Most Desired Map Type/Genre

[Freakstylez]

What would you say is the most desired map type or genre on Battle.net right now? I know DotA is popular, but I think DotA is awful, and I know many people who agree. I want to design maps specifically for that group of people.

So, that said, what kind of maps do you want to see more of? I know Tower Defenses are popular, and I personally love them, and intend to make one, but I want to take on something else first.

Any opinions?

 

[frankie11]

Although ORPGS are popular right now- you should try something unique- full conversion that gives each new race a distinct characteristic (i.e., Zerg) Just some advice hope it goes over well. Welcome to the Hive!

 

[Redeemer59]

I personally like:

Wilderness Survival maps
Dungeon-crawls
Castle Defenses
and Mauls (Not TDs, mauls)

And I'm actually not sure if this would go here or not... cant think of a better place for it, but it seems off... /shrug.

EDIT: Welcome to the Hive too.

 

[Freakstylez]

Hmm, thanks for the input, guys. I'm still toying with different concepts in my head right now, all of various genres, and some even attempting to tread on new ground. We'll see how this brainstorming process goes.

I might as well keep updated on what I'm doing after I make a final decision, though I'm sure you don't necessarily care.

Thanks for the welcome. Strangely, I've had an account here for a while, but never used it.

 

[Unscrewed_Magic]

AOS / RPG

make two maps, one that is an RPG, and the other an AOS that you can load characters on from the first map

 

[Freakstylez]

I've actually decided on a sort of hybrid. I'll draw up a comprehensive post with all of the information later. I think, to stay sane, I'm going to work on two maps at once; the tower defense I've wanted to make, and the "epic" I've begun working on. After finishing only a small portion of terrain, I know that there is a lot of work to be done, and I need a smaller project to stay sane.

 

[Arab4life]

Make something random, stupid and pointless, so stupid it will be great.

Take Poke the Angry Ogre for one. Its stupid, funny and pointless, but became VERY popular at one point filling the entire customs list.

 

[Pyritie]

The main maps I see on bnet (northrend) are

1. Fucking DotA
2. TDs
3. Tag
4. Misc

I personally like TDs the best out of those types. Especially the ones which you can maze in.

 

[Mini-Me]

Wrong forum. Moved to wc3 discussion.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

I <3 Riddle Maps.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Maze maps fo' shu'.

 

[Horn]

AOS is the most played/popular. Probably followed by TD and various hybrids of TD.

 

[Blood[Pie]]

TDs and RPGs are my all-time favorites! There are some other maps I love, but nothing can beat TDs and RPGs! TD. RPG. TD. RPG. TD. RPG. TD. RPG. 'Nuff said.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Wilderness survival is surprisingly fun. LoaP was fun.. at first. It gets old fast unless you always want to marry whoever chooses a girl, then cyber with her nonstop and annoy people who are actually mature.

 

[Shadow_Fox]

AoS, even though most AoS today are generally unoriginal, crappy, horrible, overrated games that people get all crazy about (dota #1 on that list). ORPG coming next with an also failure sense of slaughtering creeps and dungeons, saving, loading and doing it all over....

 

[SantaBla]

Certainly not aos games. I'm tired of them.

In fact, I'm bored of all the genres found on Warcraft 3.

I want a new genre... When I mean by new genre, I don't mean that you should combine two genres together.

I'm talking about a genre that is completely original. Hell, I don't even know if that is possible.

 

[Andriejj]

Heh, no COMPLETELY new genres will come out, unfortunately. But there are some genres which seem to be a nice idea, but execution was bad in all maps of that genre- for example, hero arenas. They all suck- from Herocraft, through Angel Arena to Custom Hero Arena. Terminus Arena is bad too. You won't convince me that any one of them is good. Only Orc Gladiators are nice, but loads of idiots host the hacked versions. BALDURAS IS THE REAL MAKER GOD DAMN IT !!!!

But I told you, SantaBla, about an arena which is being made and which has an idea in it, which won't be just continuous slaughter between heroes with breaks for creeping. Just wait for it XD

 

[Ihaterednecks]

Altered Melee Maps, stuff you don't see a lot.

 

[SantaBla]

Now that you mentioned it! I almost forgot about those. We don't see that kind of stuff hosted on bnet... The only altered melee that was really being hosted for some time on bnet was Warcraft 4... But the balance was crap and the tooltips contained way too many grammatical errors.

 

[The_wand_mirror]

i like

1. Training hero + items + Game + Time + More items = Good hero = Own all
2. MM(O)RPG
3. RP ^^

 

[Rui]

I would like to see something unique, such as an ORPG with a turn-based combat system, or something close to final fantasy.
Unique stuff > all.

 

[SantaBla]

That would be awesome. A multiplayer Hero RPG.

 

[Unscrewed_Magic]

You can set any RPG to the slowest map settings and it will seem as if your playing a turn based game. lol

 

[Rui]

But it's not actually true, and nobody wants to play in slow settings. Turn based combat is something unique, and cannot be achieved through Game Settings.

 

[DragoonZombie]

I really like TD's and Maze's.
However, they should be beatable! I hate mazes where only the host can go through because of delay

 

[Rui]

The creator can do nothing about the speed of the host.

 

[Callahan]

I can tell you what to not make :
-AOS because there is though competitor and too many of them.
-TAG because it's a boring concept fully exploited
-MAZE it's simply not fun.And the genre has been fully exploited too.
-TD there is alrdy a lot of them and some of them are really good like element td (but my favorite is stackerz td) so nobody need a new TD.

And what would be really cool :
-Altered melee but not with just modified present race like a fifth hero and 2 new unit added.A real one with totally new race,new balance,new gameplay(you're not forced to keep in the war3 template:3 tiers,4 heroe etc...).I must feel as if i was playing a new RTS that i've recently bought.

-RPG with captivating storyline.It does not necessarly hardcoded inventory,spells,class etc...And above all with charismatic character that have their own personalities.I'm tired of this dull souless character that you create and is supposed to represent the players.And fully team work.You cannot progress lonley without your mates because you are lv50 and they are lv1.Thats what happens in the most ORPG everybody goes on their side and you feel as if you were playing singleplayer.

Or something completly new that come out of your mind.

 

[Fulla]

I like Melee, AoS maps, minigame maps and generally maps where I can teamkill such as them team survival zombie maps.

 

[Rui]

I agree with Callahan. When I say RPG based on Final Fantasy, I'm not telling you re-produce FF in your map, an original storyline is always good.

 

[SantaBla]

Ever since the save/load games came out, we didn't see anymore good online RPGS. I think Waugriff was the first map to have that feature...

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

You know what'd be tight? An RE game actually based on RE, not just another damn zombie game.

 

[Shadow_Fox]

Umm there is one, based off RE1 i believe..

 

[Andriejj]

About GOOD altered melee- there is one coming. A very good one, in addition- with campaign.

http://hos.samods.org/

But it will take some time before it's out.

 

[Rui]

That's a major mod. And the lore for it seems quite confusing. But alright...

 

[SimonKurciski]

I like maps that are completely unique. For example, I played this one map where you have a commander, and you control your troops through him by giving orders like "march" "attack" and other stuff.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

You know what'd be tight? An RE game actually based on RE, not just another damn zombie game.

As Shadow_Fox said there already is one made back in 2005 by Red_Eyes[eng] and it's quite good and fun to play, well atleast I think so, as I tested it

www.clancbs.com it should be in the map database.

 

[Dragon-Knight3]

I'm a fan of survival, defense games most of the time. I also like some mini games too like Pyramid Escape or Uther Party. Then again, I got mad love for PVP games.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

I'm a fan of games like Dark Deeds 6, Parasite, and Zerg Infestation. I sometimes play a TD or a tag, but they are so very boring. I RP whenever I can.

I'd usually make RPs with unique themes, and then these idiots come along and say "can u host no theme?????" and if i say no, they all leave... assholes... they make excuses as to why no theme is better, like "u can b anything!" and i'm like "bitch, no you cant! you can only be shit like a knight or a wandering blood mage. it's bullshit." and they're like "you just lack imagination and need themes to make up for it." and i'm like "omgwtf kind of hypocrisy is that? you probably just need no theme so you can do the same story you do every rp game"...

But anyhow, i like RPs, riddle games, parasite, zerg infestation, dark deeds 6, and the occasional minigame or td*

*These are usually the only things on the game lists besides DotA, so it's not so much occasional as it is all the fucking time.

 

[Ihaterednecks]

What class would King Leopold's maps be classed under? He's made a few of my favorites.

 

[SimonKurciski]

I think those would be kind of.....waaay altered melee? Anyway, I love his maps, and those kind of maps (Broken Alliances, Lost Kingdoms, ect, ect....)

 

[Razorbrain]

AoS is the most played one, as we can all agree on
TDs and Mauls are also popular, but used to be even more popular("cough" wintermaul "cough")
Elimination Tournament is one of the few very, very funny maps (of its kind) that i've seen nothing like it

 

[SimonKurciski]

Whatever you do, do not make an AoS. There are too many maps like that out there.

 

[Ihaterednecks]

A lot of the Rise of China and Rise of Rome maps are cool as well.

 

[SimonKurciski]

Yeah...but what's not cool is those games where, in the begining, you start out with 60 cities and 400 units and no idea what to do.

 

[Dragon-Knight3]

AoS is the most played one, as we can all agree on
TDs and Mauls are also popular, but used to be even more popular("cough" wintermaul "cough")
Elimination Tournament is one of the few very, very funny maps (of its kind) that i've seen nothing like it

Yup, AOS is definitely the most popular, I find it....just average when playing it most of the time. I don't know why I never really got into AoS a lot.

 

[Ihaterednecks]

Another favorite, my first game I ever played, is Footmen vs Grunts.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Another favorite, my first game I ever played, is Footmen vs Grunts.

Definitely. Fun game all around.

 

[Dragon-Knight3]

Another favorite, my first game I ever played, is Footmen vs Grunts.

I find the game pretty fun but it's mostly all about agility hero and the games ends way toooooooo long.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

I find the game pretty fun but it's mostly all about agility hero and the games ends way toooooooo long.

Agility hero and huge masses of air units.

 

[SimonKurciski]

One map that I do not like is Footman Frenzy...if there were no heroes I would like that map. Managing and upgrading hordes of units is fun....getting your entire army killed in the late game by ana overpowered hero is not.