LOTR-Warfare

[D.a.r.k.s.t.a.r]

-LotR: Warfare-

Project presentation by D.a.r.k.s.t.a.r & Roman_legion
26.01.2009

~1: What is LotR:Warfare ?

'Lord of the Rings: Warfare' is a competitive multiplayer map for Warcraft
III:The Frozen Throne. It has a big focus on smooth gameplay and tactical
possibilites. The map genre is a mix of an AoS, a hero arena and completely

new elements.

~2: What makes the map special?

This kind of map has not really been seen before. It combines traditional
warcraft micro with brand new abilities and systems. The players can
create their individual army and manage it. It's possible to add or remove
units from your army, between the battles. All abilities focus on creating
challenging micro situations for the players' armies. This map will also
include different ingame maps to choose from when the game starts. Players will be able to add special hero units to their
army, that are well known from the LOTR books (or films) and
have unique abilities.

~3: The Map 'Rohan'

Overview:
Rohan is the only map right now. We are about to add many more and new maps in new versions.

Description:
This map has a very balanced layout, with three important bases located around the center of the map, and two resource bases in the top right and bottom left corner. The last two bases are little farms that are very easy to conquer.

Bases:

• Eastern/Western Towers:High Winning Points, Low Gold, Attack Bonus
• Blacksmith: High Winning Points, Low Gold, Armor Bonus
• Village: Low Winning Points, High Gold
• Lumber Mill: Low Winning Points, Lumber
• Northern/Southern Farms: Low Winning Points, Low Gold

Mordor's Units:


Mordor's Heroes:




Rohan's Units:



Rohan's Heroes:




Map Objective:
The general goal for winning this map is collecting 2000 winning points. It may sound easy, but it can be a very complicated and balanced fight if both teams have some tactics. You gain winning points by conquering and holding bases. Important bases, such as the center's towers or blacksmith will give you more points than resource bases (like the farms). In general, the bases will be conquered at some minutes in the game, and then it's about moving forwards with your allies and trying to gain new positions to conquer the bases. The more bases you have, the bigger your income is (logically).

~4: Screenshots

The screenshots have all been taken from ingame test games.
Any content in these screenshots may still be edited until the
map leaves beta status. There will be updates for the
screenshots section showing newer screenhots (and also
screenshots of multiplayer games).

~5: Status & Credits

The map is currently at beta status, but we just entered it. It is still undecided what rohan heroes will be in the map and what some of the heroes abilities should be. Furthermore, the map needs a lot of balancing and leak fixing.

Beta 0.1

Changelog Beta 0.1
Fixes:
-improved winning points income
-removed attack from selection unit
-fixed a minor dummy unit bug
-fixed a bug for 'berserker' knockback
-fixed 'rohirrim' speed
- improved & fixed 'flaming arrow'
-improved unit tooltips
-started adding upgrades in the blacksmith
-fixed button positions for units.
-fixed some unit's movement animations
-rebalanced berserker
-fixed saruman's attack
-minor tooltip changes

Balancing:
-nerfed archer's and spearmen's 'critical strike'
-changed archer costs (30g => 25g)
-'flaming arrow' requires research now
-rebalanced 'berserker' & 'rohirrim archer'
-rebalanced unit hp and damage in general
New Content:
-added 'saruman' as new mordor hero
-added 'saruman's fireball'
-'Force Push' added

Credits:

www.hiveworkshop.com
-olofmoleman (Models)


www.wc3campaigns.net
-Rising_Dusk (Triggers)


www.clancbs.com
-Battle_Lord_NL (Feedback & Support & Testing)
-KingBelial (Being Awesome)
-All other people helping us with this project

~5: Questions?

Then ask!
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D.a.r.k.s.t.a.r & Roman_legion

[KamiFlashedDODO]

looks really cool so far.

it reminds me of some of the scenarios on warhammer online, the arathi basin battleground in world of warcraft, and domination game mode in many other games/maps with flag/point capturing. (duh).

and yet. it also seems very unique. you combined lots of the elements together and it looks like its going to be pretty cool.

one thing that i am not clarrified on is this.. you say we can choose armies between battles. cool. but then it says "rohan units" which makes me think that each player can choose teams, not just mordor or rohan, but like gondor or other 'races' which seems like it will limit units.

then also in the same topic i dont understand how the combat will actually work. once i have chosen my army, then we start the battle. so tahts my only army? or i get to buy more troops? and the 'army' i build is just my starting army? or when i 'build' an army im building what units i will be able to buy in the battle? more clarrification here please.

in the credits you mention Rising_Dusk for trigger help. which triggers did you get from him? and which models are from olofmoleman? and what are each of you guys doing? (dark and roman)

would be nice to know.

cheers. and more to come later.

[D.a.r.k.s.t.a.r]

We took a knockback system from Rising_Dusk, and the lord of the rings models come from olofmoleman (as he made the best models ever).

The units shown on those pictures are the units choseable on the map "rohan". Because it is settled in rohan, there are unit's from rohan . The map is 5 vs 5, and when you're hosting the map you can choose whether to play for sauron (bad) or the good. What exact units you can choose depends on the map you play (so far there is only one map).

When the game starts, you can manage your army. This means you can buy new troops. Once you've spent your money, it's time to click on "Enter Fight". You will start at your teams base, with the troops you picked. Once all your units are dead, you will see the troop selection screen again (think of it like in battlefield) and buy new troops, sell old, add heroes or research technologies for your units.

Roman_Legion was doing units, balancing, spells and the scoreboard.
I was doing units, balancing, spells, terrain and most other triggers.

[KamiFlashedDODO]

oh cool. thanks for clarification. so the game is for 10 players? and what about complex battles where you could have some players playing for gondor and some from rohan (like teh battle of gondor) or with some players playing elf and another player being rohan against mordor isengaurd and westerlings?

or is taht kind of complex battle not going to happen? (i am just curious )

[Nudl9]

Looks interesting, but i kinda dislike the name.

[oliprik121]

I agree with nudl9. The map seems interesting but the name is bad.

[KingBelial]

Battlegrounds won the poll.

But moving that aside, the map is cool, hard to play for the 1st time, but when you get the thing you know how to play, which units to get and how to pwn Roman_legion's ass.

And btw. I am Awesome. As the Credits say

[KamiFlashedDODO]

i think the name suits the type of game. though battlegrounds is a cooler name in general. now that i know the actual-sort-of-but-not-really game play of the map.

regardless, being credited for awesomeness is definitely a cool thing for you, but is it simple ego-pumping, or are you really awesome? this remains yet to be seen....

p.s. how do i get in on a beta test?

p.p.s. i have been nudging both of you (dark and roman) to test your maps for like a year. dont you think its about time?

[D.a.r.k.s.t.a.r]

I can only repeat Blizzard:
"When it's done."

Nah seriously, first we're gonna implent all the missing units and abilities, then we are ready for open tests.

[KingBelial]

Originally Posted by KamiFlashedDODO

regardless, being credited for awesomeness is definitely a cool thing for you, but is it simple ego-pumping, or are you really awesome? this remains yet to be seen....

Yes, I am awesome. Darky has seen my abilities and is confident for that I am awesome, but no maps from me.

Back to topic: I am eagerly waiting for the new areas, as Rohan was cool, I can exept some more cooler stuff from Darky's terraining at other areas.