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Next Season’s Maps
Last week was very busy for us with BlizzCon, during which we released the next season’s new 1v1 and team maps to the custom games list. They are now available for players to test out before they go live!
Map Pool 1v1
The full map pool for the 1v1 ladder next season will be as follows:
Blackpink+ Show Spoiler +
Neon Violet Square+ Show Spoiler +
Catalyst+ Show Spoiler +
Battle on the Boardwalk+ Show Spoiler +
Abyssal Reef+ Show Spoiler +
Ascension to Aiur+ Show Spoiler +
Odyssey+ Show Spoiler +
We thought you might like to know why we choose three returning maps for this selection. Abyssal Reef has been consistently popular at the high levels of ladder and professional play while also being quite well-balanced in terms of matchups. That said, it’s also been in the pool for quite a while now. We wanted to keep it for one more season so it could help us to gauge balance in the new patch by acting as a constant variable. Odyssey and Ascension to Aiur, meanwhile, are both strong maps in terms of ladder win rates, and are currently the most popular maps across all divisions by a significant margin, so we thought it’d be good to keep them around for the next season.
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Well I’m glad Mech Depot got a chance lol large map I know, sorry fellas. Excited for catalyst!
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good that they keep the good maps longer in the pool though I'm quite disappointed they didn't bring back an old map this time.
Akilon Waste or Cloud Kingdom deserve a comeback on ladder.
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
Eh... I was wondering if they were going to do this.
Not a fan of having maps stay for so long in a pool even with the flimsy excuse of acting as constants for the new changes. Odyssey and Ascension are fine maps certainly, but also not so exceptional as to merit three seasons in the pool. At least it means Acolyte won't be staying, but I really hope this doesn't become a trend.
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Happy about abysyal reef, it's probably the best map ever made for lotv. I'm sad they are keeping ascension in the pool, I realy detest how hard it is to attack in the mid game on that map. Also sad about odyssey the gold base is just to easy to secure on that map for zerg I think it would be cool to remove the gold base from odyssey and see how it plays than.
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So they are seriously going with the Neon Meme Square ...
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I'm cool with them keeping an older map around like Abyssal, however perhaps if they would've changed the tileset or aesthetics a bit, just to freshen it up without changing the overall design, just so it doesnt feel like we've been playing on this map for years now.
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Id like for them to have included Terraform or Coda...... OR A 4 PLAYER MAP..... I know a lot of people hate them but they do add a lot of diversity to the game and I find them very fun to play on even if everyone else does not. Even in base natural maps are very fun haha one less map I have to play TvZ on (Since most zergs hate those maps apparently)
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On November 14 2017 03:23 Ryu3600 wrote:
Id like for them to have included Terraform or Coda...... OR A 4 PLAYER MAP..... I know a lot of people hate them but they do add a lot of diversity to the game and I find them very fun to play on even if everyone else does not. Even in base natural maps are very fun haha one less map I have to play TvZ on (Since most zergs hate those maps apparently)
I've been wanting them to bring by Terraform for so long
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On November 14 2017 03:23 Ryu3600 wrote:
Id like for them to have included Terraform or Coda...... OR A 4 PLAYER MAP..... I know a lot of people hate them but they do add a lot of diversity to the game and I find them very fun to play on even if everyone else does not. Even in base natural maps are very fun haha one less map I have to play TvZ on (Since most zergs hate those maps apparently)
they hate the 5 player maps, because most of the time it is a coinflip on who has the stronger starting position.
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Cricketer12
United States14003 Posts
R T K with the community news
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On November 14 2017 04:01 Corvuuss wrote:Show nested quote +On November 14 2017 03:23 Ryu3600 wrote:
Id like for them to have included Terraform or Coda...... OR A 4 PLAYER MAP..... I know a lot of people hate them but they do add a lot of diversity to the game and I find them very fun to play on even if everyone else does not. Even in base natural maps are very fun haha one less map I have to play TvZ on (Since most zergs hate those maps apparently) they hate the 5 player maps, because most of the time it is a coinflip on who has the stronger starting position.
On good map it's not more important than a terran having his addons part of/outside the wall or inside his base, is it?
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Odyssey 
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Besides Odyssey I am kinda stoked for these tbh! :D
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Glad to see new maps but even better to see Abyssal and Ascension return (SidianTheBard FTW). Abyssal is a beautiful map and a joy to play.
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On November 14 2017 03:23 Ryu3600 wrote:
Id like for them to have included Terraform or Coda...... OR A 4 PLAYER MAP..... I know a lot of people hate them but they do add a lot of diversity to the game and I find them very fun to play on even if everyone else does not. Even in base natural maps are very fun haha one less map I have to play TvZ on (Since most zergs hate those maps apparently)
4p maps should die.
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Is there a date one when the new season will begin?
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Wonder how Battle on the Boardwalk will do since it is the "rush" map, and see how long it takes for it to be swapped out and replaced with a standard map or with another attempt for a "rush" map.
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ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
On November 14 2017 05:56 Youngrustler wrote:
Wonder how Battle on the Boardwalk will do since it is the "rush" map, and see how long it takes for it to be swapped out and replaced with a standard map or with another attempt for a "rush" map.
For what it's worth the pros didn't hate the map at HSC. They weren't sure about how to play it, but their opinion seemed tentatively positive so far.
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