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Hero Defense AZ V1u

Author(s)
AlastorCrisisAZ
Tags
Medieval / Warcraft
Size
4.63 MB
Rating

(4 ratings)

Downloads
9613
Created
Nov 6, 2012
Updated
Jan 22, 2013
Resources
1
State
Approved
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General:

Hero Defense AZ is a hero defense scenario modeled after some of our favorite maps. It brings together concepts we observed in maps like Naruto Castle Defense and Hero Defense VN. As we made Hero Defense AZ we focused on making a customizable, dynamic experience to fit the needs of as many players as possible. We implemented this through several user-defined and/or auto-adjusting settings to fit any number of players. We also aimed to create a set of heroes with many different play-styles, including mass-destruction, crowd-control, summon, support, and everything in between. With over 100 items to choose from you'll have tons of builds to try for each hero to find which one works best for you. Enjoy!


Author's Notes:

This map was created on Mac OS X (in the land of PPC) with Blizzard's Warcraft III World Editor. It was tested only on Mac OS X, but downloaders say it works everywhere now. This map is not fully protected, but it is optimized. You can download the latest version in its non-optimized form here. If you modify the map in any way and distribute it, please give us credit, and make sure players can clearly see that it was edited from the original and is not an official version.

We always appreciate feedback, suggestions, and criticism.


Guides:

We've put a little effort into few guides. The hero guide is the only that is even remotely presentable so far. If people show an interest we'll add/improve more guides.



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Heroes:
  • More than 60 custom heroes
  • Each hero has 3 custom abilities (level 1-10) and 1 ultimate custom ability (level 1-5)
  • Max hero level is 200, so you'll (probably) never hit the ceiling
  • Over 100 custom items to customize your hero
  • Tons of crafting recipes
  • Computer-player support
Enemies & Difficulty:
  • 4 different enemy armies to choose from (Fel Horde, Scourge, Bandits, Ancients)
  • 25 fierce waves
  • 5 powerful bosses
  • 9 optional side-bosses
  • Auto-adjusting handicap to accommodate a variable number of players
  • 4 levels of optional increased difficulty (Normal, Hard, Very Hard, Ultimate)
  • An optional solo-only difficulty, called Nerfed
  • 5 wave frequency options
Modes:
  • Normal mode for a regular game
  • Free Play mode, which lets you decide when each wave is sent
  • Challenge mode for a hardcore game where you're out after just one death
  • Legendary mode, where you start at level 100 and enemies are more powerful too
  • Rush mode for massive carnage with waves arriving constantly
  • Territory mode for a new experience
Hidden Stuff:
  • 4 hidden hero passwords awarded at the end of the game if certain conditions are met
  • 10 hidden legendary items acquired under particular conditions while holding a specific item
  • 2 secret shops which can be found through exploration and/or completion of certain requirements
  • 5 Easter-egg-like events

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Many of these screenshots were taken from old versions. Some were taken in a cinematic variation of the map. There's a lot more to see, so we will add more screenshots every once in a while. If you have a cool screenshot of Hero Defense AZ, send us a link!

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Added:
  • Everything!
Changed:
  • A few hero stats
  • Description text and some in-game messages
  • All item tooltips now show stat changes (in yellow)
Added:
  • A new secret item
  • A new hired unit in the Arcane Vault
  • 3 "Easter egg"-like events
Changed:
  • Balance, balance, and more balance
  • PB energy increases more slowly
  • Photon Blast: Pilla has more range
  • Photon Blast: Estlla now deals damage equal to 20% of mana drained
  • Adjusted end-of-wave bonuses
  • Shops now use the Q-W-E-R, A-S-D-F, Z-X-C-V hotkeys for selling items
Removed:
  • The Castle's Arcane Surge ability (was supposed to be part of a feature that was never implemented)
Fixed:
  • A bug that caused item duplication
  • Foresight no longer tries to display waves after 25
  • The wave timer no longer stays after 25
  • MAGs no longer clash with the Tome of Midnight
  • A problem which caused the hero to become trapped after teleporting to a certain node
Changed:
  • Greatly improved the Temptress and Ranger
  • Improved the Zombie, Treant Sage, Energy, and Queen Spider
  • Balanced various things
  • Some minor stuff here and there
Fixed:
  • Several heroes now have the correct sound
Added:
  • A new hero, the Blight Fiend
  • 5 more Secret Legendary items
  • A new command, which allows players to choose which hero each bot will be
Changed:
  • Improved the Ghost King
  • Side-bosses are weaker
  • Balanced various things
  • Reduced the filesize of the map with Vexorian's optimizer
  • Photo Blast: Pilla will halve the HP of bosses, rather than reducing their HP to 1, as it does with regular enemies
Removed:
  • Pandaren Battlemaster (wasn't very original; replaced by Blight Fiend)
Fixed:
  • Some green icons
  • An unlikely bug where computer players could potentially be the same hero
Added:
  • A new game option, Enemy Army Selection
  • A new enemy army, the Scourge
  • Blade of Midnight
Changed:
  • Various balancing issues
Added:
  • A new enemy army, Bandits
  • A "Random" option for the enemy army selection
Added:
  • A new enemy army, Ancients
Changed:
  • Various balance issues
  • Various aesthetics
Changed:
  • Improved the Worgen
  • Improved trigger efficiency slightly
  • Various balance issues
Changed:
  • Fixed an error in the triggers (thanks, Kobas!)
Added:
  • A new item, Chaos Essence, which is sold by the Keeper of Essence
  • A new item, Brilliance, which is sold by Lord Alastor's Wares
  • A new item, Darkness, which is sold by TehCrisis
  • A new hired unit, Spirit of Construction, which is sold by the Mercenary
  • A new hired unit, Spirit of Sky, which is sold by the Mercenary
Changed:
  • Low level crafting recipes now have the icon of the crafted item instead of a scroll
  • Essence items now have active abilities
  • Item tooltips are now more colorful
  • Improved the clarity of some item tooltips
  • Minor stuff here and there
  • Decreases the HP of the Sight Ward
  • The repair time of various buildings
Fixed:
  • Nothing to do with the elusive loading error
Added:
  • A new secret shop (Hint: it spawns at a random location when certain conditions are met, and a message will appear to all players at that time)
  • Added 4 new items to the second secret shop
Changed:
  • Fixed some bugs with the new shop and item additions introduced in Version 1k
Added:
  • Added a new Seal item (like those sold by the Arcane Vault) to the secret shop that was introduced in Version 1k
Changed:
  • Fine-tuned and added lore to the items introduced in Version 1k
  • Improved event trigger safety and glitch-prevention slightly
Changed:
  • Reduced the enemy handicap in legendary mode
Fixed:
  • Various trigger inefficiencies
  • More bugs from Version 1k
Fixed:
  • Something that apparently caused a loading error (thanks, cold_moon!)
Removed:
  • Removed the cause of the error mentioned in the Version 1o change log, because simply remaking it didn't fix the problem
Added:
  • A new game mode, Territory, in which players can capture flags on the map to get bonus gold income
  • The Firelord; this unit causes crashes for some users if selected; DO NOT click on this unit if you have experienced crashes in the past
Changed:
  • Balance
Fixed:
  • The buy hotkeys for items in the Keeper of Essence shop
Changed:
  • In Territory mode respawn time is affected by the number of flags your team controls
  • In Territory mode the chance for enemies to drop Arcane Seals is increased by the number of flags your team controls
Fixed:
  • Various issues from the last update
Added:
  • Some new items to one of the secret shops
Changed:
  • In Territory mode flags affect a few more game aspects
  • Various aesthetics
  • Some minor balance issues
  • The requirements for unlocking password heroes
Fixed:
  • A few tooltips
  • More problems with Territory mode
Added:
  • 4 new items to a secret shop
Changed:
  • Various aesthetics
  • A few balance issues
  • Improved several trigger-enhanced abilities
Fixed:
  • An issue with the Swordmaster's Crimson Swallow ability and the Centaur's Charge ability which caused the caster to become stuck (reported by CafeSaiGon)
Changed:
  • Some stuff (can't remember XD)
Fixed:
  • Whatever I said I'd fix
Added:
  • Some new items to the Apothecary
Changed:
  • Various aesthetics
  • A few balance issues
  • Improved several trigger-enhanced abilities
  • Remade the Demon Hunter's Demon Boost ability
  • Remade the Colossus' Rage Quit ability

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See the Credits quest in-game for slightly more information.

Development:
  • Teh Crisis
  • Lord Alastor
Models and Icons:
  • Sellenisko
  • expresso
  • sPy
  • Cavman and Mr Goblin
  • CRAZYRUSSIAN
  • Tranquil
  • Suselishe
  • Trarrasque
  • WILLTHEALMIGHTY
  • zeshuri
  • dickxunder
  • HappyTauren
  • Lordan12
  • Ampharos_222
  • Fel Orc Crossbowman
  • Misha
  • Mainy
  • Dionesisst
  • Elenai
  • Dan van Ohllus
  • soulreaver6
  • jetfanginferno
Special Thanks:
  • cold_moon

Anyway, you might've figured out that this project pretty much died. Of course, if you really want the REAL latest version (not optimized, not protected) click here. Development was cut short when we were partially done with the gold version, so we called this one Gold Prototype 1.


Keywords:
Hero, Defense, AZ, Castle, Leeroy, Jenkins, Heroes, Secret, Hidden, Defend, Fun, Custom, Open, Optimized
Contents

Hero Defense AZ V1u (Map)

Author
Lord Alastor & Teh Crisis
Filename
Hero Defense AZ v1u.w3x
Suggested players
1-10
Players
10
Required game
Warcraft 3
Recommended version
1.24a - 1.28c
Dimensions
128x128 (160x160)
Size
4.63 MB
Uploaded
Nov 6, 2012
Updated
Jan 22, 2013
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Reviews
Orcnet [19:21, 2012/Nov/08] "Approved"
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arrug

arrug

arrug

Level 1
Joined
Dec 3, 2012
Messages
6
I have some questions,

How do "Chaos secret shop" spawn? It doesn't always spawn, that's why im wondering.

How do you unlock "spirit of corruption", it seems kinda hard to fix. (EDIT: seems just like being time)

How do you unlock "Obsidian", i thought it was after a number of casts but it doesn't seem like it is.

If you don't want to spoil how, then just say that. Ill figure it out someday anyways ;D.

I think Blight fiends towers should have lower CD, and have lower upgrade time. Seems like the CD is almost 2-3 waves and the upgrade time the same.
And the towers wisp build could also have a little lower build time.

Just something that was annoying to me, others might feel different.
 
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AlastorCrisisAZ

AlastorCrisisAZ

AlastorCrisisAZ

Level 3
Joined
May 22, 2012
Messages
22
Thanks for the feedback!

Sorry, I haven't been on lately.

The Chaos Secret Shop spawns when a certain amount of Chaos Credits are accumulated by the team. They are *mostly* gained by completing events, like gathering herbs.

Yes, you're right about Spirit of Corruption. It is unlocked after it is held for a certain amount of time, but dropping it resets the timer.

I'm pretty sure Obsidian is based on the number of casts, but I can't remember for sure.

Next time I get around to editing the map hopefully I will remember to check back here for the Blight Fiend stuff. Again, sorry for the delay... and for not remembering most of the stuff you asked about.



EDIT: Since I'm already logged on... anyone who wants the non-optimized version can get it here. If you modify the map in any way and distribute it, please give us credit, and make sure players can clearly see that it was edited from the original and is not an official version.
 
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