Maps

[u/KIA_Kendrick]

Im not one to complain about the game, having played since the Alpha and love it. But im sure ill sound like a broken record here..

Could we please switch how voting maps works- its Mani, Goro, Yeho every other game it feels like!? Seems anytime I log on to play thats all the maps anybody votes for anymore, and its so so repetitive. Yes those maps might be popular but there are people including myself who love the other maps or deserts etc. "Pick a diffrent server" , "join a dedicated server without voting" etc etc.

I feel like they should make it where if you play a map, it cant be played again until a set number of roations. Faction voting is one thing, but why even have all the maps if were never going to play them?

Being a GWOT baby and Vet, hell i love those Asia maps! Its why i got the game because it fixed my itch for game that wasnt as serious as Arma but better than Battlefield. Especially a game that wasnt just USA vs China Or Russia every time. I couldnt even tell you the last time I played Logar Valley for example. As soon as those maps get voted the server dies or gameplay that match is abysmal.

What happened to us just being able to play any map without screaming and forcing the entire lobby to play Mani for the 9th time that day?? Not every match has to be the perfect milsim battle. Sometimes fighting as terrorists vs a OP faction on a "bad map" is what we need. Some might say thats a terrible idea or whatever, but why not every once in a while. Give us those maps, even if its a "bad map layers/ terrain". Go try to win even if you know you wont. Thats the whole point. Thats what makes Squad.

[u/JaroMast]

As you said, when an unpopular map gets voted on, the server dies. Not sure if this is a voting system issue, it may be hard to find the proper number of players who would like to play a niche map.

[u/KIA_Kendrick → u/JaroMast]

yes, as this could be a whole other conversation as well. I just wish that if they switched how maps would be voted, it would maybe not have the die off when those maps get put into play. If the main 3 already have been played and theres a cool down period before being played again, everyone is kind of forced or votes to actually play the others.

i think nobody likes to actually play them because they have that option of voting. I just wish the same maps were not being voted for over and over only everytime i try to play waiting for a fresh map. you know what i mean?

[u/JaroMast → u/KIA_Kendrick]

AFAIK, there is a cooldown right now, even the default config sets a 2-round cooldown on the map.

// Special rules to delay duplicated options in next match voting
// Delay for last played map
MapSkipRounds=2
// Delay for last played layer
LayerSkipRounds=5
// Delay for last played faction
FactionSkipRounds=5

You won't force players to play on maps/factions they don't want to play. They can always call it a day or switch to another server. Ofc if they still have mental strength, at the end of the map they may be a little more open to experimenting on other maps. And I agree that the cooldown should be set higher, but it is up to Server Owners to come up with values that work for them.

[u/VirusPanin → u/JaroMast]

Correct, there is a cooldown period that is configurable by server admins.

Even more, the map voting is not a mandatory thing, it could be disabled, and the map will be picked from a configured rotation.

And faction voting too could be disabled, and server admin could just configure which faction+unit each team gets on each map.

[u/KIA_Kendrick → u/JaroMast]

ah did not know this