OK, so after River of Gold I decided, why not give the players exactly what they want!
Bright happy grass, Blue clear water, essentially Morte Della Luna without the Sand. Well, maybe just a little sand.
The outcome was River of Life. This map is placed 800 years "before" River of Gold in the same exact location. Same terrain, same Displacement, same basic map. EXCEPT, this one plays completely different than River of Gold.
I wondered if this would happen. If players would play more aggresively on a bright happy map than on a dark nasty map. It seems quite true.
Both River of Gold & River of Life are 8-start FFA maps. They do not play worth a crap with 2 or 3 people. These are both for mass chaos & carnage.
Both maps have unique SOLO levels on them entwined by a storyline by Ares & custom Pregame Illustrations by TJ.