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Welcome to the [Contest 5] Fortress Survival Love Thy Base!!!

Have a particular favorite base in mind? Interested in letting us know why? What you really like about it?

CONTEST START DATE: July 16

CONTEST END DATE: July 31 August 7

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• MUST PLAY 6.45+
• Only one entry per person.
• YOU CANNOT TEAM BASE.
• Don't wait until the last hour to post your entry.
• Higher Difficulties and Unique Bases will gain more consideration.
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• There will be twenty winners chosen by our highly trained staff!
• Entries have to make sense and have enough detail to justify your submission.
• You must take a screenshot after half-time and showcase your base. You can include multiple screenshots for better results.
• You must include a description of what interested you most about that base, and why you really like it.
• Remember we expect enough effort from all submissions and will take them seriously so we ask that you do too. 
• This contest will be going on for two weeks, so take your time to finalize your submission.

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Thank you to all participants and submission of their entries. The following winners listed below are in order:

1. Sayko
2. Issahar
3. miavita
4. Porked_Pork
5. Gildartsc
6. juhwan0704
7. King_Of_Dead
8. Mindless03
9. Ibaku
10. whodafuq

Congratulations to all the winners! If we had more winners, the next five winners would have been:

   11. Sycamore_Sage

   12. omgtangerines

   13. Angurvadel

   14. vladimirac

   15. Threin

Better Luck Next Time!

There has been a lot of confusion about some things so i thought we need an faq..

so here it is

feel free to reply with anything u think should be added and i will put important ones in this first post.

Q: how does the lumber system really work?

A:

For every player there is a variable denoting how much wood he/she earns per second.

For every mill that finishes construction/upgrade the corresponding constant rate is added to your personal production

For every mill that is destroyed/killed/starts upgrade/is transmuted the corresponding counter (wps) is decremented.

Once every second you are given wood based on the wps counter and wood that was left over from the previous second (wps can abe a fraction like 3.185 but player lumber must be a whole number) there are mechanisms to keep track of the fraction part so you get all of it in time.

you can find out your current production rate with the command "-wps" (version 6.43 and above)

Q: How does armor work?

A:

Armor is used to map the damage done to a unit to a quantity of hit-points to be deducted.

the default mapping is 1hp lost per 1 damage dealt (hit-point used to literally mean how many hits you could survive)
each point of armor improves the ratio to help units survive longer. each point of armor is EXACTLY equal in how much extra damage it allows a unit to soak up.

(i know the % differences seem to go smaller but this is an illusion and it really hurts  you to buy into it.. )

For a detailed explanation see this excellent video!: http://www.youtube.c...O4&feature=plcp

ps. i redid the table in excel and i got perfectly consistent effects, what ever variation he appears to have there must be an rounding error some place.

Q: how does Rank work?

A:

You get experience for kills, lumber produced, beating the game, and quests.

Once you reach 100 experience you gain 1 rank and lose 100 experience.

the harder the difficulty the more experience you gain.

rank effects: your hero gets 0.1 mana/s regen per rank.

rank unlocks heroes.

rank decreases experience gain rate (a person at rank 50 gains experience at about 10% the rate of somebody at lvl1)

there is a maximum rank, (currently 50 but it does get lifted once and a while. there are already many people with maximum rank )

Q: What achievements are there and how do they work?

A:

• Winning on impossible mode, reward is Trojan's roar*
• Winning on Nightmare mode, reward is Behemot's wings*
• Defeating Demonic eternia on the hardest possible difficulty, reward is Elemental stone*
  • More specifically you get the item if demonic eternia dies AND one of the following is true.
    • You get the killing blow
    • You have at least 301 kills
    • You have at least 60000 lumber produced in you'r name.
  • All players in the game also get a LOT of experience, equivalent to 5 entire ranks for a player with rank0. this is rewarded even if you don't meat the criteria for elemental stone and does not care for if you are actualyl alive.

*achievement is applied to your save code, you will get the reward item every following game the moment you load.

Q: how does the elemental stone, elemental staff and enhanced elemental staff work?

A: 

• I don't know what you are doing in the "getting started section" if you have that sort of items but.. here goes..
• Each of the items gives stats to the hero that holds it.. if the owning player gets a kill
• number of stats gained is calculated by the following algorithm:
  • PRIMARY_STAT_GAIN_BONUS = 3 

    SECONDARY_STAT_GAIN_MODIFIER_STR = 0.7

    SECONDARY_STAT_GAIN_MODIFIER_AGI = 0.85

    SECONDARY_STAT_GAIN_MODIFIER_INT = 1.3
    diff_real = game_difficulty * 0.04      // scale from 1-5 to 0.05-0.25
    air_real = air? * 0.06        // 0-1 to 0-0.07
    invis_real = invisible? * 0.03    // 0-1 to 0-0.03
    sum_mode_real = 0.55*(diff_real + invis_real + air_real)  // in range 0 to 0.35 currently
    // count all 3 types of elemental stone items 
    count1 = 0.6*count_elem_stones + 0.9*count_elem_staffs+ 1.55*count_enhanced_elem_staffs
    // apply weights and take number of recent kills in to count
    count = count1 * 1.3 * kills * (1.15 - (sum_mode_real) )
    //calculate the effect passage of time has on stats awarded
    count = count*( (udg_GameMinutes / (16.5 +  (10*sum_mode_real)) )+(0.6 - sum_mode_real) )  // make sure that last bit wont go negative!
    //apply primary stat modifier PRIMARY_STAT_GAIN_BONUS
    //apply stat type modifiers SECONDARY_STAT_GAIN_MODIFIER_STR, SECONDARY_STAT_GAIN_MODIFIER_AGI, SECONDARY_STAT_GAIN_MODIFIER_INT
    //take in to account carry over from previous gains (if you gain say 1.2 stat then we save that .2 and apply that later)
    // apply bonus and store new carry
  • the algorithm is subject to change arbitrarily as it has mayor balancing implications.
    • equation has been changed for 6.43, will update answer when we officially release it.
    • from 6.43 onward you will be given different amounts of str, agi and int + you gain more(x3) of the main stat
    • the fractional parts of earned stats will be remembered and carry over.
    • the overall stat gain rate has been drastically decreased (spec in the beginning of the game)

Q: how do the staff items work

A: 

• The rainbow blasting staff deals 2260 damage per second (total) to nearby enemies in a large radius
• The elemental blasting staff deals 6780 (~4k for 6.43 ) damage per second (total) to nearby enemies in a large radius
• The enhanced elemental blasting staff deals 18080 damage per second (total) to nearby enemies in a large radius

Q: How does the pool command work and is there a way to stop the pool command from taking your lumber?

A:

 The pool command will pool them the # of resources except the number you specify so if you say -pool 0 it will give them everything and leave you with zero lumber. If you want to keep lumber type -pool 10000 and it will pool everything except 10,000 lumber. By specifying a pool number larger than the number of lumber you have you are essentially disabling it

Q: How do you get malignant and benign virus?

A:

Someone with the virus has to infect you, preferably at the beginning of the game. It will give you benign virus and during the course of the game that benign virus has a chance to turn into malignant virus so that you can save it in your code, benign virus is also able to be saved in your code but has a lesser effect compared to Malignant
 

Q: I ranked up but it still shows me at rank 1... What gives?

A:

 If you ranked up and it still shows you at rank 1 don't be worried, you start at rank 0 so if you know you ranked up and it still shows that you are  rank one you actually ranked up from rank 0 to rank 1 and just need to rank 1 more time to get to rank 2.
 

Q: What is the Fortress Survival skype group?

A:

 It's the official skype group for fortress survival which has a lot of people in it. It's used for people to set up FS games, keep up to date with all things FS and to stay in touch with your favorite players when not using WC3.

Q:  Why does my builder or Hero sometimes glitch or freeze, and not allow me to control or move him?

A:

Sometimes the cede command will glitch if you or another player in the game is ceding and you will lose access to your builder. To fix this simply click on something else such as a lumber mill, building etc and click back on your builder and the problem should be fixed. If it's still not fixed try blinking and then attempt to move around again.


 

Q: Is this FAQ ever updated?
A: This FAQ is updated when ever we feel there is a question we get asked a lot or when it is requested (preferably in this thread).

Since FSA uses tweaked ratios compared to vanilla wc3, I figured it would be useful to extract those data for everyone [There was a similar post about that and tower dps, but probably outdated by now anyway]
 

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This guide is incomplete.

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Resources:

If you've managed to survive long enough for something to tear down your walls, even with repairs on them, then you know that upgrades are necessary. If you've been buying upgrades, then you also know that they get pretty darned expensive. Here's a few things to help with it.

Level 7 mills- The ultimate lumbering machines. In order to even make one of these, you need to have an alchemist. In order to set up for this beast, you need a total of 32 mills. That's just enough mills for you to turn into 8 level 5 mills. once you have those level 5 mills, you can place them around a repair factory, and it will automatically upgrade to a level 7 mill. 

Pro tip: The factory doesn't actually have to be fully built. After you place the mills, just blink in and place your factory. It will initiate the build, and your builder will be moved outside of the mills. 

Instead of upgrading mills to level 5, and then placing them around a factory, you can save time by putting the mills into place. If you upgrade to level 4 mills 4 at a time , you can control which ones will merge into a level 5. I generally upgrade the 4 mills in each corner first, then the rest can be mass upgraded. 

Now then, 32 mills take forever to build, but there are ways to speed up this process. Remember those repair factories from the first guide? You can build a group of them to work together in order to build your stuff. A few examples of this, using the command center.

Times are approximations.

1. Command center build time, no factories, 40 seconds.
2. Command center build time, 1 factory, 25 seconds.
3. Command center build time, 2 factories, 18 seconds.
4. Command center build time, 3 factories, 15 seconds. 

As you can see, factories make a difference. Granted, it's not really ideal to build a ton of factories just for a single building, so you have to plan out the best way to place you factories. Here's an example of something you can do.

All of the buildings around the factories are in range of 3 factories. 

You can fit 4 mills inside of this build. 

3 of those mills will be helped by 7 factories, and the last will be helped by 6. 

If you need to conserve mana, you can build an additional mill in the bottom right corner, where 4 mills will help it build.

With an alchemist unit or hero, you can use mass transmute to remove the mills, and have tiny versions of them in the alchemists inventory. After that, you simply blink your survivor back in and build more mills, and use your alchemist to place the tiny mills where you want them. 

Note to self: Evaluate more builds later

There are more builds than this one that can be used. I'll use the following categories to evaluate them. If you don't like math, skip this part. 

Setup time- the amount of time needed to get set up factories before you can start lumbering, or building other buildings. In the above screenshot, it takes 2 minutes and 57 seconds to build the factories. 

Assists/Mills- The total number of factories that help with each mill, divided by the number of mills. For this example, we will say 97 mills (that's 96 mills to make 3 level 7 mills, and one for a gold mine.)

• Using the build above, you can assume 27 total factory assists if you build 4 mills, or 31 if you build 5. it would take 24 sets of mills+1 mill if you build 4 at a time, or 19 sets+2 if you build 5 at a time. 
• Using the formula of assists*sets, this becomes either 27*24, or 31*19. For the + mills, assume that they built in the spot within range of the most factories. 
• So, 27*24= 648. Add 7 for the last mill, and you get 655. Divide by the total number of mills (97) and the average assist per mill comes out to be 6.75.
• 31*19= 589. Add 14 for the last 2 mills and you get 603. Divide by the total number of mills (97) and the average assist per mill comes out to be 6.22. 

So, with the assists/mills formula, you can get a rough estimate just how quickly your build will work. The higher the average assist is, the better. But, things such as the size of the build, mana conservation, and priority of tasks will be left for you to determine which build is best for whatever base you find yourself in. 

Gold

Ok, enough about mills for now. Let's talk gold. When is the best time to get a gold mine up? As soon as you can spare the lumber for it. Once it's built, you can either let the gold build up for later in the game, or trade it in for a nice little lumber boost early on. Letting the gold build up early means that you won't have to buy a lot later, which will save you thousands of lumber. I usually set the first mill I build to the side, so that it can become a gold mine later. 

Another way to get gold is to kill bosses. At 2 gold per boss, this can be a MASSIVE boost early in the game, as you can trade that in for 80 lumber or use it to upgrade to better statues. 

Books

Now then, allow me to introduce you to a favorite little tactic of mine, which I will refer to as "book rushing." Whoever came up with this tactic is a genius. This involves building your bookshelves as early as possible, and selling the books/tomes (tomes are used instantly in 6.42, and can't be sold.. this can still be used, but not as effectively) at a vendor. Using this tactic, you take the 10 lumber spent on the Books upgrade, and turn it into several hundred to be spent as needed. If you use a lumbering setup, you can refer to previous screenshots to see how the shelves can be built around your lumber area. If you are basing alone, and you need to get the alchemist unit, this can speed you along nicely. Also, if you are basing with someone, a waller can use this tactic to make things easier on a lumberer at the start of a match.

But what if you're walling, and you don't have a lumber area because someone else is lumbering? Fear not, there's a way to pull this off without a lumber area. You just need your lumberer to send you the first 10 lumber they make.

First off, start with 4 factories. 

Then you build a command center one one side, and research the books upgrade.

Once that's done, you can start building the bookshelves, like so.

Now, here's where things get tricky. With your builder selected, press A and click one of the factories. He will destroy the factory. Now, you can blink into the spot where the factory was, and build your last bookshelf. With this build, all of the buildings up to this point have been assisted by 3 factories.

Now then, let's take things a step further. 

By attacking the other factories and blinking into their empty spots, you can also fit your vendor and mercenary tent in as well. And the final result, is that you have all of your utility buildings in one nice, neat little bundle.

And you have your own supply of lumber. 

With this tactic, combined with a good wall/repair setup, an armor statue, and some slowing/stun towers, you can last until there are about 32 minutes remaining on mad difficulty before needing any more lumber from the lumberer. At this point, I would suggest that you stop selling books and start saving them to unlock the highest level upgrades, and that you start using the tomes to increase the strength of your hero. 

Your lumberer can book rush as well, and by the time you would need lumber from them they can have their first level 7 mill up already. 

Walls:

In the last guide, I showed a build consisting of a straight wall, with the repairs placed for the maximum effect for that build. There are other ways to build a wall, and I'll be going over some of them now

The first build is similar to the straight wall build, with one slight twist. The middle walls are built slightly further into the base. 

In a straight wall build, the middle of the wall is the most likely to fail. With this build, you strengthen the middle wall by moving it back, limiting the number of mobs that can hit it while also drawing them slightly further into the base where more towers will be able to reach them. Two mechanics are dedicated to the middle wall, and each side wall has a mechanic of their own. The remaining two mechanics can alternate between the middle and sides as needed. 

This dedicates 4 bots to the middle wall, 3 to each side wall, and 2 that can alternate between the middle and sides as needed.

Also, if you use units to tank, you can cram them into that space just in front of the middle wall. Doing so limits the number of attackers that can reach them, increasing their life expectancy.

Now then, in some cases you can set up your walls in a diagonal pattern. By doing this, you can take a base like the harbor, which would normally have 2 entrances, and block it off in a way that only requires one wall. I don't have a screenshot at the moment, so I'll hold off on discussing this build for now. 

Emergency Situations:

Oh crap, I lost a wall! Stealer is barbecuing my repairs, the Snowman ate my hero, and Pheng is tap-dancing all over my lumber mills, WHAT DO I DO?!

If you have bosses rampaging through your base like this, then it's probably already too late and your best bet is to run to someone elses base. So, here's what you can do to keep the situation from getting out of hand.

The number one priority in this situation is to get whatever broke through, back outside of your base (or killed), and then to plug the hole. 

First off, it can be helpful to notify other players. If someone has the rocketeer, they can drop a nuke on the enemies, dealing damage and drastically reducing their attack speed. If someone has the commander, they can drop paratroopers in to help. If someone has the astronomer (coming soon) they can summon infernals, stunning mobs and tanking for you. Any of these might be enough to buy you enough time to save yourself. 

However, outside help is not guaranteed.

So, if you're on your own, try to lure out or kill the mobs. If you can't get them out, it's game over either way. Once you manage to clear the base, you can purchase walls from the vendor. Building a wall entirely from scratch usually won't work, because it will have so little health and take so long to upgrade that it will be destroyed in one hit before it's strong enough to hold. So, take the walls from the vendor and plug the gap. If the wall needs to be upgraded, it might be a good idea to buy some additional walls to build in front of it as a stall. 

Now then, if a wall is just failing, it might be possible to save it. 

Buying armor upgrades and upgrading your armor statue can work, if you can find ways to distract the enemy long enough.

You can buy some walls from the vendor, and plant them behind the mobs attacking the wall. In theory, some of the mobs might turn to focus on that wall, buying you some time.

Another thing that can be done, is to research Solar Batteries or Lunar Mist from the command center.

If you have any units that can be sacrificed, you can blink them out into the mobs, buying yourself a few more seconds of time.

Lastly, Medics obtained from the mercenary tent have two moves that can heal walls. One of these moves is global, meaning that you can heal a base on  the other side of the map, or that they could heal yours. 

If your walls have broken, or are failing, there are two likely causes for this. It can be one or both that leads to failure.

1. You don't have enough wall armor.
2. Your repairs are not strong enough.

The first issue is the easiest to handle. Just buy time in order to research wall armor and upgrade your armor statue. 

The second is a much more difficult issue to handle. Your mechanics do not repair while upgrading, and if your wall is dying, they won't upgrade fast enough to save it. I suggest upgrading repair bots if possible, and researching Solar Batteries/Lunar Mist, depending on whether it's night or day. 

One last thing that can be very helpful for keeping a wall up, are repair keys. You can purchase them from the Librarian, for 2 lumber per key. If placed on an aura statue, they will automatically be used to heal a wall in range that has low health. They are effective, and have a very short cooldown. However, due to that short cooldown, if two walls are failing at the same time, one will break. 

It takes practice to get a feel for how quickly you should upgrade wall armor and repairs, and that feel changes depending on the difficulty, so don't worry too much about messing up before you master it. Even something like playing on normal difficulty for a couple matches can mess up your timing if you move up to a harder difficulty. 

Ranges:

One of the most important things to keep in mind when building is range. When it comes to towers and aura statues, their ranges will increase with each upgrade. The size of a single square on the map is 48x48. You can mouse over a unit/towers attack to see it's range. If you have a unit/tower with a range of 650, you could divide that by 48 (650/48) and see that it can attack something 13.5 squares away. When it comes to repairs, mechanics have a range of 70, and factories have a range of 130.

Now, knowing the difference in repair ranges in crucial if you want a more effective lumber setup. If you shift the factories so that they're slightly off with the mills, a single factory can help build 4 mills. A mechanic could only help with two. 

So, a build using this setup could look something a bit like this.

Each of the mills in this setup are assisted by 8 factories. I build the command center to the side like that as a placeholder, so that I have a clear starting point for my mils. The command center is assisted by 6 factories. You can also place other buildings on the outside, above and below where the mills would be, allowing for 4 factories to help with each building. Taking roughly 3 minutes and 30 seconds to set up, I like to use this build for soloing if I have the space for it. 

Now then, if you want to go REALLY over the top, you can do something like this

This build has a VERY high assist rate, and if you know how to chain commands together using the shift key, your builder can potentially never stop building. As far as assists go, you get an average of 10.5 assists per mill. 

Unfortunately, due to the size of this build only a handful of bases could hold it. Also, using 41 mills, this build takes over 7 minutes to complete. 

In conclusion, this could be an excellent build if you are lumbering a waller. 

Random Strategies!

There are some strategies FS that you will rarely see. I can think of three, and if anyone else knows of one please share and I'll post it here. 

I'll refer to this one as Boss Hunting. A player using this strategy will build in someone else's base, but won't actively help that player. Instead, all of their resources will go towards pumping up their hero, which they will use to track down and eliminate bosses. They will also go to bases that need help, and clear off the walls for additional experience for their hero.

I will call the second strategy Middling. A player using this strategy will base in the middle of the map, with all of the defender heroes. In older versions, of the map, 2 players using this strategy and commander heroes could survive the entire match and kill behemoth. In the current version, it's most likely a stall tactic, possibly surviving until Lt. Stealer arrives. It's a very nice stall for all of the other players in the map. 

The last strategy is Reinforcement Spam. A player using this strategy will build mass sentry posts, summoning hundreds of paratroopers. While the paratroopers help to kill enemies, it can be considered a troll tactic in public games. Mass paratroopers can result in desync, or fatal errors resulting in the game crashing, so be wary of this if you decide to use this tactic. 

Tips:

-Wall level isn't everything. You need wall armor, or no amount of repairs or health will save you. 

-If you are still relatively new, try to base with someone. One of you can focus on the wall, while the other can focus on resources.

-If you are playing alone, you need to build your defenses and resources up at the same time. It takes practice to get good enough to handle this.

-When issuing a command to your builder, you can make a list of commands for him to follow. For example...

• Hold shift while placing a building if you are going to build more than one of that building. Your builder will start building it. Now, you can hold shift and place the building again. You will see a silhouette of the building appear, and your builder will start working on it immediately after the first one finishes. 
• You can also hold shift while issuing other commands. such as blink or attack. By giving your builder a list of commands to follow, you can make sure that he stays active, and spend more attention on the rest of the base. 

-Another useful thing that can be done with the shift key, is to set your own hotkeys for units/buildings. To do this, simply have the unit(s) or building(s) selected that you want, hold shift, and press a number, like 1. Now, when you press the number 1, the unit(s) or building(s) will be selected. By doing this, you can switch quickly from one unit/group to another unit/group. 

A few tips for the bosses:

-Wizards can remove evade, but the last 3 bosses will go magic immune when they are almost dead

-Snipers are the best single target mercenaries you can hire

-Lt.123HELLO can be very useful, buffing the damage of both units and heroes.

-You can buy items from the vendor to make your hero stronger

There's more to come with this guide, check back later!

Link to the next guide:

http://fortress-surv...advanced-guide/

Introduction:

I remember the first time I played Fortress Survival. It was version 4.6, and I didn't have a clue what was going on. We've come a long way since then, and there's even more to figure out than there was when I first started. Long story short: I've decided to make a guide. I've seen plenty of people struggling with the game, and while I do help those I can, there are others I will likely never meet. So, I'm putting this together, in the hopes of it being spread by other players, to educate our newest players. If you already know the game, you probably won't benefit any from this guide, but I ask you to take a look at it anyways, and point out anything I miss so that I can correct it. 

If you need this guide, then I must be honest with you. This guide won't teach you how to beat the game. You might survive, but you will probably need someone to help you through the game and kill the last bosses. But this guide will lay the groundwork for you. From there you can find your own path, or move on the advanced guide that I will make soon.

Objective:

The point of this map is to survive. The most basic strategy for this is to find a room to hide in, build walls to block it off, repairs to keep the walls up, and towers to kill the enemies. 

Walls:

I'll start with the most essential thing, walls. Without them, you have to run laps around the map for an hour trying to dodge all of the mobs. There are two types of walls, Barricades and Regenerating.

Barricades- These have a high amount of health, and build very quickly. Their armor comes entirely from Wall Armor upgrades. At the end of the match, they will have the most health. With full armor upgrades, these walls will end the match with 55 base armor.

Regenerating Walls- These have a low amount of health, and take a bit of time to build, but they regenerate health on their own. They gain 1 armor each time they are upgraded, but benefit from wall armor upgrades less than barricades do. These walls will end the match with 64  base armor, as of version 6.41. 

Regular barricades on the top, Energy walls on the bottom.

Note: There are other ways to build your walls. I will discuss them in my next guide.

It's up to the player to decide which one they want to go with.

Now, where should you put these walls? At the entrance, of course. But there's a trick that lets you get more repairs on them. By building them halfway into your base, you can get repairs on the sides of the walls as well as behind the walls. 

Building like this allows you to fit more mechanics on the wall

Repairs:

So, you've placed your walls, and now you're debating on how to keep them alive. In this part, I'll go over the uses for each type of repair you can build. 

Repair Factories- These repairs have a repair range of 2. That means that they can repair something right next to them, AND something directly on the other side of it. Repair factories cannot be upgraded, but you can use them to create repair bots.

The factory in this picture speeds up the building speed of the buildings around it

Mechanics- These repairs have a range of 1. They can repair something right next to them, or something that is 1 unit away. These can be upgraded, and are best used for the wall.

The mechanic in this picture speeds up the building speed of the buildings around it

Repair bots- These are units that can repair anything in melee range of them. They can be upgraded. If you leave 1 unit of space between your walls and Mechanics, you can fit bots in between them, boosting your repair rate significantly. 

***One thing to note about repairs (excluding bots) is that if they are not currently repairing something, they will increase the building speed of anything you build within their range. I will go more in depth with this later on, or in a more advanced guide. 

Towers: 
So, now that you know what to do with your walls and your repairs, we'll discuss the final part of your defense. I'll go over the various towers, as well as my setup, and you can come up with your own strategy. 

Assassin Towers- These do a small amount of hero damage, but they do bonus damage to bosses (but less damage to normal mobs), have the ability to crit, and come equipped with a poison that slows enemy attack rate while also causing damage.

Frost Towers- These do magic damage, and come with a slow effect that will stack with the Assassin's poison. 

Flame Towers- These do chaos damage, which means that they do full damage against all armor types. 

Rock Throwers- These do siege damage, and have a chance to stun each time they hit. 

Tesla coils- Piercing damage. Low attack, high attack speed. 

Arrow Towers- These do piercing damage. They build quickly, and their first few upgrades are free.

Peasant Launchers- These do siege damage. They have a splash effect, making them very strong against groups of enemies, but do only half damage to bosses.
 

Arcane towers- Magic damage. They have a mana burning effect.

Gravity Disruptor- These do a relatively small amount of normal damage, but have a very large range.  

Minigun Turrets- These are anti-air turrets. In most public games, they won't be necessary, as you won't be playing with air. 

Aura statues- NOTE, THESE ARE NOT TOWERS. But they should be built in with your towers, as they can be upgraded to provide additional armor or damage to buildings within range. 

(Note to self: Include tower Magic abilities later)

***Bear in mind that the final bosses have a move which makes them immune to magic damage.

Resources:

Now that you know how to build your wall, repairs, and towers, you now know how to manage your basic defense. But basic isn't good enough to survive, which is where lumber comes in. By building and upgrading lumber mills, you gain the resource needed to start buying repairs and upgrades. Many upgrades are contained within your command center.  

Level 1 mills are obtained simply by building them

Level 2 mills are upgraded from level one

Level 3 mills are upgraded from level 2

Level 4 mills are upgraded from level 3

Level 5 mills are where you start to do tricks. To get a level 5 mill, build 4 regular mills in a square. When the 4 mills hit level 4, they will automatically upgrade to level 5. 

Level 6 mills can be obtained two ways. You can either choose to upgrade them from level 5->6, or you can build 8 mills around a repair factory. When the 8 mills hit lvl 4, they will automatically upgrade to level 6.

Level 7 mills require a bit of planning to make. I'll go over them in the advanced guide.

Lumber is good and all, but it's not quite enough to win in version 6.3. You will also need gold. Gold is used to purchase high level upgrades, and can be obtained either through a gold mine, or buy purchasing it from the vendor. To build a gold mine, you upgrade a mill to level 4, and choose the goldmine upgrade. Each person may own only one gold mine. It can be upgraded to a level 2 gold mine. 

With lumber and gold in hand, you stand a chance of surviving on one of the easier difficulties. But to seal the deal, or hope to survive on a harder difficulty, you need books. Books will unlock the highest level upgrades for walls, repairs, and aura statues. To get books, first research them in the command center, and then build bookshelves. The bookshelves will make books over time. 

Units:

Perhaps the strongest unit you can recruit is your hero. You can recruit him from the Command Center. At higher ranks, you will unlock more heroes. 

If you build a Mercenary Tent, you will be able to summon troops to aid you. I'll go over the troops right fast.

-Level 1 Mercenary Tent

     -Swoardsman-Fast melee attack unit

     -Mine Layer- Lays mines, has no attack

     -Light Scout- Fast moving unit, high vision, no attack

     -Light Marine- Free short ranged defender

-Level 2 Mercenary Tent

     -Gladiator- Fast melee attack unit

     -Potions Master- Ranged unit, deals chaos damage, has a slowing effect

     -Body Guard- Melee defender with high health

     -Siege Machine- Powerful melee unit with high attack and health

     -Medium Marine- Free short ranged defender

-Level 3 Mercenary Tent

     -Alchemist- Ranged unit, can shrink mills

     -Lt.123HELLO- Expensive short range unit, chaos damage, buffs damage and armor of nearby allies

     -Firebat-Short range unit

     -Rocketeer- Expensive ranged unit, strong splash damage

     -Exterminator-Anti air unit

     -Wizard- EXTREMELY useful ranged unit. Has polymorph, which will remove a boss' evade, and a slow that will stack with assassins' poison and frost towers slow.

     -Medic- Healer. Has a global move that heals structures in an area, great for saving other bases or your own. 

     -Sniper- Highest damage marine. Comes with crit. A crew of these will dismantle creatures in seconds. 

     -Marines- Medium range defender. Chance to stun on each attack. 

Note: If you plan to use units, make sure that your build allows space for them to actually help. A firebat stuck behind 4 rows of towers is a waste of space.

With this build, you can see a space just above the rock throwers where units can fit. There's an identical space on the top side of this defense as well.

Winning:

You now know the basics of the game. But in order to win, not just survive, you need to be able to kill the last three bosses, Trojan/Najort/Behemoth. In this version, they have a high amount of evade, so you need more than towers, more than units, and more than just your hero in order to kill them. You will have to combine all three elements. 

Tips:

-Wall level isn't everything. You need wall armor, or no amount of repairs or health will save you. 

-If you are still relatively new, try to base with someone. One of you can focus on the wall, while the other can focus on resources.

-If you are playing alone, you need to build your defenses and resources up at the same time. It takes practice to get good enough to handle this.

A few tips for the bosses:

-Wizards can remove evade, but the last 3 bosses will go magic immune when they are almost dead

-Snipers are the best single target mercenaries you can hire

-Lt.123HELLO can be very useful, buffing the damage of both units and heroes.

-You can buy items from the vendor to make your hero stronger

Welcome to [Contest 30] I Could've Been A Wall

Submit your entry below. Your choice of MODES, AIR and VISIBILITY!

MODES LIKE EASY AND NORMAL ARE ACCEPTABLE!

You must use any unit or tower in place of your Wall(s)!

Any Barricades or Energy Walls will be disqualified!

CONTEST START DATE:  March 28

CONTEST END DATE:  May 28

RE-NEWED CONTEST START DATE:  April 28

RE-NEWED CONTEST END DATE:  May 28

• REQUIRED:  Submit at-least 3 Screenshots through-out the game.
                        - First Screenshot must capture selection of Modes
                        - Additional Screenshots must capture something cool
   
• REQUIRED:  Submit WarCraft III Replay by Uploading/Attaching File.
   
• REQUIRED:  Submit Entry Using the Final Version of 6.76 or 6.77 BETA!
   
• REQUIRED:  Submit Entry Using the BETA Version of 7.00 B96!
   
• OPTIONAL:  Defeat All Final Bosses Including Eternia!?
   
• OPTIONAL:  Upload Recorded Video of Gameplay/Replay to YouTube.
                        - Please Include WarCraft III Replay and Screenshots!
   
• OPTIONAL:  Submit Multiple Entries For Better Chances At Winning!
                        - Only The Best Entry Will Win (You can only win once)

• WINNERS:

1. To be announced.

• Consolation: 

1. Custom Items/Units.

Welcome to the [Contest 7] Fortress Survival Grow Stronger!!!

Who has shown the most Growth since first playing Fortress Survival?!

CONTEST START DATE: September 10

CONTEST END DATE: November 10

RULES:

• Don't wait until the last hour to post your entry.
• Your submission must explain your very first Fortress Survival Experience, what you were doing, your first impression, etc.
• You must also explain how you've evolved as a player and how you've changed your tactics since your first few games.
• You must submit your in-game name where you would like the prizes to be awarded.
• Remember we expect enough effort from all submissions and will take them seriously so we ask that you do too.
• Those submitting more detail, pictures, and better use of grammar will gain more consideration!
• The contest will be going on for two months so revise your submission as many times as needed prior to contest end date.
• There will be Twenty-Five Winners chosen by our highly trained staff!

All Winners will receive a FREE Custom Builder.

If Winner already has a Custom Builder, they will receive a FREE Starter Bundle.

If Winner already has a Starter Bundle, they will receive a FREE BONUS ITEM!!

18 Winners in order of submission:

• dokodoko1
• AzZ
• zakuman
• TheDwarfLard
• Mindless03
• BlueBerryMuffin
• Kimimaro
• Cidiaus
• Ethaw
• Marco
• Niwa
• code.blue
• Murttraz
• Sieghart93
• sentinel_owning
• AlreadyDead
• mv1990
• Wisp2

Welcome to the [Contest 4] Custom Hero Design!!!

Want to design a in-game summon-able hero?

CONTEST START DATE: June 3

CONTEST END DATE: July 3

RULES:

• Only one entry per person
• Entries have to be reasonable and not too overpowered
• Don't wait until the last hour to post your entry
• You must submit your in-game name where you would like the prizes to be awarded
• There will be one winner chosen by our highly trained staff!
• Your hero can have a maximum of 4 abilities, passive or active
• Must include a rank that is needed to be able to obtain the hero
• Don't worry about the str/agi/def stats, we will set those
• This contest will be going on for an entire month, so take your time to create your Hero

JUDGING:
 

All submitted heroes will be judged on the following criteria:

• Original 0/5
• Overall strength of hero 0/5
• Abilities represent hero 0/5
• Icons 0/5

          Total: 0/20

TEMPLATE (Required Information):

HELP:

When designing your hero, make sure all of your selected abilities match your hero. We want heroes that have abilities that would match them.  Look at the heroes already in game, their abilities represent them.  Try doing this yourself with your hero!

PRIZES:
 

1ST/2ND/3RD Place:

#1 WINNING HERO TO BE PUT IN-GAME!!!

~*WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT*~

1st Place:

******Krehara******

Hero Name

The Astronomer

Hero Type:

Intelligence/ranged

Rank Required:

20

Abilities:

Starfall: Stars fall from the sky every 3 seconds onto enemies. Each star deals 100 damage (100*ability level) and has a 1% chance to stun an enemy for 1 second. (Toggle Ability)

Range:800

Mana Cost: 40 mana/second, +5 each level

Cooldown: None

Infernal Meteor: Calls down four Infernals onto target location. Deals 50 damage (+50 per level) and stuns for 3 seconds. Infernals are melee range, chaos damage, stats based on heroes intelligence, and last for 90 seconds. (Active Ability)

Mana Cost: 30, +10 each level

Cooldown: 150 seconds-4 seconds per level

Cosmic Mist: Reduces enemy attack speed by (1%*ability level.) (Passive Ability)

Mana Cost: None

Range: 800

Compact Supernova: Deals heavy magic damage in an area. Deals 15*intelligence. Max damage is 40k. Each level increases the damage cap by 3k. (Active Ability)

Mana Cost: 300+10 per level

Range: 800

Cooldown: 150 seconds

Stats:

Attack type: Chaos

Defense type: Light

Range: 650

Hero Description:

By combining science and magic, the Astronomer provides support. 

Icons:

Starfall:

Infernal Rain:

Cosmic Mist:

Compact Supernova:

In Game Model:

Original 4/5

Overall strength of hero 5/5

Abilities represent hero 5/5

Icons 4/5

Total: 18/20

2nd Place:

******King_Of_Dead******

Hero Name

Orc Elite Commander

Original 3/5

Overall strength of hero 4/5

Abilities represent hero 5/5

Icons 4/5

Total: 17/20

3rd Place:

******Rarigate******

Hero Name

Prophet

Original 4/5

Overall strength of hero 2/5

Abilities represent hero 5/5

Icons 5/5

Total: 16/20

CONGRATULATION WINNERS!!!

Welcome to the [Contest 1] Fortress Survival Meme! (CONTEST CLOSED, SEE BELOW FOR WINNERS)

CONTEST START DATE: April 25 00:01AM GMT

CONTEST END DATE: May 2 11:59PM GMT

RULES:
 

• Only three memes can be entered per person
• All memes must be original and submitted in this topic with the Image feature
• The three winners will be chosen by our highly skilled team of meme judges
• All entries must be submitted before the contest deadline
• You must submit your in-game name where you would like the prizes to be awarded
• Obviously, you may only win once per contest

JUDGING:
 

All submitted memes will be judged on the following criteria:

• Originality 0/5
• Subject Matter 0/5
• Creativity 0/5
• Quality 0/5

Total: 0/20

HELP:
 

Here is a great website for creating memes if you can not find one. To upload a different photo for your meme on this website, click upload on the left sidebar. http://www.memecreator.org/create

PRIZES:
 

1ST/2ND/3RD Place:

  Horn of Voortr'hal

"The mighty Horn of Voortr'hal was once used as a warning signal in order to warn all of his allies that enemy invaders had recently launched an attack on the planet. Ever since the remaining survivors have picked up the horn, it has been used as a last resort alarm for back-up."

Passive Abilities: Armor Aura & Health Regeneration Aura (Units)

Active Abilities: Summon Alpha Marine Squad

So get to posting your best Fortress Survival memes! Good luck to everyone!

~*WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT*~

1st Place:

Trifute

2nd Place:

Minato

3rd Place:

DwL-Blinky

Thank you everyone for all of your hilarious Fortress Survival memes! The winners will be rewarded with the next release of the map! Be ready for our next forum contest which will start sometime soon! Also be prepared for our in-game challenges which will be starting up soon as well!
 

CONTEST CLOSED

Another participation, solo this time, IGN: KeXi

Mode: Nightmare / No air / Visible

Fun stuff: Walling with lumbermill lvl7

Easements: Harbor guest, roberto&mr.shinkel (quest failed), multiple starting items

Couln't hold last bosses behind lvl7 long enough and died to Najort, but was fun to try this out. 33 armor and 106 000 hp on lvl7 

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Was walling with energywalls early on and changed to lumbermills lvl7 after it finished at the same time when stealers died, they took one energywall with them

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Bosses had quite a burst when they started smashing lvl7 down, but the repairrate was just as ridiculous

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Trojan smashed lvl7 down RIGHT before he died when taking first steps to the base

Najort was too much for witch even I went to get cursed armor to tank some hits

Reward items.
 
Malignant virus - If you've been infected by another player ( good thing ) and start with malignant virus in your code you are going to have 6 charges of malignant virus, When used on a Hero/unit/builder it increases their damage by 90, armor by 8 and their overall health and attack speed. You always want to use malignant virus on your hero so it makes  it easier to kill things early on and the attack speed is quite helpful. For the rest of the charges though you are better off saving them for later on in the game because the attack speed bonus is nice for Snipers (x8 crit ) Rocketeers ( x2 crit ) and marines that have a 3 % passive bash ability.
 
 
The last charge of your malignant virus should be used to infect your own survivor so that it gains benign virus with 6 charges with is a lesser version of malignant virus which you can use to further buff your units. ( Infecting another survivor with your malignant virus is how the virus is spread because they gain a benign virus which has a chance to mutate into malignant virus over the course of the gain wherein they can save it in their code. )
 
 
Trojans roar - Gained as a reward that can be saved in your load code for Killing Trojan/Narjot/Behemoth on impossible mode. The item allows you to AOE stun a group of enemies ( Has a 5 minute cooldown ) The best thing to do with this item is to either keep it on your hero or builder assuming these are your most accessible units but I personally put it on my Armor aura statue because it will intelligently activate trojans roar automatically when your walls are low ( Same for repair keys )
 
 
Wings of behemoth - Gained as a reward that can be saved in your load code for killing Trojan/Narjot/Behemoth on nightmare mode. The item allows the unit carrying it to fly over bases/certain terrain which is much quicker than trying to blink/run to your base at the beginning of the game. Additionally, Wings of behemoth grants the unit using it 150 damage and 10 armor. This is best used on your hero early/mid game for the damage and then later it can be placed on your walls when they gain an inventory slot and will benefit from the +10 armor. ( Don't worry you can't fly your wall off the map if it has wings of behemoth
 
 
Elemental stone - Gained as a reward that can be saved in your load code for defeating Demonic Eternia, Eternia will only spawn in a game where Nightmare, air, and invis is enabled. After killing Trojan/Narjot and Behemoth endless waves will start, Eternia will spawn on the 10th wave of endless mode. If  Eternia is killed in your game,  1 of 3 requirements must be met to be able to save the Stone in your code. 1. You get the killing blow. 2. You have at least 300 kills. 3. You have at least 60,000 produce.  The elemental stone gives the hero +1 permanent bonus to all stats for all enemy kills and can be infused with the power of the rainbow staff to form an elemental blasting staff which does more damage than a normal staff and keeps the stat gain from the stone.  (No player can earn more than 1 of the same reward in there save code)
 
 
Vendor items.
 
Sentry wards - 5 lumber invulnerable timed life ward, detects invisible units for 300 seconds. Sentry wards are nice if your Sentry post gets destroyed or you don't have the room in your base to build a sentry post in which case you can buy wards to detect invisible. On a different note, you can actually kill invisible units without having invis detection if you have spiked walls for your Barricades.
 
 
Health potions - 20 lumber. Instantly restores 2500 health when used, can only be used on units with an inventory ( cant be used with walls ) I actually find health potions to be quite helpful when you are playing with air because it can help keep your hero alive against air, could also be used to help keep medics, wizards, general, alive against air if they are being targeted.
 
 
Mana potions - 30 lumber. Restores 250 mana when used. Best used on a claimed alchemist or hero to gain mana for whatever reasons you have.
 
 
Everlasting walls - 140 lumber. The main purpose of this would be if one of your main walls was destroyed and you had to try and close the gap in your base. Could also be used as a mid/late game stall if needed.
 
 
granite walls- 220 lumber. The main purpose of this would be if one of your main walls was destroyed and you had to try and close the gap in your base. Could also be used as a mid/late game stall if needed.
 
 
Tree of vigor - 3 gold 100 lumber Regenerates hp and mana to nearby units and structures. An effective AOE heal for units while also
restoring mana, this is nice for medics and wizards who rely more  on there mana to be useful. But it's a nice heal for units and structures nonetheless.
 
 
Tome of knowledge -  260 lumber Permanently increases the main stats of the hero by 15 and sub stats by 5.  It's important to note that bookshelves have a small % chance to generate a tome of knowledge that is automatically applied to your hero. Outside of getting tomes from bookshelves you are really never going to buy tomes unless you have a lot of lumber to spare because they are so many other things you can spend your lumber on and Black larceny and cursed, lightning fist and rainbow staffs give you better damage for the price.
 
 
Regenerative stone - 6 gold 200 lumber. Regenerates the wall by 200 + 1 % max health per second. Also provides 5000 maximum health. Can only be use on energy walls.
 
 
Health stone - 8 gold 250 lumber increases the units health by 6000 and grants them 200 additional health regeneration per second. This is really effective on heros when they need to have a lot of survivability in order to stay alive, against air and air bosses for example, a health stone can make all the difference when air or air  bosses start attacking your hero. This is also good for walls and other structures that may be targeted by air. For example, I have to give my armor aura statue a health stone so that it doesn't get destroyed from air as they always seem to target it. 4 healthstones in a single inventory will automatically combine into a super health stone which has increased stats.
 
 
Rainbow blasting staff - 35 gold 500 lumber. Automatically blasts nearby enemies with rainbow projectiles, dealing 2260 damage per second. This does nice AOE damage and is in my opinion the first damage item you should save for/buy for your hero because of the nice AOE damage and because of the fact that it can combine with the elemental stone to form an elemental blasting staff. You can make an enhanced elemental blasting staff with an elemental stone and 5 rainbow staffs which does even more AOE damage and increases the stat gain from the elemental stone.
 
 
Black larceny - 30 gold 1000 lumber.  Increases the attack speed of the hero by 75 % and attack power by 300 when worn. It has an assassination lightning ability that does 45,000 single target damage when used ( The ability costs mana and has a cooldown ) When you have 4 black larceny in a single inventory they combine to form a cursed larceny which increases the heros attack speed by 300 % and attack power by 3000 when worn, and also has a stronger assassination ability. ( Your hero can have many cursed larceny )
 
 
Electric fist - 55 gold 2500 lumber. Increases the attack speed of the hero by 25 % and grants them 2500 additional damage. In addition to the Attack speed and passive damage, the fist has 10 % chance to proc a chain lightning ability which does a chain lightning  that spreads to 10 enemy units, it also has an active ability that uses balls of electricity to deal AOE damage for a short time.  ( Does not combine into anything else and  heros are limited to 1 electric fist ) Generally it's better to get an electric fist before you start going for a cursed larceny because the Fist gives you better overall damage, along with the chain lightning passive for the price. ( Cursed larceny ends up costing about 10,000 lumber if you buy all the gold you need for it from the vendor, electric fist is about 4000 lumber if you buy all the gold )
 
So when deciding whether or not you should buy a black larceny or a fist item first consider that for 15 gold and 500 more lumber your hero can get 2200 more attack damage, and a chain lightning passive but the black larceny would help you get a cursed larceny which has more damage, a stronger on use ability and much more attack speed which is very effective with heros.
 
 
Event/donator items.
 
 
Slujj hat (tower )  Adds 2000 health and 50 movement speed to the unit using it, but when placed it turns into a powerful, upgradeable tower with chaos damage, very fast attack speed and  a passive poison damage ability.
 
 
Silverling coin. Adds 1500 health and +10 armor to the unit using it ( can also be placed on a wall when it gains an inventory slot ) This coin also has an active ability with a one time use that when placed creates 9 silver walls in a square formation, this is great for making a quick stall at the start of the game when you get to your base.
 
 
Tiny lumber mill. A tiny level 1 or tiny level 3 lumber mill is available to donators so that they can start off with one in their inventory. I like to place my tiny mill aside and later turn it into my goldmine so that I don't forget.
 
 
Event items are items that were featured in a contest on the website  that allowed people to participate in the event and possibly get them if they were winners involved in the contest.  It is possible for event items to  later become donator items  available to all donators as a part of a bundle.
 
 
Mysterious librarian items.
 
The mysterious librarian is located in the library base and has a set of items that are available to all players.
 
 
Repair badge - 1 gold 60 lumber. When used this spawns a pair of flying repair units that help to further repair your walls. This item is useful if there is a particular boss that you might need extra support for.
 
 
Ability manual- ion cannon. 2 gold 100 lumber. This manual can only be used with the marine hero. It replaces his laser strike ability with ion cannon.
 
 
Repair key - 350 lumber. When used this item repairs your wall for 20 % of its health +5000 additional health.  Each repair key is a 1 time use so for it to be effective you have to buy multiple but it could help out against a specific boss that gives you trouble.
 
 
Ability manual - Mysterious Spellbook. 500 lumber. This manual can be used on all in game non donator heros. When used the spellbook grants the hero an additional random max rank ability out of pool of abilities.

Hi guys,

I was just thinking of an idea which could increase the difficulty of the game and avoiding some abuse from certain strong players.

According to my experience, i have seen some players using overpowered techniques to handle easy fortress survival game, even in the hardest difficulties. Maybe this game is a little unbalanced for these kind of pro players. That's why, i was thinking of new boss abilities which can totally piss off players who abuse. 

For example, some players just don't need to build towers or great defenses. People like jopi29 (from shs clan) can play solo easily on nm/air/invis and do everything like lumbering, pick an offensive hero and defending efficiently without any towers and repairs units for more than 30 minutes ....

Other players don't need to kill units and are just defending their base with walls and repair units most of the time during the game.

To solve this problem and to assure more challenge during fs games, i think it could be funny to put new boss abilities like :

- decay aura or rust aura (check heartstopper aura from necrolyte in dota) : all buildings or/and units lose a percentage of their max health over time. Or maybe an aura which doesn't allow ur repair units to work on walls (why not), or both auras at the same time. 

To solve troubles from this aura, players have to kill this boss fast or their base will be simply destroyed. 

- Global silence (check silencer ultimate in dota) : Stops all enemies on the map (or in an area) from casting spells (and destroy all summoning units when boss appears on the map ...).

The meaning of this aura is to stop all heros and support units to cast spells which can be enough to beat the map alone (whitout towers). Thus, commander heros and snipers will be totally fucked up with this boss inside the map and no more marines spamming . Moreover, all players on the map must cooperate to kill the boss who have this abilty very fast as alchemists too will be fucked (no more lumber ^^). Finally, the meaning of destroying all summoning units when boss appears on the map is to avoid all marines summons just before the global silence effect...

- Summoning spell (check icewind dale dragon's eye level 4 lol...) : Put an unmoving boss at a random defined place inside the map who is summoning extra creeps. This boss can be defended by his own minions and he summons stronger creeps over time (like endless waves).

The meaning of this ability is to force players heros to go fast outside their base to kill this boss as summoned creeps becoming stronger over time. Thus, players have to cooperate between themselves and must defend their base without heros for some times.

- Time lapse (check nerubian weaver ultimate in dota) or reincarnation (tauren chieftain ultimate) : Warps the boss back in time when he had full hp, resetting the HP and mana.

A really "pain in the ass" ability as players must have enough dps (damage per second) or some nukes to put this boss down. If not, this boss just regain his full hp depending of the ability cooldown u guys will chose (30 sec? 1 minutes? more?). I think this abilty can works nice with another "pain in the ass" ability (create a boss with 2 annoying abilities which works nice together). 

For this abililty, it could be maybe useful to put the cooldown indicator above this boss to inform players about how many times they have to beat him.

- Other aura abilities : Why not put some other auras on boss like attack speed, armor redution, damage aura, etc... 

These auras could be attached on defined boss or on random boss, or maybe can stack on boss after a certain duration of life (see extrem mode below).

Of course, the difficulty must be reflective because no meaning if too easy or lame if too hard lol ... But i think it could be rly a great idea to make this game more exciting.

Another idea : The extreme mode (idea based on differents games from warcraft 3 like element td and others).

The meaning of this mode (which could be added to the player choice at the begining of this game : normal mode or extreme mode)   is to make this game more exciting, particularly for pro players. Maybe new annoying abilities should be in game only in this extreme mod because players will need skills and cooperation to handle these new boss.

Futhermore, abilities can be added to defined boss or on random boss and can be stacked on them if they stay alive enough time  like an evolution (every alive boss gain 1 other ability every 2 minutes for example).

Thus all games should be different like this and players have to adapt themself to beat the game. It means more challenge and more exciting games. Thus, players will need equilibrated way of playing to beat the game as if they put all their eggs in one single basket, they will simply fail.

I think this concept is very important and i have noticed that other warcraft games which used this concept were successful (like legion td, element td, heros teamgames like dota).

I've got other ideas but i need more reflexion before publishing them ^^.

Conclusion : These above ideas are just propositions and they certainly need to be reflective a lot. They are based on my personnal reflexion of this game. The real meaning is to reach a game when perma reflexion and brain is needed to win. I have noticed that many good players find now fs quite boring because it's always the same and when you find a good technique and a good base, you have to do always the same and it's always fine and it's becomes too easy (so boring). Thus, create random things in this game, a higher difficulty level and everybody will be happy and will keep playing fortress survival.

Thanks for your attention guys, if u read this last answer you're a champion because i posted a complete novel .

Welcome to the [Contest 3] Fortress Survival Fan Art!

Have an interest in creating artwork?!

CONTEST START DATE: May 20, 2013 00:01AM GMT

CONTEST END DATE: June 3, 2013 11:59PM GMT

RULES:

• You may enter as many pieces of fan art as you'd like (unlimited entries)
• Entries can be drawings, paintings, hand-made models/clay/sculpting, etc. pretty much any piece of artwork
• Artwork MUST be Fortress Survival related
• Please don't wait until the last hour to post your entry
• You must submit your in-game name where you would like the prizes to be awarded
• The three winners will be chosen by our highly skilled team of judges

JUDGING:
 

All submitted fan art will be judged on the following criteria:

• Originality/Creativity 0/5
• Colors 0/5
• Appearance 0/5
• Difficulty 0/5

Total: 0/20

TEMPLATE (Required Information):

Name (In-Game):

Art-Work (Scan/Photos):

Other Information:

HELP:

Creating a piece of fan artwork can sound tough at first. That's why we have extended the contest date from the normal 1 week to 2 weeks. Feel free to create pretty much any piece of art you can think of! From crafts to drawings and paintings and more! Please post a scanned photo or a regular photo (or photos) of your art for your post.

PRIZES:
 

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will all be receiving the prize! 

The prize is called: Fan Art Scroll

An item that gives off an armor aura

It was a very tough choice between That_Girl and yungyunyung, good job guys!

~*WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT*~

1st Place:

That_Girl

2nd Place:

YungYungYung

3rd Place:

ReD

Contest Ended

Welcome to the [Contest 2] Fortress Survival Item!

(WINNERS RELEASED, SEE BELOW!)

Want to design an item that will get put into the map?!

CONTEST START DATE: May 10, 2013 00:01AM GMT

CONTEST END DATE: May 17, 2013 11:59PM GMT

RULES:
 

• Only 1 entry per person
• Entries will be disqualified if the complete template is not filled out (keep in mind you may only add to the template)
• Entries must include an icon (64x64 pixels standard WC3 size)
• Must be an original item and something new/different from any current item in the map
• Please don't wait until the last hour to post your entry, if you post your item before others do and they happen to copy your item, their entry will be disqualified and not yours
• If you are posting any custom models/art to use with your in the editor, please limit it to a minimum as we do our best to minimize the map file size
• Items can only have a maximum of 1-4 abilities (1 active spell), some of the best items only have one ability too

JUDGING:
 

All submitted items will be judged on the following criteria:

• Originality/Creativity 0/5
• Template Information 0/5
• Item Possibility 0/4
• Other Information 0/3
• Icon 0/3

Total: 0/20

Winner Selection:

1. Player with the best item (Highest score)

2. Random player entry (With a score above 15)

3. Random player entry (With a score above 10)

TEMPLATE (Required Information):

Item Name:

Item Type:

Abilities: Passive/Active, Cooldowns, Mana, Bonuses, Etc.

Effects: Flare, Thunderstorm, Etc.

Stats: Item Charges, Item Health,Item Size, Etc.

Other Information:

Icon:

HELP:
 

PLEASE SEE THE NEXT POST BELOW FOR AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO ENTER!

Icon Links:

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/icons.php

http://www.scrollsoflore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=50

http://www.wowwiki.com/WC3_Icons/Icon_List

At first creating an item may not sound that easy. But, by following the template provided it will help you immensely! And of course, this is a must for the contest. No experience of the WC3 Editor is needed. You may display any other information with your post you would like. Examples of different things you could display would be photos, a video of the item in action if you actually create the item in the editor, draft/sketch of your item, and as much information on the item as possible. The more you provide on your item, the more we have to judge you on and understand your item with. If your item is too overpowered you are most likely not going to win, unless you have explained how to balance it. If you don't follow the rules and template you are most likely not going to win. And finally, if your item doesn't fit in to the game at all, once again, you are most likely not going to win. If you have any questions please ask in the topic or send me a private message.

PRIZES:
 

1ST/2ND/3RD Place:

THE #1 WINNING ITEM TO BE PUT IN TO THE MAP!

So get to posting your best Fortress Survival items! Good luck to everyone!

~*WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT*~

1st Place: Kiss4deadz

[ Item Name ]

- Ancient Pool

[ Item Type ]
- Quest Item - Harbor
- Charged Item (Click to build)

[ Abilities ]
() Passive Skill Ability:
-> Regenerative Aura - Regenerates nearby units 35 health per second. (Healing range: 900)
() Active Skill Abilities:
-> Tidal Wave - Creates a tidal wave that damages units in a line for 2500 and slows enemies' attackspeed and movementspeed by 40% for 4 seconds.
* Cooldown: 90 seconds
-> Ancient reanimation - Reanimates a myrmidon from a corpse. (Range: 1200)
* Cooldown: 23 seconds

* Myrmidon information/stats:
- Unit to be used (Appearance in-game): Naga Myrmidon
- Maximum hitpoints: 25000
  ~ Very Easy mode: Hitpoints decreased by 70%
  ~ Normal mode: Hitpoints decreased by 55%
  ~ Mad mode: Hitpoints decreased by 40%
  ~ Impossible mode: Hitpoints decreased by 25%
  ~ Nightmare mode: Hitpoints remain the same
- Attack Range: 150
- Attack Speed: Fast
- Attack Damage: 350 - 522
  ~ Very Easy mode: Damage decreased by 65%
  ~ Normal mode: Damage decreased by 50%
  ~ Mad mode: Damage decreased by 35%
  ~ Impossible mode: Damage decreased by 20%
  ~ Nightmare mode: Damage remains the same
- Attack Type: Normal
- Armor Type: Heavy
- Movespeed: 320
- Has no upgrades

- Ground Unit (Vulnerable)
- Reanimated myrmidon lasts for 120 seconds
- Does not consume any food
- Passive Skill Ability:
1. Bash - 5% to bash unit for 0.4 seconds
- Active Skill Abilities:
1. Blink - teleport to the designated area instantly. (Range: 800)
2. Forbidden Fusion - Fuses with another myrmidon to become a Royal Myrmidon

* Royal Myrmidon information/stats:
- Unit to be used (Appearance in-game): Naga Royal Guard
- Maximum Hitpoints: 37500
  ~ Very Easy mode: Hitpoints decreased by 70%
  ~ Normal mode: Hitpoints decreased by 55%
  ~ Mad mode: Hitpoints decreased by 40%
  ~ Impossible mode: Hitpoints decreased by 25%
  ~ Nightmare mode: Hitpoints remain the same
- Attack Range: 150
- Attack Speed: Fast
- Attack Damage: 422-650
  ~ Very Easy mode: Damage decreased by 65%
  ~ Normal mode: Damage decreased by 50%
  ~ Mad mode: Damage decreased by 35%
  ~ Impossible mode: Damage decreased by 20%
  ~ Nightmare mode: Damage remains the same
- Attack Type: Chaos
- Armor Type: Heavy
- Movespeed: 350
- Has no upgrades

- Ground Unit (Vulnerable)
- Royal Myrmidon is a permanent unit
- Does not consume any food
- Can fuse or can have a maximum of one Royal Myrmidon ( If Royal Myrmidon died, the player can fuse another )
- Passive Skill Abilities:
1. Empowered Bash - 8% chance to bash unit for 1 second.
2. Toughened Scales - Has a 10% chance to block an incoming attack.
- Active Skill Ability:
1. Blink - teleport to the designated area instantly. (Range: 800)

[ Effects ]
~ Ancient reanimation - works like Animate dead (can be auto-casted/toggled)
~ Tidal Wave - When enemy units are hit by tidal wave, they appear looking frosted. (The same appearance when enemy units get hit with a frost tower)
~ Toughened Scales - When the block is successful, a magic shield will appear in front of the Royal Myrmidon for a millisecond or a simple small water burst to the Royal Myrmidon for also a millisecond.
~ Forbidden Fusion - When casted on another Myrmidon, both caster and the unit casted on dies and creates a Royal Myrmidon.

[ Stats ]
- One charge (Active)
- Item disappears after use
- Item cannot be dropped
- Item can be sold
~ Cost: 10 gold
- Non-savable item

[ Building Stats ]
- Building cannot be upgraded
- Building consumes 4 squares (Like a normal size Lumber Mill in FS)
- Building does not attack

- Building has no mana points

- Buildings' Armor Type: Fortified

- Buildings' Maximum health: 10,000 (Vulnerable)

- Building Appearance: Tidal Guardian (Naga)

- Cannot be used by rank 17 and below (This is optional)

[ Other Information ]
- If I ever win, can i suggest adding units to the harbor and a main unit (example: Harbor Captain) which needs to be protected for at least 15-25 minutes to obtain the item or obtain the unit carrying it.
- If item is too buffed, too weak or needs other information, mods and admins are free to change it.
- I tried my best to balance out the kilobyte consumed, item functions, etc. by my template. I hope you'll like it  .
- I picked Harbor in the FS map as my choice for my template because based on my experience, every FS game I played, there was only one garena player who based in that place. So I thought that I would help improve and popularize that base by making this template  .

- PS: Can I also suggest making FS npc units that carry items like the alchemist must not drop their item when killed or some sort? Because when these npc's die they drop their items. For example, when the alchemist in the mail room gets killed, he drops the tiny lvl 4 cloning machine which makes players get this item for free even without protecting the alchemist or claiming the mail room. So what I am saying here is, if my suggestion would be inputted, The Harbor Captain won't drop the "Ancient Pool" item.

-  Item Description ~ - From the depths of the ravaging sea, marines stole this weird pool from the kingdom of the Naga King. Still no one knows what horrific powers or creatures that live within this pool.

[ Icons ]
Ancient Pool Icon:

- Icon size: 9.98kb
- Icon link: http://www.hiveworks...0&d=list&page=2

() Default Warcraft icons
( Link - http://www.wowwiki.c...Icons/Icon_List )
~ Ancient Pool (Ancient reanimation)

~ Ancient Pool (Tidal Wave)

~ Ancient Pool (Regenerative Aura)

~ Myrmidon (Bash)

~ Myrmidon (Forbidden Fusion)

~ Royal Myrmidon (Empowered Bash)

~ Royal Myrmidon (Toughened Scales)

2nd Place: PaperNinja - Explosive Escape (Random Entry)

3rd Place: Revol - Spys Guardian - Scout Bane (Random Entry)

Congratulations to all of the winners, and thank you everyone for your great submissions!

Get ready for the next contest starting on Monday: [Contest 3] Fortress Survival ...... You really think we'd release it early?

CONTEST CLOSED