Ring of Fire

[Moderator]

23:06, 4th Apr 2016
Shadow Fury: Needs fix until you update.

 

[Rufus]

Rufus Review Map Score Gameplay: 22 / 30 Aesthetics: 8 / 20 Total: 30 / 50 Rating Chart 45-50 5/5 Highly Recommended 35-44 4/5 Recommended 25-34 3/5 Useful 15-24 2/5 Lacking 0-14 1/5 Unacceptable Gameplay It seems like the creator have been putting a lot of thought in his/hers melee maps, and have a lot of experience working with them. His pack proves this, and this map only strengthen my theory. The initial bases are positioned on top of an elated cliff, offering the possibility to build a very strong fortress, which is a fun feature. Judging by his explaination in the description considering creep drops, the creator has put a lot of energy in making them just right for the game. The gold expansions all contain 7000 gold which means you'll have to move around a lot in order to recieve maximum resources. There are four really risky gold expansions close to the middle of the map, which offers little cover. Perhaps you should offer a better reward for those mines (larger containment of gold) as they include a lot of risk building a base there. Half of the gold mine expansions is outside the main island, and require the player to fetch a goblin zeppelin from the center of the map in order to get there. Since the outer ring of the map is entirely connected by land, this creates a secondry battlefield. Aesthetics I do not understand the name of this map. It has nothing to do with fire, except for the dragons... Which doesn't even breath fire, but lightning. Perhaps the hot and hectic situtaion...? There are really large open and vacant areas allowing for grand army clashes, but backfires by making the terrain look bleak and uninteresting. Perhaps this could be fixed with more tile variation, but unfortuantely I doubt that. However, the terrain is not the most important aspect of a melee map. Bugs Being a melee map, there are no bugs. Summary This map is clearly made by a good melee map maker, as many melee aspects have been considered and worked on. It is good in aspects of strategy, but could use some work aesthetically. Rating set to 3/5 and vote for approval.

 

[Shadow Fury]

I took a look at the map, and I agree with the points Rufus raised. However, I need to have a say on creep camps and item drops. Generally, they were too underpowered. Let's take for example the hydras creep camps:
Summed level = 24
Item Dropped = Level 6
Uhm, pretty skimpy.
Same thing for the rest of the powerful creep camps.
Increase the level of the item drops, or add more item drops. This will help to balance things out. Once you did this, approval will follow.