[G] Map Design Consideration Tips - Page 2
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CharlieMurphy
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CharlieMurphy
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PS- I dunno if I mentioned this earlier but you can make a unit and select it and see its range. So this is best used for: Tanks, XWT,Pylon,and Creep tumors when making maps. for the last two you need to go View>Show Terrain>Show Power/Creep. Tanks have 13 square range, pylon 7, XWT 21, Tumor 10 (but only 9 for up and right sides) which is interesting in itself. This means that zerg bases that spawn top or right side with expansions that move down or left have slightly better creep spreading towards the enemy the entire way across the map. Could be a bug. And if anyone cares a decent size main base is around 25x25. I probably wouldn't go over 35x35. CC needs 5x5 to be placed between minerals/gas. | ||
Amadi
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Regarding main base size: Zerg either want it to be huge, so there is space to hide a nydus and space to fight inside and kite Zealots with Zerglings, or then tiny, so that the other races have problems fitting all their stuff inside. | ||
CharlieMurphy
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On September 27 2010 06:52 Amadi wrote: Apart from smaller maps being bad for zerg because of the rush distance, they also make Nydus Wurms fairly inefficient. The longer the distance, better Nydus Wurms are in comparision to dropships. Regarding main base size: Zerg either want it to be huge, so there is space to hide a nydus and space to fight inside and kite Zealots with Zerglings, or then tiny, so that the other races have problems fitting all their stuff inside. to be honest, I don't see nydus to be intended as an offensive thing the way people are using it. It's like trying to rely on a nuke for a counter attack or something. Only the nuke has HP and cost 100x as much. Nydus is supposed to be used as a gate between far distanced base where the creep highway can't be stretched in time (or has been killed). I mean I'm not saying nydus should never be used offensively, it has it's uses, but drops are more effective at this anyways. It should really only have a few specific situations where it would be warranted. So having a huge base isn't good for zerg imo, It makes you have to spread creep around as defense inside your base which is extra work. A small ass base would be ideal. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
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