War of the Ring AOS v16.1

[Moderator]

16:23, 13th Dec 2009
ap0calypse: Approved

 

[CHA_Owner]

Pretty nice looking map i will post my review later after testing

 

[Septimus]

From the screenshot, the model look nice; but definitely negative for the terrain.

 

[Legion_King]

You'd better add a burning special effect to the Balrog, but Aragorn's model is more like Isildur, and his weapon is Frostmourne?! other parts are OK.

 

[CHA_Owner]

( + = Good : - = Bad )

+Unique heros and abilties
+New AOS like terrain but could use some improvements
+Gave credit to all who helped
-Little bit laggy must have a few leaks
-Reminds me too much of DoTa use more custom stuff
-needs either a help section or some type of tutorial for noobs

Overall ill give this map a 3/5

+rep and vote for approval

 

[Vengeancekael]

*Very Important!*I forgot to say, those who notice that their models are used in this map should contact me, because I just made the description and I don't know all the names.

 

[Duechso]

Excellent Map. 5/5!

 

[Dinodin]

Thanks for all good comments. This map still needs alot of works but I don't have so much free time to do it..If anyone got some ideas how I can improve this map, please message me.

 

[CHA_Owner]

*Very Important!*I forgot to say, those who notice that their models are used in this map should contact me, cuz i just made the description and i dont know all the names.
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Maybe you could explain a bit more...What do you think that he could fix?

I meant like step-by-step directions which can be done in multiple ways such as:

-cinematic
-quest section
-(-help) command
-etc..

 

[Dinodin]

You'd better add a burning special effect to the Balrog, but Aragorn's model is more like Isildur, and his weapon is Frostmourne?! other parts are OK.

Aragorn's weapon is not frostmorne, it just is it in the picture but in the game it is a typical Aragorn sword, and the Balrog gains a burning effect on his ultimate.

 

[Legion_King]

Aragorn's weapon is not frostmorne, it just is it in the picture but in the game it is a typical Aragorn sword, and the Balrog gains a burning effect on his ultimate.

I didn't say Aragorn's sword is Frostmourne, I said why the model carries Frostmourne instead of a typical sword or Anduril.

 

[ap0calypse]

The terrain is not really good, it is way too normal: river in the middle, 2 sides - each with a castle.
This terrain has been done that many times that it is just boring to look at and boring to play in, why is there always a river in the middle, or why are there always castles at each side?
It hasn't got anything to do with LOTR, since there is no river, there is no castle near barad-dur (the closest would be Minas Tirith, which is behind mountains).
Try to make it look more like LOTR.

There aren't really that much items as far as I've seen, I missed some LOTR-artifacts.

I haven't seen a lot of triggered spells, though you've said there are... can you give me some examples?
I've also noticed that a lot of spells are standard (War Stomp, the panda-dodge/crit, the Knives Flurry, breath of fire and so on).

The creeps in the middle are... standard, right?
And the big monstriousity drops the one ring (it would be a lot more correct if you take away gollum from the evil heroes and let him randomly wander through the map - like in BFME).
Also, I don't like damage like 15-16/80-81, it's better to change it to 15-15 / 80-80 and so on ^^

Overall ill give this map a 3/5

Just a question... why did you give the map a 5/5?
Not that I'm trying to lower this map's rating, it's just a question ^^

 

[CHA_Owner]

Since i thought that this map could definitly be a 5/5 once it has been updated and i wouldnt have to give my rating then

p.s. yea i am that lazy

 

[Warhunter]

I could help you with terrain and leaks.
Just send an unprotected map to me and I'll fix it for you. If you want.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Well the terrain hasn't really changed much, but new heroes are always a good addition

 

[Kl3sk]

Boy-oh-boy! I wish I could do a complete review, but time is ticking. I'll start by saying there is a lot of room for improvements.

Suggestions : - Increase distance between "Good" and "Evil" towers (strangely, the "Evil" towers seem to be the most disadvantaged)
- Fix Boots of Travel bug (never works)
- Fix Breath of Fire spell (Does damage properly,but you should not be able to target allies or self)
- Add a REAL threat (boss) instead of all those sad little creatures in the middle of the of the map, I found the "One Ring" simply too easy to acquire.
- The "Fire Shrine" and "Statue of *insert generic elf name here*" can easily be destroyed by the first person who picks a hero and just walks to the desired location (add some guard of some sort)
- Terrain is mediocre (do something about that)
- Most spells are standard W3 abilities with minor alterations (a little work here please)
- More to add, but not time, plus I don't want to sound like I didn't enjoy the map.

All-in-all, a moderator might have second thoughts on approving your map, but the models / skins, structures and LotR-ish aspect tells me to score you a 3/5 and vote for Approval! (There's so much that can be done,aaaargh! get cracking!)

 

[real138]

uhm just wondering am i gonna be in the credits for the 2 spells i did for you because as of now im not. ty

 

[Karkul]

There'll be a AI system?

 

[Vengeancekael]

Gratz on approval

 

[triptick]

After a small 2v2 game i found this map was
PROS
+Fun
+Models
+lots of creeps in the lanes
+lots of heroes and good spells
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CONS
-Terrain
-not a ton of items
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Something i think would be cool
If you added demi-creeps to the lanes like every 3 or 4 spawns a dunidain, troll, ent, mumak, eagle ect apeared in the lane on both sides
3.5/5

 

[Dinodin]

I know the terrain is horrible, almost depressing! But terraining is not my strongest side.. I would be really happy if a good terrainer could make it better. Anyone?

 

[real138]

ask in the terrain board they will help surely. for terrain use custom models or skins.
also plz give me credits for the 2 spells i made for you.

 

[Teldrassil]

I'll do some terrain for you if you'd like. I can't say it'll be super awesome but it will def be a vast improvement.

 

[Vengeancekael]

I would suggest removing the lotr music, if someone wants to download the map in battle.net then he'll need more than 10 minutes.

 

[Vuormalainen]

where did you find the farmamir, boromir and frodo models?

 

[Vengeancekael]

Hmm i see you're still working on this;D

 

[VampireofBlood]

The Terrain really is a main Negative Flaw, work on that dude.
Game idea is almost overused, but at least there is no "epic" ever played map in this category.
So keep it up

 

[Vengeancekael]

Oh wait.....Dinodin the custom models used in the map aren't yours are they? I think you forgot to give everyone credits:S

 

[real138]

he didnt im still waiting for credit from the spells i did for him.

 

[VampireofBlood]

he didnt im still waiting for credit from the spells i did for him.

lol, then kick his ass badly

 

[real138]

haha if he finally answers i will

 

[Dinodin]

where did you find the farmamir, boromir and frodo models?

Frodo is just the normal villager model with remaked skin made by myself ^^ Boromir model is Judah http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/judah2-sword-2a-47613/?prev=search=judah&d=list&r=20 but with remaked skin also made by myself.. and the Faramir model is no longer here in hiveworkshop and the skin is remaked by me.. if u want I can send it to you both with it's original skin and the faramir skin made by me.. sry for the late answer..

 

[gtsimos]

5/5 for idea ! i have seen all those dbz,naruto,whatever AOS and something like this was needed

 

[Daredeamon]

Review

 

[Xperia47]

you forget minimap image ._____. 5/5

 

[Manuval]

How can I play it? Its '.w3m' not '.w3x' and it doesn't show up in war3

 

[Railto]

lord of khand dead and decay is really strong :/ and he tends to stuck everyone who fights against him at the woods.. with that tornado
the troll chieftain or that hero got an amazing durability with a a strong ultimate +160? or +150 damage with lifesteal included >_>...
the abysmal gap between the top and bot secrets shops..
everyhero tends to get some dam tanky (defense in this case) that only mages and tanks are useful since they got or lots of hp or spell nukes that ignore def. auto atacking someone is pretty much useless

 

[Cokemonkey11]

You should create floating text which displays gold rewards when last hitting creeps

You could also improve beginner's experience by reducing backswing point times for ranged heros. I found last hitting to be very difficult for the first 5 minutes.

You should also remove critical strike chance from creeps. This chance causes wave to be pushed to the tower without any user control!

I will review again after you update these things, but for now I'll rate *** (map is playable, has some desirable features, much time has been put into it)

 

[JCarrill0]

I can't see the screenshots for some strange reason.
what did you change by the way? from last time I mean.

 

[Dinodin]

I can't see the screenshots for some strange reason.
what did you change by the way? from last time I mean.

I will upload new screenshots in future. Well u can read about the changes in the changelog in the description

 

[JCarrill0]

I will upload new screenshots in future. Well u can read about the changes in the changelog in the description

ah ok, when you get some screenshots I'll consider checking it out
and I read the changelog, i didn't seem to notice the exact changes you made unless you got rid of the older change logs...

 

[BloodyFart00]

screenshot 404 x_X

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

I just tried your map and I must admit that it's an interesting one even if I'm not fond of AoS maps!

One detail though, some models could be changed to better ones (you still have 0.6Mb to use ^^)! I have plenty of LOTR models, you can check some of them on my current project development thread.

And could you send me your Gandalf, Faramir, and Boromir models please? They could be usefull for my project!

 

[Dinodin]

I just tried your map and I must admit that it's an interesting one even if I'm not fond of AoS maps!

One detail though, some models could be changed to better ones (you still have 0.6Mb to use ^^)! I have plenty of LOTR models, you can check some of them on my current project development thread.

And could you send me your Gandalf, Faramir, and Boromir models please? They could be usefull for my project!

Yes I can send u the models of Gandalf, Faramir and Boromir but where can I download your LOTR models? Pls answer, they all look awesome! :O

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Yes I can send u the models of Gandalf, Faramir and Boromir but where can I download your LOTR models? Pls answer, they all look awesome! :O

There aren't online but I can send you via pastebin. Just tell me the ones you would like? Because there's plenty of them ^^"... I'm waiting for your three models, you could send them the same way

 

[microlabbb]

I had a map with the same landscape....
Same idea
4 years ago
Very strange

 

[metocan02]

Add ai to map please I dont like play it on Battle.net alone playing is the best

 

[HerrDave]

Just played it and though the terrain makes me cringe sometimes, several friends and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! Good work 4/5

 

[Hantoo]

Played with friend once, Pretty good