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Dry Winter

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Dry Winter


Strangely humid yet cozy place and plenty of taverns to get drunk. It is the perfect spot for a winter vacation.


Suggested Players: 2v2

Lordaeron Winter

Map Size: 160x128

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Created by: Ken-E
Credits: -Kobas-'s Awesome Melee Map Tutorial
Don't forget to rate the map.
Please throw me your honest criticism in order for me to make it a better map
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Changelog

V.1:
Public Release

V.2:
*TFT reloaded
*Added frogs and bunnies, I mean Rabbits
*TFT Expansion doodads and environmental effects are now added
*Taverns are now included to each nearby bases
*Added Waygates on the North and South Area
*Ogres at the middle North and South now guards Marketplace and M. Camps, the ogres got additional Ogre Mauler crony to guard both neutral buildings
*Added more doodads for decorations
*Bigger units like the Blue Dragon at the middle, Ogre Maulers, and G. Golems drops better loots
*Reworked description to avoid conflict in the map
*Empty spaces are more occupied making it a tighter map
*Gold Mines gold amount was increased
*Added 1 more neutral grounds in each base locations
*Adjusted the terrain a bit

V.3:
*Tweaked the terrain and the entire map a bit
*Added props along the way

V.4:
*Made creeping sites true to their types, no hybrid mixed on creeping sites.
*Trees were fixed to prevent small units from hiding
*Fixed fatal gateway misplacement
*Added few more doodads along the way.

V.5:
*Removed early trees and doodads from starting bases on left side of the map
*Calculated Map Shadows
*Added acknowledgement to myself and Hiveworkshop.

V.6:
*Massive tweaking for creep camps
*Reduced tavern quantity
*Added easter egg

V.7:
*Massive Creep tweaking, again...
*Fixes high item drops

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Contents

Dry Winter (Map)

Reviews
Date: 12:49:09 12-Oct-11 Map Moderator: -Kobas- Map Status: Approved 4/5 Contact map moderator: Visitor Message / Private Message! Useful Links: The Important Site Tutorials.
Level 30
Joined
Jul 31, 2010
Messages
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Map Review
Dry Winter (No Version/s Stated)

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5/591-100A

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4/581-90%B

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3/575-80%C

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2/570-74%D

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1/550-69%F

Gameplay-[5/5]
Note: The playability and how it is entertaining in play.

Terrain-[5/5]
Note: View of the map's terrain.

Managing-[5/5]
Note: About the outcome of the game's mechanics.

Overview:

Gameplay

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suites well and somehow large to expand and slow on creeping for neutral sites, you somehow forgot to add the tavern buildings for that extra boost for players and making the map an ROC than a TFT, the way gates are useful since the map is big and all.

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terrain looks good and not too shabby, but it still lacks decorations and such it looks monotone, try adding unique and good quality style of doodads in the map to make it more winter like, your description said the place was once a village and somehow got laid by dragons? apply adding ruined buildings or anything that can relate to a ruin village to make up your goal.

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after observing the map and testing it, you must fix your description and making it true in the game, since it was a place for dragons how come other monsters lived in that place? it would look better if some of the neutral camps have one or more dragons in each neutral sites [just suggesting] and add those taverns in-play, it must be a TFT map since ROC is waaaaay 2002 :/

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8/1577%C

Status: Approved
pm me for comments after reading this review
 
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Would be a bit better if u had made it on TFT Version, if it is then you should try to change teh ROC version symbol and replace by the TFT one. TESTING :)
 
Epic, I really like the new map look, when I compared it to old one, gosh it's really cool improvement.

Oh just 1 thing, check this tutorial http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/general-mapping-tutorials-278/how-create-melee-maps-187652/
"Terrain Mirroring" part, I found some unsymmetrical doodads and things in your map, this should help you a lot, if not here then in future projects.
Remember you can copy and paste doodads as well as anything else.

With symmetrical fixed, and replaced normal item drops with random ones this can be rated 5/5.
Also calculate shadows and save map, this will add shadows to things like terrain cliff as well.
 

deepstrasz

Map Reviewer
Level 69
Joined
Jun 4, 2009
Messages
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On 1v1, enemy players might be placed too near.
Trolls near Mercenary Camps are useless guardians since hiring units from there is easy and without problems for the camps in the south as units are trained at the camp's southern border.
The Marketplace in the north has no rocks at its free border. Players can buy from there without having to fight the neutral hostile.
I think the middle rewards might be too many.
3.5/5.
 
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