New Maps, Old Maps, More Maps

[njames89]

I don`t think I am alone in saying that the map rotation is a bit dull right now. Everyone can immediately think of a few great maps not in the rotation.

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Why not spice up our game and add some of the old classics back in and maybe even some new maps?

My top 5 list:
1:Tavern
2:Arena
3:Giant Bridge map (with bridge gap)
4:Giant Volcano with Lava pit
5:Donkey Hill (With Giant Donkey statue and ladder to climb inside)

[Doom_Carrot]

I very much agree, Most of the battle maps are already getting kinda boring :/

Besides heisenberg. I love heisenberg.

[njames89]

More maps means more variety and I think everyone would agree pretty much. Poll added vote!

[BlackxBird]

Me and habi checked some maps the last days too. All those old ones who were really great and got removed for like no reason :/. He's going to post tomorrow what ones it is^^

[njames89]

If anyone else has maps they would like to suggest post em!

Nashringa: if you guys can put some votes on it
Nashringa: then yea i can adjust the maps

Get to voting so we can have some of these awesome maps back in the rotation. Who knows maybe new ones too!

[Teeth]

All the maps you suggested, perhaps save for Arena, have been population killers in the past.

[Kenda]

I Think new maps should be added, but I agree with Teeth, the maps you've suggested are kinda shit and gimmicky imo. The bridge map with the gap was the dumbest shit ever, everyone just stood on their side looking at eachother whilst ranged had a good time. Arena might be a fun map sometimes but lets be honest, its fucking tiny and if theres more than 40 ppl on its just a clusterfuck.

There are good maps however that were removed from the map pool, might be Worth looking at what maps we used to have and reevaluate if they're good or not.

There's a few circle maps in the roster right now like the Church one which in my opinion is frikkin horrible and should be removed or changed. The journey to find your opponents isn't too exciting.

[Doom_Carrot]

I Think new maps should be added, but I agree with Teeth, the maps you've suggested are kinda shit and gimmicky imo. The bridge map with the gap was the dumbest shit ever, everyone just stood on their side looking at eachother whilst ranged had a good time. Arena might be a fun map sometimes but lets be honest, its fucking tiny and if theres more than 40 ppl on its just a clusterfuck.

There are good maps however that were removed from the map pool, might be Worth looking at what maps we used to have and reevaluate if they're good or not.

There's a few circle maps in the roster right now like the Church one which in my opinion is frikkin horrible and should be removed or changed. The journey to find your opponents isn't too exciting.

I love clusterfucks 

[njames89]

All the maps you suggested, perhaps save for Arena, have been population killers in the past.

I seriously doubt a couple different maps in the rotation will "Kill" the population. I believe 100% playing the same boring shitty rotation "Kills" the population.

[Kenda]

I seriously doubt a couple different maps in the rotation will "Kill" the population. I believe 100% playing the same boring shitty rotation "Kills" the population.

Definitely, but so does bad maps. When that shitty forest map with the beach comes on, people leave, new maps should be added but not bad ones.

[njames89]

I am talking about NA. I don't know how the eu server behaves.

Rather than play 1000 boring village maps most players in NA would have maps with distinct identifiable features that make the gameplay different and more exciting.

Features like:
-The close range fighting of Tavern and Arena
-The change of fighting over a massive chasm and jumping the bridge (great fights at the bridge gap)
-A Donkey statue ranged can climb inside and shoot down from on a large cav plains (Praise the donkey god)
-Several Bridges over a chasm filled with lava (makes for great ranged play)

These maps are just fun to play. Even new players can tell you the rotation now is garbage and boring.

[Teeth]

I seriously doubt a couple different maps in the rotation will "Kill" the population. I believe 100% playing the same boring shitty rotation "Kills" the population.

I am not talking about reducing the overall population, I am talking about the population dipping visibly when certain maps come on. Gimmicky maps always have this effect after a while. With servers only being decently populated for a few hours each day, one gimmicky map that a few people cannot be arsed to play can effectively end the playing session for the night. I would be careful extrapolating your opinion to everyone. That said, I can't extrapolate my experiences with map popularity to NA, just saying that these maps, save for Arena, would absolutely murder an EU battle session. Nobody in EU except ranged likes to play maps where they have to run around large obstacles, climb shit, or in any way have to approach ranged without cover for a prolonged period of time.

Also, my title is a lie, I have long resigned from any official position of managing rotations, so you don't have to convince me.

[Jona]

Yeah, the gimmicky maps are best left out of the rotation, but accessible to admins in case there is a collective want for a "different" map when one is online. However, we could definitely use some different maps in rotation, for instance older maps like the city riot (the map with the overturned carts and the sewers) might be able to make a comeback now that the server population as a whole has dwindled. It's arguably a non-cav map, but I don't see why we can't have a couple maps in a large rotation not cater to a single class type.

[BlackxBird]

Gonna post some screenshots of the maps I miss

[yasutay]

This maps was really perfect and I agree with you