On December 16 2011 18:50 Meta wrote:
I support these map changes! No gold bases, seems like they're taking a hint from the GSL. Well done blizzard, this is the first map pool change that I see very little problems with.

Look closer.

zere

Germany1287 Posts

December 16 2011 11:46 GMT

#622

Arid Plateau natural found by LSPrime:
http://yfrog.com/oc98mnqj
http://yfrog.com/ocym8loj

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

December 16 2011 11:50 GMT

#623

On December 16 2011 20:46 zere wrote:
Arid Plateau natural found by LSPrime:
http://yfrog.com/oc98mnqj
http://yfrog.com/ocym8loj

And thus all zergs will downvote this map. Get on it Blizzard!

Teoita

Italy12246 Posts

December 16 2011 11:53 GMT

#624

On December 16 2011 20:46 zere wrote:
Arid Plateau natural found by LSPrime:
http://yfrog.com/oc98mnqj
http://yfrog.com/ocym8loj

Wow...can't believe they missed that. I hope they fix it, those two maps are a good deal better than your average blizzard map.

Mawwrice

Switzerland23 Posts

December 16 2011 13:18 GMT

#625

I'm glad that Blizzard realizes that Nazarim Crypt and Abyssal Caverns are bad maps and will remove these ones. I just wait to make a judgement for the two new ones. Anyway Antomed Valley seems to be a Zerg/Protoss map in which Terran will struggle against a 3-4 early expo economies.

Let's wait and see.

HaruRH

Singapore2780 Posts

December 16 2011 13:25 GMT

#626

Wow, that first map looks like a really great protoss/terran map!

If the spawns are as I expect (the postitons where there is no backdoor rocks), then protecting a third is so much easier

Tommylew

Wales2717 Posts

December 16 2011 13:31 GMT

#627

well when they fix that point of the map,..so easy for a zerg to get 4 basesand has easy access too all of them

shame..

Chriscras

Korea (South)2812 Posts

December 16 2011 13:40 GMT

#628

Wait so Xel Naga is going to be in the map pool for a fifth season?

SIGH.....

Maitolasi

Finland441 Posts

December 16 2011 13:42 GMT

#629

I also think the big hole next to the natural would be really annoying in PvT when a terran just flies his vikings over it and shoots at your colossi with you unable to do anything about them. Also if zergs gets broodlords over it it's instant GG in PvZ.

Edit. Talking about Arid Plateau obviously

Louis8k8

Canada285 Posts

December 16 2011 13:42 GMT

#630

My only hope in a decent map is our TL map (which ever one that is, but many of them are better than the two official blizz maps)

Unnamed Player

Australia89 Posts

December 16 2011 13:55 GMT

#631

On December 16 2011 22:42 Maitolasi wrote:
I also think the big hole next to the natural would be really annoying in PvT when a terran just flies his vikings over it and shoots at your colossi with you unable to do anything about them. Also if zergs gets broodlords over it it's instant GG in PvZ.

Edit. Talking about Arid Plateau obviously

You mean the same holes that make chokes that are perfect for Force Fields?

RaiZ

2813 Posts

December 16 2011 14:02 GMT

#632

On December 16 2011 22:18 Mawwrice wrote:
I'm glad that Blizzard realizes that Nazarim Crypt and Abyssal Caverns are bad maps and will remove these ones. I just wait to make a judgement for the two new ones. Anyway Antomed Valley seems to be a Zerg/Protoss map in which Terran will struggle against a 3-4 early expo economies.

Let's wait and see.

I just fail to understand how everyone says that those maps are bad... Can you please provide good feedback ? I find them wayyyyyy more playable than say Xel'Naga Cavern. From Zerg's PoV...

Mawwrice

Switzerland23 Posts

December 16 2011 14:10 GMT

#633

On December 16 2011 23:02 RaiZ wrote:

Show nested quote +

I just fail to understand how everyone says that those maps are bad... Can you please provide good feedback ? I find them wayyyyyy more playable than say Xel'Naga Cavern. From Zerg's PoV...

"Zerg's PoV" says everthing :D just kidding.

Maybe if they just made Abyssal Caverns as a automatic cross position map it could be a good one. But Nazarim Crypt is just bad. This kind of tongue as ur main base where u cant see anything in early game, a map too little for a 4 spawn possibility, and so on. It was like Backwater Gulch... Just an awful map. But that's still my point of view.

CaptainCrush

United States785 Posts

December 16 2011 14:15 GMT

#634

So much complaining in this thread already.... have any of you actually played the maps before you started QQ'ing about them? Are you also the same guys that have been crying for new maps since the start of season 4? LOL, does anyone ever do anything that you approve of!?!?

AxionSteel

United States7754 Posts

December 16 2011 14:17 GMT

#635

I didn't like the two maps they're removing anyway so I'm quite happy

ikona

Poland47 Posts

December 16 2011 14:35 GMT

#636

Looking at how unispired tilesets they use makes me a sad panda. Probably they dont want to deal with the backlash more colorful maps would create, and kill esports obviously.

Garnet

Vietnam9031 Posts

December 16 2011 14:37 GMT

#637

OP needs to add Blizzard's explanations on why they make these maps.

a176

Canada6688 Posts

December 16 2011 15:15 GMT

#638

I kind of feel sorry for the TL map winners to be compared to "Blizzard Standards"

KevinIX

United States2472 Posts

December 16 2011 15:17 GMT

#639

On December 16 2011 20:46 zere wrote:
Arid Plateau natural found by LSPrime:
http://yfrog.com/oc98mnqj
http://yfrog.com/ocym8loj

AHAHAHAHA. That is actually hilarious. ♥ Bunker rush tomfoolery.. I hope Blizz fixes that before the Season starts.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45018 Posts

December 16 2011 15:18 GMT

#640

On December 16 2011 22:40 Chriscras wrote:
Wait so Xel Naga is going to be in the map pool for a fifth season?

SIGH.....

I'm pretty surprised by that too. They're adding in another 2-player map, so I would have thought they'd remove XNC rather than a 4-player map in its place.