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Hi, it's nice to see new blood in melee mapping. Your map shows some potential. However, there are many flaws that we all did when we started with mapping.
-trees have empty space between them, wisps can hide there (press P or N to see pathing)
-trees are too far from base, might create a slight imbalance with NE
-some creep camps are to close to each other thus attacking a camp may aggro another camp
-some creep compositions are just weird, try to look at blizz maps.
-item drops aren't rewarding enough; some camps don't even have any drops
-lots of chokes and dead ends
-the walls are way too linear and chokey; the idea seems nice on paper but doesn't work that well in game
-8 taverns for 4 players might be too much
Somehow the middle feels like an RPG map. Plus it seems too big for 4 players. My recommendation would be making the map smaller, more open, make some paths wider and using less creep camps.
There's some pretty good guides to get you started:
Competitive Melee Map
Melee mapping - The reasons behind common aspects of competitive 1v1 maps
We'll be having a 2v2 melee map makng contest soon on hive, you can join if you have the time and motivation Melee Mapping Contest #4 - 2v2
-trees have empty space between them, wisps can hide there (press P or N to see pathing)
-trees are too far from base, might create a slight imbalance with NE
-some creep camps are to close to each other thus attacking a camp may aggro another camp
-some creep compositions are just weird, try to look at blizz maps.
-item drops aren't rewarding enough; some camps don't even have any drops
-lots of chokes and dead ends
-the walls are way too linear and chokey; the idea seems nice on paper but doesn't work that well in game
-8 taverns for 4 players might be too much
Somehow the middle feels like an RPG map. Plus it seems too big for 4 players. My recommendation would be making the map smaller, more open, make some paths wider and using less creep camps.
There's some pretty good guides to get you started:
Competitive Melee Map
Melee mapping - The reasons behind common aspects of competitive 1v1 maps
We'll be having a 2v2 melee map makng contest soon on hive, you can join if you have the time and motivation Melee Mapping Contest #4 - 2v2