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LOTR Battles: HelmsDeep Please review this map before going live (again)

What do you think? Thanks!!

  • 5, ready for release, its good enough for now

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • 4, ready for release but can be improved (explain how)

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • 3, ready to release with some quick adjustments (explain what)

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • 2, needs a ton of work, get to it (explain what)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1, needs a ton of work, quit mappin (explain why)

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • Total voters
    5
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Hi, please review my Helms Deep map.

Some changes here and there from the old ver, got really differing opinions on it from unrelated reviewers (hive reviewers even, got 3 opinions (2 for an old ver way back,4 and one 'unapproved' for a recent one). Please look at it, and tell me what you think. The old release thread got locked, just said unsuitable and didn't give a reason why :eek:
Like aint it in the reviewer guidelines to provide constructive criticism?
Anyway, removed the possibly offensive parts of the map (talking about the leaver triggers filled with obsceneties), fixed some glitches and minor alterations here and there just to make it look better, and the loading screen has been changed so its no longer a ripoff of that mod someone told me it was from. This one I ensured was from the movie. So all possible TOS violations accounted for. Should also look more presentable and the custom skill icon is now hidden in a dummyunit so you won't see the aura button.
JNGP is required for save/load trigger but this version is locked anyway.
Of course, if you require unlocked, just ask. It will be avaliable at release minus the save/load, if we ever get there.
Will release once you think it can get a 4 or at least 3.5.
This is a hero siege, so please stop asking where are your units.

Mainly, this is just an update to make the map more... approperate for the hive and removal of inapproperate language and other potential TOS violations, to say the least. :cool:

Thank you!!!

TLDR: Please review my map and provide feedback before I get run outta town (again) for another botched release.

EDIT: Allright, as requested, gimli aragorn and theoden models added, minor fixes/adjustments, support buildings changed to heroes since 9/10 people didn't realise they had them, and as for the trebutchets... we'll just leave em in for now unless people really don't like it.
 

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Hi IronForge :)
I have tested the map and I think its good :thumbs_up: but it needs to be more like The Lord of the Rings Universe.
These are the things that I think you should improve:

- The unit skins. Aragorn have the Arthas (Frostmurne) model xDD... It's not bad but it should have a dark skin (with black hair and a little beard). The same to Gimli :wink:
- The unit models. The same. The Theoden and other models are blond or have too many armour and aren't like the movie characters.
The trebuchets should be out, because in the Helms Deep battle there wasn't any of them.
- The terrain. It would be better if it wasn't the Jungle, it would be better a Lordaeron forest :thumbs_up:

AND... the explosion of the Helms Deep wall scene should be more SHOCK.

I think the most important thing you have to improve is the decoration :pal:

PD: Now I'm going to play the map online and I will review again :grin: Bye.
 
Right, like I said, most of my r eviewers said about the same thing, so the vote 0+reject really has shocked many of us.
Problem for the models is theres none avaliable. I searched through hive extensively, found none.
And erm... seriously... you want the trebs out? Any idea what I should replace them by? Hmm... maybe more archers.
Thanks!!

EDIT: Allright replaced the attached map with the new one.
Theoden model found, also found one for aragorn.
 
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