Menace in the Middle

"Capture more energy poles than your opponents, while defending yourself from the threat at the center of the battlefield!"

Menace in the Middle's Map

Rules

• Team Match
• Time Limit: 5:00
• All Characters start at Lv1.
• When a player is defeated, they will respawn after 10 seconds. Player points are not deducted for dying.
  • If the player is defeated by another player, they will respawn with their level increased by 5, type level increased by 1.
  • If the player is defeated by a creature or a map obstacle, they will respawn at their current level and type level.
• There are multiple Energy Poles present on the map.
  • Pressing Circle with the Energy Pole highlighted will initiate capturing.
  • It takes 8 seconds to capture an Energy Pole.
  • Moving out of the glowing circle around the Energy Pole will cancel and reset the capturing process.
  • Getting hit with an attack will not cancel the process, unless the player is knocked out of the glowing circle.
  • Another player on the opposing team is able to initiate capturing while a player is capturing. Doing so will cancel the current capturing process, and start a capturing process for the intruding player.
  • Capturing an enemy Energy Pole takes twice the normal time: it takes 8 seconds to first go back to neutral (which deducts points from the enemy team), and then another 8 seconds for the capturing process.
• The map initially starts with 5 Energy Poles, 3 small and 2 large.

Time Events

Time Left	Events
4:30	2 Lv10 Jarbas spawn.
3:00	4 small Energy Poles spawn. If any Jarba is left, they will die automatically, and no points will be allocated.
2:30	Some containers spawn, which drops recovery items.
2:00	4 Lv35 Svaltuses spawn.
1:00	Points gained is doubled.

Points

• Point gains double during the last minute of the mission
• Capture Energy Pole (neutral or enemy): +500 points
• Capture Large Energy Pole (neutral or enemy): +1000 points
• Defeat Jarba: +1000 points
• Defeat Svaltus: +5000 points
• Defeat enemy players: + approx. 350 points
• Lose friendly Energy Pole: -500 points
• Lose friendly Large Energy Pole: -1000 points

An Energy Pole and its highlighted capture circle

Equipments

Shared

Shield-Weave	Element
Car Weave	Neutral 0%
Item	Number
Monomate	5
Dimate	3
Star Atomizer	1
Shiftaride	5

Hunter

Weapon	Element	Special	Linked PA	Available PA
Sword	Ice 10%	-	Grand Crusher Lv15	Tornado Break Lv15
Spear	Lightning 5%	-	Dus Robado Lv15	Dus Skadd Lv15
Saber	Neutral 0%	-	Infinite Storm Lv15	Rising Strike Lv15
Shield	Fire 5%	-	-	-

Items	Number
Burn Trap	5
Confusion Trap	5

Ranger

Weapon	Element	Special	Linked PA	Available PA
Rifle	Ice 10%	Sleep Lv1	Buster Shoot Lv15	Power Shoot Lv15, Long-Range Shoot Lv15
Twin Handgun	Neutral 0%	-	-	-
Handgun	Ice 10%	Freeze Lv1	Elemental Shot Lv15	Power Shot Lv15, Hit Shot Lv15
Saber	Neutral 0%	-	Rising Strike Lv15

All Charge-Shots are charge shot 1. Since no characters have Abilities, Full Charge Shot cannot be used.

Items	Number
Burn Trap	5
Confusion Trap	5

Force

Weapon	Element	Special	Linked PA	Available PA
Longbow	Neutral 0%	-	-	-
Rod	Neutral 0%	-	Foie Lv15 (Sqaure), Rafoie Lv15 (Triangle), Barta Lv15 (L+Square), Gibarta Lv15(L+Triangle)	Zonde Lv15, Diga Lv15, Grants Lv15, Megid Lv15
Pit	Neutral 0%	-	Foie Lv15 (Square), Rafoie Lv15 (Triangle)
Saber	Neutral 0%	-	Rising Strike Lv15	-

All Charge-Shots are charge shot 1. Since no characters have Abilities, Full Charge Shot cannot be used.

Items	Number
Freeze Trap	5
Confusion Trap	5

Vanguard

Weapon	Element	Special	Linked PA	Available PA
Saber	Neutral 0%	-	Rising Strike Lv15	-
Handgun	Ice 10%	Freeze Lv1	Long-Range Shot Lv15	-
Wand	Neutral 0%	-	Foie Lv15 (Square), Barta Lv15 (Triangle)	-
Shield	Fire 5%	-	-	-

All Charge-Shots are charge shot 1. Since no characters have Abilities, Full Charge Shot cannot be used.

Items	Number
Freeze Trap	5
Confusion Trap	5

Other Notes

it's possible for the Lv35 Svaltuses to drop A-rank weapons, which will be completely unusable, as all types have their type proficiencies capped out at B-rank.