The Battle of Troy! v1.3

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Change Log v1.3

BUG FIXES AND CHANGES TO EXISTING STUFF:
- Greek units who die on the Circles of Power no longer continue the gate-liberation countdown.
- The skill 'Roar!' now has a properly-displayed buff.
- The percentage chances of Critical Strike and Bash (both found in Combat Skills) have been increased slightly.
- The skill 'Knock Down' does less damage and has a shorter stun duration which is now uniform for both Heroes and normal units.
- The skills 'Poison Arrows', 'Flaming Arrows' and 'Gold Rush' all have new icons.

NEW ADDITIONS:
- Fire Archers and Poison Archers for Penthesilea, which can be trained at her new Amazonian Barracks. These archers use fiery and poisoned arrows respectively.

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Fire Archers and Poison Archers have been introduced to add a new element of strategy into the game. Fire Archers are effective against buildings and catapults - their flaming arrows will cause them to burn and take damage over time. Poison Archers are mainly for targeting Heroes - their poison damage stacks, so retreating enemy Heroes can be taken down quickly with a squadron of Poison Archers.

Both are essentially the same as normal archers, except with special abilities, so the damage, food cost, armor and most of the other stats are the same, though they have a slightly higher HP. They require more gold to train, though.

Moving On

Okay, I've tracked down the original author of the Battle of Troy map on several sites and organizations, most of which are abandoned, discontinued forums. So in the end, I sent a message to the author (Eternity_Sheild) on the Hive Workshop, but as his last recorded activity was a couple of years ago, I'm not optimistic about a response.

Therefore, reluctantly, because I'm only human and I want my map to flourish, I shall continue my map even without the permission of the original author. Knowing how things go in life, his account probably got hacked or else he'd changed to a new account, and that will mean it's close to impossible for me to track him down.

This is a pretty pathetic excuse - LOL! - but one of the ways I justify this is that the editors of the incredible map DotA never sought the permission of the original creator either until later on when it became famous worldwide. :D

I'll be uploading The Battle of Troy! v1.3 soon, just working on some bugs and trying to think up of some new, creative skills. :)

Yours truly,
Exeter350/Xeno.Hawk/JC

The Trojan War

You're at the right place if you've come to this blog to look for the Battle of Troy map for Warcraft 3.

However, as I am still awaiting the official permission from the original creator to upload and continue to host this map, this blog will be left as it is now until further updates.

I've got version 1.2 ready, but I won't be hosting or uploading it yet. :)

Yours truly
JC/Exeter350