Map The Eight Gates

Zylithan · #1 October 6th, 2007, 12:48 PM

59 downloads if I add up the zip and rar, woot!

My first MP game just started, so that should help. I wasn't sure about the balance of the node guards in version 4.. based it off of the cost to summon, and also fighting against them a little. But I'm sure it's not totally balanced.

As far as modding, I would love to do a mod. But I think a lot of other people are doing great mods now.. I need to learn how to play the game first.

jutetrea · #2 October 6th, 2007, 01:53 PM

on any of the guarded versions I think the guards should be much more powerful (large), as they'll be starving/diseased and die off. Possibly have some devil producers on the fire and blood nodes so it gets bigger the longer you wait (plus they'll be dying off slowly over time as well). Anything else produce units without a dom effect for the AI? I like the idea of guards growing larger the longer you leave them.

Possibly add a couple thematic items as well, fire items for fire node, ice items for ice node, etc

Ball's random is great for creating provinces with specific units/items quickly.

So far, I've only played mostly on the far right side and top of the map. Seems there are "dead" zones where there aren't a lot of node pathways...might make good start locations although I haven't quite identified how many there are.

Zylithan · #3 October 8th, 2007, 11:45 PM

I'd love to do a version with special sites, etc...

The AoW:SM editor has so many beautiful toys I am not using right now. I guess part of my hesitation is that special sites could make the map unbalanced or harder to balance.

But especially if balance isn't required, I think there's a lot of really fun things to be done. (SP maps, or etc.)

Zylithan · #4 October 11th, 2007, 11:55 AM

84 combined downloads, yay.

Maybe I'll check out Edi's ne w3.10 DB when it comes out for cursing sites as per Endoperez's suggestions. I'll let you know if I make a 5th version or 6 version with special sites, etc...

Autochthon · #5 October 14th, 2007, 03:17 PM

Still testing out this map in SP - very pretty.

I'll post my compiled log when (if?) I'm done.

Hopefully, the more experienced players here will get you feedback sooner - at the rate i'm going, the Heat Death of The Universe is likely to occur first

Damn Space/Time Continuum...what idiot made Time LINEAR!!!

Zylithan · #6 October 28th, 2007, 06:03 PM

Shamless self-promotional bump.

Zylithan · #7 November 19th, 2007, 03:27 PM

more shameless bumping. I'll probably try to get a MP game going on this map soon ~ within a couple weeks.

Any reports from anyone who has played it?
It has zip and rar versions in this thread if anyone who hasn't tried wants to give it a go...

Any feedback on the art style? - this is the easiest for me to make, but if people don't like it (It's different than most maps) than I can try to use something else in the future.