Wow, didn't Blizzard get some partnership recently with the people formerly known as iCCup? I hoped that they would be able to bring in some better maps with their mapmaking talent.

The good news is that I don't have to veto any new maps. Backwater Gulch, Searing Crater, Abyssal Caverns, I shall never play you.

At the very least, BRING BACK METALOPOLIS.

ROOTdrewbie

Canada1392 Posts

October 20 2011 07:40 GMT

#243

awww i really hate all the new maps in the map pool, and backwater gulch

Talic_Zealot

688 Posts

October 20 2011 07:41 GMT

#244

Yeah, makes absolutely no sense. I hope they improve how custom games work greatly with the expansion. They have said that customs are the tool for the highest level practice, not ladder, because they want to keep ladder equally competitive at all levels when it comes to maps. This doesn't make any sense, they created this elaborate system to differentiate players by skill and match them up against people close to them and they seem to have abandoned it. YET they keep quoting statistics for balance from the highest ladder leagues, which as thy said is not meant to be really that good for practice and is not really competitive(except in some hidden fashion for some blizz invitationals).
On another note, who fucking benefits from bad maps and bad spawns on maps. How is that better for the lower leagues is beyond me.

JohnnyBlaze420

Australia820 Posts

October 20 2011 07:45 GMT

#245

what i dont understand is that they dont have to even make the maps themselves... they can take maps from iccup / esv or from the gsl. Boggles the mind

CommanderCato

United States78 Posts

October 20 2011 07:54 GMT

#246

I don't see why they can't just add two new maps :\, it's just boring playing the same maps over and over again.

paintfive

785 Posts

October 20 2011 07:55 GMT

#247

On October 20 2011 16:38 Eviscerador wrote:

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The competitive scene already uses different maps, and the 99% of ladder is made of "common sc2 players" which are in return who buy the game and keep blizzard making profit so Blizzard won't change maps just to please the 1% of hardcore competitive amateur gamers in b.net

I'm happy with the current maps, as zerg i have veto on searing, backwater and thypoon peaks, just because I don't like playing on them (too many chokes) but Nerazim and abyssal are good for me.

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Relic anyone? their WH40k games are pretty awesome.

DoW1 was a great RTS with awesssome epic units

DoW2 was a piece of shit aborted fetus

jimbob615

Uruguay455 Posts

October 20 2011 07:56 GMT

#248

HUH? what was wrong with Khaydarin Depths? one of my favorites... so many good victories on that map :'(

Fritter

Sweden11 Posts

October 20 2011 07:59 GMT

#249

Ugh... Isn't the whole concept of new seasons to keep the game fresh? This doesn't change anything, so why even introduce a new season?

I really hope they revisit this before season 4 begins and throw in a couple of GSL maps in there.

Teim

Australia373 Posts

October 20 2011 08:03 GMT

#250

Disapointing overall.

Happy that Tempest is gone. Was really hard to secure a 3rd as Terran or Protoss. There were also some cheesy places to put siege tanks so Zergs probably hated that map as well.

I liked Khaydarin Depths though. Use a couple of Reapers to break the Gold rocks. Then have your ally expand there while you harassed with the Reapers. A gimicky strategy but a fun one all the same.

But definately having no new maps for 1vs1 is sad. I don't understand why Blizzard seems to be so against using community made maps. :/

Tsubbi

Germany7996 Posts

October 20 2011 08:09 GMT

#251

I feel that Blizzard needs more competition, they are getting lazy lately.

gruff

Sweden2276 Posts

October 20 2011 08:09 GMT

#252

What happened to the map making contest? I assume it's not finished yet?

VegaNZ

New Zealand317 Posts

October 20 2011 08:10 GMT

#253

Maybe they're just trolling us and there will be announcement of an all new and exciting map pool at Blizzcon!

Please?

Please!!!!!!!!

HystericaLaughter

Australia720 Posts

October 20 2011 08:27 GMT

#254

Very pleased with Blizzard's decision not to mess with the map pool, the ladder is extremely balanced and fun to play on, excepting searing crater, abyssal caverns, nerazim crypt, typhon peaks and backwater gulch, but thats all!!

/facepalm

Lorch

Germany3702 Posts

October 20 2011 08:30 GMT

#255

WHAT!?
Than whats the point of this new season? Oh blizzard you make me sad face

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10376 Posts

October 20 2011 08:33 GMT

#256

i really just cannot understand this, even david kim is GM he must understand right? maybe it's just browder or some bureaucratic issues that are making things inefficient

i mean it must be really easy to just get on, switch taldarim with daybreak, switch out some of the maps (hell keep searing crater if u want, just switch out xel'naga and/or backwater and/or shattered with some new maps or even just put metal/DO back in...)

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

October 20 2011 08:35 GMT

#257

Where can I find pictures of the new 2v2 maps? As mainly a 2v2 player, I'm sad to see two of the few decent maps go. The new ones better be good.

Snusdosa

Sweden112 Posts

October 20 2011 08:38 GMT

#258

Peronslly i'd love new maps, however, knowing Blizzard it would be 1 half decent map and 3 horrible ones so i'll settle for what we have now.

Thugtronik

New Zealand452 Posts

October 20 2011 08:39 GMT

#259

On October 20 2011 17:35 Scorch wrote:
Where can I find pictures of the new 2v2 maps? As mainly a 2v2 player, I'm sad to see two of the few decent maps go. The new ones better be good.

tempest was a cool map but khaydarin depths was terrible. the naturals are impossible to defend, especially vs ZZ