Demo: https://testing.potato.tf/demos/mvm_calico_rc1a_exp_emerging_errors-1693514170.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: Pass

Team Lineup:

• Cariles (Soldier)
  
• Skin King (Scout)
  
• territori64 (Engineer)
  
• Cargo O' Truth (Pyro)
  
• Soggy Flaps (Demoman)
  
• Sntr (Heavy)

• Mission felt pretty alright overall, we weren't able to note anything down as too problematic. Good work!

Demo: https://testing.potato.tf/demos/mvm_motel_b3_adv_motel_madness_judge-1693341668.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: No Strike

Team Lineup:

• Sntr (Demoman)
  
• Cariles (Soldier)
  
• Sergeant Table (Engineer)
  
• Whurr (Spy)
  
• Skin King (Scout)

• I'm not going to comment on the map too much here but the convoluted bot routes in conjunction with a flawed nav mesh setup very negatively affect the mission experience as a whole.

• Bigheal medics are more advisable than uber medics for common combos on this wave's cash.

• The jumbo rocketshotgun heavy + shield med combos can be a bit overwhelming in conjunction with constant heavy support, we managed fine due to the presence of spy but I still will recommend reducing totalcount to about 8, spawncount to 2, and waitbetweenspawns to ~8.

• Bonk scouts should start spawning as soon as the wave starts to provide some activity while the gauntlets shuffle their way out.
  
• Add some infinite support for the tank after all other bot spawns have been expended.

• I think giving the persian demoknight's medics SpawnWithFullCharge presses in on the player's enjoyment of the experience slightly too much, I recommend removing the attribute.
  
• I find vaccinators function best when they vary between blast and bullet resist to provide more teamplay dynamics.

• Crit FaN scout subwave should be shortened up and the following subwave should begin sooner.
  
• I can't really find a good justification for the presence of red bots given they only ever spawn during the penultimate subwave and lack any spectacle and impact when they do show up.

mission has 1/3 passes so at the very least it'll be two runs

Demo: https://testing.potato.tf/demos/mvm_frostwynd_rc1_adv_medieval_madness-1692390058.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: No Strike.

Team Lineup:

• Cariles (Medic)
  
• Sntr [Wave 1 (Engineer)] > [Wave 2-4 (Heavy)]
  
• Mudun (Sniper)
  
• Capitaine Garen (Demoman)
  
• darinsky (Scout)

• The first two waves employ many ranged bots as well as bots that chunk down your health when you're close to them. This makes the early-game experience feel rough without a huntsman sniper present which is opposite to the balance you should be pursuing in medieval where most other classes are limited to melee options only.
  
• The custom upgrades are appreciated as they allow more classes to be viable comparative to huntsman sniper and demoknight.
  
• Engineer's buildable shield is disappointing, it doesn't do any damage to bots passing through and fails to block blast damage making its only utility against bullet-style projectiles. Tacking on its short duration results in the feeling that it's overall a waste of metal rather than any sort of interesting defensive option.

• Wave overall has inconsistent difficulty scaling.
  
• I do not recommend using giant charged soldiers this early.
  
• Drags on for far too long, some subwaves should be sacrificed.

• The buff/conch soldier subwave is the hardest part to deal with in the mission given how early on it is (players lack resistances) and how the team is simultaneously being split up by the presence of a tank. I recommend using entirely different bots.

• The expert skill heavy boss is very questionable, especially on a map having areas as open as frostwynd does.

Demo: https://testing.potato.tf/demos/mvm_nox_b5_exp_rubious_rubys_rampage-1692450516.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: No Strike

Team Lineup:

• Cariles (Scout)
  
• Whurr (Engineer)
  
• DaMno (Soldier)
  
• Hell-met (Demoman)
  
• Braindawg (Heavy)
  
• JOBE (Sniper)

• This wave has a serious spike in difficulty compared to previous waves. You can reduce difficulty however you see fit but I will offer a few suggestions.
  
• Reduce the health of the minigiant buff heavies as their tankiness makes getting rid of them and their buff effect very troublesome which leads to them steamrolling as subsequent squads and support arrives.
  
• Make the medics in the barrage + buff heavy squads quickuber to further prevent steamrolling.
  
• Reduce the skill of the dragon's fury pyros.

• Wave is fairly long to the point where the boss spawning feels like a final extra inconvenience rather than a strong finisher to the mission, recommend cutting a few things in the subwave pre-boss.
  
• The 25 soldier + uber med combos really serves to drag out the wave, recommend swapping the meds for big heals.
  
• Boss has some odd stats, namely base 40% crit resistance and a ranged damage resistance of 40% for the final phase. Remove these entirely.

Demo: https://testing.potato.tf/demos/mvm_waterlogged_rc4g-1692393404.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: Pass w/ changes (3/3)

Team Lineup:

• Cariles (Scout)
  
• Sntr (Soldier)
  
• Lesbians (Engineer)
  
• rafradek (Pyro)
  
• darinsky (Demoman)

• Very last subwave proved to be a little intense for our team as the giant conch soldiers began stacking on top of the GHeavy + Krit Gmed combo. I recommend nerfing the GConch wavespawn to make it a little more reasonable.

Demo:
- Waves 1-4: https://testing.potato.tf/demos/mvm_quetzal_rc5_adv_aztec_aeriality_judge-1691873955.dem
- Wave 5 (Post-crash) https://testing.potato.tf/demos/mvm_quetzal_rc5_adv_aztec_aeriality_judge-1691876523.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: Pass

Team Lineup:

• Soggy Flaps (Demo)
  
• Cariles (Pyro)
  
• Lemonee (Engineer)
  
• Skin King (Soldier)
  
• Sntr (Scout) [Waves 1-4]
  
• Sargento Mesa (Scout) [Wave 5]

• Very nice mission, I love the creativity used in the mechanics and the care put into the details to make the experience as polished as possible. Great work.

This mission is currently not in a judgeable state due to multiple non-functioning bot templates. For instance, the robot_standard.pop base file is misspelled as "robot_standart.pop" making all attempts to grab templates from that file fail. A wavespawn also attempts to use a template called "T_TFBot_Heavy_Natascha_Alternate" which is not present in any of the #included files.

Demo: https://eu.potato.tf:27020/demos/mvm_tensai_rc3_adv_drastic_dismantling-1691843653.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: No Strike.

Team Lineup:

• ihaz (Scout)
  
• Cassidy (Soldier)
  
• Cariles (Demo)
  
• UltimentM (Engineer)
  
• Yuugi (Sniper)

• (Personal Opinion) The way the mission uses kritz and uber canteens doesn't provide as much engagement as using medics to achieve the same purpose would. It lacks the tactical aspect of trying to kill the medic under the nose of their giant patient and instead opts to make the temporary bonuses an odd fact of life with fewer factors to interact with.

• The giant heavy at the end of the wave should spawn much sooner; you can give it the same WaitBeforeStarting as the persians on that subwave.

• The amount of crit support soldier bots is a bit excessive this early on especially given the fact that they spawn in large groups. I recommend decreasing their spawncount and maxactive.
  
• Players would likely find it more favorable if the penetrating bowmen had the normal damage penalty of 50% rather than 25%.

• The wave overdoes it with the support at the end, especially given the presence of the giant engis. Removing one of the bot wavespawns would be a valid approach.

Demo: https://sgp.potato.tf/demos/mvm_whitecliff_rc2_adv_ravener_judge-1691851677.zip

Strike, Pass, or No Strike?: Pass w/ changes (3/3).

Team Lineup:

• Cariles (Scout)
  
• Yuugi (Demo)
  
• Retrowave (Engineer)
  
• Cassidy (Pyro)
  
• Mince (Heavy)

• This mission has a very tight feel for the most part and the custom bots and mechanics are utilized well. Good work!

• Pirate knights bullied us and it was sad. Please reduce their maxhealth to default (175)/default w/ booties (200) as well as slightly reducing their maxactive and totalcount.