It’s that time for you to weigh in on the maps you want to see in the next 1v1 Ranked Map Pool! Here are FOUR of the SEVEN (total) maps that will be showing up in the next map pool update:
MAP 1
MAP 2
MAP 3
MAP 4
ARABIA
ARENA
RUNESTONES
TEAM ISLANDS
Now it’s your turn to vote for the THREE (3) maps that you’d like to see join the pool. Of the options below, the three that receive the most votes by Sunday will be added to the map pool next week!
VOTING ENDS:2021-12-12T20:00:00Z
NEW MAP ROTATION: December 14
VOTE: 1v1 RMR
Vote for your 3 favorite maps! Don’t forget to click the ‘Vote now!’ button at the bottom of the post once you’ve locked in your choices.
Continental is the classic map from original aoe2 and I think this map deserve more love.
It is hybrid map with many water chock point, narrow passages which can lead interesting gameplay. I hope this map getting more love.
100% agree. I never understood why the classic hybrid maps (cf. coastal or highland) fell out of favor. Granted, they may not always be 100% fair (so perhaps not ideal for tournaments), but for ranked this shouldn’t matter a lot.
Just gotta laugh that land madness beat nomad followed by nomad players removing hide-out from their vote (which was either no.1 or no.2) just so they could keep nomad.
Looks like we have another insta-ban in the pool.(nomad) which is an entirely seperate game-mode from the regular standard start the ranked 1 vs 1 random map(not random start) queue is based on.
The average player who plays 1 vs 1 ranked random map practices based on the standard start and thus their elo is reflected on that start. Vs a player who plays nomad or even just moderately practices it vs a player who doesn’t care for it that elo means nothing.
And that is why it belongs in the ranked lobby system or in a seperate queue altogether, and that’s also why it’s an insta-ban which wastes bans which is why we have people calling for unlimited map bans(bad idea) because we have entirely seperate game-modes cluttering the ranked random map 1 vs 1 and team-game ranked queues.
Sad, but probably true. We should be able to have fun maps in the pool without worrying about games going 45 mins instead of 30. I don’t recall Coastal being that much different from Mediterranean and that one ends up in ranked sometimes. It’s not like we’re pushing for ranked Michi.
To be honest, I wouldn’t be terribly broken hearted if I had to play a random weird game like Michi once a year or something. I normally ban that kind of stuff, and it’s not something I would ever choose to play, but it can still be fun, in the right circumstances.
Rank players based on luck? That doesn’t sound like a good system at all. Try winning a game as Aztecs vs Italians on islands. Choosing a civ that can succeed at a given map is part of the strategy, that’s why it is a major element of tournaments.
VOTING ENDS: 2021-12-12T20:00:00Z
NEW MAP ROTATION: December 14
Continental
Enclosed
Golden Pit
Hamburger
Hideout
Land Madness
Land Nomad
Marketplace
Scandinavia
Hideout
