Other good AoS maps
Posted: October 17th, 2006, 6:32 pm
Let's see...though Eota is by far the best AoS out there, there are a few other good ones...
Legend of Sand: Probably one of the most obscure maps on B.net, but still a fun game. It has some unique features for an AoS (you get different creeps over time, each with spells, enemies have caravans that you can attack to slow their teching, weaken their units, or get extra gold, to get the best items you have to obtain items from neutral creeps). The major oddity with the map, though, is that there's just 1 lane (though there are lots of neutral creep locations). And yes, it's 5v5. Which is probably why you don't see it much.
Final Fantasy Tactics: Based off the PS1 game, obviously, it's actually a fairly faithful adaption. You start off as one of 2 classes, and can swap classes in your base. Getting higher levels in one class allows you to access more powerful classes, and to add to the fun you can "Master" a class once it's fully leveled up, and use that class's abilities no matter what class you're in. Adding to the unusual factor is the fact that you have 2 different types of exp. Regular experience is calculated like experience in any other WCIII game, but instead of being on your hero directly it's attached to an item that gives you passive stat bonuses. Class experience, on the other hand, is earned by doing ANYTHING sans walking (you can get it by casting AoE moves on the ground, attacking, using buffs on units that already have them, etc). The class experience is just for that class, though.
Legend of Sand: Probably one of the most obscure maps on B.net, but still a fun game. It has some unique features for an AoS (you get different creeps over time, each with spells, enemies have caravans that you can attack to slow their teching, weaken their units, or get extra gold, to get the best items you have to obtain items from neutral creeps). The major oddity with the map, though, is that there's just 1 lane (though there are lots of neutral creep locations). And yes, it's 5v5. Which is probably why you don't see it much.
Final Fantasy Tactics: Based off the PS1 game, obviously, it's actually a fairly faithful adaption. You start off as one of 2 classes, and can swap classes in your base. Getting higher levels in one class allows you to access more powerful classes, and to add to the fun you can "Master" a class once it's fully leveled up, and use that class's abilities no matter what class you're in. Adding to the unusual factor is the fact that you have 2 different types of exp. Regular experience is calculated like experience in any other WCIII game, but instead of being on your hero directly it's attached to an item that gives you passive stat bonuses. Class experience, on the other hand, is earned by doing ANYTHING sans walking (you can get it by casting AoE moves on the ground, attacking, using buffs on units that already have them, etc). The class experience is just for that class, though.
