On December 15 2011 13:50 coL.drewbie wrote:
i really hate big 4 player maps where you have to scout all the other bases ( tal darim / antiga ) so much.

are you being serious?

BronzeKnee

United States5219 Posts

December 15 2011 04:56 GMT

#282

Looks like good changes for the Season 5 map pool, except I really wanted to see XNC go. I also really want a map with the island (Bel'shir Beach) tileset. Getting so tired of the same boring tilesets, at least the desert makes a return.

blade55555

United States17423 Posts

December 15 2011 04:58 GMT

#283

On December 15 2011 13:55 a176 wrote:

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are you being serious?

Of course he is, he has never been a fan of those.

thezanursic

5497 Posts

December 15 2011 04:59 GMT

#284

The 2 player map looks horrible. The 4 is okay, I guess...

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

December 15 2011 05:01 GMT

#285

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Sabersharp

43 Posts

December 15 2011 05:02 GMT

#286

The heck Why dun they remove xelnagas man.The maps do look interesting though.

Randomaccount#77123

United States5003 Posts

December 15 2011 05:02 GMT

#287

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GTPGlitch

5061 Posts

December 15 2011 05:02 GMT

#288

Entombed diagonal positions are gonna be awesome for meching in TvZ :D

Like the 4p, meh about 2p

SO glad they removed Abyssal and whatever the other one is (Nerazim!)

enemy2010

Germany1972 Posts

December 15 2011 05:03 GMT

#289

First the 4-player map reminded me of Shattered Temple (easy to take 2nd, but hard to take 3rd), but then i saw that though the 3rd base has the rocks to break down, you have this ramp entrance which gioves you access to this bases. So its a n easier version of Shattered regarding taking bases

Well, we will see how this turns out in the end. At least one of my downvoted maps (Abyssal) will be taken out

Dauntless

Norway548 Posts

December 15 2011 05:04 GMT

#290

As a protoss, I wouldn't FFE on Arid Plateau, but it's like that with many other ladder maps. I'll probably veto it.

Entombed Valley looks great. Still needs 3 building and a zealot to complete wall, but long rush distance makes it alright. Easy to take nat and 3rd. Love that they are both high ground!

sevia

United States954 Posts

December 15 2011 05:05 GMT

#291

Meh. Nerazim Crypts wasn't all that bad.

I hope (4) Entombed Valley is close-spawn disabled, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Roxy

Canada753 Posts

December 15 2011 05:05 GMT

#292

IMO:
Arid pleatea looks almost unplayable in PvZ
I will veto this map

Entombed Valley looks wicked though

Witten

United States2094 Posts

December 15 2011 05:08 GMT

#293

They're ok. TBH I didn't veto any of the maps this season so I'm hoping I'll be able to continue that trend next season.

Enki

United States2548 Posts

December 15 2011 05:10 GMT

#294

They both have 2 entrances to the natural, so they will promote one-basing probably. Was hoping for more macro maps like Antiga -_-

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

December 15 2011 05:12 GMT

#295

I was planning on using my 4k post on something special, but at this rate I might as well save it for my 5k post.

Anyways, Arid Plateau looks a lot like one of the HotS maps that Blizzard previewed at Blizzcon.

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The Blizzcon HotS map in question:
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There are obviously some differences, but I guess the overall feel is quite similar.

If you just take the HotS map, add a natural expansion in the north and south where the lava is, rotate the middle high ground things, change the Xel Naga upper grounds to holes, move the golds out a bit farther, and tweak the ramps a bit, then you get Arid Plateau.

trashman

United States113 Posts

December 15 2011 05:13 GMT

#296

Both of 'em look interesting; feels like each of them is channeling different aspects of Shakuras...All the rocks on Entombed made my head hurt at first, but it could actually end up playing interestingly.

Darthsanta13

United States564 Posts

December 15 2011 05:13 GMT

#297

Nice! Personally I didn't mind Nerazim Crypt and was only ambivalent about the other one but it seems I'm in the minority in that regard.

The new maps look interesting. The natural on Arid Plateau is pretty open, but I like that instead of just being wide open like Metalopolis it's kinda broken into two fair-sized chokes that can each be walled off. Perhaps not ideal for FE, but unique. Also, I'm now noticing that if you wall off behind the geysers it gets in the way of expanding to the 1/7 o'clock expansions. Interesting. I'd have to see how exactly it works in game to really pass judgment on it.

Entombed Valley is interesting, how much I like it may depend on whether horizontal spawns are enabled. I'm guessing they will be because Blizzard seems to like having the game play out differently based on map spawns. On the other hand, they HAVE disabled close spawns because some spawn positions are too radically different. But yeah, I look forward to playing on these maps, even if it is just once or twice before vetoing them.

EDIT: Just realized Entombed Valley isn't rotationally symmetric, but symmetric about the Y and X axes. Much better.

mrtomjones

Canada4020 Posts

December 15 2011 05:14 GMT

#298

why o they never post the new 2`s 3`s or 4`s maps -_-

TheRPGAddict

United States1403 Posts

December 15 2011 05:16 GMT

#299

Entombed Valley reseambles Searing Crater. Am I the only one seeing this? Also horizontal spawns looks pretty bad. Arid Pleateu looks maybe feasible. Blizzard would do better adding in tournament maps that are currently used. Still don't understand why they don't, unless they don't have rights to them or something.... Calm before the Storm would be amazing.

MeLo

Australia192 Posts

December 15 2011 05:21 GMT

#300

Will there still be no close spawns?