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Uploaded on:Mar 14 2008, 4:26 pm
Uploaded by:SiberianTiger
Author:Not Given.
Downloads:282

Map-Data
Tileset:Ash World
Dimension:64x64

Forces
Athenians
Human (Zerg)
Human (Zerg)
Human (Zerg)
Spartans
Human (Zerg)
Human (Zerg)
Human (Zerg)
Athena
Computer (Zerg)
Ares
Computer (Protoss)

Map-Statistics
Units:659
Triggers:202
Locations:174
Strings:813
File Description
In Hero Wars, you:

1) Choose a hero
2) Kill with hero for more money, fight along side computer troops that "spawn" and automatically charge toward the enemy - all in a confined, elongated space
3) Upgrade hero & upgrade "spawn" and shop for accessory units as well as "waves" to help fight
4) All for the final objective of destroying the enemy's main mother building, in order to win.

The difference?

1) Map's smaller. Slow units waste less time moving around to fight--> more fun
2) All units are good ... balanced/has potential - unlike Infested Kerrigan & Tassadar that completely stinks while Zergling & Goliath rock
3) NO INGAME CHEATS. The reason why Hero Wars went into decline is that people figured out inside cheats (free $2000) by looking at replays & games became no fun
4) Faster income - game speeds up, you're constantly busy (i.e. upgrading), & game doesn't last more than 15~20 min, so you don't face the typical situation where game ends because your allies leave (b/c the game took too much time).
5) Faster gameplay means that the losing side faces less humiliation & is allowed more chance to save themselves in the next match.
6) You can't kill your own spawn to get more money. Not only do you get money buy killing spawn, you also get money on how much "territory" (i.e. location 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) you control. By killing spawn, you lose a considerable part of your income.
7) Spawn is strong & worth upgrading. You know how some people go for immediate spawn ups & others go for all hero ups in the original hero wars? Who wins? The people with all hero ups, of course. Here, spawn is strong. This means that if the other side cheats by killing their own spawn, your spawn will overwhelm & break through enemy lines, causing the enemies to get less income. That doesn't mean that your heroes will be too weak, however. For the additional strength & capabilities, the spawn up is also very costly - thus clearing any possibility that people will go for immediate spawn up (simply impossible)
8) Waves are weak - but they can be used massively (with + $10,000, saved up -but remember you also get much more income) to end the game.
9) Different spawns, different heroes. You won't be bored.

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[04:56 am]
Ultraviolet -- I suppose we'll likely never know, but my guess would be that they already saw it operating successfully and there was no monetary incentive to finish the original work. And the dev cycle in old school Blizzard was so hectic, it's possible it just got forgotten about after the original game got released. Plus there's an element of existing MPQ files that were packaged with the original discs becoming outdated if they updated it. And it's not like they remade the original MPQs, they just made new ones for BW specifically
[04:26 am]
Oh_Man -- so that makes me think maybe the theory they are unfinished is not true and its a deliberate design decision, coz why not finish them wen ur making brood war?
[04:25 am]
Oh_Man -- the thing is thos buildings are from classic. that means they went ahead and made brood war without ever finishing the 'unfinished' buildings
[06:15 pm]
Ultraviolet -- Yeah he's talked about a lot of that stuff in his casts before. It seems plausible. Especially knowing how Blizzard of yesteryear operated.
[03:47 pm]
NudeRaider -- to clarify: couldn't recall the behavior for every single Protoss building but I was aware the disparity exists.
[03:43 pm]
NudeRaider -- Contained nothing new for me. Didn't know all building's behavior, but very much all unit's. Also Terran balance whine - also nothing new :lol:
[2026-6-19. : 9:57 am]
Oh_Man -- makes me wonder if SEN knows anything about the topic
[2026-6-19. : 9:57 am]
Oh_Man -- artosis dropped pretty interesting vid: https://youtu.be/EqZHB8Blra4
[2026-6-18. : 5:01 pm]
Ultraviolet -- :wob:
[2026-6-17. : 6:15 am]
RexyRex -- :wob:
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