[A] HotS Custom

The map is currently published on NA and SEA. Most people, myself included, would like to release it on the other regions too. Unfortunately, I have found in the past that when relying on others generosity, it is difficult to maintain the map properly (correct versions on each region), and with the new map rotation system the upkeep of the maps will make this, in my opinion, virtually impossible.

So, instead of this, I was thinking if people are interested enough in getting the map on the EU and KR servers (which I know you are!), perhaps we could collectively donate enough to purchase the two accounts for publishing the map. I think it is fair that if people enjoy the map enough, that they can help others have the chance to play it as they do, keeping in mind too that the map is otherwise 100% free.

With that said I have set up a donation page on ChipIn to get the funds for a new account on both the EU and KR servers. Now as for trusting me with the money, apart from my continuous presence on this subreddit, if I do manage to get the funding for these accounts, I will be sure to post the receipts of the purchases; if not enough money is donated, it will be setup to refund the amounts to the doners. At the end of the day though this is for you guys, not for me, as I exclusively play on the SEA & NA servers, so I am only asking for your help on behalf of others.

So if you would like to support this cause, the breakdown of costs for the extra accounts is as follows.

Europe Version: 48.80 AU (39.99 EU)
Taiwan (KR) Version: 59.90 AU
48.80 + 59.90 = 108.70

Adding 3% paypal fee to total: 108.7 * (1 + .03) = 111.96 = 112~

Total: $112

The total comes to $112 including PayPal fees though not including $0.30 transaction fees (I am happy to pay these).

You can donate through my ChipIn Page here.

The new patch should fix almost all of the prior bugs, let me know if you see any new ones or any of these return.

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Hey everyone,

Since HotS was announced at BlizzCon the first thought on my and - looking at this subforum - many others' mind was the ability to recreate the units with the SC2 Editor. So only a few days after the reveal after finding out a number of stats for the units I realised that this was very much a possibility, even though it might not be the most exact of arts. I went to making this HotS Custom map for Battle.net and some 50-60 work hours later I came up with this, a 99% complete version of all the units and abilities save for one ability which half-way works but will eventually work fully, the pre-ordain tech-viewing ability (it still works at a basic level against terran and protoss, but not against zerg, if bothersome for now I can remove it altogether at player's request).

I did my best to make this as polished a version as possible, adding actors where I can and hoping to mimic what we saw at Blizzcon the best you can with the editor. There are still definitely a few things I would like to improve on (apart from the natural progression of bug fixing) such as the Tempest's attack and balancing the statistics in an alternate non-vanilla version, but for now I think it's close enough to completion that it is worth releasing, especially for the feedback I can get.



The current version is 1.27, most bugs have been rectified so if you notice any issues please let me know as if it isn't fixed it's entirely likely I'm unaware of it.



New Chat channel: HotS on every server

Please note this map also includes the recent PTR changes of EMP having a 1.5 radius and protoss upgrades costing less, and of course these are subject to change based on Blizzard.

As for how accurate this is to HotS, please see the image and video below to see roughly how the values pan out, with green being definitive values we know, yellow values we can assume from the videos, and orange only values we can guess.

HOTS Custom Unit Stats [Image]



If you'd like it on your server, don't hesitate to PM me.

Please let me know what you think of my map, if you find any bugs, any issues at all that you may come across in the game and I will do my best to fix them.

Also note: This map isn't accurate enough to make any claims about the balance of HotS, nor does it try to aim for balance by changing the values we were given, it is simply an exact replica of what we know so far about the HotS units and their stats.

Thanks and enjoy!

- XenoX