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As I mentioned in the last town hall, MWO is getting a new game mode and map voting screen. Instead of dropping you into a match with the game mode and map already selected, you will instead be taken to a voting screen. You and the 23 other players in the match lobby will vote for one of 4 randomly selected maps, and for one of two randomly selected game modes. You have 30 seconds to cast your votes. Once the timer runs out the map and game mode which received the most votes begins to load.
If votes are evenly split, say with 12 players voting for Map A and 12 players voting for Map B, the map is selected randomly from those two maps – Map C and Map D would not be considered. Player names are not visible in this voting screen, so all voting is anonymous.
This new system provides two major benefits: the first, and most simple, is that it provides players with an opportunity to influence which map is played; the second and largest benefit is that the match maker no longer needs to account for the pool of player-selected game modes when finding the best possible match.
While it’s true that this new system will mean that players who have previously chosen to de-select a specific game mode will now sometimes need to play the game mode they would have otherwise never played, we feel that this change is the right choice going forward, as it should lead to improved wait times and PSR matching across the board while bringing another level of polish to the player experience.
Largest benefit is that the match maker no longer needs to account for the pool of player selected game modes
So now we are having our choice taken away. Because Player population has fallen so much it requires this action. I can not stand conquest, I can not really stand assault. I play skirmish. To me that is fun. To others the other modes are fun, to each their own no problem. It has been a STAPLE of this game since modes were introduced that we could pick and choose which mode we wanted to play.
The last time they did this it started WW 3 yet again on the forums. Just admit that the population has dropped to the point that folks are having to wait many minutes even in a light mech.
I do not see why the Game Modes have to be voted on. Yes the polulation of this game is probably less than 10% of what it was. And that is an educated guess but I feel its in the ball park.
WHY AM I BEING FORCED TO PLAY A MODE I DO NOT WISH TO?
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