Art of War v1.0 (New Races Melee)

[Charlie Countryman]

This is the best custom map with classic gameplay I’ve played so far! Keep up the great job!

 

[Wargeras]

Best map there is !!!!!1

 

[deepstrasz]

Units like Mageweaver could use a different model not to be confused with Dragonhawk riders and they need some balancing. Seems the unit is too powerful.
Miner Equipment has no visible cooldown and Convert to Mountaineer doesn't give any details.
Orbs could be different. They are pretty much still the same from the game.

Overall, a really nice rendition of the new 4 factions.

Approved.

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[Nairun]

The resource description has been updated
Map update
Added a random custom race button.

Blood Elfs:

Mageweaver:
Model has been changed (thanks to Himperion for Dire Dragonhawk model).

Some Balance changes:
Hit Points 630->590
Mana 700->600

Q. Time Anomaly
No longer reduces damage
Armor Decrease 10->8

P.S. In the near future we will add 6 new maps.

 

[Wazzz]

Been checking out the Dark Horde a bit, it's pretty cool so far! I did notice the Dragon Overlord's "Obsidian Egg" ability doesn't come up as an active ability so far, though.

I am also curious, did you take inspiration for the harvesting mechanics from maxwell's Naga? it seems identical

 

[Uraman]

Been checking out the Dark Horde a bit, it's pretty cool so far! I did notice the Dragon Overlord's "Obsidian Egg" ability doesn't come up as an active ability so far, though.

Hello, thanks for your response!
Yes, we know about this bug, the ability disappears when a hero is selected with other units. It seems to me that there is a bug in the ability based on the toy tower, unfortunately we do not know how to fix it. We plan to rework the ability in the future.

I am also curious, did you take inspiration for the harvesting mechanics from maxwell's Naga? it seems identical

The Dark Horde race was developed and released before Maxwell published the Naga race. This is a very interesting coincidence.
We really like Maxwell's works but we did not use his ideas in the project.

 

[MogulKahn]

Subscribing

 

[Wargeras]

Add DRAENEI PLEASE!!!
NOW IS THE TIME

 

[Wargeras]

Hello just want to know are you planning to update map with some new rase soon.I really like your idea of alterno malee map.
Wish for more new content.

 

[Nairun]

Due to life circumstances, work on the project was frozen, but now we are back and ready to continue working.

Map update

Blood Elf:
Fixed Fel Kepeer's Demonic Circle.
Fixed Waywatcher's Binding Shot.
Fixed Crimson Assassin's Master Assassin.
Fixed Bastion of Restraint. Fixed a collision with the Reliquary Skyship model

Arcane Guardian
Matrix Overload. Hit points as cost: 200 -> 100

Bronzebeard:
Fixed Colossal Fists.
Fixed the display of an empty bottle in Miner, Mountaineer, Steam Tank and Mortar Trike.

Dark Horde:
The pig farm was producing pork at the time of construction
The pig farm could give an order to the units of an ally
Fixed Dark Bargain

Forsaken:
Fixed Banshee Spirit.
Fixed Whom The Bell Tolls.
Changed Orb of Shadows. New effect: Adds 5 bonus damage to the attack of a Hero when carried. The Hero's attacks also become ranged when attacking air, and drains 3% of hit points and mana from enemy unit.

Visual:
Change models

• Phoenix
• Royal Slayer

Due to the upcoming transfer of races to new maps, the Duel mode has been temporarily removed.

 

[Nairun]

Hotfix 0.3.1:

Forsaken:
Fixed Orb of Shadows
Fixed Soul Strike.

 

[lichao001486]

Good job

 

[MogulKahn]

Underrated gem of the map. Really pleasantly surprised with the level of polishness this map provides.

Which race(s) you gonna add next?

Also I want to add that Mortar Trike has indetity crisis. If you want fast unit, you go for a Ram Rider, if you want siege unit, you go for a Steam Tank. I would completely replace this unit.

 

[Uraman]

Underrated gem of the map. Really pleasantly surprised with the level of polishness this map provides.

Thanks for your feedback! We tried our best

Also I want to add that Mortar Trike has indetity crisis. If you want fast unit, you go for a Ram Rider, if you want siege unit, you go for a Steam Tank. I would completely replace this unit.

The Mortar Trike was intended to be a fast, long-range unit, while the Steam Tank was intended to be more versatile, expensive, but not as long-range.

Which race(s) you gonna add next?

Emerald Nightmare (almost done) and Nazjatar Empire (in develop).
But first we would like to transfer the existing races to some competitive maps.

 

[Nairun]

Hello just want to know are you planning to update map with some new rase soon.I really like your idea of alterno malee map.
Wish for more new content.

I'm sorry that we haven't answered you yet. The project has been frozen for a while, as you may have noticed
There will definitely be new content and most likely we will be able to give you a version of what you like so much (we will try). But for now, as Uraman wrote above, we are preparing for the release of maps and two new races.

 

[Uraman]

Map update.

Add 12 Maps:
Echo Isles
Hammerfall
Northern Isles
Road to Stratholme
Terenas Stand
Tirisfal Glades
Dejavu
Lost Temple
Synergy
Turtle Rock
Gnoll Wood
Ruins of Stratholme

Balance and Bug Fixes.
Night Elf:
Tree of Life and Wisps will temporarily spawn closer than necessary. Will be fixed in 2.0 version.
Bronzebeard Clan:
Clan Hall - now receives resources.
Forsaken:
Deathstalker - Shadows attack range increased.
Orb of Shadows - fixed silence bug.

 

[Wa666r]

I played the custom races and I'd definitely say this is some top notch work. Keep up the creativity and good work!