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dezi
Germany1536 Posts
Can the bases close to mid shelled from low ground (tanks)?
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Main designs remind me a lot of extinction :o
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your Country52796 Posts
It looks like a 5v5 map o_O And yes, it does seem like extinction.
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You can't name a map blizzard, it's a forbidden word in publishing.
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Even thought I applaud your ideas I really think that having too many effects in maps may make it hard to notice burrowed/stealthed units.
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Just call it Snowstorm instead of Blizzard and ull have a nice easteregg )
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I mean this is extinction, just much improved.
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Um... i'm not sure why the 5th spawns (way in the corners) have so little room compared to the other 4 teammates on the high ground... I would hate to spawn there :S
...wait... am I counting 7 xel'naga watch towers? o.0 I don't play team games but that seems excessive. They're all so close.
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patched. Xel'naga watch tower 7 -> 3 lightning mineral placement patch
and EU NA SEA Upload soon
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As one who plays a lot of team games, I love this map.
The Extinction-like base set-up is good. Expos for all 4 players are relatively close/easy to take (something missing from many ladder maps). I also really like the fortress aspect of it; if the bottom two mains fall, there are still ramps to retreat to (might have interesting effects on the many cheese rushes that occur in 4v4s).
One of the things I like best about this map is that it is not split up into circular/left-right attack lanes (like Extinction and many of the ladder maps).
My one major concern, however, is the setup of the gold bases. One of the most common strategies in team games is for players to blindly fast expo to gold and then tech up to carriers/battlecruisers/whatever. A 1 choke gold begs players to set up some canons. It would be really difficult for opposing teams to punish these early expos, especially since committing forces to break the choke leaves the mains so vulnerable. The gold bases should not be so easy to defend.
Aside from that point, I think this map is awesome. It is great to see a mapmaker as good as you making a team-play map. I would love to see this map in the ladder pool (replacing one of the many frustrating blizzard maps), but that is naturally wishful thinking.
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i'm a 4v4-a-holic... this map is far better designed than ladder maps, it removes a lot of the "rush or die" problems -- particularly giving a number of easier to hold expos, which is sorely missing.
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