FFA Masters League

Hi, I am a melee map maker from Hive.
1v1 map is my current field of expertise, but I would like to give FFA a shot.
Would anyone explain me about the rules in making FFA maps?
Below this message are the links of my maps.

• Minimum of 4 start locations fairly spread out from each other and with equal access to the maps resources.
• At least 1 natural expansion and a secondary expansion for each player is a must.
• Lots and lots of creeps! 4 players means the camps will get crept fast. Try to include a Red camp in there somewhere as well.
• Wide pathways. Most battles in FFA are 100 food armies and any sort of land composition can be cumbersome to move on maps with small passages and choke points.
• Taverns are a requirement for FFA balance purposes. Maps with Observatories and Shops are also very heavily preferred.
• Keep in mind that FFA matches last an average of 2 hours. Keep resources high for gold and lumber.

Anyone know how to get the doodad rocks/glaciers to touch or overlap? There seems to be a restriction preventing them from getting too close but on some maps I see them overlap.

I heard players hate snow maps in normal melee. Does it also apply here at FFA? Or am I allowed to make a map based on Icecrown?

Quote from: FML|WorpeX on December 26, 2016, 08:37:30 am

Quote from: blast870 on December 26, 2016, 07:08:04 am

I heard players hate snow maps in normal melee. Does it also apply here at FFA? Or am I allowed to make a map based on Icecrown?

That stigma does exist, but I don't think its a tileset problem. More of an issue with a lack of good snow maps. Savage Storm is the only Icecrown map we play on and its a love it or hate it type map. The creeps on the tileset are really tough, I would recommend using ones from Lordearon Winter if you do an Icecrown map.

Thank you for your explanation and suggestion. Yea, I found creeps at Icecrown to have extra Hps. As far as I remember lv6 polar bear has 1200hp, which is really really tough.

And I have 2 extra questions. Does basic melee rules apply in FFA? And if so, how important are they? Are they compulsory or just recommended? I downloaded a 4 player map at Map Downloads and I found  the distance between bases to be extreme long, 39~40sec, which is +10sec than normal melee.

My second question is how many player map FML is lacking the most? 4 player map would be easier to work on, but I would like to create something this community is lacking. That way both FML and players will be more satisfied. I can barely see 8 and 10player map. How high is the use frequency of such large scale maps?