New Worlds Map Contest III: Classics Remastered - Page 5

*The original Requiem map versions had irregular natural location placements and normal ramps, leading to several positional imbalances and very short rush distances. By pushing the naturals towards the edge of the map, a longer rush distance is created which allows space for natural wall-ins to be established, though the map should still be an aggressive map with high ground naturals and low ground non-corner mains.
*The tileset was changed from ash to jungle for the narrow overlord cliffs. While overlord spots are possible on the ash tileset, using high temple terrain allows more space to be saved.
*The significant change is reducing the high ground center to a cross, and connecting these low ground areas towards the previous semi-islands. Players can choose to use the fastest pathing route through the low ground, or choosing a longer path through the center to avoid a possible uphill battle.
*The previous semi-islands are now connected to the center blocked by two-three stacked Xel’naga Temples with unbuildable terrain underneath. With the naturals being pushed back, these previous semi-island expansions are located in a better spot to be accessed from the center and create additional skirmish areas, instead of strictly outside of natural bases.
*Zerglings can no longer pass through the natural mineral lines, but scarabs can fit.
*The cross is now properly centered in the middle of the map, and is no longer offset to the right.

*The main issues of Hitchhiker is the open natural choke, and the far third gas. Redistribution of terrain in the main and natural areas allowed for a new pair of bases along the edge of the map, as well as making the corner bases having a singular choke. Keeping the original ravine in the center of the map, and being inaccessible by ground along its length, is the main objective.
*The tileset was changed from ice world to avoid visual problems, while keeping the same terrain properties.
*With the addition of the new pair of bases (1/7), the now divided bases (12/6 and 1:30/7:30) have 2000 geysers, due to them being safer to control and avoid too much gas. At 1/7 there is one mineral field with a value of 744, but the geyser remains 5000 to be the higher valued bases to contest. Bases 12/6 have a zerg egg placed such that Zerg may build a Hatchery, but Terran/Protoss cannot build a Command Center/Nexus without clearing the egg.
*Power Generators (800 HP / 1 Armor) were replaced with Stasis Cells (2000 HP / 1 Armor) to make clearing the pathways more difficult, and not something to be done as an afterthought/casually.

*The tileset was changed from jungle to badlands for visual changes, as Gaia does not utilize temple terrain.
*Gaia’s main issues stem from using a non-standard axis (about y=2x) with access only to the standard ramps. This resulted in uneven natural configurations that could lead to more favorable ones. The different spawning configurations are important to preserve - close by air by air horizontally, close by ground vertically, and cross spawn. By rotating the map to have the symmetry axis be along x=0, along with using vertical ramps, better utilization of space can be used to address several issues.
Gaia rotated by -27 degrees
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*All main ramps and natural chokes are now uniform, with all being able to be comfortably walled. The second entrance is preserved, but blocked by a Temple to be more comfortable for modern play. Due to the negligible distance between the first and second entrance, the second entrance was blocked off with a decent barrier.
*The mineral only bases have an additional 2000 gas, but one mineral field with a value of 744. This can help temporarily if close ground spawns occur, as the adjacent natural is far away.
*A wider center was able to be achieved to avoid split-map situations that would have occurred on the original smaller center, by creating new avenues of pathing that connect the middle expansions.
*The edge bases remain the same, with the locations being approximately the same (in the natural, outside the natural, and the mineral fields along the cliff. Chokes have been adjusted to be comfortably walled in, while being an emergency pathway for smaller armies.