I want to start on the melee maps now... Can you melee map experts offer some general melee map tips for me? I can evaluate the maps, but i seem to fail when it comes to production.
That's all fine and dandy, but what people seem to really lack is balanced exp placement that is not just balanced on all sides of the map, -but for each race- , and sexy decoration.
tips of which, you just gotta know gameplay for the balance, and deco...cant really tell ya about. ask people like MA how he does it xD
Balance comes first. And also there's no guide to decorating your map, but there are tons of guides for balancing your map.
Have "choke points." These are narrow passes where ground units cannot simply walk around each other. Taking choke points is an important strategy when playing melee, so have them there for players to fight over.