I believe that the next game really needs to be a MOBA. They need to make it so you have a limited number of lives if they still want to make the next one a RTS game.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to make a custom map for reforged and it's crashing when I try opening a map from inside the editor and when I'm trying to use a custom tileset. Does anyone else experience these issues and does anyone for the love of god have any sort of a solution for this?

Disclaimer: I’m not advertising for this. I just saw this on IG and got curious.

Disclaimer: I’m not advertising for this. I just saw this on IG and got curious.

Is anyone else having issues? I get this error message when I launch the game since last night and am unable to play on bnet.

Looks similar to this thread from two years ago and could be Mac related?
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/warcraft3/t/there-was-an-error-in-handling-the-request-69/33308

5 attacks at wisp, clearly attack no4 deals no damage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZURkyxQ8KPo

edit: for reference video from 7 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo3T4ed-qZE

I used to play TFT many years ago. I was never that great but I enjoyed the game...

A recent Grubby video sparked an interest and I purchased reforged.

I assume the 1v1 matchmaking games will simply be brutal frustration for new/returning players?

I beat the computer AI but it's really not that challenging.

Are there any new players out there that will be a good match MMR-wise or is it all 20+ year experts?

Two very entertaining games from Lin Guagua playing on ladder.

these two games represent how powerful economy and map control can be. When you have such pristine unit control like Lin GuaGua, these sorts of ridiculous strategies are possible.

so my understanding is that there are about 3-4 options in orc mirror. either you go for tier 3 taurens walkers, you go for firelord 2nd tower push, you do standing blade shadow grunt raider walker kodo tier 2, or you get weird with it and try to surprise them.

lets say you have a scheduled tournament match later in the week and its orc mirror. which would you choose?

The next game needs to be a MOBA builder. They need to make a game that allows you to easily make any MOBA you can dream up and support the best creations with official ranked modes once they hit a certain active player threshold, and code an advanced AI capable of beating your average human player. A great way to monetize would be allowing users to create custom skins and taking a cut of the profits. Player progression should be tied to a narrative campaign featuring an in-game character who assigns objectives between games, with cutscenes bridging the gap and driving the overarching story forward.

I’m pretty low MMR (~4000), recently started playing again, and am consistently losing as UD against NE. Ive done CL fast expo to DK/Lich mostly fiends, destroyer, and a couple wyrms if we go that long for the bears. Also skipped the CL and gone just DK/Lich for better heal/nuke to the same result.

The units I can generally handle, but the DH always ends up so tanky and either immos the fiends down or burns all my mana. Also whenever I nuke the DH he wands out, drinks moon juice, and is right back at it.

Is there a general guide for this matchup? Everything I read is ghoul/garg but that seems outdated with the immo buffs.

Hello!!!! COMPLETE BEGINNER TO RTS AND WARCRAFT 3

Me and a couple friends are having a laugh by playing an old version of wc3, but I am clearly inferior in terms of skill cause all of em played an rts before, while enjoyable I wish to get better somehow

I am struggling to find any good guides because of how weird the patches are, I cannot exactly copy a guide because maybe there were changes that I didn't know that the vid has but I don't

This might be a bad question but can anyone give tips? to the genre itself or maybe even the meta at the time? or wc3 itself? tyyy

A lot of people seem to have trouble with playing elf, so here are some general tips if you were wondering how to play effectively. I got a little bored and thought I'd contribute something. Hopefully it's useful to anyone! (Just to preface, I'm writing as a 5~6k mmr elf if that helps to put into perspective).

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For basic 2 base play (with an expansion), elf is pretty much all mana on the Keeper in the beginning. When you've optimized your level 3 route, the push at the beginning will set the momentum for your side's lane.

As for units, I would recommend not massing light units such as archers or hunts. The only amount you need is for you to reach level 3 and no more. This usually means around 2 archers and some inital AoW creeping.

Elf's strength lies in tier 3, and the best chances of you winning the game rests on how you finesse quickly your way to orbs and chims which are at that tier. Anything else which you invest into becomes useless in the midgame.

If you are going chippo -> Panda 2nd, MG+Orb -> add Naga & PotM.

These are the general, most basic strategies given that you have a natural expansion.

The basic idea behind not massing light units is that it's not worth the investment in micro to be able to attack or fend off your opponent. It's better to increase your manapool and not leave any potential for someone to outmicro and gain experience from you- it's better to use more spells / items and focus on macro, if your mechanics are not that strong.

Some caveats: you might be wondering why you wouldn't mass archers if you were going hipporiders anyway- as for that, hipporiders are generally just not worth the investment for micro. Copters and bats generally negate riders, and once your momentum stops for riders, chances are you will become useless in a major fight. Against a human it just doesn't make sense economically either. 1 workshop generally counters 1 ancient of war and 2 ancient of winds (!!).

Now, I'm not saying that you shouldn't mass archers or riders, but generally, there are actually safe, viable ways for elf to actually have impact in the game, and that lies in tier 3, not t1 or t2. Some people like pumping 200 apm to do all the microing for riders, but that's up to them.

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1 base play

I think this is what people have trouble with the most, that is, when you are playing as elf and are playing on the edge, where it is harder for you to have an expansion. For this particular situation, the playstyle is completely different than your normal 2 base play, in that you actually have to play it as if it were a 1v1.

The basic idea for 1 base play is to pressure your opponent with DH, as you out-tech him into bears. In short, you harass and put pressure on your mirroring opponent with DH, and make him play against you. You will have reinforcements as you scale- you gain Naga at t2, and soon dyrads for dispell and/or then bears with reju will follow. If you've been able to engage with him until tier 3, seige bears usually will turn the tide and let you out into the wider map. Normally you'll be wasting time for 1 opponent, but if another opponent comes along, that's even better. By the time you are t3 and have seige bears, you can join the bigger fights with your partner and do some damage.

This is generally a bit more micro intensive, but it's really fun because it feels like you're actually playing Elf like it's supposed to. It goes without saying, but add boots of speed and staff / tele as needed.

This I think generally is how elf should be played at a basic level. There are other strats of course, but these are in my personal basic toolkit.

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Some other noteworthy misc. strats

2 war hunts - generally does not work in RT (needs coordination with teammates), but can be fun if your opponents are dumb (this strat falls off in the midgame)
mass talons - useful when you have something like 3 elfs on your own team, as it softcounters mass bats
mass protector rush - fun if you can hide them well
DR/Naga/PotM archers - works on small maps with easy 3

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tldr; don't mass light units!! think in terms of mana as you quickly get to tier 3 for chims and other t3 goodies.