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Correct. The version most players use is the latest from BNET. You are using a older version or a pirated new version.

The FDS awaits your return.. the series needs more skilled players..

although how often do players really look at how much interest they gain? may be wrong but something interesting to know.. apart from things like speedruns, draft or ronald hunts where the interest gained affects the timing of upgrades..

VH difficulty only.. and the hunt was restarted for 4.1.. so all previous records are removed..

Hall of Fame-The Great Ronald Hunt 12000 ronalds Fanatic Ronald hunting

the replay can be uploaded using the attachment function of the forums. way to go though. the record for very easy is until your computer/wc3 crashes.. Hall of Fame-The Great Ronald Hunt 12000 ronalds Fanatic Ronald hunting

pures are upgraded from the single element towers. after you summon the tier3 of any element and with an essence (2 are given free after 51 and 56 or can be summoned (kara's essence) once you have a tier3 elemental). build the basic tower of any element, upgrade to amplified, then focused, followed by refined then finally the pure..

Darkness does seem to be lacking in options.. magic and radius is the commonly used damage towers. disease is semi-support and cannot be played as a damage tower. oblivion is too much micro for most players (harder than impulse).. voodoo is support. and in 6-ele, the build with t1 darkness tends to be weaker than the build with t2 light. the roots/muck builds are generally harder to play well than the nova/windstorm set..

would (extra) short be allowed as a separate category? (since most players would like skip the somewhat boring? first 15 levels, although it can be good chance to farm interest...)

Beta leaders don't provide enough competition? or probably happened that they didn't have enough time to play a replay to their real standard yet.. FDS #8 awaits the sign ups..

the key here is how to balance the overall power level of the tier3 triples. they definately have to cost more and be stronger than tier3 duals, but still should be weaker than pures. at the same time, tier3 duals must remain relavent. Another issue here would be what would be the support strenght of tier3 support triples. in the current setup, players have to make a choice between what is largely damage duals or a triple build with more support towers. the extra cost of an essence would not affect much in a 3-element build, as 2 are given free and the player can summon 3 kara's essences..

not so standard, more interesting trial of WDNE. double slows, drowning, disease, poison and well. eletd_beta_345_WDNE_61_10lives.w3g

did a test with kaini.. first game, host slot and player 4. duals and triples elimination works. BUT no one got the element selection votes. no timer. i typed -random and the game crashed. second game, host slot and player 2. duals and triples elimination works. kaini got the element selection but didn't use up all the votes. vote came to me, didn't use up all the votes. timer restarted, continue picking until nothing left to pick. timer restarts forever. basically, nothing seems to be fixed.. still as buggy as the previous draft pick.. the original bugs still exist..

tidal is placed mostly at the long-pass VII or V. when most of the creeps are in range, douse. build 2, and use one of them for each wave and let it charge up the next wave. in a LWFN build with double slows, the entire wave should be slowed within the range of the tower. with tier3 well, it can charge up to allow 2 douses each wave.. LWFN there is impulse tower for long range. it is a strong damage tower as well as a leak-catcher, although it takes micro. LWFN towers are basically well, tidal, impulse, nova, windstorm, pure water and pure light. LWN as the tier3 elementals, giving well and ice as the tier3 duals. life tower doesn't really make the cut here as there are better towers available in the build.

single player draft pick vh dp pick as selections. first game, host slot. drafted everything normally. game starts. typed -random, elementals randomed. game proceeds. second game, host slot. drafted nothing. duals and triples removals auto-randomed, element draft phrase randomed one by one until 15 picks, game starts. typed -random, elementals randomed. game proceeds. third game, non-host slot. no voting options, game countdown starts immediately. picked the first elemental then all other elementals disappeared, leaving interest available. forth game, non-host slot. no voting options, game countdown starts immediately. typed -random, game crashed immediately. (nothing picked yet) in multiplayer, for element draft phrase, pick one by one, going 2-3 rounds or each player uses up all his votes on his turn?

4.2 beta LWN - eletd_beta_343_LWN_lives.w3g 3-element build with life, ice,well and tidal as the towers. the 150% dual support shows here as weaker. WDNE (damage opening) WDNE (support opening) LWNEF (WDNEF)L

time to revive this project.. builds to be posted shortly..

and also some time constraints.. draft coming at a bad time for some drafters.. the standard wasn't really there in the replays.. $$$ isn't really a problem as it is generally slower and a strong build should be able to beat it.. it's also the rare competitive opportunity to show off some interest plays..

Forum Draft #8 opens for sign ups.. (pls remember to be committed and not hold up the draft.. and have time to submit your replay! )

7draft_soyamilk.w3g with a time of 45:54, 4 leaks, 332449 networth and 110 ronalds killed 7draft_jolin012.w3g with a time of 53:11, 34 leaks, 103782 networth and 7 ronalds killed 7draft_lesher.w3g with a time of 53:43, 37 leaks, 129644 networth and 7 ronalds killed

No problem.. anyway, welcome to the forums.. read the strategy and post your replays! and remember to spread the 4.1 around..

Know your towers well.. tower query would help but it's always better to know what elements go into what tower. you may have to build the base towers in advance, losing some interest. another way is to keep the core support and damage towers in play and change say 4-6 towers based on element. it's a loss of interest but it is easier to manage. also, prepare in advance. do not wait until you are sure you would leak before moving to build the towers. prepare the base towers once there is a chance you would leak. long-range towers would be of help here, to keep light/dark/impulse/gunpowder towers in play.. in random, all towers are temporary. you can use 'weaker' towers if they have elemental advantage or towers that are less used in pick, towers like drowning, oblivion..

2 replays now at the time of this post..

There is one entry at the time of this post..

well, blacksmith and trickery are support towers. they boost your defense. they are not towers to deal damage to creeps. build only after you have at least 4 non-support towers in play. blacksmith increases the damage of all damage towers by 15%/30%/200% while well increases the attack speed of all non-support towers by 15%/30%/200%. well and smith are almost a must in any winning defense.. the maximum slow on creeps is 66%. therefore, to hit maximum slow, you'll need 2 different slow towers. Remember the slowing of 2 (or more) of the same slow tower do not stack. vapour tower deals damage in a area around the tower. corrosion reduces the armour of creeps, meaning all damage towers deal more damage to creeps. voodoo can be tricky to use well, although it is strong in the right build. gold tower is strong in single-player or slow multiplayer games, but it is slow. the tower gives 50%/200% extra bounty on creeps the tower kills. any 4-element, 5-element and 6-element build can be solved VH pick. so just pick one you feel like trying and post the replay. consider clicking on the link in this signature..