Maelstrom v1.5

[Moderator]

VGsatomi: Approved. Good campaign that takes place alongside the original wc3 storyline. Nice alternative story, great terrain, and an overall solid campaign.

 

[Kiamati]

Your campaign isn't bad at all, but you should chage a couple of minor things. If you select the last mission from the panel, the mission actually starts but the heros don't show up at all.
The first two missions are nice, but the last two are really too difficult; maybe you could decrease the number of creeps and/or lengthen the time between attack waves.
I'll 4 out of 5 because I think you made a promising campaign and with few changes it'll get perfect!

 

[pahlavi5312]

this is a really great campaign. but on all of the chapters when i enter a cave then exit it it goes back to the chapter selection screen. is this a bug? can anyone fix this?

 

[Merpet]

I had the same problem with the caves, playing with v1.24e. Saw somewhere that the sequel to this one was created when WC3 v1.20b. I'm playing it with version 1.21 and problem solved. Search for "wc3 version switcher" if you don't have it.

 

[Red5405]

Your campaign isn't bad at all, but you should chage a couple of minor things. If you select the last mission from the panel, the mission actually starts but the heros don't show up at all.
The first two missions are nice, but the last two are really too difficult; maybe you could decrease the number of creeps and/or lengthen the time between attack waves.
I'll 4 out of 5 because I think you made a promising campaign and with few changes it'll get perfect!

Agreed.

 

[ForteMarco]

I play this campaign yesterday and i have a problem.. whenever i enter a submap and return to the original map, my warcraft crashes.. All of my campaign maps with submap have the same issues.. Can anyone help because it annoying me..

 

[deepstrasz]

chap1:
-I guess Leia isn't supposed to be an elf?
-meh, wait to regenerate mana/hit and run, spawn wolf, attack and so on...
-units selected during the Battalion scene
-wow, those two bases are so close to each other, it's hard not to notice; luck the undead didn't realize the human base was deserted?

-the wolf does not save in the game cache and has to be spawned again
-no comment about the dead/sleeping bodies in the prisons
-why would they lock the Sappers with their gear!?
-it's easy to draw the Royal Guard out of his base
-that's a Paladin? He has no spells regarding his status; why was he still alive?
-Leia can kill the Granite Golem without it being able to reach her
-all creatures behind doors and magic barriers can be killed by the ranger; some of them don't even retaliate
-after the lever is pulled, the prisoners get out only to fight amongst themselves...
-enemy coming from behind to attack Peasants would've been nice
-if the heroes reach the cavern, the Peasants don't have to, the level ends but the campaign screen is shown...

chap2:
-Lafrosse doesn't have a hero glow
-Ya'kar was kept in a cage defended by Dragonspawns!?
-after a while playing with the other two heroes, the blood key appeared again along with the end of the meeting Ya'Kar scene

-Gallagar wasn't suspicious of how the person who gave them the key died!?
-the Archimonde heroes have Divine type armour...; not saying the portals can't easily be destroyed but those demons can't be killed
-some Voidwalkers came from the northwest though the portal was just destroyed
-why would most units disappear after the last battle?
-again, instead of returning to the previous level, the game shows the campaign menu...

interlude:
-how did the queen see the future with the Phoenix Egg if it was not on her? Did she have it before?

chap3:
-who the heck is Reynor?
-the elven units are weak compared to the naga even if they have the Chaos attack type especially when the naga forces have all armour and attack upgrade tiers researched
-Frost Bolt has the same hotkey as Frost Armour: F

-where are the other two heroes? I only got the elf and the bandit
-Sleep has the same hotkey as Stop: S
-funny thing: loading the game spawns duplicates of the heroes and so on

finale:
-the scene finishes with the campaign menu...

Who exactly is the Ice Queen and what's her relation to Warcraft?

It's sad that this can't be played as it should be. It's very promising and it has a story that looks to be at least thought out.

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EDIT:
Did a speed run on 1.30.4 to see if the transitions and, generally, the campaign works. It does.
Problem is that it wasn't finished.

 

[deepstrasz]

Description update:

• There is an issue related to the filename's length (.w3n). If it is too long, the transition between maps will not work on patches beyond 1.21. So, to solve this, simply rename the campaign once you download it to something shorter like HalElves.
• Thanks to Warseeker for solving the mystery!
• Discussion thread: Fixing Old Campaigns

 

[Shellshock]

This was surprisingly good i really liked this one. To those wondering what to do in the last mission due to constant attacks. You need to spam Dragon hawks. they have the highest damage. as well as Priests.

Anyway i never reached 140 food limit so sed. Also when you atttack one of the bases the other tries to help them so you don't have to worry about being attacked i think.

The absolute 3 building plus hero thing was annoying. I was not cheating but then i realized it really didn't matter and whosyourdaddy my way to victory. Overall though i loved the campaign it was really fun. Wish it was longer wish when you leveled up you got more shit but whatever.

3/5 Must play

 

[Ricox19]

Good campaign, nothing special, played it on hard difficulty and found it kind of boring, I like campaigns that are like the rexxar campaign, but it felt that it lacked something, maybe it was the lack of loot.
In the missions that you have a base and more than 100 food capacity, doesn't matter if you have like 180 food capacity, if the cap for 50 food cuts the gold income, it should be fixed, and the final mission doesn't feel like you are fighting the final boss.

Played it on version 1.21b, didn't find any bug.

 

[VanAndro]

A small but not at all short and not the easiest campaign that runs perfectly on 1.27. In fact, the degree of difficulty is, in my opinion, well overestimated, and after a few repetitions you guess what kind of units you have to do in order to pass the level. In general, the campaign does not shine with anything unique, but it is interesting and worth your time.

 

[AkarinKana]

Hey there!

I have to say, pretty terrible balancing there. The archer girl uses a huge amount of mana each time with low mana regen, making the campaign unnecessarily lengthy. I know this is going somewhere, with the plot and all, but yeah, maybe not to my liking.

All in all, a decent map.

 

[Fyar]

Average campaign. I got bored after the first chapter and I doubt I will play it again, but from what I've played, the terrain is there, dialogue is there. It's just too boring for me, but I can see it's not bad either. It's more of a 2.5/5 but I'll give it a 3.

I find it boring you just move your hero, use the wolf to deal damage and repeat the process and wait for mana. Until you get to the paladin, you wait a considerable amount of time just by getting mana for your wolf. First chapter is not that long but this mechanic makes it long.

 

[Cassandra Jones]

Alright, a good campaign from old times.
It's better for Chapter 3 and Epilogue to be merged though, since the submap for the final battle is quite underwhelming after the Pit Lords are defeated, not much dialogue to be said.
Here is the playthrough, the sequel Old Gods in full form will be added shortly after.

 

[Fyar]

Alright, a good campaign from old times.
It's better for Chapter 3 and Epilogue to be merged though, since the submap for the final battle is quite underwhelming after the Pit Lords are defeated, not much dialogue to be said.
Here is the playthrough, the sequel Old Gods in full form will be added shortly after.

Did you just cheat your way through the campaign and call it a playthrough?