| 10-08-2008, 09:37 PM | #1 |
Aerie of Ruin is a new kind of AOS: asymmetric, fast playing, hard hitting, team oriented, original mod for Warcraft 3. Choose a human hero from the Free Peoples or a demon hero from the Black Kingdom, and join in an epic battle to turn the tides of war. Work with your teammates to gain victory, perform quests to gain Fate, pit your cunning against your enemies, gain exciting new skills, win devastating artifacts, choose your heroes path to power, spend your wealth on upgraded troops and useful items. Visit www.aerieofruin.com for more information! FEATURES 1-10 Players - Real or AI - Bots can be teammates and opponents - Bots will fight, upgrade, and quest Asymmetric AoS - Play as the Black Kingdom or the Free People - Each side plays differently - Fast paced, high intensity gameplay 12 Legendary Heroes - Each with several original skills and trigger abilities - Distinct roles such as tower hero, trainer, assassin, general, and more - Incredibly powerful characters 48 Artifacts of Power - 4 unique artifacts for each hero - Wildly powerful upgrades let you choose your hero's path of power...if you are good enough to win Fate Upgradable Spawns - The humans and demons each have unique upgrade paths - 42 different original spawns - Brutal spawn countering system adds strategic depth Unique Quest and Fate System - Race to accomplish quest goals, like First Blood, and Survive - Gain Fate to spend on artifacts - Character growth emphasizes skill over patience Set in the Warcraft Universe - Before Archimonde can lead the Burning Legion to Azeroth, the Black Kingdom must destroy the Caer and the tree of life. - Read the short story, Thousandfold, for more information Cinematics - Drama Cinematic shows the invasion of Hopetown by the Black Kingdom - Tutorial Cinematic covers the basics of gameplay More - Many secrets to uncover - Unique aos concepts - Polished execution - Limitless strategy - Rewards for teamwork --------------------------------------- 1.0b - updates Anitarf's camera system so the map now works with the 1.24 patch - reduced the duration of all CCs - reduced the replenish time of 'Fame for Fortune' and 'Money is Power' to 3 sec - reduced all hero collision size |
| 10-09-2008, 01:42 AM | #2 |
How long has this been beta tested? Being asymetric 'n' all could prove to be a challenge on balance. EDIT! Sorry if this makes me sound like a total dick, but I usually comment on controversial things before I play 'n' also my computer's being used for another task so yeah. Sounds fun! |
| 10-09-2008, 01:55 AM | #3 |
I'm going to try this before I add more comment on this. So far it looks just like another aos map... However asymmetric part sounds interesting... |
| 10-09-2008, 03:51 AM | #4 | |
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I wonder if it is balance since you wrote "each side plays differently" |
| 10-09-2008, 09:23 AM | #5 |
It looks bloody nice from the screenshots, Il test this soon. |
| 10-09-2008, 11:05 AM | #6 |
Well, I have my issues... Played with AI. the AI works fine, but when I chose my hero (medivh model), this hero was invulnerable all the time. So I could walk over the map without any worries. Too much lag at the end of the game (framerates low of 10 fps) so... or you have enough units on the map or your triggered spells are lagging like hell. I loved the cinematic intro and the terrain. |
| 10-09-2008, 06:26 PM | #7 |
@moyack - Thanks for the feedback! Any chance you could send me the replay where the Eldest One is invincible? I've never seen anyone become invincible, and could not reproduce this. Also for the laggy situation, were you playing with a full house of bots? To everyone wondering about balance - The map was in public beta for 2.5 weeks and private beta for 3 weeks before that. The spawn balance is solid, as there are ways to counter any upgrade for each side. There aren't any run-away heroes and all are competitive at this point. That said if you have questions or comments please post them...I'm open to the possibility of another refined release in the future! |
| 10-09-2008, 06:28 PM | #8 |
Well, this may be a big ask but how about posting a bigger, more detailed birds eye view of your map? It's not necessary but it would be super special awesome. Like this one... |
| 10-09-2008, 07:28 PM | #9 |
Like this one? :)  |
| 10-09-2008, 07:34 PM | #10 | |
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You could totally get some better names! I'll have to try this when I have the time though, it doesn't look horrible. |
| 10-09-2008, 11:49 PM | #11 | |
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I was invulnerable the whole game, at the beginning I thought it was part of the training but then... it was too much advantage :P And yes I was playing with a full house of bots... I have no friends, I play alone :( |
| 10-10-2008, 01:13 AM | #12 |
There is 2 heroes which was invulnerable entire game. warrior poet from good guys manifest pain from bad guys They got permanent invulnerability though entire game. I played on bnet and everyone was disapointed mainly cuz the major bug. Pls fix those boogers before. Hard to evaluate maps when everyone leaves cuz such HUGE mistakes made by the mapper. |
| 10-10-2008, 01:54 AM | #13 |
Wow thanks for the help...it looks like anyone who picks a hero after the game starts is granted invincibility. In all my games I guess nobody waited that long to pick a hero, so this never came up. Sorry everyone, I'll post a fix ASAP. Thanks again! ====================== Aerie of Ruin 1.0a released ====================== There you go, v1.0a with the invincibility bug fixed. Thank you guys so much for finding it and posting here, I owe you one. Seriously! |
| 10-10-2008, 07:07 AM | #14 | |
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That's amazing. It's (more clearly and more obviously definite :P) non-DotA'ish, I might get back into the AoS scene. |
| 10-10-2008, 12:07 PM | #15 |
Altough you said the terain was "different" frankly it didnt affect balance much so thats a good thing. I realised that creeps have the tendency to pileup, dunno if this is intended especially if youre using the black kingdom. |