Orbital Core v1.0
Map Published:
EU
Orbital Core is a melee map which brings two players on a space platform, where they will have to fight to control it.
Stating locations: 2
Expansions possible: 7
Xel'Naga Towers: 2
LOS Blockers: Yes
Destructible rocks: Yes
Size: 192x192
Overview screenshots:
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The map is geographically and graphically divided into 4 distinct sectors:
The Power Station
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The Mining District:
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The Command Center:
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The Civilian District:
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The map is designed with very many alternate paths for each player to use. Some of these are blocked by destructible rocks.
There are also narrow ground paths which lead directly to the back of the enemy's base. Use them wisely.
There are many high ground locations where a player can place a siege tank or other range unit to take out passing enemy units (the use of Medivacs, Overseers and Warp Prisms is recommended).
The map comes with two 5 resource pick-ups, which help a lot early game (each player has the same chance of picking them up). This encourages early game scouting and can lead to some early worker fights
Thank you for taking your time to read this, and I hope that you enjoy the map.
Update 1.1:
- added one first expansion closer to each starting location, in order to help Zerg players and early game
- added more resource caches and changed the position of the existing ones
- added rock formations in the middle of the map, surrounding a large resource cache
- moved the rock formations leading to each base, in order to be more difficult for Reapers to jump