Badlands

"Two bases separated by ragged cliffs and canyons. There are multiple entrances to each base, but only one way into the enemy flag room. Base defence is especially difficult with light enemies fighting their way through the canyons, with the heavy classes fighting across the bridge."

This is a great map if there are not too many snipers, I hate having to run across the level every time I get sniped!
You need at least 6 players on each team for this large map.

Get above the Sniper Deck
Invisible Ledges
Red Roof Swimming Pool Glitch
Get Above Fans
Engineer Help in Offence!?
Hidden Pipebomb Defence
Sentry Gun Points


Get Above the Sniper Deck

Come to daddy...

Use a grenade to get up here then you have a nice view of anyone oncoming from under the bridge, but its bloody hard to hit anyone going over the bridge from here.

Video (.mp4) | Demo (.zip)

Invisible Ledges

You get a nice view of the valley and the bridge from here.

Neat.

Bit more visible here.

This is a very simple way of getting up every time Go to the small corner where the canyon valley ledge bends and face the wall (the one you're about to get onto.) Use your crosshairs (and crouch button) to make sure you're just a little bit away from the wall. Now just hold grenade. When grenade blows, you'll shot up. Press forward when in air and you're up. Works every time
[Thanks At0mic_PC and [OpM!]Sir ihlatrebon]


Front yard above tunnel has a ledge that allows you to cover the tunnel under your front bridge area quite easily. Simply rocket jump from the ledge across from front door.
[Thanks |CDC|Philovirus-TPF-]

Video (.mp4) | Demo (.zip)


This is from the area on the upper decks above front door. Go to where there is no rail and rocket jump across the gap to the ledge above. You can actually run along it to where you've got a full view of both the tunnel below and the turn that leads to the main bridge.
[Thanks |CDC|Philovirus-TPF-]

Red roof swimming pool glitch

That picture says it all lol

When u find the water swim up high as u can

You can rocket jump onto the Red Base roof, on the right side of the base above the side door. On the roof head towards the corner and you will notice you are swimming. You can also drown. Its a good sniper spot too!
[Thanks Cirus]

Get Above Fans

And thats not a demoman!

You can reach this by concing or rocket jumping but its only useful if you go pipe up there with a demoman.
Once you are up there lay the pipes over the flag, now you have a great place to wait for the enemy without them knowing where you are.

Engineer Help in Offence!?

Err thats in our own base mate...

If your by yourself build a dispenser under the enemy flag room exit now you team have a quick and safe way of getting the flag.

If your in a pair you can use each others heads as a way up in the same way.
[Thanks -Jon Lee-]

Hidden Pipebomb Defence

The trap is being laid, muhahaha...

By firing pipe bombs in there at an angle, they roll right under the floor and disappear. Fill that space up with pipe bombs and wait for the enemy to come out with the flag. He won't see the pipe bombs so he'll come on out thinking he'll shotgun you. Just as he steps onto the door way floor, BOOM! Paint the inside of the doorway with him!
[Thanks HolmWrecker]

Sentry Gun Points

Hey thats not an engineer you cheat!

Friendly fire!

This can be a bitch to get up to. The easiest way I have found is if you build a dispenser under the ledge hit it once with the wrench and then EMP and detonate the dispenser at the same time (see demo).
When you eventually get your SG up it will probably only take out lighter classes, but its still fun watching people run around confused.

Video (.mp4) | Demo (.zip) (Im proud of this :p)


This is a nice SG place and not hard to get to once u have mastered EMP jumping. An awkward place for those wishing to destroy it.
[Thanks (|=- ]v[c]-[ -=|)]

Video (.mp4) | Demo (.zip)