16th August 2004, 1:30 PM
I always wanted naval focused maps , I like DJ's idea of claiming a structure to construct vessels,To me what you would do is have preplaced foundation to a shipyard,Your hero will click on it and then start constructing your own race based shipyard on it, A small inspiration from starcraft you also build a add on attachement to the shipyard were you will be abled to research upgrades and improvements which helps keep it balanced having battlecruisers right from the begining could be a problem.
It would be the best place to add Gnomes, If you remeber the Gnomes made submarines in Warcraft II, I say bring them back , They would be invisible as a submerged unit unless you have flying machine or also the option of loading a shade into a transport and giving that vessel true sight. More interesting is the idea of giving Heroes sea mounts just specifically for the hero so you can keep his abilities even sailing on high tide.All would be Amphibious and could travel on land , Now some Heroes like the farseer and the Deathknight would actually get off their premade mounts and jump on to the new one and would automatically get on their old one as they dismount as well.
The Major problem of all is the fact Air units would dominate sea units ,What I would do for the transport is allow ranged units to attack air units when loaded inside, But as a upgrade probaily the same time aerial units arrive at the scene. Also all the air units have a anti air attack so the air units will actually get masacred by navals, I would imagine their would be some magically enhanced vessels too, The Undead could raise destroyed enemy vessels into Undead ghost ships which like skeletons warriors would have a timer and burn out eventually.
It would be the best place to add Gnomes, If you remeber the Gnomes made submarines in Warcraft II, I say bring them back , They would be invisible as a submerged unit unless you have flying machine or also the option of loading a shade into a transport and giving that vessel true sight. More interesting is the idea of giving Heroes sea mounts just specifically for the hero so you can keep his abilities even sailing on high tide.All would be Amphibious and could travel on land , Now some Heroes like the farseer and the Deathknight would actually get off their premade mounts and jump on to the new one and would automatically get on their old one as they dismount as well.
The Major problem of all is the fact Air units would dominate sea units ,What I would do for the transport is allow ranged units to attack air units when loaded inside, But as a upgrade probaily the same time aerial units arrive at the scene. Also all the air units have a anti air attack so the air units will actually get masacred by navals, I would imagine their would be some magically enhanced vessels too, The Undead could raise destroyed enemy vessels into Undead ghost ships which like skeletons warriors would have a timer and burn out eventually.