Flawed Map System

I absolutely, completely agree. My suggestion would be to make it a requirement for map makers to listen to feedback before a map wave gets released, the feedback scheduling could take place among the commitee and then forwarded by the representatives in their respective team chats.

This provides for many regulars to be able to give their feedback, of course though, moderators need to be in place to keep things under control.
Map makers wouldn't even have to be forced to implement anything, but this would provide for them to get a lot of opinions they can think about^^

 

The gameplay might be sh*tty but the maps are really pretty!

(yes I am an ungrateful swine)

 

Yay, you made the thread. Now we gotta hope the mods actually take this into consideration .-.

 

Last wave I attempted pushing a new system that involved lived testing and some other aspects. Unfortunately, we didn't begin with that plan so it wasn't very structured and we ended up falling back to the old voting system. However, I agree it needs a change and I've personally been trying to think of a new plan for a couple of waves now - but I just haven't had the time to get it set up or talked through etc...

The new wave just came out so we're focusing on that for now but, speaking for myself, I would like to see something new for the next wave. I've already mentioned the idea to the mods earlier to hopefully get us talking, so we'll see where it goes. If we do change things up, we'll probably letcha know pretty soon.

 

inb4 Roke;
"The current map voting system is working perfectly fine, therefore this is an unnecessary thread"

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I would like to see sort of a pyramid system implemented. Like this:
Every map submitted starts at the bottom, every one of those should have a poll saying yes and no. The map should be open for viewing and have some pictures. Based of votes the map can either be told what needs improving by a mod, or get onto the next round.

The next round is where mods decide, the committee of mods looks at it and they decided if they want to push it on after that.

The test round, only 1/5 maps should get here, this is where the map is put in the rotation for a week or few days, the map title would be in-game [Testing] (name)
There would be a forum vote for this and In-Game one, if there are lots of votes it will be put in the next wave.

Pyramid because it narrow it down.

 

Would you want all map reworks for wave xi to be released this weekend all at once, or shall we stick to the plan of releasing one per weekend?

 

I dunno about others, but personally, all at once ish better :3

 

All at once, the reworks are very nice, or look nicer imo

 

What happened to the testing of maps in laike, a one day event thing? That was kind of nice for players to get a feel of the map and then form opinions of it.

 

I've always thought the system of add and remove maps whenever necessary was a good idea. It's what a few other gamemodes, sabotage for example, did back in the age of MCPVP, where a new map was discovered on the forums, people said they liked it and then it was added. If a map wasn't doing too good after a certain amount of time, then it was pulled.

It was a lot easier for a gamemode like sabotage, which doesn't have the complex class mechanics that ctf does, but a similar system for CTF could still easily exist. I know that it was talked about multiple times back when I was a moderator, but I don't recall what became of it.

A stream, if you were, rather than a wave.

 

Eh... not sure. Wave XI definitely created some serious hype, for me at least, and I think releasing them one at a time would detract from that.

Also, if you're not happy with the maps, why not make them yourself? Many veteran mapmakers have left CTF and it's important that we don't just let mapmaking die out, especially since Build makes it so easy to do so.

 

I would give my opinion on the maps, but I haven't played one yet. I was on last night for almost two hours and only saw blackout, skyworlds, and dragon valley (is that what it's called?). Luck of the draw I guess?

 

Yea the rotation of maps definitely needs to be improved on this side note. For some reason I'm always playing maps like Slate, River Crossing, and Whiteout, but I rarely ever find games with Blackout, Pavo's Academy, and Lighthouse. This is really just personal experience but it's a pattern that I've really started to notice lately.

 

In my opinion, I feel that CTF Maps are now often forced to be so balanced, that it takes some of the fun away. Personally, I find maps like Blackout and Skyworlds to have some of the fastest, most enjoyable, and dynamic gameplay. I'm 100% positive Blackout would not have been accepted into Wave XI if it was up to be a new map, yet it has stuck around for quite a while, and is a common favorite amongst players. The new maps are so balanced and so complex that it takes away from the gameplay, and the unbalance found in other maps makes them more enjoyable.

 

But Pavo you know how lazy we are..

100% random. I keep getting Lighthouse etc.

 

The first person I've heard wanting unbalanced gameplay, and I couldn't agree more.

 

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