blizzard maps pale in comparison to iccup maps, they bring out exiting games every time, games that last longer than 10minutes...

blizzard maps promotes tactics and games that end within first 10minutes, its like a huge bottleneck of fun this games could potentially be

PrinceXizor

United States17713 Posts

October 08 2010 01:09 GMT

#165

god its so easy to have 4 bases on this map. i kind of like it. i'll hate it so much vs protoss though.

sleepingdog

Austria6145 Posts

October 08 2010 08:37 GMT

#166

if blizz had a pro-gamer look over the map for just 2 hours and got rid of all the abuse possibilities (tanks shooting at gas/minerals everywhere, void rays charging up and going straight to the main) this could actually be a great map

on this map it's BY FAR the easiest to defend your natural - LT comes close but on LT there's always the danger of teh almighty cliff-drop; here you can at least get to the harassing tanks/etc. with ground armies and don't need vision of high-ground

I've tried some nexus-first-play in PvZ into 2 stargate phoenixes, turned out to be amazing; I even got baneling-busted once, but it's no problem to defend your (natural-)ramp with just a few sentries and cannons;
without vertical spawning positions this map definitely encourages macro-oriented games with lot's of air-harassment

VelRa_G

Canada304 Posts

October 08 2010 17:20 GMT

#167

I quite like this map. Easy to defend natural, multiple options for a third depending on matchup and build. Some interesting options.

Delarchon

Finland132 Posts

October 09 2010 02:22 GMT

#168

Void Rays anyone?

This won't be in the pool for long.

Why they have to go so overboard with those rocks all the time?
That charging thing on this map is seriously ridiculous. Those rocks are like 2 grids away from the gas.

Just so hope that blizzards answer for this won't be another toss nerf. "Void Rays no longer can charge on rocks"

KiLL_ORdeR

United States1518 Posts

October 09 2010 02:54 GMT

#169

Has anyone figured out a good way to wall-off baneling bust as Terran?

every map in the pool you are able to wall off with a factory, barracks, depot, and then build a ling tight wall with a bunker behind the depot, and it pretty much nulifies baneling busts, without effecting your BO at all.

Except on Shakuras Plateau. I've been messing around with it for about 10 minutes and I'm convinced that it's impossible to do this without adding another building, which is a huge pain in the ass. Anyone else notice this?

Exclamator

Korea (North)27 Posts

October 09 2010 03:17 GMT

#170

Bronze here.

I played this map a couple of times and I find it to be quite fun compared to other maps. Don't know how much my opinion will matter but...

Having a side to yourself just feels all cozy. I hope to play this more. I have some gripes, of course, such as the really closely placed 3rd bases and the prominent backdoors. But they shouldn't be a problem if you have good map awareness.

Gentso

United States2218 Posts

October 09 2010 03:34 GMT

#171

This isn't the first map you can abuse ledges to tank/nuke expansions, etc, etc.... that's in like almost every map. I think the map is actually really good since there are no close position spawns.

Burn2Memory

United States574 Posts

October 09 2010 03:37 GMT

#172

played here about 3 times now, and I find it quite fun since you can't spawn close

proxY_

United States1561 Posts

October 09 2010 03:38 GMT

#173

We need more games played on it to get a general consensus on it, it's very good that close positions won't occur in 1v1, that's important. I just don't know yet.

SsLordMagus

Canada1 Post

October 09 2010 03:43 GMT

#174

I got this map for the first time today, never saw those backdoor rock, Since i was bottom left and my opponent bottom right i had one hell of a surprise. :o

AlexXx

United States58 Posts

October 09 2010 03:51 GMT

#175

The cliffs and rocks make this map extremely easy to abuse colossus, not just tanks, so I wouldnt just say its terran favored..... its a pretty fun map and voids on those back rocks will own... soooooo hard... omg.

RandomAccount#49059

United States2140 Posts

October 09 2010 04:12 GMT

#176

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De4ngus

United States6533 Posts

October 09 2010 04:16 GMT

#177

Voted down already

juw

76 Posts

October 09 2010 04:33 GMT

#178

I think Zerg is pretty good on this map because of the wide open spaces. If you control both watch towers, you can set up perfect flanks pretty easily

ryanAnger

United States838 Posts

October 09 2010 05:00 GMT

#179

Yeah, actually I think this map is actually quite awesome compared to some of the other maps in the pool. Sure, there are abusable spots, but they're easy to deny, and getting your natural is SO easy, and that is excellent for a Zerg player.

Askesis

216 Posts

October 09 2010 07:26 GMT

#180

So how about we just have one ladder map, a completely square open field with a base in two corners. Maybe that will stop the balance complaints....or maybe it would just cause people to scream that it's an OP zerg map.

Must I remind you all that this is a GAME? If you are not having fun with this game, there's about 500 other games you can try that you might enjoy! Or you can just complain on TL for six hours a day...that must be entertaining.