[2022] Patch 20.1 Map Rotation Poll Results

Hey labak1337.

We are sharing all of the feedback that you guys post here on reddit. Thank you for it!

As for the map preference, I agree. You can see yourself that the words "everyone" and "no one" can never apply to topics such as map preference. This goes for most things but, it is very pronounced when it comes to map preference.

It is true that the feedback differs from community platform to community platform. We'll see different opinions and sentiment on Discord vs Twitter vs Reddit vs Youtube etc, however we do collect and share all of it. Most of the time players saying X on one platform are not aware that there are players who disagree and want Y instead or do not want a change at all. This is common in every region. Every region will have different communities with different opinions and preferences of the game. And when you get 9 regions, all with their own community splits and different opinions, it is often very hard to reach a consensus that makes the most players happy.

Making everyone happy is not possible so I won't even bring it up. The goal is to make most players happy. And the team will sometimes not hit that mark in every part of every region and their preferences for how the game should be developed and played. But, that is where the community sentiment comes in. It helps the dev team understand, alongside internal data tracking, how the players are playing the game and what they prefer etc. So, again, thank you for the sentiment and your opinions!

EDIT: Update 11.10.2022: Miramar is staying in 20.1. Deston will be taking a temporary break from the map rotation instead.

More info will be shared in the form of an update to the patch notes tonight.

All that data is visible to devs and of course, if people leave a map a lot, it is fair to say that they do not like it. However that is also not a black and white situtation either. The nature of random map selection is that map streaks can happen since each time you queue up, the system has 20% chance of picking 1 of the 5 maps out of the pool. Some players may enjoy a match or two of X map, but if they get it 3-4 times in a row they start leaving it.

Here's the insert from the update shared in the patch notes where the dev explain it!

A week ago, we introduced our change to map services for the #20.1 patch. In the Normal Match pool, Miramar was to be replaced with Deston.

We’d first like to share our intentions on this change.

As we monitor graphs on players’ map preference in all regions, we were able to see that players preferred Deston over Miramar. Also, the dodge rate in Miramar was confirmed to be highest in regions with random map selection, while the pick rate for Miramar in regions that had the map selection feature were extremely low during Update 19.1 and 19.2.

Therefore, our decision to replace Miramar with Deston in Normal Matches were mainly based on the data above.

Additionally, we indeed planned to include Miramar back in to the Normal Match pool as a rotation map in #20.2 so players would be able to practice matches in Miramar before heading over to Ranked.

However, as we monitored your feedback on the Patch Notes, we realized we hadn’t relayed this information thoroughly enough beforehand. We understand your opinions on how it’d be difficult to practice new things in a Ranked map that isn’t included in Normal Matches, and we also saw that our intentions and the service our players wanted to experience did not line up.

Therefore, we’ve decided to have the MAP ROTATION FOR #20.1 EXCLUDE DESTON AND ADD MIRAMAR BACK IN INSTEAD.