Guillotine would be a Zerg's nightmare on non-mirrors. Lol.

First off, against P, it would be FF heaven and Warp Prisms would be able to make use of ranged units on the cliffs as well as warp in some more there. For T, they could rush to medivacs and have no problem at all with most Z early game compositions. Of course, these are only first impressions and I know that the Kespa map-makers are good at dissecting game mechanics and analyzing them for the map-making process.

I'm real excited and I hope these maps end up with some sick creative play.

Logic.jake

United States37 Posts

November 15 2012 23:22 GMT

#183

WOW, this is badass, can't wait to see them in tournaments and too play on them

tuho12345

4482 Posts

November 15 2012 23:22 GMT

#184

Oh cool, hope they will use the entire different map pool compare to shitty Bliz's versions

Qikz

United Kingdom12042 Posts

November 15 2012 23:24 GMT

#185

On November 16 2012 08:20 Brett wrote:
As a 'BW guy' who likes SC2 enough to watch, I don't want many, if any, BW maps. They just will not work with the game we have today.

They only look like that as nobody has ever tried.

Any time a slightly imbalanced map went near the map pool minus at release people complained so much (including players) that they never make it into tournaments.

Kittan

Poland3999 Posts

November 15 2012 23:26 GMT

#186

Arkanoid <3 The Iris vs Savior game made it a very recognisable map. I would like to see Monty Hall and Outsider, but mineral hopping affected gameplay a lot on those maps, so I'm unsure how it work out in SC2.

I might just be tempted to watch the Proleague again just to see the maps play out.

Also, obligatory Terran & siege tank imba on all new maps (learn, SC2 community xD).

TeeTS

Germany2762 Posts

November 15 2012 23:27 GMT

#187

These maps are designed in a totally unorthodox style. It's very hard to tell, if they are imbalanced or not, but one thing is sure: they will have to be played totally different than the maps, we currently have. While innovation in maps is never a bad thing, you have to be careful with drastic changes. And bringing BW maps into the game is a very questionable choice, since SC2 plays out totally different than BW.

supernovamaniac

United States3047 Posts

November 15 2012 23:29 GMT

#188

On November 16 2012 08:27 TeeTS wrote:
These maps are designed in a totally unorthodox style. It's very hard to tell, if they are imbalanced or not, but one thing is sure: they will have to be played totally different than the maps, we currently have. While innovation in maps is never a bad thing, you have to be careful with drastic changes. And bringing BW maps into the game is a very questionable choice, since SC2 plays out totally different than BW.

But I would rather have completely different style of play on these maps than the current map pools.

On top of this, I would love to see them cycling through maps each season, re-using only some of the maps.

SidianTheBard

United States2475 Posts

November 15 2012 23:29 GMT

#189

Nice to see Kespa has the balls to pick up new maps even if they don't fit to the standard meta. Wish our foreign brothers at MLG, IPL, or DH would try something new as well rather then using the same maps forever and/or just taking maps from GSL.

a3den

704 Posts

November 15 2012 23:29 GMT

#190

High ground barriers are probably not pathable in some of those maps, otherwise it would makes no sense.

Taekwon

United States8155 Posts

November 15 2012 23:33 GMT

#191

Kepsa maps?

Auto approve.

eviltomahawk

United States11135 Posts

November 15 2012 23:37 GMT

#192

On November 16 2012 08:29 supernovamaniac wrote:

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On one hand, I wouldn't mind seeing a few GSL maps or ladder maps still in the map pool. On the other hand, I really want to see KeSPA take control of their own map pool to try out crazy stuff that may or may not stick. A cycling pool of crazy maps may keep things fresh for viewers, especially in Proleague where racial imbalances can be addressed by roster decisions.