16th August 2004, 5:08 PM
Actually, a map contest would be a nice idea.
All that talk about expansions for the building and special race specific abilities, that's thinking way too far ahead. Blizzard will totally ignore the idea, and rightfully so, if we suggest all that at ONCE. Take things one bit at a time, even if it's just the shipyards it's no biggy.
As far as an option for the gameplay, they've never added options to play in old versions before, I don't think they'd start now. And once again, I must stress that shipyards can't even be used except in maps with water, and even then, it would be a waste to use them unless the water was actually a major obstacle. None of the ladder maps are designed with this in mind, yet, so honestly I doubt this change would affect the existing ladder games.
Now, as for your suggestion of some sort of magic circle or some sort of event square where you can build a shipyard, but nowhere else, that's interesting... Simply claiming existing shipyards would be easier I think though....
Gnomes can't be in there as a large collection of units working for one side, thanks to the story exposition for WOW anyway (it's not OUT yet though, they could alter the story a bit and include a clan or two that broke off, instead of a lone soldier), thus my suggestion of a new neutral hero.
And ABF, air units dominating ocean forces... That's something I was thinking of, but I think it would actually be best to allow this. Navel forces wouldn't be "top tier" in my tech tree ideal. They would be cheaper than air units, being less mobile (except transport, for obvious reasons, the explanation being "the extreme cost of carrying certain heavy cargo (read: giant obelisk statues) means transport vessels are especially expensive to contruct and maintain").
Anyway, enough talk, time to suggest it to blizzard. If you show up ASM, do NOT screw this up for me! :D Seriously, don't go overboard and suggest all the rest of your ideas all at once (wait until they add the shipyards, if they do), or they will just say "nah" to the whole thing!
All that talk about expansions for the building and special race specific abilities, that's thinking way too far ahead. Blizzard will totally ignore the idea, and rightfully so, if we suggest all that at ONCE. Take things one bit at a time, even if it's just the shipyards it's no biggy.
As far as an option for the gameplay, they've never added options to play in old versions before, I don't think they'd start now. And once again, I must stress that shipyards can't even be used except in maps with water, and even then, it would be a waste to use them unless the water was actually a major obstacle. None of the ladder maps are designed with this in mind, yet, so honestly I doubt this change would affect the existing ladder games.
Now, as for your suggestion of some sort of magic circle or some sort of event square where you can build a shipyard, but nowhere else, that's interesting... Simply claiming existing shipyards would be easier I think though....
Gnomes can't be in there as a large collection of units working for one side, thanks to the story exposition for WOW anyway (it's not OUT yet though, they could alter the story a bit and include a clan or two that broke off, instead of a lone soldier), thus my suggestion of a new neutral hero.
And ABF, air units dominating ocean forces... That's something I was thinking of, but I think it would actually be best to allow this. Navel forces wouldn't be "top tier" in my tech tree ideal. They would be cheaper than air units, being less mobile (except transport, for obvious reasons, the explanation being "the extreme cost of carrying certain heavy cargo (read: giant obelisk statues) means transport vessels are especially expensive to contruct and maintain").
Anyway, enough talk, time to suggest it to blizzard. If you show up ASM, do NOT screw this up for me! :D Seriously, don't go overboard and suggest all the rest of your ideas all at once (wait until they add the shipyards, if they do), or they will just say "nah" to the whole thing!
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