Ban top two most played map from pool for one playtest.

[lapis totem]

How are we going to test the maps if it's just Sunset Sandy?

[valid creek]

Maybe after a map has been selected stop it from being chosen for X amount of rounds

[open hornet]

Or just remove map voting

Jesus

This game is in testing and there's map voting?

What's the point then

[atomic kelp]

so true so true

i am stuck on the same 3 normie maps instead of any of the other really cool looking ones

[open hornet]

Fr

It should be like bf4, it cycles through every map

Then you can have dedicated map servers or servers with a few maps in circulation

[gusty sigil]

When the new map dropped, I only got to play it once for 6hrs! Because every server was Wak, Barsa, and Valley...
And yes, I was swapping severs lol

[barren latch]

map voting is an integral part of the game. wont be removed. maybe community servers will give a work a round and just go in rotation

[open hornet]

Not integral in voting phase

How are you supposed to know if the other maps are good if they're not being played because they liked 1 map

[barren latch]

damn when the new map came i played it on repeat

[open hornet]

I played it a lot

[mild needle]

That is the flaw of the current system, we dont see all the maps at once, we can't vote to replay the map, and some maps are chosen way more than others.

I feel for testing reasons, they should remove them from the pool for a weekend test to pump more data into the other maps. I have played sandy more times than I can count, but I have played river 1 time.

[barren latch]

people have been saying that when u are playing a server and you are on Isle when the map ends and you play oildunes, when that oildunes match ends isle goes back into the picking pool but it should be kept our for one more match to keep from replaying the same map over and over. not sure if this would happen but it would be nice

[mild needle]

But you see the issue? You need a server to vote on a map, to then get the ability to vote on the original map.
And thats a whole new issue, because we still have the issue of a few popular maps always getting picked because one of them is always in the options. If we start restricting the maps in the pool, we will see the "rare" maps.

[barren latch]

yeah well once community servers come they can probably take voting completely out of the equation and just push a map rotation. Official servers wont be taking out voting and it will continue to be the way it is. I remember talking to Oki about maps a month ago and everyone has their own opinions on each map that they prefer and like. some people dislike construction and some people like it. that goes for every map in the pool.

talking about the OPs title. banning the two top most played maps will mean a large span of players dont get to play their favourite map, sure they could deal with it but i dont think it will happen

[mild needle]

no doubt everyone has their likes and dislikes, but what I am saying is for testing data, to pick maps to pull out of rotation so that lesser played maps get played. Apparently there is a map called Wine that I have not once seen, I have seen it once on the vote but never played it. It kinda just feels bleh to play sandy for the 200th time, I like the map for its urban fighting, but I agree with OP that they should do rotating pools to show off more of the maps

and the voting system needs some attention, because players do not vote, Ive seen maps win with less than 20 votes, most maps win with around 25 votes, never seen more than 38 outside of a brand new map. Even when chat is going crazy with talking about voting, there is maybe 60 votes cast

[barren latch]

yeah idk id still be surprised if they do that on official servers but its more so a tweaking to be done. I have personally played wine 5-6 times and its okay. im primarily a sniping player so i dont find it as fun. its super close quarters buildings

[mild needle]

again, I am just talking about for testing, not at launch

[barren latch]

yes i agree its annoying seeing so little votes when there are 254 players but not sure how that can be even improved. some people dont even care what map they play