when i host this map i get like one guy to stay and when we start he leaves right away. one guy just after the first match, the other guy a few seconds into the game. this is really annoying...how do you make it so people don't leave??
Because the map is boring and because
Batt.net users attention spans are generally short. Everyone wants to be constantly entertained.
Nothing you can do to fix it.
Actually there is, but you'd have to sacrifice a bit of the work on the map.
First off, you would have to remove a load of items, just to keep it simple (atm it sucks). Having loads of items will just confuse the average Bnet player, unless your able to make a simple system for the players which makes it easy to find and create recipes. DotA is probably the best example when it comes to items, because its easily set up (might be hard to find items for the recipes though).
A tavern hero selection system would also be better because its easier to read about the heroes and you wouldnt spend alot of time just looking around.
One thing that i just found annoying was the cutscenes, it was just unneccesary and would sometimes interrupt the game. This could be simply done by removing the whole cutscene. Just add some game text and a little ping instead and voila, its a whole lot better.
The last thing i would like to say is, remove the thing at night or whatever it was, i think it was something like standing in a circle and your team would gain gold, xp or some stuff. Anyway you shouldnt have side objectives like this, its just interrupting and leads away from the main objective. As i said before keep it simple and you should never expect the average Bnet player to work for fun or read
anything (expect if you have text in the loading screen or at times when players cant do anything).
Some of the info here i wrote might be wrong since i played this map along time ago and i didnt actually finish the game because
i left (yes the game sucked that much (no offence!)).
It's a shame such a good map as done so poorly, I only ever payed it during the beta/test versions and loved it... under Grey-Daemon, what it's like now I don't know (can't host - no one i know plays it and I never see it hosted).
your the people BNet should be full of!
