Furbolg Gardens

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15:55, 23rd June 2009, by Rui:
An original and average quality map. The creeps make up the usual failure. Reviewed with 3/5 (Useful) rating. Find our reviews on comments #3 and #4.

 

[Septimus]

Old Review

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[v=3] - Terrain look quite good

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[v] - Add some creep such as stag, frog, rabbit and etc etc to make it look much pleasant.

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[v=5] - Those rock at the middle of the map blocking those creep, using range unit and the whole creep would be helpless

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[Rui]

Rui's review on Kallimacho's "Furbolg Gardens" melee map.

Somewhat original map.

The terrain's structure is alright. Elevation is next to non-existent, and I didn't like the ground texture variation. You used grass and more grass. Make use of the Dirt texture next time. Other than that, it's averagely good looking.

Good neutral building choice. I've got a critique for the Goblin Merchants' placement: the path is too tight.
The Fountain of Health... isn't quite at the center. But it's not very relevant.

The drops make the bad part of the map, as always.
Starting locations guards were alright, they drop a lvl4 permanent and lvl3 charged. Green camps near players' bases are alright, but I don't like the Goblin Merchant guardians' drop: a Rune of the Watcher. I know "Turtle Rock" also has one, but considering the neutral building's location, I don't think it's advisable.
The spiders don't justify a lvl3 permanent. Perhaps charged, or lvl2 permanent.
A lvl5 permanent is alright for the Fountain of Health Furbolgs, but they don't need another lvl5 charged.

Like I said, a somewhat original map, yet needing a few fixes.
My rating is 2,5 out of 5, thus a 3 (Useful). Remains Approved.

 

[bounty hunter2]

bounty hunter2's Review on (4)Furbolg Gardens

Furbolg Gardens is an four player melee map, as the title suggest.

The author is Kallimachos

The terrain was quite average. Decent variation of tilesets, proper dodoad placement, yet you used too much Blizzard cliffs what kills the entire effect. The height tool proves to be a powerful ally when dealing with terrain.

The creep choice was expected, the regular satyrs and furbolgs. However the drops were odd. Why did you make a creep drop a rune of the watcher, which grants me a permanent invurnable watcher ward.

The neutral buildings were placed in a good manner, aswell as the goldmines.

The balance is not an issue, since this is a symmetrical map.

Overall, a average melee, yet it was quite fun to play it, thus 3/5 and Approval vote.

 

[Kallimachos]

well here is a short explanation:
1stly the tileset, as said in the map name Gardens and told in a description,
this should be just peaceful and lifely; i did those grass placement on purpose

2ndly i placed the rune of the watcher as a strategical point, like in TR or MV,
so u just have 2 pull the creeps correctly to make them drop it

3rdly blizzard cliffs- of course i use them in a meelee map!
watch blizzard's meelee maps - they all have them, that's the typical thing about wc3 meelee maps, i know many people dont like them in terrain, of c with a reason,
but for me they have to be. On the one hand because of the typical authentic flair and on the other hand because of the fact that they also function as way blockers - how would it look like if you just chop away all the wood or use abilities like flame strike and then walk through everything?

well, but i'll rework this map reconsidering your suggestions (like lvl3 perm drop) when ive got the time