Deep in the ocean there lies a vast cavern with many chambers. Those chambers are filled with Gold Doubloons, Jewels, and Ancient Relics just sitting there ripe for the taking. Only one little problem...Its guarded by a Kraken.
{SET PLAYER DIFFICULTY TO KNIGHT AND SELECT RESOURCES}
Author: Kris, 14-09-2023 19:16 Like Great map - Curse of the Kraken Great map! I've played the expert version. Failed on the first try during month 4/5, but managed to beat the Kraken on my second game. Knowing what your goals during the early and mid game is very important. Ressurection kinda trivialise most of the AI fights, but the Kraken fight was really intense due to his artifacts and powerfull army.
Greg writes:
25-12-2023 18:35
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
Would you be interested in testing a xl map?
greg (United States) writes:
07-01-2024 19:36
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
Are you interested in testing a XL HOTA 1.7 map?
Author: Matti Easterbean (netherlands), 20-06-2023 18:57 testing - Curse of the Kraken Yeah sure, just reply to this post apparantly it automatically sends a reply to your email - convienient.
What was the name of the map that you needd testing but uploaded already? i might wanna play it :)
Author: Greg, 19-06-2023 20:30 Greg - Curse of the Kraken Thanks for the offer but the map has already been uploaded. I will have another map to test in a few weeks if your still interested.
Author: Matti Easterbean (netherlands), 19-06-2023 17:41 Map testing - Curse of the Kraken Hi man i could test your map too if youre interested? just send me an email i check daily :)
Author: wasilix, 12-05-2023 19:05 - - Curse of the Kraken I'm up to test your map
Author: Gregory, 12-05-2023 17:57 The Night King - Curse of the Kraken I have a new map. Would you be interested in testing before I post. Or if you know anyone interested in testing? Giant sized map. G.O.T. theme. Only you play the Night King on a mission to bring eternal night to the world.
Author: Andrii (Ukraine), 05-09-2022 23:10 Like Finished and loved it! - Curse of the Kraken Map is easy, not sure why author mentioned that this is for intermediate or higher players.
Finished it in 5 mounths.
In fact, Kraken comes out in 5 mounths and it's not hard at all to clear entire map by that time, so he will disappear.
Didn't catch any promised story and adventure, there are a couple of messages at the beginning and that's all.
Bots are helpless on maps like this, to much space and water for em. Half of enemy heroes died after 7 days with no town, or they lose army on whirlwinds and are easy to kill after that.
Map is a little shy on artifacts, couldn't find black orb to deal with dragons easier and there is no admiral's hat or waterwalk to deal with water.
All in all, map is nice and relaxing :)
I enjoyed playing this, mb I'll try expert version next.
Greg writes:
22-06-2023 05:34
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
The last 2 I posted were Curse of the Kraken and The Night King. Both are giant sized maps.
Greg (United States) writes:
15-09-2023 00:56
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
Hi Matti,
I have a new map in the testing and balance stage. HOTA, Huge, 4 playable position. If your still interested in testing let me know. Also I think this map would be a good candidate for multiplay, but since I've never designed or played a multiplay map I'm unsure. Either way single player or multi play I could use a second opinion.
Matti Easterbean (Netherlands) writes:
18-09-2023 05:56
Hi Greg!! - Curse of the Kraken
HI Man ! Thanks for remembering me and thanks for wanting me to test play it ;)
You can send the .h3m file to my email and ill play it a couple times and let you know how the map is playing;) is there anything specific that i need to be looking for?
Sincere, Matti
Matti Easterbean (Netherlands) writes:
18-09-2023 05:57
Or - Curse of the Kraken
Let me know what the filename is so i can download it from the site... I will get an email in my emailbox if you reply to this message so itll be pretty quick
regards.
greg (United States) writes:
07-01-2024 19:37
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
Are you interested in testing a XL HOTA 1.7 map?
Author: Greg, 12-12-2021 15:02 Greg - Curse of the Kraken For anyone interested I have uploaded
A expert version of the map that should provide more challenge with a few new twists. You can find it inside the folder with the original map. Thanks for all the feedback. I have used a great deal of your suggestions.
Author: Greg, 13-11-2021 22:21 Greg - Curse of the Kraken Anyone interested in testing the expert version before I upload let me know and I'll send you a copy. Many areas redesigned and repurposed map ai has been rebalanced to remain competitive till the end. Kracken has been upgraded from easy to very lethal.
wasilix writes:
14-11-2021 08:32
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Sure, I'd playtest it. I think my email should be in your email notification, you can send your map there.
Thanks!
Greg writes:
14-11-2021 17:13
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
Thanks for testing. Take your time, no rush. Any feedback greatly appreciated for timing, balance, and fun factor.
Author: Alexandrescu Radu (Bucharest), 20-09-2021 18:58 Like Excelent - Curse of the Kraken Great map. Finished it in 7 months.
Greg (United States) writes:
21-09-2021 05:02
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
Thanks for the positive feedback. Will be uploading a expert version based on suggestions and comments in the next week or two.
Author: M, 31-07-2021 15:57 Very fun and different - Curse of the Kraken I failed my first playthrough as I was too relaxed with Jack.
On my second playthrough, I managed to defeat Kraken and have considered this a win.
I enjoy the multiple pirates sailing the seas, and using Leadership to allow a mix of troop types. Also liked the challenge of trying to figure out how to combine them. I got lucky and stumbled upon two of the four keymaster tent areas. If you don't find those, by luck or by using Map Editor, I think the game is probably a lot more challenging.
The AI does a bunch of dumb things on the Knight setting so my only suggestion is to consider some other way to delay the arrival of enemy heroes into Jack's area. That way you can allow the player to select the hardest difficulty setting and get a bit more of a challenge from the AI. As it was, the AI often attacked me with inferior armies, saving me the effort of having to chase them.
Additionally, I would suggest a White Keymaster's tent in Jack's area, behind a Quest Guard for killing Kraken. This might allow the player to clean up the map more quickly after defeating Kraken.
Thank you very much for the feedback. Am currently working on a update to map and any suggestions for improvement are appreciated. I will make some changes based on your and other comments I have received. Just takes time due to size of map and testing time.
Author: Cave (ch), 05-07-2021 00:53 A nice map, ending could be simplified - Curse of the Kraken A nice map with playing on multiple heroes and consolidating the army for some fights.
However, have not found the white tent and decided not to finish after beating Kraken.
Gelu ater the fight with Kraken on 5.4
Hello,
Only ai has access to white tent. I am tweaking the map and beefing up the Kraken to release at a later date. May change the map victory clondtion to defeat Kraken. Let me know your thoughts or any other suggestions. Thx for the feedback it really helps to know what works and what doesn't.
Cave (ch) writes:
05-07-2021 15:42
The map is good enough already - Curse of the Kraken
The map is good enough already
I should have beaten more heroes before 5.4 which I didnt as was assuming that this will make it possible for AI to release stronger heroes.
The fight with Kraken was quite easy though - lost 5 nyxes and 15 assyds.
Probably, giving him Ring of Oblivion, Ironfist of the Ogre and Tactics will make it a bit more complicated.
Cave (ch) writes:
05-07-2021 15:45
PS - Curse of the Kraken
PS Well, this could also make it not winnable ))
greg (United States) writes:
07-01-2024 19:38
Greg - Curse of the Kraken
Are you interested in testing a XL HOTA 1.7 map?
Author: Gregory Reeves (United States), 01-07-2021 23:11 Greg - Curse of the Kraken Thx for the positive feedback. Currently working on a harder version with a few new twists. If you have any advice for improvements let me know.
Author: ks, 30-06-2021 23:04 Like Nice map and tactic - Curse of the Kraken Nice tactic 10x
Author: Corwin (Czech Republic), 26-06-2021 23:46 Like Nice map - but not much of a challenge - Curse of the Kraken The map and its concept are really nice. Amazing setting in my opinion. But it was quite easy. I finished 5/4/3 because I got bored of micromanaging all my heroes, so I used only 2 from certain point (Jack Sparrow and Gelu), otherwise I would have finished I think at least 2-3 weeks earlier - but at that point the Kraken would have not been released.
But when he did, I was quite disappointed because he had no chance against my army whatsoever. My pirates oneshotted his azure dragons and all he did was summon air elementals.
Anyways, nice chill map. As I said, not much of a challenge.
Tips for improvement: Release the Kraken earlier; Give staple income of resources and units to AIs (it doesn't have to be much but at least some) and perhaps give more options for AIs to get more heroes. Because at like 4th month they had like 1 or 2 heroes left each and the map just felt empty.
Anyways, nice idea, good concept and the map is overall very good looking! 8/10.
Not every map has to be hard. :)
Thx for the feedback. I will probably use your suggestions for improvement. Please let me know what your final troop strength was so I can make adjustments to the kraken and over all balance to play. I plan on releasing a much harder version once I get enough input.
Corwin (Czech Republic) writes:
28-06-2021 20:22
I'm sorry - Curse of the Kraken
I'm sorry, I didn't keep the save. I remember I had like 850+ Sea Witches, 600+ Sea Dogs, about 80 Haspids, +-60 Arch Angels, about 100 Enchanters and some more meat... can't say for sure.
Also it was quite easy to acquire Elexir of Life. I got like 3 from different objects early on, which made the game waaaay too easy. Perhaps disable the artifact.
Author: wasilix, 23-06-2021 09:11 Knight difficulty? - Curse of the Kraken Is it supposed to be played at knight or king difficulty? It says to pick knight, however I've never seen it recommended for any sort of challenge. Please clarify.
Yes, 2nd lowest. Ai will attack garrisons sooner until they are able to break through. This is why I prefer knight setting. I have beefed up ai troops and towns to compensate. Additionally when ai heroe is defeated a stronger one will be released.
Also ai more likely to combine their troops. As I said map should still work on any setting but I have not tested on those past 2 months. If you do play the map at higher setting please let me know how it works out. Thx
Author: Aleksandar Smudja (Canada), 22-06-2021 09:12 Kraken - Curse of the Kraken I like the map a lot. Would speed up Kraken since I finished before he finished his laps.
Thx for the feedback. I'll wait for more comments on balance and timing and make adjustments. I've tested this map so many times I've lost my perspective. That's why feedback is greatly appreciated.
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