Life of a Peasant, abbreviated as 'LOAP', was an early roleplaying custom map in Warcraft III. While it was never a roaring success as Defense of the Ancients was and still is, LOAP has become one of the most edited custom maps on Warcraft III. Peasants are trained from the hard-working and stout-hearted citizens that live in the numerous kingdoms of Lordaeron. By mining Gold and harvesting Lumber to meet the ever-increasing needs of the fighting force which must push back the unrelenting Horde, they are the backbone of the Alliance.

Militia are created by Peasants arming themselves at their Town Hall, Keep, or Castle. Militia are on a timer of 45 seconds and will convert back to Peasants when their timer runs out. You can always convert Peasants to Militia via the Town Hall and convert them back to Peasants at any time.

Militia can only be created from a player's starting Town Hall, but they can be created from any of the player's Keeps or Castles. If you want to use Militia to defend an expansion you will have to upgrade it to Keep.

Militia are used to defend your town when it is under attack. After Militia are done fighting they should be returned to work.

Some people choose to repair towers rather than using Peasants as Militia but you may find that using them as Militia is much more effective. Even better, use a mix of Militia and Peasants repairing towers.

Only the Humans have the ability to convert their workers into an army. This gives them the ability to have a regular army and make it much larger with Militia creating a super army. While Militia are very weak fighters, they can turn an invasion into a slaughter. The enemy thinks they can take your army but instead the Militia turn the battle into your favor. It's sometimes a difficult decision to use Militia. You should definitely use Lumber Peasants for Militia but beware of taking Peasants off Gold to create Militia when you don't have to.

Militia Scout
Players typically scout with their Peasants which have a speed of 190. But instead convert one to a Militia to scout which has a speed of 270! The Militia can scout several locations and can take some hits from the Creeps before he converts back to a Peasant again. Although some argue it's a waste of resources to use a Militia instead of a Footmen.

Militia Creep (submitted by Brain_Dead)
Get a hero (of course) and a few troops with you, whatever they may be. Then, when you're ready to creep, use Call to Arms and use the Militia to help you! If you're close enough to the enemy, you can try this on them too! But beware, you'll need those Militia alive to maintain your economy.

Warcraft 3 Life Of A Peasant

Life of a Peasant, abbreviated as 'LOAP', was an early roleplaying custom map in Warcraft III. While it was never a roaring success as Defense of the Ancients was and still is, LOAP has become one of the most edited custom maps on Warcraft III.

History

LOAP was first made by StankeyNuggets under the map name of Real Life not too long after Warcraft III's release. At what point the map name was changed to Life of a Peasant is unclear. LOAP has never had a uniform 'brand' of versions, and instead the recent new maps available now are copies of copies, and so the evolution of the map has been very erratic due to its extreme decentralization of order.

Gameplay

Most LOAPs have peasants, a Police Chief, a Drug Lord, and the Mafia. Some versions more prominent in Reign of Chaos have a Go-Kart Manager instead of a Drug Lord. Some versions also created entire new factions.

The job of the Police Chief is to maintain order in the land while fighting the Drug Lord and Mafia boss. The Police can enforce the law by arresting people and putting them in jail. This has often led to abuse, as there normally is no way for the person to get out of jail, the prison van can easily 'arrest' people without being prevented by the player, and the people playing the Police would often leave people in jail indefinitely.

The job of the Drug Lord is to sell drugs (items that can increase the stats of heroes). The Drug Lord holds a monopoly of supply of the drugs, as in most versions only he can harvest drugs, and as a result has full control over the price.

Warcraft 3 Life Of A Peasant Power Ultimate

The Mafia's job is to fight the Police.

Peasants in LOAP do not initially have a specific aim. Each peasant can have one job for receiving gold. Generally at the start of the game there is a rush by the peasants to get the mayor job (and in some versions the president too) as it is the only job that does not require you to do anything at all. Some of the numerous other jobs are a doctor, garbage collector and mailman.

Houses are dotted around the map and can be bought at a set price. While their doors can be used as a temporary obstruction for enemies, they are largely for roleplay purposes. Some houses in some versions however come with a item storage box, a 'security building' (where you can train militia), and even cars.

Despite LOAP having numerous versions, it's core gameplay does not change by much from version to version. Death for example is never permanent for any hero in LOAP. After an amount of time, the hero will resurrect at the doctor's surgery usually at the cost of losting a set percentage of money. This is why imprisonment is generally considered a worse punishment than death, unlike in real life. The general layout of the map is also kept the same, although some maps extend it.

Life Of A Peasant Warcraft 3 Reforged

Versions

Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne Life Of A Peasant

Because LOAP is a fairly basic map lacking protection while certainly not lacking potency to easily give the host strong powers, it has come to be quite possibly one of the most edited Warcraft III custom maps of all time. Mapggnome.org holds more than 10,000 different LOAP versions.

Some of the more prominent versions are:

• Highschool Loap
• LOAP 2 Gold
• Loap God and Death
• Loap God of Hellfire
• Loap Japan
• Loap Make Your Own Gang
• Loap Martial Arts
• Loap Resident Evil

Warcraft 3 Life Of A Peasant