meet in the center and annihilate one another. With player intervention, the idea is that you rally with your troops and try to crush the enemy troops + the enemy players on their side. You can heal your troops. They pause at periodic points to patrol the area, giving rezzed people a chance to catch up.
When your cavalry comes up against a tower, or any enemy they can't path to, they dismount and take cover behind boxy shields. Without player assistance, they'll get whittled away by the tower archers.
To expedite the summoning process, instead of having players need to run all the way back to the start, once your troops are at midfield, they'll send a runner back to the summoners. The summoners come out to the midfield and station themselves there, waiting for you to bring them the appropriate tokens. If your troops die, they'll retreat. Also, if they are killed, they count against your reinforcements.
My two cents on how to change AV for the better: instead of making the flights and the cavalry be things that players have to go out of their way to summon, have them be permanent, recurring parts of AV. These are your 'reinforcements'. New waves come out of your reinforcements pool, and when you're down to zero reinforcements, when your last troop dies, it's game over.
The objectives might appear as follows:
A 50/300 (that is, Alliance has 50 troops in the field, and 300 reinforcements remaining)
H 35/350 (that is, Horde has 35 troops in the field, and 350 reinforcements remaining)
A new wave of troops won't get sent until the old wave of troops is finished.
Without player intervention, they meet in the center and annihilate one another. With player intervention, the idea is that you rally with your troops and try to crush the enemy troops + the enemy players on their side. You can heal your troops. They pause at periodic points to patrol the area, giving rezzed people a chance to catch up.
When your cavalry comes up against a tower, or any enemy they can't path to, they dismount and take cover behind boxy shields. Without player assistance, they'll get whittled away by the tower archers.
To expedite the summoning process, instead of having players need to run all the way back to the start, once your troops are at midfield, they'll send a runner back to the summoners. The summoners come out to the midfield and station themselves there, waiting for you to bring them the appropriate tokens. If your troops die, they'll retreat. Also, if they are killed, they count against your reinforcements.