Banned maps do not appear in 4vs4 team game

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 90260
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam / Microsoft Store
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:point_down: Banned and preferred maps do not appear when somebody else is the party leader in a team game. I reposted this issues with new screenshots since this hasn’t been fixed for years

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

:point_down: How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST!

  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

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Host screen: there’s clearly one banned map

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My screen: it’s kind weird being the first in teams list of players. it should be the host. I can see 2 banned maps

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Host screen during queue: there’re 4 banned map

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My screen during queue: I can only see one banned map (nomad)

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reminder to the devs still not fixed…

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reminder to the devs still not fixed…

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@IvanHCastro any update on this issue?

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Hi @NightFury8985

Thanks for bringing this to us. I am not sure if I understand what you are reporting here.

The issue is:
a- I have maps selected as banned/preferred and those are not being respected when I am not the party leader
b- I don’t see the same maps the party leader chose

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@IvanHCastro
=> b) You do not see the same maps (banned or preferred) that the party leader has selected.

This is also not a niche issue, as it happens quite frequently. There is clearly a technical problem with how preferred and banned maps are communicated to non-party leader players.

As a non-party leader, you can see when the leader selects bans and a favorite, but you can never be sure that these are the maps the leader has actually chosen. This discrepancy is a frequent topic when queueing with friends, as the maps shown as banned almost never match what is communicated over voice chat.

[Note: a) “I have maps selected as banned/preferred and those are not being respected” is a different problem and only affects Unranked Quickplay to my knowledge (Issues: Quick Play game on a banned map and Map Ban System Failing in Quickplay Teamgame Matchmaking)]

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This issue may be related: Banned maps do not appear in team game

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the issue is b. and it happens 100 percent of the time when playing 4vs4

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Yes, this issue is not only easy to reproduce but also very obvious. It raises the question: do the developers regularly play multiplayer? If not, perhaps Microsoft should consider a weekly, paid gaming session. This could help ensure that bugs like these are identified and resolved within days rather than taking years. :wink:

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Hello everyone,
thanks a lot for bringing these issues to our attention, we are now tracking them.
Have a great day

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