[s]starcraft[/s]Undoubtedly a lot of work went into this and it is a good sign that people are still making MODs for this game. However after reading the description of this new Mod I was mildy dissapointed with some of the changes chosen.
This MOD offers
Advanced AI
Enhanced sounds and animations
Improved unit graphics
Modified units
Improved scoring system
New maps
Vulture's fragmentation grenades now have splash damage
Protoss and Terran air units speeds increased dramatically
Wraith cloaking requires no energy to initiate
Guardian's acid gobs do splash damage but are prone to miss fast units
Supply depots provide 20 psi
Pylons provide 15 psi
Overlords provide 10 psi
Transports have six slots rather than eight
Spell energy costs reduced and spellcaster costs
increased to reduce spellcaster spamming
I am left with the feeling that Terran v Terran match up would probably be a good experience on it if not at least an interesting experience. As for the other match ups I think all reasonable balance has been lost. I would have to guess that this MOD is probably more fun for money map players.
Faster Terran air units - Wraith cloaking requires no energy to initiate.
Nevertheless Daniel Long, the creator of this MOD, spent countless hours on this and is offering us something new. Despite this, he is already getting his unfair share of flaming and insults in several forums of our Starcraft community. Although some may argue that the ideas behind his effort are not sound, no one can argue that this young man has talent and skill. If you are a die hard MOD experimenter, try it, encourage him and send him tons of suggestions and maybe his next creation will be better.
I myself will approach him with some suggestions, try to coordinate the help of two other MOD makers and offer him our superior AI from The Broodwar AI project. Then just maybe sometime in the future you will have: Stacraft11. As for the flamers, unless you can do better, remain silent and show some respect.
Just read this excerpt from the Credits Section in his website and just tell me if he does not sound like a decent guy trying to give something to the community instead of the whining, flaming and laughter that I have seen:
Starcraft7 was created by Daniel Long. He created its webpage, AI scripts, maps, and customized its sounds. He also modified its animation scripts and balanced its gameplay. All of the original artwork was created by Blizzard Entertainment. Thanks to Gold Dragon for his SCAI program, Andy Bond for his Arsenal III program, and also Lelik and Justin Olbrante for their MPQ2K utility. A special thanks goes out to the Jormungand Brood and the many zerglings that were terribly mutilated while testing this mod. I would love feedback and suggestions. Contact information is: [email protected]As for myself I already sent him my suggestions and thanked him for his effort in the best way I could. Most people always see the weakness in things, I prefer to see the strength and potential.
Links
Paladin888.com - Starcraft7
This MOD offers
Advanced AI
Enhanced sounds and animations
Improved unit graphics
Modified units
Improved scoring system
New maps
Vulture's fragmentation grenades now have splash damage
Protoss and Terran air units speeds increased dramatically
Wraith cloaking requires no energy to initiate
Guardian's acid gobs do splash damage but are prone to miss fast units
Supply depots provide 20 psi
Pylons provide 15 psi
Overlords provide 10 psi
Transports have six slots rather than eight
Spell energy costs reduced and spellcaster costs
increased to reduce spellcaster spamming
I am left with the feeling that Terran v Terran match up would probably be a good experience on it if not at least an interesting experience. As for the other match ups I think all reasonable balance has been lost. I would have to guess that this MOD is probably more fun for money map players.
Faster Terran air units - Wraith cloaking requires no energy to initiate.
Nevertheless Daniel Long, the creator of this MOD, spent countless hours on this and is offering us something new. Despite this, he is already getting his unfair share of flaming and insults in several forums of our Starcraft community. Although some may argue that the ideas behind his effort are not sound, no one can argue that this young man has talent and skill. If you are a die hard MOD experimenter, try it, encourage him and send him tons of suggestions and maybe his next creation will be better.
I myself will approach him with some suggestions, try to coordinate the help of two other MOD makers and offer him our superior AI from The Broodwar AI project. Then just maybe sometime in the future you will have: Stacraft11. As for the flamers, unless you can do better, remain silent and show some respect.
Just read this excerpt from the Credits Section in his website and just tell me if he does not sound like a decent guy trying to give something to the community instead of the whining, flaming and laughter that I have seen:
Starcraft7 was created by Daniel Long. He created its webpage, AI scripts, maps, and customized its sounds. He also modified its animation scripts and balanced its gameplay. All of the original artwork was created by Blizzard Entertainment. Thanks to Gold Dragon for his SCAI program, Andy Bond for his Arsenal III program, and also Lelik and Justin Olbrante for their MPQ2K utility. A special thanks goes out to the Jormungand Brood and the many zerglings that were terribly mutilated while testing this mod. I would love feedback and suggestions. Contact information is: [email protected]As for myself I already sent him my suggestions and thanked him for his effort in the best way I could. Most people always see the weakness in things, I prefer to see the strength and potential.
Links
Paladin888.com - Starcraft7
