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Last Titan Standing |
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Hard Point |
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Drop Zone |
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Bank |
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Blue Team Flag |
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Orange Team Flag |
A Militia capital ship was shot down en route to a distant planet as part of an armed recon fleet who set out to investigate an IMC Advanced Research Center—one of many strategic targets in the Militia’s push to retake systems from the IMC in the Frontier. Survivors of the crashed ship were captured and transferred to Angel City Penitentiary or, if lucky, killed on site. The wreckage remains abandoned in the wild.
Crashsite is notable for its variety of extended wallrun paths. Skilled Pilots can use these routes to develop a speed advanced over their opponents. Titans, on the other hand, may exploit their strengths by locking down entire routes, allowing their team to advance on the enemy with minimal losses.
Research Base
The research base is the first key location on Crashsite and is the home of the A hardpoint. The use of the buildings and the research facilities will become your greatest ally because, other than this, there is not much else to protect Pilots from incoming fire. The biggest challenge that comes from the research base is that it’s nearly impossible to protect your team’s flag from within the research base, as it is at the front of the base near the entrance and next to two open windows.
Overall, Crashsite does not have a whole lot of cover for Pilots. Most of the time, Pilots are left out in the open, and this makes the research base deceptively useful. The buildings allow you to be sneaky, and if you choose to, you can more than likely never be seen for the entire match. However, that might not be of any use. As long as you’re not seen moving to the back of the base, you can use it as an ambush point when your opponent approaches.
Overhang
The center point of Crashsite is a location called the “overhang.” This specific location is out in the open and can be observed from just about half of the map. However, to counter this, there are plenty of hiding spots. The main reason that this is a key location is that it is a major hotspot in every game mode. This is not a location for a Drop Zone in Bounty Hunt, but if your team wants to hold the either Drop Zone, controlling the overhang is essential.
One of the game modes that takes advantage of this mode happens to actually be Last Titan Standing. Whichever team arrives and controls the overhang first will have the major advantage over the opposing team. Stay keen to the midsection of the ship because as soon as you’re noticed by your enemy, the midsection is usually the fastest path to your location.
Cargo Hold
You now find yourself in the cargo hold of the ship. There is quite a bit of space here for being inside of the crashed ship. Adjacent to the bridge, the cargo hold acts as a precipice for several smaller routes on this rather narrow and asymmetrical map. Since it’s open to all directions, the best way to defend this location is from the edges of the ship and, if you can, just outside the ship in the crash path. There is limited space inside the cargo hold for Titans, but multiple Titans can fit if they are going to be within close viscinity of each other.
There are multiple pillars and short walls made for wallrunning, and they serve as great ways to gain speed. Launch out of the cargo hold during modes such as Capture the Flag and Amped Hardpoint in order to make it down to the other side of the map quickly and, hopefully, unharmed. Depending on your loadout, it is rather easy to peer into the Cargo Hold from the Crashpath on the far end of this side of Crashsite. So, if you find yourself standing still, make sure you are behind some cover.
Waterfall
The waterfall is the location for the first wave in Bounty Hunt. The waterfall is extremely vertical, and for good reason. Considering the fact that Crashsite is very much in the favor of Titans, there needs to be a place just for Pilots in a key location. Directly on the waterfall is a ledge that only Pilots can get to, especially when using the Waterfall Run. From here Pilots can fire down at the bounty minions while being able to escape the wrath of enemy Titans before things get dire.
Minions that are Specters or above can jump up to the waterfall ledge, so keep your head on a swivel and watch for close encounters. This key location is in the corner of the map with decently clear visability from either direction for some distance. Be aware of this when positioning yourself to prevent taking a shot from a sniper at a distance.
Crashpath
The crash path has some natural cover because of the tall rock formations. However, it isn’t much. Use Tactical loadouts such as Cloak to simply not stand out like a sore thumb when traveling though the crash path. This key location is just on the other side of the midsection of the crashed ship from the overhang, which is what makes it extremely important to monitor. One of the only ways to cross from one side of the map to the other without backtracking and wasting time (or risk rushing the enemy’s spawn) is to travel through the midsection. Control the crash path, and you will have a strong hold with at least half of the Crashsite map.
Recommended Pilot Loadouts
Hyper-Flight HeroThis loadout is ideal for moving from point-to-point quickly without making an easy target. What makes that extremely important for a map like Crashsite is the severe lack of cover in the two major routes on the map. Since this is an ideal loadout for getting from point-to-point, like cover to cover, it makes the Hyper-Flight Hero the loadout for the ultimate point-to-point game mode, Capture the Flag.
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GhostThe Ghost Loadout is ideal for a full-on offensive mission with the ability to back off if things get desperate. Use Cloak as a way to get closer to your enemy, and always take the positioning of you and your opponent as priority. The purpose of the R-201 is so that you are able to keep your distance from enemy Pilots, due to the fact that you are much more visable, even while cloaked, up close. The same goes for why you have the Charge Rifle at the ready just in case you must take down a Titan. You may be faced with no other option than to flee, because it’s much better to flee and fight another day rather than give the other team a Pilot kill and make it easier for them to call their Titans in. Always know where your exits are, and as soon as you think things are looking grim, activate your Cloak. Run toward the exit, and don’t be afraid to jump and get acrobatic on your way out. That’s what Low Profile is for.
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Recommended Titans
Scorch Scorch is a great option for this map because the Incendiary Trap has a radius perfect for the numerous hallways on Complex. Not only can the Incendiary Trap catch your enemy in a position that they will have one heck of a time escaping from, it can also simply block an entire route, keeping a Titan from attacking you head-on. The counter to this is Ronin’s Phase Dash; however, if you catch Ronin moving past your trap you can set another trap by backing the enemy Titan into it again with your Thermal Shield.
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Legion Legion is great for this map because its Ogre chassis has a large amount of armor to help protect the Pilot from surprise attacks around tight corners. Legion’s Predator Cannon has a lot of ammo and is good for all ranges. Crashsite has long lanes as well as tight corners, making the Predator Cannon the perfect weapon for this map. Being able to switch your primary weapon’s mode from one range to the other makes Legion a double threat. You can go from from peering down a lane to charging an objective with a quick mode change. Legion’s Smart Core is extremely useful for Crashsite, which is why we recommend you take the Sensor Array as your Legion kit. You can really hold down an entire lane with Smart Core, thus turning the battle if needed.
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