Curious to how many games you've played. I honestly believe to accurately review any map, you need to play it more than once.
Sadly, the review you gave me is full of flaming, and not much real information or examples of complaints, You really don't need to say things like "Terrain, I must say, the terrain really sucked, it needs improvements," All you need say is "I didn't like the terrain, it could use improvement here is how: ....." But obviously you don't understand how to be a considerate and useful reviewer, despite your "experience" (or lack thereof). Still I'll handle you "review" point by point.
The balance at the moment, most people agree is very good, and if anything it slightly favors the Alliance. Stormwind falling in a only a few minutes is the result of a poor Alliance squad, not some inherent problem with ingame balance. I've defeated people (and been defeated) in less than 10 minutes in ladder games, it doesn't mean that the balance is out of whack, it just means I outplayed my opponent or got outplayed (more on this later).
Terrain is like art, it is in the eye of the beholder. If you really like the terrain on a map like DAOW or LOTSW, then you'll won't like my terrain. I don't the terrain they have. I'm not planning on changing any major aspect of it.
Your the first person to complain about pathability, honestly. Many people have given me ideas of how to improve it, but have said in general that the pathing is excellent. You just said it was terrible and gave not one instance of an issue, other than perhaps the not being able to Manabomb because you couldn't get up to the front? You can't walk through people in real life, and your not going to be able to in COTH, you'll actually need to use to some micromanagement, have you allies share control and manage troops accordingly.
And this what makes the game a challenge, melee heros are considerably more powerful than ranged heros, but using them effectively is much harder due the fact you can't walk through people. But that is by design, this game takes skill to play, it isn't a game you just jump into and every game turns out more or less the same. Blowouts happen (like you mentioned at Stormwind) because of this, the game takes skill. A skilled Horde can conquer the map against an unskilled Alliance in less than 25 minutes, and a skilled Alliance can stonewall the Horde and kill the portal in the same amount of time.
Rhonin wasn't designed for noobs. He has manashield for a reason, you use it to tank with him so you can get close enough to manabomb. Manaflare does AOE damage to all units with a manapool in an area everytime an enemy unit casts a spell. Many units (some who you think might not, like Doom Guards) have autocasted spell, and all heros are hurt by Manaflare too when any friendly unit casts a spell. Manaflare requires precise timing, and it can completely dominate enemy heros and casters in an area, doing 2.75 damage per manapoint in a large area.
Defending Dalaran against an enemy who doesn't use casters is very easy, you can slow and faeire fire you enemies, while buffing your own troops with inner fire and without the Horde having the benefits of anti-magic shield, blood lust, or any heros spells, a skilled player could hold Dalaran with ease. So yes, manaflare is dependent on the enemy casting spells, but spellcasters are an intergral part of the game, so it is a very good spell.
Anyway, thanks for the review, but it did nothing to help me. Give me some examples of the pathing issues, and I'll gladly fix them. Flame me, and you're just wasting your time and mine.
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