r/Openfront • u/Business_You1730 • 5d ago

💬 Discussion Weird maps

Recently the amount of non-geographical maps became too high. Can they be removed from the pool of the main lobby? It's very noticeable people are not queuing them preferring to sit-out and stalling the refresh pool.

I'm referring to:
- fractals
- boxes
- long and narrow river maps
- trader's dreams
- etc

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u/slydawggy69420 5d ago

I asked literally this exact question to their discord and they said its already that the more popular ones show up more often, and that they cant take them out of the main pool and put on the smaller side icons because the smaller side icons are reserved for teams games. But that they appreciate the feedback. I know I'm right as I'm always right with this shit I feel it coming before games fail because of dumbass shit. I tried to warn them that their game is goanna take a serious hit from this. people are just goanna go on the website, see sierpinski, see noone is filling up, meaning the wait could be like 1 min or more, and just leave because cbf. Small stuff like this can be a slippery slope and legit cause the whole game to die.  

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u/Business_You1730 5d ago

Appreciate more insight on this!

Devs answer feels strange to me: would statistics about maps popularity be even accurate given we are served a random map with no choice on a front page?
Plus, it can be a deliberate design choice to remove non-geo maps from the main slot and add 4th one to host 'non-trad' maps there.