On July 26 2011 05:43 FiReMaN wrote:
Why on earth would they remove Meta? Surely they must know it's one of the most popular, or atleast, least disliked maps..

Because it's against the Blzizard Map Philosophy. There are no rocks.

Elefanto

Switzerland3584 Posts

July 25 2011 20:48 GMT

#1342

Nice, all vetos back.
Bye Shattered and 2 of the new maps.

ProxyKnoxy

United Kingdom2576 Posts

July 25 2011 20:49 GMT

#1343

Metal removed what the? That's one of the most balanced maps (apart from close spawns)

KiLL_ORdeR

United States1518 Posts

July 25 2011 20:49 GMT

#1344

wish they had an even spread of 2 and 3 player maps rather than all 4 player maps plus xel naga. It's a nice change though, I think all the maps removed needed to go.

Razith

Canada431 Posts

July 25 2011 20:50 GMT

#1345

Metal is a fun map but its definitely gone because its old and blizz doesn't like the hackish fix of disabling close spawn.

Really excited for season 3. Season 2 started during my exams but season 3 starts during the summer!

Pred8oar

Germany281 Posts

July 25 2011 20:52 GMT

#1346

I need some more vetos :/
And WHY THE FORK did they remove meta? I think a hotfix such as for Shakuras will be coming soon (more like i hope). They should have removed slag pits aka the worse meta.

Xaeldaren

Ireland588 Posts

July 25 2011 20:52 GMT

#1347

If they'd swapped Metalopolis for Backwater it'd have been perfect...but we all know no modification to the game is complete without some colossal oversight by Blizzard.

Oh well.

Wherewolf

United States353 Posts

July 25 2011 20:52 GMT

#1348

Disabling close spawns works for Shakuras

Ah well, I guess it would be weird to change that all of a sudden.

Motat

315 Posts

July 25 2011 20:52 GMT

#1349

The removed maps make me so happy, other then metal. I'd so rather have typhoon or backwater removed :/ but i guess metal close position is gay too

Seriox

Germany373 Posts

July 25 2011 20:53 GMT

#1350

In my opinion it's a disappointing move by Blizzard.

Enhancer_

Canada320 Posts

July 25 2011 20:53 GMT

#1351

To all those saying Blizzard doesn't like removing close positions, didn't they do exactly that for Shakuras Plateau? I think it's more that Blizzard just thought it was an old map, and that close positions were in some way not completely imbalanced against Zergs.

A good update. I like having all my vetoed maps gone.

ImmortalTofu

United States1254 Posts

July 25 2011 20:55 GMT

#1352

On July 26 2011 05:34 blade55555 wrote:

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omg T_T. Why couldn't they have removed xelnaga?

Other then metal, i am happy with the removals, might have to un veto backwater to put 3 of the new crappier maps on there.

Yeah same.... Metal removed? And great... Backwater's still there... what a terrible map, that stupid double choke makes me rageeee....

andeh

United States904 Posts

July 25 2011 20:57 GMT

#1353

Is there an update for how the new maps look? or are they still borked

SoraLimit

Canada747 Posts

July 25 2011 20:57 GMT

#1354

On July 26 2011 05:52 Pred8oar wrote:
I need some more vetos :/
And WHY THE FORK did they remove meta? I think a hotfix such as for Shakuras will be coming soon (more like i hope). They should have removed slag pits aka the worse meta.

If you read the Blizzard blue post, they did remove Slag pits.

On July 26 2011 05:53 Enhancer_ wrote:
To all those saying Blizzard doesn't like removing close positions, didn't they do exactly that for Shakuras Plateau? I think it's more that Blizzard just thought it was an old map, and that close positions were in some way not completely imbalanced against Zergs.

A good update. I like having all my vetoed maps gone.

It was because the rush distance in Shakuras was waayy too close. Even closer than Steppes of War. I believe you can siege the other natural in close position.

See.Blue

United States2673 Posts

July 25 2011 20:58 GMT

#1355

Hated metal and got back all of my 3 thumbs downs back. Word, blizz

Heraklitus

United States553 Posts

July 25 2011 20:58 GMT

#1356

On July 26 2011 05:57 andeh wrote:
Is there an update for how the new maps look? or are they still borked

They've been up on bnet for a few days now. Blizzard said they had been adjusted from the PTR versions in light of feedback. I just looked at one for a few minutes, so I'm not sure what those adjustments are.

AustinCM

Canada275 Posts

July 25 2011 20:58 GMT

#1357

where can i find the full map list?

VirtuallyJesse

United States398 Posts

July 25 2011 20:59 GMT

#1358

On July 26 2011 05:57 andeh wrote:
Is there an update for how the new maps look? or are they still borked

Should know tomorrow, less than 24 hours now.

A Wet Shamwow

United States1590 Posts

July 25 2011 20:59 GMT

#1359

They really have lost it, lets just remove the most popular map that sounds great.

farvacola

United States18829 Posts

July 25 2011 21:00 GMT

#1360

I felt like random team 3v3 was honestly broken due to the horrible maps, but the new ones give me hope. The macro 1v1 map is the only new one that reall piques my interest thought. The idea of being able to establish a front at your natural, only to then push out a bit and take the third, I think that could create some really interesting base attack scenarios, especially against terran. Drop play and such will become even more popular I predict.