Posts from Former Friends 2.0

Well done! I haven't played the downloaded version yet, but the editor shows that it's very well made. I'll be glad to play it with my friends. I think that a huge number of fans of the game dreamed of remaking this map. Thank you very much for your work.

The presence of all these "goodies" (valuable artifacts and structures) becomes meaningless because it is geographically faster to reach the enemy than to reach them (i.e., the enemy will be defeated sooner), and the neutrals controlling the entrance/exit to the players' territories are weaker than the armies guarding the "goodies." Thus, both reasons indicate that access between players is faster and less problematic, which means the game will end, and the aforementioned "goodies" will remain unused and untouched (this is what happened to me: a Necromancer broke through to the center, infiltrated the Warlock, and I came out and beat up the Necromancer, taking both the Necropolis and the Dungeon. Then a Demon emerged; while I was taking the Dungeon, the Demon infiltrated the Necromancer's territory. Now I'm planning to eliminate the Demon and reclaim the Necropolis, then I'll take out the Inferno city. The result: the Dungeons remain untouched, as does the center of the map with the desert (I only fought the golems in the pyramid and about 30 Devils).
Conclusion: the strength of the neutrals needs to be reduced, except for those controlling the entrance/exit to the players' territories.

Thank you very much to the author for using the "Custom" and "Rage" functions, which limit the number of units until the very end of the game – this is a great and correct idea.

Currently, we have completed the entire map, and my friend, with his overpowered Orcs, defeated the Dwarves, who didn't get any decent runes or dark magic spells (like Dominate or Berserk) on the entire map in any of the castles – and no one was able to capture the place where you can buy spells. Suggestions: you really need to reduce the number of guards in the center a bit – it's too much. And the relic artifacts at the bottom should be specific, not random – no one will fight an entire army of enemies with dark archers and other units for some rings. Put Angel Wings there – introduce a slight imbalance – it will be more interesting; you could even bury a Tear somewhere. And definitely reduce the guard at the shipyard – a legion of archers is too much – when playing against people, it's impossible to gather an army to defeat them. The guard at the artifact shop should also be reduced – there are too many Lava Dragons. The current version of the map is only for hardcore players.

The presence of all these "goodies" (valuable artifacts and buildings) becomes meaningless because it is geographically faster to reach the enemy than to reach them (that is, the enemy will be defeated sooner), and the neutrals controlling the entrance/exit to the players' territories are weaker than the armies guarding the "goodies," so both reasons indicate that access between players is faster and less problematic, which means the game will end, and the aforementioned "goodies" will remain unclaimed and untouched (that's what happened to me: the Necromancer broke into the center, penetrated the Warlock's territory, and I defeated the Necromancer, taking both the Necropolis and the Dungeon; then a Demon emerged, and while I was taking the Dungeon, the Demon penetrated the Necromancer's territory. Now I'm planning to defeat the Demon and reclaim the Necropolis, then I'll defeat the Inferno city. The result: the Dungeons remain untouched, as does the center of the map with the desert (I only fought the Golems in the pyramid and about 30 Devils). Conclusion: the strength of the neutrals needs to be reduced, except for those that control the entrance/exit to the players' territories.

Hmm...
As I understand it, you will remove the bridges, and one-way portals will lead to the central island. On the island, there will be an entrance to the Dungeon, which will have four more one-way portals leading to the individual Dungeons of the four players. In this case, the player will inevitably go through all the "goodies" that are both above and below (the problem with the current version is that there is no point in going to these artifacts, because defeating their guards is more difficult than defeating the player himself). I still believe it is necessary to weaken the mobs - the question is not whether this map is "for hardcore players or not," but whether there is a need to engage in combat with mobs - there is no such need now for the reason mentioned above. Reduce them by 1.5 - 2 times.

If I understand your idea correctly, then yes, I like the idea with the portals, but I don't see the need for keyholders - it will be enough to simply place guards (not too strong, as it may turn out that the player will get to the central territories and will not be able to get out of them).

By the way, it would be good to add another note - it's necessary to add places on the map where stats can be increased, because there are not enough of them. It would be good to add one or two magic and defense altars, as well as 1-2 knowledge altars, and they should be located on the players' territories.