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Map Overview

Genre

Hero Survival

Players

Two teams of five

Description

Each player commands a Hero. Waves of enemies spawn at the top, and players must hold them off using their heroes. Players lose when their Pylon is destroyed.

Combat

Fast-paced, based on skill.

Spell Casting

Most spells can be dodged. The cast system is set up similar to Diablo. Players may bind a spell to automatically cast anywhere the mouse is left-clicked. Players may repeatedly cast by holding down the left mouse. Players may switch between bound spells using the number keys corresponding to the spell (in the order they were learned), or by clicking its icon on the spell bar. Players may also use traditional commands and hotkeys if they wish.

Heroes

Skill Trees

Each Hero has three spell trees, and occasionally a misc tree. Each spell has ten levels. The second spell in each tree requires the Hero to be at least level 7, as well as have at least five skill points in the first spell of that tree. The third spell in each tree requires the Hero to be at least level 14, and have at least five skill points in the second spell of that tree. It is intended that by the end of an average game, the Hero should have one third tier spell, and possibly another tier two spell from a different tree. Or three second tier spells and no third tier spells. This balance is to be determined.

Hero Stats

Players start with 30 stats, and gain 10 each level. Stats are allocated via a dialog. Players start with 1 health, no shields, and weak attack. Allocation of stats prior to combat is necessary.

Role: DPS

Mage

Main page: http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/vts/pages/hero-1-mage/

• Spells and attacks receive damage bonuses from Intelligence.

The Mage is very similar to the Sorceress in Diablo 2.

• Spells:
• Ice tree: Ice Bolt, Blizzard, Frozen Orb
• Lightning Tree: Charged Bolt, Thunderstorm, [undetermined]
• Fire Tree: Fireball, Firewall, Meteor
• Misc: Blink

Engineer

• Spells, attacks, and structures receive high damage bonuses from Strength, medium bonuses from Agility, and petty bonuses from Intelligence

• Spells
• Pheromone Bomb
• Air Strike
• [remaining Spells undetermined]

• Structures
• Turret, Lightning Turret, Concussive Turret
• [remaining structures undetermined]

Role: Heal

Doctor

• Spells and attacks receive damage bonuses from Intelligence.

• Spells
• Heal Tree: Judgement, [undetermined], [undetermined]
• DPS Tree: [undetermined], [undetermined], [undetermined]
• Raise Dead Tree: Raise Skeleton, Raise Skeletal Mage, Animate Dead
• Misc: Fear

Role: Tank

Ravager

Spells and attacks gain additional damage from Strength.

The Ravager has a maximum fixed Energy of 100. The Ravager regenerates Energy via dealing damage and taking damage, similar to the Warrior in WoW. The Ravager's Energy drains when the Ravager becomes idle.

• Spells
• Spawn Tree: Lay Egg, Lay Rancid Egg, [undetermined]
• Passive Tree: Devour, [undetermined], [undetermined]
• DPS Tree: War Stomp, Adrenaline Rush, [undetermined]
• Misc: [Undetermined]

Remaining Heroes: [undetermined]

Items

General

Heroes have a WoW-style inventory. Items must be equipped in their respective slot to have an effect.

Item Types

Generic

Generic items increase stats and damage and other generic effects. Customary across most games with items.

Relics

• Relics persist on your account (or should it be your Hero? - undecided) permanently once acquired. Relics are extremely expensive. On average, it is likely a player can only afford at most one relic per game, assuming they make it to the end.

• The purpose of Relics is to gear up players to succeed in higher difficulty levels. These higher levels of difficulty will be nearly impossible unless all players have accumulated multiple Relics.

• Players have access to all Relics they have purchased at the start of the game. I have not decided if they should be specific to the Hero which purchases them, or shared on the account.

• Relics provide unique, powerful bonuses. For example, a particular Relic might increase the cast range of all spells, or allow the Hero to teleport back to their main base, or lower all cooldowns.

Other Features

Teams

The game will be divided into two teams of five. Each team has their own side of the map with their own waves. Whichever team survives the longest wins the game. The surviving team will receive bonus money which can greatly increase the chance that players can afford a particular relic. Teams will have the ability to purchase offensive actions against the other team.

Levels

There will be 43 levels, including bosses. Levels have unique abilities. There is almost zero break between levels. It is intended that players will need to maintain control of the map. The further they get pushed back toward their spawn, the worse off they are doing. Poorly performing teams will eventually be pushed back all the way to their spawn location, and their base will be overrun and destroyed. Well-performing teams will consistently destroy mobs near the top of the map, before they have the chance to reach their base.

Videos

Some Mage Spells

Description of Casting System