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Title: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: AutoPost on August 13, 2015, 12:11:27 PM
This topic is for discussion of map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4
(http://knucklecracker.com/creeperworld3/queryMaps.php?query=thumbnailid&id=2394)

Author: Sorrontis
Size: 130x130

Desc:
The adventure continues. Skars and Lia find something interesting. Why are these worlds always so well protected. Warning! Random Creeper Rain. Build fast, build hard, build redundancies.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 13, 2015, 12:13:56 PM
Good luck! Several more parts to come.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: pastor.healer on August 13, 2015, 05:06:43 PM
This might be my all time favorite map.  Nice job Sorrontis!  :)
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 13, 2015, 05:10:32 PM
Thanks! Next one will be a doozy. I've been working on the CPRL code for a while. So it'll be interesting.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: pastor.healer on August 13, 2015, 10:27:36 PM
If your future maps are anything like this one, I can't wait!  Keep doing well... :)
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 13, 2015, 10:34:58 PM
Have you played the previous maps (there's 7 more), 3 are part of the same story.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Jerdog on August 14, 2015, 11:43:07 AM
You like this?

Random creeper rain is my reason to skip it.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 14, 2015, 11:45:06 AM
Quote from: Jerdog on August 14, 2015, 11:43:07 AM
You like this?

Random creeper rain is my reason to skip it.

That's a fair point. That's why I put warnings in my descriptions. It's not major rain, and it occurs ~8-12 minutes. So, you'll see it 3 times in the average play.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: stdout on August 14, 2015, 01:10:46 PM
It was a good map and I was having fun but when the rain came I quit. Games with random destruction aren't my cup of tea, although I recognize there are others who like it.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 14, 2015, 01:15:14 PM
Quote from: stdout on August 14, 2015, 01:10:46 PM
It was a good map and I was having fun but when the rain came I quit. Games with random destruction aren't my cup of tea, although I recognize there are others who like it.

You're not going to like CR pt 8. :P Although 5-7 should be without randomnized death.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Helper on August 15, 2015, 09:01:00 AM
Games with random destruction rate right up there next to games with no Totems/Forge - but this was manageable.
:)
That first rainfall came earlier than I expected, but I was able to back up and get better prepared.
You continue to make some of the best games currently on the board, and we can only hope that you don't team up with 'paster.healer' for some nigh unto impossible battles.
Thanks for what you're doing.
H
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 15, 2015, 09:55:43 AM
thanks for the the compliment.

Hey pastor.healer, I think we have a request :P
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Helper on August 15, 2015, 10:20:40 AM
Quote from: Sorrontis on August 15, 2015, 09:55:43 AM
Hey pastor.healer, I think we have a request :P

Yikes!
Digging a foxhole here.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: D0m0nik on August 15, 2015, 01:25:56 PM
This is one of the best 'random' destruction maps I have played, you can plan for it as it is predictable and so you just adjust your strategy to accommodate it.

'Random' is often a derogatory remark on here but I think it is just another challenging aspect of the game and if it is done correctly (as here) then it adds another dimension.

Thanks for the fun maps   :)
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 15, 2015, 01:32:41 PM
I'm really happy you liked it. I know most people don't like the random destruction maps, so I tried to make it a minor aspect.

My other map (Volcanic Activity) was ill prepared, and it showed in the ratings. Now I know what people like, so I can add a challenge without frustrating too many people. Also, I place warnings in the descriptions for those who don't even want to play them. It's valid.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: D0m0nik on August 15, 2015, 02:39:57 PM
I have somehow missed your maps, been too busy playing the new PAC maps and then caught up with PastorHealers creations.

I just played Volcano and really enjoyed it so will have to play them all now! Again it is random but there was an element of predictability, basically if you don't build on or around the small 'dot' holes you are generally ok. Not having a forge is an instant quit for a lot of people and I kind of agree, I like maps where you get a forge but have to work for the aether.

Off to play the rest now!
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 15, 2015, 04:03:41 PM
Great, tell me what you think!

I don't think there'll be maps without forges anymore. I can understand the frustration of missing part of the gaming features.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: PMouser on August 19, 2015, 08:32:08 AM
huh, it is too hard. i cant even get a foot hold. sorry
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 19, 2015, 09:54:33 AM
Quote from: PMouser on August 19, 2015, 08:32:08 AM
huh, it is too hard. i cant even get a foot hold. sorry

Spoiler
the lush forest is a trap. try the bottom left corner. you'll have to destroy those emitters quickly though.
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Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Helper on August 19, 2015, 10:21:13 AM
Quote from: Sorrontis on August 19, 2015, 09:54:33 AM
Spoiler
the lush forest is a trap. try the bottom left corner. you'll have to destroy those emitters quickly though.
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Spoiler
[/Bottom left, or bottom right?spoiler]
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Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 19, 2015, 10:31:24 AM
sorry. bottom right :)
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: PMouser on August 21, 2015, 08:29:46 AM
still cant do it, not enough energy to get dug in.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 21, 2015, 08:56:21 AM
I'll send you a picture today.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Helper on August 21, 2015, 11:45:10 AM
At 3:13.
Title: Re: Custom Map #2394: Creeper's Revenge Pt. 4. By: Sorrontis
Post by: Sorrontis on August 21, 2015, 12:35:18 PM
Thank you helper. That is exactly it. next step is air defenses.