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writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
January 06 2010 03:56 GMT
#1
I really like playing these type of scripted scenarios where you, the player, needs to defend up for X minutes while the AI throws increasingly harder waves of units at you. I loved playing the War3 scenarios "March of the Scourge" (where the human Arthas has to defend a town for 30 minutes from the UD), "Under the Burning Sky" (where the evil Arthas defends Kel'Thuzad for 30 minutes from the humans), "Twilight of the Gods" (final RoC scenario where the night elves defend the world tree with the help of the humans and orcs) and Starcraft's Twilight Struggle map.

Are there any such fan-made maps that are very fun to play? I'm not talking about tower or hero defense mind you, you're actually playing melee but 100% defend.

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8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
keV.
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3214 Posts
January 06 2010 04:32 GMT
#2
On January 06 2010 12:56 writer22816 wrote:
I really like playing these type of scripted scenarios where you, the player, needs to defend up for X minutes while the AI throws increasingly harder waves of units at you. I loved playing the War3 scenarios "March of the Scourge" (where the human Arthas has to defend a town for 30 minutes from the UD), "Under the Burning Sky" (where the evil Arthas defends Kel'Thuzad for 30 minutes from the humans), "Twilight of the Gods" (final RoC scenario where the night elves defend the world tree with the help of the humans and orcs) and Starcraft's Twilight Struggle map.

Are there any such fan-made maps that are very fun to play? I'm not talking about tower or hero defense mind you, you're actually playing melee but 100% defend.


Its a physical impossibility for a fan to make a reasonable survive mission. Inevitably the creators god complex will make it so you lose.
"brevity is the soul of wit" - William Shakesman
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
January 06 2010 04:49 GMT
#3
20,000 hydras
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
January 06 2010 05:02 GMT
#4
This sounds pretty sick... kind of like one of the first SC missions the one where you're holed up and gotta defend against z... Post some maps ppl
Oh no
d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
January 06 2010 05:16 GMT
#5
There's always the zombie survival variant. Most of them are pretty boring once you build up enough defense since you generally play T.

If you like melee campaign-style maps, try the Endless series, which are remakes of the campaign maps with increased difficulty. They usually require 3-6 players though.
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
leejas
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States440 Posts
January 06 2010 05:20 GMT
#6
There was "Art of Defense" a while back. That was pretty intense.
Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4209 Posts
January 06 2010 05:32 GMT
#7
On January 06 2010 14:02 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
This sounds pretty sick... kind of like one of the first SC missions the one where you're holed up and gotta defend against z... Post some maps ppl


Umm, in half an hour, any reasonable player would be able to go out and defeat the zerg beforehand.....
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Impervious
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada4209 Posts
January 06 2010 05:34 GMT
#8
Oh, and I have a few ideas on how setup triggers for a defense-only map, which would be adapted to the strength of your current army, rather than being waves of set strengths.
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66336 Posts
January 06 2010 05:39 GMT
#9
On January 06 2010 13:49 Kennigit wrote:
20,000 hydras

it's kinda boring imo
POGGERS
Fen
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Australia1848 Posts
January 06 2010 05:53 GMT
#10
Open up brood war
Go to custom match
Go up a level
Go to the senario folder
Load Twilight Struggle and play on ums

Good luck
TryThis
Profile Joined February 2007
Canada1522 Posts
January 06 2010 06:01 GMT
#11
On January 06 2010 14:32 lMPERVlOUS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2010 14:02 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
This sounds pretty sick... kind of like one of the first SC missions the one where you're holed up and gotta defend against z... Post some maps ppl


Umm, in half an hour, any reasonable player would be able to go out and defeat the zerg beforehand.....



haha thats what i always did...made me feel like such a baller
Dwell
OmgIRok
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Taiwan2699 Posts
January 06 2010 06:03 GMT
#12
korean defense? that games kinda easy though... just lasts forfuckin ever
"Wanna join my [combo] clan?" "We play turret d competitively"
caldo149
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States469 Posts
January 06 2010 06:05 GMT
#13
On January 06 2010 15:01 TryThis wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2010 14:32 lMPERVlOUS wrote:
On January 06 2010 14:02 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
This sounds pretty sick... kind of like one of the first SC missions the one where you're holed up and gotta defend against z... Post some maps ppl


Umm, in half an hour, any reasonable player would be able to go out and defeat the zerg beforehand.....



haha thats what i always did...made me feel like such a baller

Yeah me too, I'd always take over the Z base and then use the resources to max out 200/200 before the time ran out with only Vutures, Marines and SCVs
Hellions are my homeboys
prOxi.swAMi
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Australia3091 Posts
January 06 2010 06:09 GMT
#14
On January 06 2010 14:32 lMPERVlOUS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 06 2010 14:02 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
This sounds pretty sick... kind of like one of the first SC missions the one where you're holed up and gotta defend against z... Post some maps ppl


Umm, in half an hour, any reasonable player would be able to go out and defeat the zerg beforehand.....

Yep.... and? "Kind of like" is a pretty important part of my sentence to just glaze over.
Oh no
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
January 06 2010 06:20 GMT
#15
It's pretty easy to make such maps yourself.
:]
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
January 06 2010 06:27 GMT
#16
that one where you're supposed to defend zeratul and artanis while they power up the xel'naga temple

i always used cheats and just made 12 sairs and mass reavers and basically only made scarabs (sairs to kill guard/muta). mass reavers so amusing
Methos
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States206 Posts
January 06 2010 07:07 GMT
#17
There used to be this one map called Defend the temple. Back in the day god that was an awesome map. Wasn't difficult though. Seems to have died in this age.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-06 09:26:42
January 06 2010 09:11 GMT
#18
On January 06 2010 13:49 Kennigit wrote:
20,000 hydras

2 EZ, just timing float ur factory up the cliff and spam tanks and structures down there.

Here are a couple maps I edited:

AoS 9.0 (1-4 players)

pick any race and defend the different waves of units for like 30 minutes.
First wave is just enough time to make lurkers/dts/ranged wall for 60 cracklings, and then it gets harder and harder every 3 minutes, with even some units spawning inside your base or flanking you, even nukes outside of your tank range.
http://massmirror.com/440e2a3cdab4db5674df3d9c6286f016.html
(yes i've beaten in with every race. imo its goes z,t,p from hardest to easiest)


Twilight Struggles (1-2players)
The original map came in a patch update a few years ago with a bunch of other terribad melee maps and fixes. Basically what happens is you start in a fully open middle base area with random waves of units attacking you. As time goes on the waves get more powerful units and more units in general. The goal is not just to survive but to build up a strong enough econ and army to strike the 4 heavily guarded cerebrates (hero units, static de, etc) at each corner. Also, when you kill one- it pisses them off. The OG map is T vs Z, I modded a bunch of maps so it can be PvZ, ZvZ, and even a TvP version (that is impossible, the others I have beaten though). There was a thread about these maps as well.
http://massmirror.com/1b1ffc0948ab06a33582d3d32aec0664.html

So this should hold you over for like a week or two lol.

If it doesn't, you could try to assemble a team and beat the 'Offensive Strike' maps.

PS- PM me if you need a partner or whatever.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
7mk
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Germany10157 Posts
January 06 2010 10:57 GMT
#19
Ha, I actually did a scenario like that as a first mission of my custom campaign a looong time ago for WC3. I finished it but then I got lazy and stopped working on the campaign..
I'd love to play it now but I doubt I'd still find it
beep boop
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6986 Posts
January 06 2010 11:10 GMT
#20
that AoS map is insane

im determined to beat it, but fuck I can't even time my lurkers right yet -_-
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-06 11:21:50
January 06 2010 11:19 GMT
#21
On January 06 2010 20:10 Puosu wrote:
that AoS map is insane

im determined to beat it, but fuck I can't even time my lurkers right yet -_-

it's tricky, and even I fuck it up.

Pro Tip: use a drone to lure around the ling swarm to buy a few seconds.

PS- I've actually seen someone beat it with mass sunkens as well. Don't remember the build though.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Tenryu
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States565 Posts
January 06 2010 11:40 GMT
#22
Yeh Art of Survival is oldschool as fuck but the funnest type of defense game to me. Art of Defense focused too much on a team and most of the public allies usually ended up sucking. Art of Survival you could play by urself.
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Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
January 06 2010 11:56 GMT
#23
Can someone upload Art of Survival? :O Sounds very interesting!
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
January 06 2010 12:31 GMT
#24
I already played Twilight Struggle, was pretty fun especially back when I didn't really know how to play the game yet (aka reading Blizzard's SCC). I was so sure that after I got 12 BCs and 12 valks that I was going to crush the Zerg, lmao, was in a for a hilarious surprise! Of course now it's pretty easy, I just mass goliaths and win rofl

Gonna try AoS first! Thanks for all the replies!
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
MrHoon *
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
10183 Posts
January 06 2010 12:37 GMT
#25
On January 06 2010 14:39 konadora wrote:
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On January 06 2010 13:49 Kennigit wrote:
20,000 hydras

it's kinda boring imo

problem with 20,000 hydras is that there's always that one guy who leaves at the start of the game
dats racist
writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
January 06 2010 12:48 GMT
#26
On January 06 2010 21:31 writer22816 wrote:
Gonna try AoS first! Thanks for all the replies!


omfg i just died on the first wave lmao as toss
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
January 07 2010 06:00 GMT
#27
ffffffffuuuuuuu my shit got decimated by like 5 nukes, i survived the ultras after that but died shortly after so close
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