I only questioning what its was written. I dont mind who write it, I dont want to offend anybody, but I feel that some points are very subjetive for a melee map review.
A cience lesson, but wait, this is warcraft 3, were there is magic .
Who said that water in WC3 has to be identical to real life??, or leaves.
What is the density of Ice mixed with fel inside???
What is the density of Ice mixed with mana inside??
This review is like a cience exam of warcraft.
so you cant put ice tiles in shallow water, thats the lesson to be lerned?
I understand the Moonspark had the same review about this.
And I want to explain something: when water melts the ice bellow remains frozen, see how Antartida is melting and having ponds. And Permafrost: is hard to melt, water can be above it.
And Leaves can sink as everything else, there are water plants in the botton of a pond. So what because I put a lot of effort in page down doodads, I get this downscore.
Wich is a ladder map that reach Blizzard!!, So if looks like Northern Isles is bad??. That argument cant be a valid one.
Why metion Reforged?. Not true, they end in small water ponds.
Wich I recognice I could have done better, but this is not a terraining contest, and I also had time lacking as everybody that started a map from 0.
I put a huge effort in all the map. So by minor mistakes I get half score reduced.
Sad to see that less terrained effort and less doodads effort may give more score it seems.
1) Not single comment about game play. while the aim of the contest should have been game play and balance. This is just repeat what was written in the terrain topic.
2) the review ends in a comparison saying my map is worse than Northern Island Blizzard Map.
3) The theme is Ice trolls dominating the lands of Northrend, with their magic, with their beastbreaders skills.
And why not trolls can have a couple of ships and burn stuff.
So there cant be a skeleton orc in northrend. Or a Dark troll. or some sludges. You should see WOW (world of warcraft) more.
ICC-Northred creeps are very un-balanced, like dragons, dragonkins, faceless terrors, nerubians
. So creeps of other tiles helps to keep the balance and have creep diversity.
Northredn hasnt many balanced formulas or is troll based or tuskar based. Rest of creeps will affect balance somehow.
If I put a forest troll priest ,or a dark troll priest is because they have different skills.
put all frost troll priest means all camps have frost armor.
and there is a level, I have a level 4 revenant with blizzard and I need a level 3 revenant with no skills, I have no other choise but the revenant of tides level 3.
1) Creeps that doest fit the theme shouldnt be considered as a balance issue.
2) Drakkari = trolls of northrend = trolls focus.
3) only seals, thats bad? they are easy to spot.
I also think that mention my map in others reviews is not profesional.
I can not stand that a review points my map is bad:
as comparison mentioning Northern Island is a bad map because it lacks theme, and ice-and land is random.
Northern Island is a map to be praised, it got ladder and it will be used in this Hive Cup.
sorry I really need it to discharge...