Rise of the Blood Elves v3.0

[K.GamingPlays]

so do i play this after i beat the frozen throne expansion, sorry I'm new to all this wow lore stuff

This is the perfect campaign to play after the frozen throne even in reforged

 

[Shellshock]

so do i play this after i beat the frozen throne expansion, sorry I'm new to all this wow lore stuff

Yes then Curse of the Forsaken.

 

[Grumpy Raven]

so do i play this after i beat the frozen throne expansion, sorry I'm new to all this wow lore stuff

yes, although its not the direct continuation, nor is it completely lore accurate

 

[biscia1]

The first time i ve played this campaign in the mission that now is chapter 6 if i remember correctly there was still an undead tauren among the enemies. In my opinion this and shards of resitance the raiders are the best wc3 custom campaign ever made

 

[K.GamingPlays]

The first time i ve played this campaign in the mission that now is chapter 6 if i remember correctly there was still an undead tauren among the enemies. In my opinion this and shards of resitance the raiders are the best wc3 custom campaign ever made

I think thats the old version and also i r3nember at the end illidan and lady vajsh come to help them

 

[Fugrim]

A 5/5 campaign
With great story amazing techtree and great enemies.
The danger is real and the action serious.

 

[Snomit]

Amazing campaign i hope there will be a 3rd one at some point <3

 

[KhalJyanoz]

Mmm i got a question in chapter 2 i have been allies with the burning fire clan and ragebeast clan , but the quest log said if im allies with ragebeast clan i must be allies with the blackaxe clan , the burning clan fire saids that recovering an item that the blackaxe clan have i defeated the blackaxe clan , but then the ragebeast clan and burning fire clan starts to fight themselves is this normal or is a bug?

The rebel orcs will annex the clans if you aren't fast enough to gain their alliance yourself, so if you have one of the allies on your side, but the enemy has the other clan on their side, they will fight. You can quickly get 3 out of 4 on your side (One will be an enemy eventually) by paying one clan's small tribute before the Rebels can, get the Cloak from the Doomguard behind the Yellow Clan's base (I can't remember names atm), then pay tribute to Cloak Clan's allies and don't bother with getting the Orb for the Yellows. They'll become your enemy as soon as you give the cloak to their rivals.

Usually, that base with a small tribute is taken early, but if you're even earlier, they'll distract the Rebels long enough for you to get all your techs researched, and Illidan's army lasts long enough for you to deploy a max population army for both Elves and Naga. Naga are tricky to juggle as they run out of lumber swiftly, and require an expansion base to get more.

 

[tomoraider]

The rebel orcs will annex the clans if you aren't fast enough to gain their alliance yourself, so if you have one of the allies on your side, but the enemy has the other clan on their side, they will fight. You can quickly get 3 out of 4 on your side (One will be an enemy eventually) by paying one clan's small tribute before the Rebels can, get the Cloak from the Doomguard behind the Yellow Clan's base (I can't remember names atm), then pay tribute to Cloak Clan's allies and don't bother with getting the Orb for the Yellows. They'll become your enemy as soon as you give the cloak to their rivals.

Usually, that base with a small tribute is taken early, but if you're even earlier, they'll distract the Rebels long enough for you to get all your techs researched, and Illidan's army lasts long enough for you to deploy a max population army for both Elves and Naga. Naga are tricky to juggle as they run out of lumber swiftly, and require an expansion base to get more.

Uhh you're 11 years late in responding to that comment

 

[KhalJyanoz]

Uhh you're 11 years late in responding to that comment

Coulda sworn I read it as a recent post. I kid you not I'm waiting for prescription glasses in the mail

Either way, keep up the good work, tomo, you're a big inspiration to my own WIP project. I'm working on my showcase for Map Development.

 

[MancitCanton143]

This is the first custom campaign I've played. I'm a fan of blood elves and I love how beautiful the model of the characters are. It is hard, but I manage to persevere. I ended up changing my playstyle to be more aggressive to accommodate for the difficulty.

 

[Atshiel]

Uhh you're 11 years late in responding to that comment

My first thought seeing the notification: But I didn't comment anything there recently, what could be- Oh!

 

[HonestCritic]

I have a big problem with the computer behavior in this campaign. The AI attacks too much with fairly large armies to the point where you have to spend a lot of time just turtling up until you have enough towers to be able to be able to actually play warcraft 3 instead of Tower Defense. This is especially bad since most of the time you have to spam villagers just to have enough lumber to barely be able to do anything at all. And the worse part of it is how fragile the towers are. If I wanted to play a tower defense map, I could just go to custom games and play a dedicated tower defense map.

 

[Grumpy Raven]

I have a big problem with the computer behavior in this campaign. The AI attacks too much with fairly large armies to the point where you have to spend a lot of time just turtling up until you have enough towers to be able to be able to actually play warcraft 3 instead of Tower Defense. This is especially bad since most of the time you have to spam villagers just to have enough lumber to barely be able to do anything at all. And the worse part of it is how fragile the towers are. If I wanted to play a tower defense map, I could just go to custom games and play a dedicated tower defense map.

Sadly, this campaign wont get a big overhaul like curse of the forsaken is getting, but creator will at least update it for latest patch, which will include AI fixes but currently he is working on CoTF, so it might take some time

 

[Matthew Turan]

Hello guyz,
for some reason blood elf sentry skin used for blood knights does not work for me. Any idea why it may be so?
Thank you in advance guyz...

 

[KhalJyanoz]

Hello guyz,
for some reason blood elf sentry skin used for blood knights does not work for me. Any idea why it may be so?
Thank you in advance guyz...

I sometimes have this problem too, depends what version of War3 you play it on, it doesn't always load correctly. Double-check that the Sentry skin overrides the correct filename; Units\Creeps\Watcher\Watcher.blp Otherwise, I have no idea.

 

[deepstrasz]

Hello guyz,
for some reason blood elf sentry skin used for blood knights does not work for me. Any idea why it may be so?
Thank you in advance guyz...

Perhaps an issue with the skin pathing due to a different game version than the one the campaign was made on?

 

[BakeItUther]

Are there any plans to add voices to the cutscenes and stuff? Like by using the ElevenLabs voice cloning tech to replicate the WC3 voices?

Or is tomoraider against that sort of thing?

 

[tomoraider]

Are there any plans to add voices to the cutscenes and stuff? Like by using the ElevenLabs voice cloning tech to replicate the WC3 voices?

Or is tomoraider against that sort of thing?

I've no plans to add AI voices. As you suspect, yes, I'm not in favour of AI voices.

 

[vl4d1sl4v]

great

 

[nielsdejong]

The link to Sorrowfall (the short story) doesn't seem to work anymore. Could you update it?

Also, I am using a version that brings back the old version of Warcraft 3, but I can't find where I am supposed to post the movie for the cinematic.

Also, this version works with both the reforged version and the old version then?

 

[Darnish89]

This is great! Just a question, chapter 2, is there any way to get 4/4 orc camp recruited? or can U just get 3/4?

 

[tomoraider]

The link to Sorrowfall (the short story) doesn't seem to work anymore. Could you update it?

Also, I am using a version that brings back the old version of Warcraft 3, but I can't find where I am supposed to post the movie for the cinematic.

Also, this version works with both the reforged version and the old version then?

Sorry for the very late reply. Here's the link to the short story. As for the movie, if I remember correctly, it was in Warcraft 3/Movies, however, the movie is just the World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade intro cinematic. And this version of the campaign will work in Reforged, but there are some issues. The UI is not adapted to widescreen, one unit has the wrong model, and some AI players don't work right.

This is great! Just a question, chapter 2, is there any way to get 4/4 orc camp recruited? or can U just get 3/4?

Thank you! The possibilites in CH2 are either 2/4 or 3/4, depending on who you ally with. It's not possible to get all four.

 

[Darnish89]

Sorry for the very late reply. Here's the link to the short story. As for the movie, if I remember correctly, it was in Warcraft 3/Movies, however, the movie is just the World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade intro cinematic. And this version of the campaign will work in Reforged, but there are some issues. The UI is not adapted to widescreen, one unit has the wrong model, and some AI players don't work right.


Thank you! The possibilites in CH2 are either 2/4 or 3/4, depending on who you ally with. It's not possible to get all four.

Thank you! Got 3/4 so made it then love this and want to see more !!! Great work

 

[nielsdejong]

Sorry for the very late reply. Here's the link to the short story. As for the movie, if I remember correctly, it was in Warcraft 3/Movies, however, the movie is just the World of Warcraft: the Burning Crusade intro cinematic. And this version of the campaign will work in Reforged, but there are some issues. The UI is not adapted to widescreen, one unit has the wrong model, and some AI players don't work right.


Thank you! The possibilites in CH2 are either 2/4 or 3/4, depending on who you ally with. It's not possible to get all four.

Thank you for the document!

Could you perhaps also update the link then? So that others will be able to find it as well?

Also, I'm afraid that I do not have a Movie folder after installing that mod that brings the graphics back to the original graphics, though I understand that this would not be within your area of expertise. Thank you at the very least for trying though.

 

[LordOfArcania]

Magnificent Campaign! If anyone is interested here you can watch the whole Campaign;

 

[nielsdejong]

So I have been playing this campaign, and it is absolutely amazing! You did an outstanding job!

This may sound odd, but would you consider making a stand alone map? One where, if you select the humans, you get the option to select either human or blood elf? And you would get the blood elves as a faction for that single map, featuring the blood mages and all the custom blood elf heroes you have made for your campaign?

I know that you are likely busy with other things, but if you ever feel like it and might be able to find the time, then I would love to just play the blood elves as you envisioned them as a player race on such a stand alone map, as I have seen a few other modders do as well. The difference is however is that your blood elves are far more developed and better balanced than them, so it would truly mean a lot if you could make such a map for us fans of Rise of the Blood Elves

 

[tomoraider]

So I have been playing this campaign, and it is absolutely amazing! You did an outstanding job!

This may sound odd, but would you consider making a stand alone map? One where, if you select the humans, you get the option to select either human or blood elf? And you would get the blood elves as a faction for that single map, featuring the blood mages and all the custom blood elf heroes you have made for your campaign?

I know that you are likely busy with other things, but if you ever feel like it and might be able to find the time, then I would love to just play the blood elves as you envisioned them as a player race on such a stand alone map, as I have seen a few other modders do as well. The difference is however is that your blood elves are far more developed and better balanced than them, so it would truly mean a lot if you could make such a map for us fans of Rise of the Blood Elves

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

I'm not sure about a melee map, I never planned to do that. A part of me likes my races being unique just to my campaigns, but I'll think about it.

 

[nielsdejong]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

I'm not sure about a melee map, I never planned to do that. A part of me likes my races being unique just to my campaigns, but I'll think about it.

Well I already appreciate that you are willing to give it some thought It is entirely up to you of course, but it would be neat!

Like I said, I'm a huge fan of the way you designed the blood elf race and their buildings and interactions, and after having played the campaign a number of times I would love to be able to play them as a race in different senarios, and having one or more maps that allows you to pick them as a race would be just the thing for that! And I think that other fans of your mod would love that as well

 

[tomoraider]

Well I already appreciate that you are willing to give it some thought It is entirely up to you of course, but it would be neat!

Like I said, I'm a huge fan of the way you designed the blood elf race and their buildings and interactions, and after having played the campaign a number of times I would love to be able to play them as a race in different senarios, and having one or more maps that allows you to pick them as a race would be just the thing for that! And I think that other fans of your mod would love that as well

Nontheless, thank you for your kind words and feedback!

 

[nielsdejong]

Nontheless, thank you for your kind words and feedback!

My pleasure, just saying what I'm thinking

This mod, together with Curse of the Blood Elves Revamped Curse of the Blood Elves REVAMP , are my favorite mods on this website now. And I Like how they work together perfectly: His mod makes it so that Blood elf units that aren't spellcasters are slowly losing mana, and when low on mana they will suffer penalties, but when high on mana will receive a bonus (the penalties are bigger than the boon, so that fits with their arcane addiction), and pretty much is about them before they were truly helped by Illidan. Your mod, which is about them after their defeat by Arthas, fits perfectly with this as well because this mechanic should no longer be there due to Illidan helping Kael'Thas in large part sate that hunger with the help from demonic energy, so they would no longer have that. I like both your takes on giving them unique units, even though yours seems to be a bit better balanced with regards to the standard races (though I do like his upgrade for the priests that lets Heal restore 35 hp instead of 25). Hence why I suggested the idea of a custom map earlier, as I love how you balance things!

Have you ever thought about collaborating? I noticed that your Blood Knights still use the Night Elf model, and with his help you could for example create a unique blood knight model to use instead. Not saying that you should of course, but it would look visually a bit better in my honest opinion.

He also added in the Magister spellcaster, which uses the model of grand Magister Rommath, and can empower their attacks with bonus fire damage and cause them to deal splash damage, can summon weaker fire elementals, and can call down a weaker flamestrike. I don't know how balanced this is, but I think such a unit would be a great addition to your mod as well! Though if those spells are too much then you could simply give them the spells from the Warcraft 3 orc warlock (Firebolt, Unholy Frenzy, Cripple) due to them using demonic magic, while also making their base attacks deal good amounts of magic damage (16-20, same as the orc warlock) and also deal splash damage. This to give them their own unique role within the roster as a damage dealer/spellcaster that is great at dealing with hordes of weaker units (which makes sense as Rommath and his magisters were said to play a key role in reclaiming Quel'Thalas in the lore), whereas the sorceress and priest have the better utility spells and are better as pure spellcasters. In exchange you could keep their upkeep of 2 food, but also make the unit cost more gold and lumber to produce when compared to the other two main spellcasters. I think that this latter idea (with the Magister unit having base splash damage and Warlock spells) would not only be balanced, but it would also give your amazing blood elves a unique spellcaster unit that is sort of a damage dealer/spellcaster hybrid that is great at dealing with swarms of skeletons, as well as buffing your troops (the blood elves their spell resistance would mean that unholy frenzy would only deal 3 damage per second!), and debuffing heroes with cripple. And I think that they would go great with your other amazing units!

Again, these are all just suggestions, and you can just ignore them if they don't fit your design plan for your blood elves

 

[nielsdejong]

Oh hold on, I just watched this old video:

and saw that the blood knight there did not look like a night elf at all. Even though it does look like that in my game. I didn't download the 30 GB patch however, so perhaps that is why that model looked off in my game? It would also explain why I did not have the mission select screen like your mod also has in that video.

 

[tomoraider]

Thanks for the suggestions @nielsdejong, there will be some changes to the blood elves in the upcoming update to Curse of the Forsaken, my other campaign, including some alternate warlock-themed spellcasters. One of them has to ability to call down a fel rain of fire and summon demons, so they are quite fun to use! Though at the moment I do not plan to make any significant updates to RotBE on such level so I am not sure if we will see those units in this campaign.

As for the blood knight, yes, this is a common bug that was introduced in one of the later patches of the game. I plan to fix this once the CotF update is finished.

 

[nielsdejong]

My pleasure! And your Curse of the Forsaken mod sounds pretty awesome as well! I'm hoping to play the finished version, so perhaps you might have a very rough idea on how long this might take? Then I will have an indication on when I can download that mod, as I would love to try it once it is fully finished

And that is very understandable, as I can imagine that such a change does take a bit of your time. Again, this is just a suggestion, and something I would really love to see in your mod and which I feel would make your blood elves feel more complete by giving them a fire themed damage dealing spellcaster.

The reason I suggested using the other modder his magister model was because I thought that using that one would reduce the burden on you, as would giving them the 16-20 splash damage base magic attack and the base Orc Warlock spells, so it wouldn't take so much of your time. Though I suppose giving them the existing Firebolt, Summon Lava Spawn (which is only 1st level and doesn't split up), and Rain of Fire (from the Doom Guard (Warcraft III), which costs more mana than the hero version) as spells, along with splash damage on their basic attacks, would be a lot cooler. And at the same time it will also make them more fire themed, which honestly makes more sense in the later levels in your mod where Magisters will also be working against the burning legion on the side of Liadrin.

It is entirely up to you to add them or not of course, but should you ever feel like adding such a unit to your mod, then I think that campaign wise a perfect time for them to be introduced could be in the level when they arrive in Quel'Thalas through the portal, as they are Magisters and would have been under Alessandra's command. Having two of them in your army instead of the two sorceresses would also be a fun introduction to them, as their base splash attacks could help against the swarms of skeletons, and their firebolt could help deal with the bigger monsters as you approach the camp. Meanwhile the Spellbreaker could be introduced in the level before that, as I found the level where you fight your fellow blood elves to be a bit too frustrating, and I felt that the introduction of the spellbreakers in that level (who are also under Alessandra) would have been very helpful and serve as a great introduction to that unit, as opposed to their introduction in the level thereafter. Though this is just my honest feedback mind you, as I really missed having spellbreakers in that particulair level XD

I hope you don't mind me sharing all these walls of text, but I have been playing your mod for a bit, and when playing such mods I always try to find anything which I feel could potentially improve it in order to give feedback to the creators. But it is so well fleshed out that such a fire based Magister would honestly be the only thing I would add to it to make it absolutely perfect! Though again, this is just a big wishlist from me, and just something that I would really love to see added once you update this mod. Sorry for the excited post, but I really love well fleshed out mods, and yours is now at the top of my favorites on this site

 

[tomoraider]

It's no problem @nielsdejong, I appreciate the suggestions! I am glad you really liked the campaign. As for Curse of the Forsaken, I hope to finish it by the end of the year. The current version is already finished as its own product, but the new version is different. It might be fun to play v3.0 now so you can see all the changes coming in the Classic update.

 

[nielsdejong]

It's no problem @nielsdejong, I appreciate the suggestions! I am glad you really liked the campaign. As for Curse of the Forsaken, I hope to finish it by the end of the year. The current version is already finished as its own product, but the new version is different. It might be fun to play v3.0 now so you can see all the changes coming in the Classic update.

Alright, thank you! I will give it a try then And thank you for considering my idea for the Magister!

 

[Kuras2003]

Are purple undead base in defense mission with golems suposed to dont do anything? they dont have workers on gold and didnt attacked me single time, same with yellow base in next mission, it doesnt activate untill forsaken have base+ purple attack waves are stuck near the gate and he attacks like once and then stops

 

[Kuras2003]

Cant go to even reach this book, my units are blocked from going there

same here

 

[SebaTheLord]

okay campaign is good but there is one problem that i have to say when i play the second chapter i cant make the other Fel orc clans to join me they just dont react when i stepped on this circle that would get those guys to join me fix it pls

 

[Footman16]

okay campaign is good but there is one problem that i have to say when i play the second chapter i cant make the other Fel orc clans to join me they just dont react when i stepped on this circle that would get those guys to join me fix it pls

Have you fulfilled the criteria for the clan to join you? In the Quests tab it says what each clan requires for you to join.

 

[SebaTheLord]

nah i didn't had that

Have you fulfilled the criteria for the clan to join you? In the Quests tab it says what each clan requires for you to join.

 

[fire knight]

Just wanted to ask since I read the some some of the lore in the books, you replaced Hulduron (not sure if I spelled it right) with aewynne maysong and also you added allsandra as an additional new character right ? Love the alternative story.

 

[Grumpy Raven]

Just wanted to ask since I read the some some of the lore in the books, you replaced Hulduron (not sure if I spelled it right) with aewynne maysong and also you added allsandra as an additional new character right ? Love the alternative story.

Yes, Halduron is replaced by Ayewynne Maysong and Grand magister Rommath is replaced by grand magistrix Allesandra

 

[nielsdejong]

It's no problem @nielsdejong, I appreciate the suggestions! I am glad you really liked the campaign. As for Curse of the Forsaken, I hope to finish it by the end of the year. The current version is already finished as its own product, but the new version is different. It might be fun to play v3.0 now so you can see all the changes coming in the Classic update.

Oh I almost forgot to mention this, but will you update the link to that story as well? I quite liked it, and it would be a shame not to make a new link to a new website (like google docs) where you have updated the document. Then you could perhaps also update the portrait of Aewynne Maysong?

I also noticed something was off about the description of Kael'Thas. I think it would sound better if you wrote:

"Lord of the Blood Elves. All Kael'thas wishes for is the best for his people,
but he is willing to make some questionable decisions to ensure this future."

I personally think that that would sound better

 

[goawayjesus]

Just finished this - incredible campaign, thoroughly enjoyed it. I was apprehensive going in because of the lack of difficulty options (I am not great at this game even after years of playing it), but I found it a lot more manageable overall than Curse of the Forsaken, with only chapters 11 and 12 giving me problems. These were basically resolved by playing a lot more aggressively rather than giving the enemy time to build up. I don't think I experienced a single bug in the entire campaign playing on 1.30.4.

The missions were varied, maps were beautiful, and the storyline was good too. I particularly enjoyed the chapters where you visit "living" blood elf areas - the one where Kael'Thas was in the eco-domes and the epilogue in particular - the mapwork there was stunning and I think it does a great job of selling how far the blood elves have recovered due to the player's actions.

Thanks again for all your hard work on these, the amount of time and passion you put into these custom campaigns is absolutely evident.

 

[nielsdejong]

Hello Tomoraider, just wanted to say that I'm still having a blast with this mod! I am still looking forward to your update, as I think having the blood knight models as blood elves instead of night elves would be more immersive, but aside from that I love the balance that you have done

Speaking of balance, I have been thinking about my suggestions a bit more, and on second thought I think the spellcaster area of effect would just be too easy to abuse. So, based on my further gameplay of using your mod, I wanted to revise my idea and write it again to you. My new idea basically removes the area damage, and simply grants them two existing thematic spells as well as that summon fire elemental spell I mentioned. Here is the idea that I had:

Magister: "Magisters are talented elven sorcerers, having a huge influence in Sin'dorei society. They were the first ones who accept the gift of Illidan, and then spread this knowledge among their fellow blood elves. Unlike their High elven brethren, Magisters specialize in destructive fire magic and the manipulation of fel energy." Magisters cost 220 gold and 30 lumber, take up 2 food, and have the stats of sorceresses except for increased magic damage based on their level of training: Standard: 16-20, Adept: 17-23, Master: 18-26. They also have a Tier 3 upgrade that grants them splash damage on their attacks, similar in cost and effect to the Flak Cannons upgrade of the flying machine: 100 Gold/150 Wood, 40 second upgrade time at the Arcane Sanctum , Full Damage Splash Radius: 7.5, Half Damage Radius: 15, Quarter Damage Radius: 32.5. They start with the Firebolt spell, followed by Unholy Frenzy from Adept Training, with them finally gaining a spell from Master Training that allows them to summon a fire elemental (maximum of 1 per magister) for 150 mana. This unit cannot create more of its kind on its own and only lasts 60 seconds, while having the stats of the lvl 1 lava spawn: Lava Spawn (Level 1) except that they only have 380 hit points, granting you a weak but expendable ranged buffer unit. I was looking around some models on Hive, and found this model which I think would suit them: FireElementalByMc

With perhaps the magister appearing in the level where you first arrive in Quel'Thalas through the portal? As I feel that his ranged splash attacks would be perfectly demonstrated against the swarms of skeletons that the Necromancers bring against you. With the Spellbreaker already appearing in the level before (where you try to escape through the portal), where I felt that they were sorely missed when I had to go up against the magic heavy blood elf loyalists XD

Also, I have been looking around, and I found the model for the magister that I liked, which I wanted to share with you in case you ever end up using my suggestion Of course, again, whether or not you want to go along with my suggestion is entirely up to you. But even if you don't plan on using it for Rise of the Blood elves you could still use this model for your other projects

Here is a link to it: BloodElvenMagister

 

[marcuis]

It was very fun to play. On some maps the AI's attacks felt a little unfair and I had to do a lot of reloading (mostly the last map) but it was doable.
Anyway, thank you for creating such a wonderful custom campaign. I'm off to play Curse of the Forsaken now!

BTW if I may ask, Rise of the Blood Elves follows the canon story, right? Which are the sources for it/where can I read about it? I'm a little pissed off by that radical change in Kael's personality but that seems to be common.

 

[tomoraider]

It was very fun to play. On some maps the AI's attacks felt a little unfair and I had to do a lot of reloading (mostly the last map) but it was doable.
Anyway, thank you for creating such a wonderful custom campaign. I'm off to play Curse of the Forsaken now!

BTW if I may ask, Rise of the Blood Elves follows the canon story, right? Which are the sources for it/where can I read about it? I'm a little pissed off by that radical change in Kael's personality but that seems to be common.

It's not entirely canon, I would say it's a reimagining of the story from WoW: the Burning Crusade (the final part of the campaign at least).

 

[PenetratorGod]

I think I gave the campaign enough of a chance, and while the story is interesting, I found the victory conditions and gameplay in overall very difficult. You have to start each chapter at a disadvantage against the enemy, and you are constantly attacked by multiple bases. There's no difficulty setting and I don't really like having to play by default. The majority liked the campaign, but unfortunately it didn't appeal to me. Although I respect the work of the campaign creator, I don't want to give a high rating to something I don't like.

 

[tomoraider]

I think I gave the campaign enough of a chance, and while the story is interesting, I found the victory conditions and gameplay in overall very difficult. You have to start each chapter at a disadvantage against the enemy, and you are constantly attacked by multiple bases. There's no difficulty setting and I don't really like having to play by default. The majority liked the campaign, but unfortunately it didn't appeal to me. Although I respect the work of the campaign creator, I don't want to give a high rating to something I don't like.

That's understandable, thank you for giving it a try! I definitely agree some of the maps are too tough. If you also played on the most recent patch of the game, some of the AIs are broken at the moment and tougher than they should be.