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EPIC Beta Testing Of An Original Map

03-01-2005, 10:45 PM#1
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This map is so orginal I do not know what genre it belongs. This game is based off Savage:
www.s2games.com Had savage had beter markerting, I would be one of the most remebered games ever.
And EPIC.
www.offsetsoftware.com
The general premise for the map, is two teams of 1 commander and 5 soldiers. The Soldiers and commanders must work togatehr to destroy the enemies Keep,Stronghold or Castle. The soldiers can only control one unit at a time.

Soldiers:
The soldiers jobs are to defend the commander, and attack the enemy. Each kill gives the soldier 50 gold. The soldiers can purchase new units and items based on what the commander builds, For example building a glade would allow the soldiers on the commanders teams to get bows and elves the glade could be upgraded to a level to glade to allow the soldiers to become better units and purchase more items.

Items:
There are 27 different items, all fulling different purposes. Some are passive and attack enemies near you, others imbolize enemies or reveal areas, others are damage dealer or building killers.
Commanders:
The commander has to upgrade, build and gather. The commander may seem like a boring position to play since he does not contorl any units. Acutaly, it is quite a difficult and challengeing position to play, as well as rewarding, it is quite nice to see your teams hunters tearing up enemy skrimsihers do to a well pulled off fast tech. The commanders also have accsess to different buffs he can cast to boost his soldiers. Using these wisly is a huge portion of early game. It has a lesser effect late game because the units are so varied. The commanders only form of attacking is through towers.

The buildings.
There are 27 buildings in this map. 6 Class buildings which each have 3 levels(so 18), buildings that train units and sell items, 4 towers,1expansion base, and 4 shrines which cast spells and sell items.
The units. A worker, and several classes each with 3 levels. Elves,beasts,dwarves,magic,fighters,scout. Each unit has different purposes.

The map.
The map is an epic size. The map will be divided in to 15 or so different "Maps". Each game a map is randomly picked, and one when team wins, another is picked. So far I have done 6.

Why I Need a group of beta testers.
Except for aditional areas to fight in, this map is done. The problem is that this map is incredibly confusing for newbs. I need to test balance, and it is hard to test balance when your enemies are newbs and they do not know a solution to a dwarf rush. I need 8-10 people for one or two nights learn the map, and play it with me several times in a row trying different ideas and strategies, purposly thinking up things that could be imbalanced, and atempting exploits and seeing if they are stopable.
06-20-2005, 12:01 AM#2
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I'll definitely try it. I've never played savage, but I did try the demo, and it was great. Feel free to whisper me in-game. UN is Roronoa-Zolo (West)