My feedback on the most recent layout:

I really like it. It gives me and other players an incentive to stop the traps. It's exactly the kind of incentive I was looking for. Going through those traps can sometimes be a real pain in the a**, and I've always seen people, even two rival guilds, assist each other with the chain mechanism. It's important for defenders to have to keep an eye out for players going for the chains, otherwise it'll be substantially more difficult to stop the horde of 3.0HP people coming through.

The spinning fire is really really annoying. It goes very slow, and you can't run through it while blinking. This is a tower players should have to pay attention in, and I get the impression it's based around patience. It's going to take a player a lot of time to get through the fire, and some pr**k will hit you into the fire anyway.

The spikes on the sides might be a tad too fast, but I digress. It's possible to get to the flag room unscathed, but you really need to pay attention and get passed the spikes at the right time to avoid getting hit. If you charge through mindlessly, you could get hit two, three, maybe even four times. I haven't seen any defenders in the trap room, I guess they get hurt by the traps too? Even so, it could be difficult to get to the flag room if the defenders are careful, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

I suggest speeding up the spinning fire slightly. Fast enough for players to have a chance of getting in quicker without having to go through the sides.

Or, instead of fire, it would be interesting to simply add a few rows of pop-up spikes, so players can time their way through.

Something like this to replace spinning fire in the middle:


The side spikes will still be on the sides as an alternative route, and the other spikes passed the middle will still be there. This idea just replaces the spinning fire. As Row 1 is down, Row 2 will be up, vise versa. Just an idea.

I like the fire idea, but just speed it up so it isn't a pain in the a**