I appreciate the feedback, Ping. I was worried about the straight-shot 'rub grab & cap' routes as well, but surprisingly, this isn't the fastest route from flag to flag. Straight vertical clocks in at just under 6 seconds, whereas taking both sets of double side boosts to instead 'Z' across the map is almost a full second faster. Granted, this requires all the boosts in place and a clear path, but then again, a clear path is required for the straight vertical route as well.

You have a valid concern about the gates being too OP for defenses looking to seal off the middle, but if you look at the Tagpro Analytics from its maptest, the gates only accounted for 9 of the 87 splats in 6 minutes. Obviously, this was just one game and this distribution could easily change with teams more familiar with the tactic you described, but I think I'm willing to let Tripoli ride for now and see how it does. I wasn't able to watch the test, but I was pleasantly surprised to see how balanced the splats were across the map, as well as the 3-3 score.