One of the best comments I’ve read so far on this site ;)

(at least it’s constructive)

The “fenced in” part of the center of the map surrounded by trees looks to be the ideal passive scouting spots for both teams, and since they’re so close, this could lead to some early combat between each side’s respective light tanks, and then whoever survives would need to get the hell out of there as quickly as possible to avoid counterattack, so needless to say passive scouting won’t be too viable on this map, but active scouting is an option with a competent driver.

Oh, and another thing: due to the layout of this map, I imagine random battles on this map to be rather frustrating (most people will probably camp whatever bush they can find or will rush off and get slaughtered by said campers), but in competitive play this could be an interesting map.

But that’s not important. What is is how this map will play.

I’m seeing a bit of South Coast in the map design due to the beach on the West side of the map, but unlike South Coast one will probably be unable to fire down at the beach from most areas of the map (firing atop the coast would only work if the enemy drives close to the coastline – hugging the edge of the cliffs would protect them from this sort of fire). The openness of the beach turns it into a killing field for artillery and tank destroyers, but the lack of concealment is a double-edged sword in the case of the tank destroyers because it means they will be spotted far sooner than they would otherwise.

Moving to the middle, I see the most intense fighting taking place around the fortifications overlooking the beach, with the heavies engaging in close-quarters fights here with the ocassional flanking attack by medium tanks. Artillery will definitely be aiming at this area more often than not.

The central and right side roads (the latter especially) will be killzones for tank destroyers, though it’s possible that light tanks might be able to sneak through here to get to the artillery, who I imagine will most likely be holed up at either A0/K0 (or A6/K6 for those who feel the corners are too obvious) where the foliage will provide them with concealment, but doesn’t given them many options to retreat once they’re discovered..

Alright, so my overall opinion of the map is this:

-The center of the map by the fortifications is the key location, and fast heavy tanks will be the main determining factor, with tank destroyers and medium tanks supporting them.

-Flanking opportunities are present but risky due to multiple killzones for tank destroyers. The East road especially will be dangerous with the arty and TDs camping the corners of the 0 line, but careful use of foliage, especially the trees in the middle, could allow a light tank with a highly-trained camo skill on the crew to slip through undetected until it’s almost too late.

-The Beach is an option for fast vehicles, but beware enemy fire due to it being wide open.

-Hard cover is scarce on this map but plenty of soft cover exists, so most combat will probably be at medium range (probably not long range due to the global accuracy nerf coming in 9.6).

Overall I rate this a 7 out of 10. There’s things for all types of vehicles to do here, but the map certainly favors certain types of vehicles more than others. Slow vehicles will find this map to be especially challenging due to lack of cover, thus making it easier for them to be picked off by TDs and Arty (and potentially encouraging camping in some cases). Fast Heavies and Mediums will probably find the most success here, with TDs and light tanks also doing fairly well in a more limited fashion. Artillery has plenty of concealment but only in a couple of spots where they’ll be safe, which should make their location obvious for a competent light tank driver (plus they’re as far away from water as you can get on the map, so suicide by drowning will be very difficult for them).

The arty in AW is exactly the same as WoT, one shots, view and all. And they have an idea to make “battle assistant” view default (a mostly superior view to overhead except the glitchiness of moving the view long distances).