EPTOn December 17 2010 10:46 lurkerbelow wrote:
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i like your maps alot but naming/more fantasy ambience to support names could be increased
(2) Erebus - could be darker/ more shadowy but good first impression
(2) Phalanx - could be changed either to Aiur urban set (to assume toss fight in phalanxs)/ or rename to Centurion or Desert War or something refering to tileset choice
(2) Perdition - is good map
(2) Rendezvous - is good map
(2) Urban Jungle - is my favorite, posted in other theads that i like jungle/urban utopias (think it makes a nice battleground like a modern Athens or Sparta or Amazonia, so if you play like diablo think about the 5 acts and the towns (rogue cathedral/desert pyramid ruins/ancient jungle temple/hellish citadel/mountain stronghold) and pretend that if both players quit playing they could just order their scvs to build houses and live in your maps until they die of old age...or the map kills you like perdition...
(2) Crimson Crater - is good, middle could have more crater/more details (add meteorites/asteroids)
(2) Moonlit Monastery - is good name just don't see "the monastery" more like caverns or caves (so make a bigger manmade cliff middle or substructure)
(4) Orbital Decay - is good maybe too square
(2) Continuum - too plain right now, needs more asthetics
(2) Leviathan - could use water/dark water or lava redesign because leviathan is giant serpent/fish
(2) Judicator - could be remade as aiur/belshir/protoss urban tile since Judicator is protoss civilian/senator who would command the city with his private toss army or you could rename it to annihilator or incinerator or something to do with fire? unless this is aiur after the zerg have destroyed it...???
(2) Harvest - good idea but too clustered (Blood Harvest, Death Harvest. Soul Harvest?)
(2) Dauntless - looks like good start, too plain too wide (but wide is good if playres are dauntless, so more well designed bases with wide middle)
(4) Utopia - this could be phalanx/judicator while a more jungle/water/paradise colors applied to such a name (add more trees/more forest doodads remove some of the manmade cliffs)
(2) Dissension - too plain like dauntless
(2) Dune Sea - too complex, skinny in the middle (not enough "dune sea" area)
(2) Mount Ida - is very good map and i think it is almost done (maybe too wide in some areas)
(2) Erebus - could be darker/ more shadowy but good first impression
(2) Phalanx - could be changed either to Aiur urban set (to assume toss fight in phalanxs)/ or rename to Centurion or Desert War or something refering to tileset choice
(2) Perdition - is good map
(2) Rendezvous - is good map
(2) Urban Jungle - is my favorite, posted in other theads that i like jungle/urban utopias (think it makes a nice battleground like a modern Athens or Sparta or Amazonia, so if you play like diablo think about the 5 acts and the towns (rogue cathedral/desert pyramid ruins/ancient jungle temple/hellish citadel/mountain stronghold) and pretend that if both players quit playing they could just order their scvs to build houses and live in your maps until they die of old age...or the map kills you like perdition...
(2) Crimson Crater - is good, middle could have more crater/more details (add meteorites/asteroids)
(2) Moonlit Monastery - is good name just don't see "the monastery" more like caverns or caves (so make a bigger manmade cliff middle or substructure)
(4) Orbital Decay - is good maybe too square
(2) Continuum - too plain right now, needs more asthetics
(2) Leviathan - could use water/dark water or lava redesign because leviathan is giant serpent/fish
(2) Judicator - could be remade as aiur/belshir/protoss urban tile since Judicator is protoss civilian/senator who would command the city with his private toss army or you could rename it to annihilator or incinerator or something to do with fire? unless this is aiur after the zerg have destroyed it...???
(2) Harvest - good idea but too clustered (Blood Harvest, Death Harvest. Soul Harvest?)
(2) Dauntless - looks like good start, too plain too wide (but wide is good if playres are dauntless, so more well designed bases with wide middle)
(4) Utopia - this could be phalanx/judicator while a more jungle/water/paradise colors applied to such a name (add more trees/more forest doodads remove some of the manmade cliffs)
(2) Dissension - too plain like dauntless
(2) Dune Sea - too complex, skinny in the middle (not enough "dune sea" area)
(2) Mount Ida - is very good map and i think it is almost done (maybe too wide in some areas)
Wow, thanks for all of that feedback. I should note though that anything under the Works In Progress section has received very little aesthetic work. They are meant to be only layouts with paint fill textures that I can get feedback on and test.
Yes, there is a flat choke at the main. I decided to try one. It should provide the same wall off as a ramp. I think I'm going to extend it a little though.
On December 17 2010 15:16 EatThePath wrote:
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There's something about continuum that gives it immediate appeal. It feels like a "let's fight, straight up" arena, but not featureless. I will have more comments later. Right now, the only thing I notice-- I don't like that the watchtowers are so defensible for respective sides. It makes defending the third while keeping the high ground too easy. But I like that they help defend the gold just the right amount. What if they were on flat ground with little or no obstruction? Thoughts? Crazy idea: put a ramp on the other side as well, but block it with a placed forcefield, so they can be opened up more by thor/colo/ultra.
I don't usually like the watch towers on high ground like that. I put the ramp on that side because it was the best fit, instead of the best place. I'm going to change it so it isn't on high ground. I await your further comments.
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The transitions are definitely awkward. I knew this when I was making it. I think this may be the third or fourth iteration. I decided that this was best but I was never satisfied.![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/jxBrm.jpg)
