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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/0p65nyc.jpg) Leviathan Isle, v1.0 148x124 Published on [NA][HOTS] Overview: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/yLlXU27.jpg) Aesthetics: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/iU75jbT.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/eyuw1ao.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/vFQMqTM.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9Q9nuIl.jpg) Texture set: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/QZVddkW.png) Other: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/83u20hV.jpg) FFE ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3gI7Ch6.jpg) Loading Screen I'm still a pretty noobish mapmaker, but I think I'm getting better. This one's got a more interesting layout than my usual work, I think. | ||
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EatThePath
United States3943 Posts
Your FFE choke is smaller than it needs to be. 9-10 squares is standard, you have 7. This allows for some questionably exploitable plays like a walloff with a depot and a CC first. Also your unbuildable blocker is on the "wrong" side of the ramp. This is indeed an interesting layout though. I think you need some proportions refinements, and possibly some reworked pathways. It looks kind of hard to attack before 4 bases because of the travel distance and the long time between changing attack paths. Not sure you designed it as a "macro" map but I would think about providing more connectedness or directness from the middle and across the map to give better aggressive options. Possibly a small connection with rocks to narrow or block it. | ||
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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
 I'm not happy with the aesthetics, but I had no other choice for feedback on the layout.Although, most of the out-of-map stuff doesn't actually show up in-game, so it can basically be disregarded. I'm not sure what makes the rocks on the "wrong" side of the ramp though. I wasn't even aware that there was a difference. | ||
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algue
France1436 Posts
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Callynn
Netherlands917 Posts
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Caviar
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ScrubS
Netherlands436 Posts
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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
On April 14 2013 21:27 Callynn wrote: I don't really like all the straight lines in your map. You should roughen it up a little bit to make it appear more natural. The textures are a bit dull as well. The layout seems quite good though. The straight lines (I assume you're mostly referring to the ones in the middle) Are actually man-made cliffs, but it's hard to see from the overview. I personally like the texturework, but that's a matter of opinion I suppose. On April 15 2013 00:42 ScrubS wrote: I think that ledge at the third covers both the third and natural with tanks. Tank drops on the ledge would be kinda OP just like it was on Lost Temple back in the days Those were not supposed to be pathable, but I can put some props there to make it obvious. I put up a new overview with the small, easy changes in. I've got a lot to do today so I'll work on the problem of the middle later on. | ||
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Agh
United States1081 Posts
I actually like the overall design and layout of the map. Some definite improvements which I have highlighted for you. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/xmTVzol.jpg) Upon giving it some additional thought, It might be best to reposition and reface the middle ramps, making the main to main distances shorter. | ||
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Fatam
1986 Posts
@ the layout i think it has some potential. I do think it looks sorta hard to take a 4th, and it's probably just about impossible to take the bases below the XNTs.. so maybe those are some things that could be changed. The choke going to the linear 3rd from the nat miiight be too narrow as well, not 100% sure. anyway GL  | ||
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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
I don't understand what you mean by "Make sure symmetry is accounted for," though. The rest of it is understandable . ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/TA3Kl7y.jpg) This is what I have planned for the center right now. It maintains a similar layout but provides more of a direct attack route that EatThePath suggested. | ||
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Gene(S)is
Sweden419 Posts
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EatThePath
United States3943 Posts
Maybe adding an additional ramp instead of extending the highground would work just as well? If you make it like you drew, you create kind of a Planet S situation where the middle isn't really useful to move through except in very particular army position situations, and it isn't valuable to hold at all really. (That's fine it just seems like it's not really what this map is about.) That's kind of a complete 180 from how the map was before where holding the middle was amazingly good. So it's an improvement I think but you're losing something that I don't think it's worth trading. Does that make sense? Hope this helps. | ||
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Coppermantis
United States845 Posts
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