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[Too Much Love]

I've been very encouraged by the unusual and highly rare event - the appearance of the new map in MWO.

Everybody agreed long time ago that the lack of the new maps in the game is one of its main disadvantages. People have been asking for "new city map" since 2012 B.C.

It was delivered. And what? I've seen it twice in 2 days.

Why it's so rare? I remember when HPG Manifold, Crimson on Alpine came out they been placed every second time. And you know what? It was absolutely OK, at least for the first week.

I'm not even asking to place it that often. At least usual probability would be good. But instead it seems that it's artificially turned off.

SAD!

[Spheroid]

Go home, you're drunk.

Edited by Spheroid, 18 May 2018 - 06:00 AM.

[El Bandito]

There is no way PGI would deliberately lower the chance of new map's appearance. Solaris City map is pretty decent in some ways but it is way too dark and crowded (not to mention resource intensive)--which means a lot of players will not vote for it anymore after dropping few times in it. People will stick with their comfort zone. Rubellite, despite being a unique and relatively new map, is still not preferred over that of Tourmaline, for example.

I think asking for faster release of new maps is just asking PGI to spend time and resources on something with little return. Players do not appreciate new maps. Hell, PGI should get rid of map voting entirely so people can be forced to have variety.

Edited by El Bandito, 18 May 2018 - 08:32 AM.

[Mystere]

I've said it before and I will say it again, map and game mode selection should be:

[theta123]

Mystere, on 18 May 2018 - 06:24 AM, said:

I've said it before and I will say it again, map and game mode selection should be:

Scruffy likes where this is going

Its my 10th game since i got home. 5th time frozen city..

[El Bandito]

Mystere, on 18 May 2018 - 06:24 AM, said:

I've said it before and I will say it again, map and game mode selection should be:

Mode selection should stay, as long as Escort is in its current craptacular form.

[Too Much Love]

Spheroid, on 18 May 2018 - 06:00 AM, said:

Go home, you're drunk.

Sorry everybody, I forgot that MWO forums are completely useless.

[Spheroid]

All I can say is your sample size must be too small. It is plainly obvious that the map is in high rotation. I am leveling three Thanatoses right now so in getting my 2x XP I play at least two dozen matches a day. The higher frequency is easily felt.

Edited by Spheroid, 18 May 2018 - 07:13 AM.

[Angel of Annihilation]

drunkblackstar, on 18 May 2018 - 05:52 AM, said:

I've been very encouraged by the unusual and highly rare event - the appearance of the new map in MWO.

Everybody agreed long time ago that the lack of the new maps in the game is one of its main disadvantages. People have been asking for "new city map" since 2012 B.C.

It was delivered. And what? I've seen it twice in 2 days.

Why it's so rare? I remember when HPG Manifold, Crimson on Alpine came out they been placed every second time. And you know what? It was absolutely OK, at least for the first week.

I'm not even asking to place it that often. At least usual probability would be good. But instead it seems that it's artificially turned off.

SAD!

I think I got it at least 4 out of 5 matches I played last night so it isn't rare in the least. Caustic, now that is rare. I only vote for a map when Caustic shows up because it is my favorite map. Right now I think I am on a x 7 multiplier which of course means that out of 7 times that map was an option to be chosen, the majority voted for another map. I think my records is a x 11 multiplier. Therefore I think I only get to play on my favorite map about once out of every 30-40 matches I take part in. Yay Map voting, it is the greatest.....woot....let's play HPG again for the 12th time tonight.

[Christophe Ivanov]

I have played the new map only twice and sadly on both times our team got our asses handed to us. Beyond that, I'm still getting to know the map during game play combat. I see some favor fighting from the elevated roads and all that. So watch our for them. it's a different map yes and good.

[Peter2k]

drunkblackstar, on 18 May 2018 - 06:59 AM, said:

Sorry everybody, I forgot that MWO forums are completely useless.

Or it's because your DRUNKblackstar

Mystere, on 18 May 2018 - 06:24 AM, said:

I've said it before and I will say it again, map and game mode selection should be:

Love it

El Bandito, on 18 May 2018 - 06:27 AM, said:

Mode selection should stay, as long as Escort is in its current craptacular form.

Absolutely, that never hurt in the olden days anyway

Edited by Peter2k, 18 May 2018 - 10:50 AM.

[Bombast]

The event should help it win when it shows up, at least.

https://mwomercs.com/events/119

[Kanil]

To hell with the new map, what should really show up more often is every friggin' map that doesn't support escort/incursion. It's not uncommon for maps like HPG, Mining, and Canyon to not even show up for voting for 25 matches or more, nevermind actually getting picked.

[Alexandra Hekmatyar]

Make it available for faction play Skirmish!

[Humpday]

From what I've observed, people are already forgoing the map. Rub Oasis, that thing it was picked all the time.
For me It runs poorly and i only pull like o 40fps with a i7-7700 and a gtx1070.

I like it, its cool, but humans waste 98% of the map and jun to the middle. Me i like running around back of teams in an assault mech, its super easy to flank since you're coming in and out of cover all the time. I mean theres the obvious risk of walking face first into the other team on accident of course but meh...thats part of the thrill.

[Lanzman]

Personally, I love the Solaris map. It's quite different from any other we have and is great for brawling and knife-fights. It's like the anti-Polar Highlands, being extremely unfriendly to LRMs. Digging it.