Dry Winter

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Date: 12:49:09 12-Oct-11
Map Moderator: -Kobas-
Map Status: Approved 4/5
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Dry Winter (No Version/s Stated)

Rating System:

Rating	Number	Percent	Letter
	5/5	91-100	A

Rating	Number	Percent	Letter
	4/5	81-90%	B

Rating	Number	Percent	Letter
	3/5	75-80%	C

Rating	Number	Percent	Letter
	2/5	70-74%	D

Rating	Number	Percent	Letter
	1/5	50-69%	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

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.

Terrain

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.

Managing

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 :/

Total Score:

Rating	Number	Percent	Letter
	8/15	77%	C

Status: Approved

pm me for comments after reading this review

 

[-Kobas-]

Reduce empty space and increase expansion mines area a little
Item drops can be a little better, make dragon drop random artifact for example.

Terrain need more work, use rise and lower tool a little.

 

[Ken-E]

Nice! My map got approved very fast, unlike the other ones

 

[-Kobas-]

Nice! My map got approved very fast, unlike the other ones

Because it was reviewed by another user and presented to me, I checked it fast and agreed with review on some parts. I pointed you errors in post above.

 

[Warchief Aeon]

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

 

[-Kobas-]

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.

 

[Ken-E]

Updated!

 

[Vinz]

Though it's old, I'm sooo excited to play it!

 

[deepstrasz]

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.

 

[Ken-E]

Damn it, I gotta pay attention on the details. Thanks for looking out