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Read moreI think that Hawkinz (or maybe other CM) said a few months ago that the mini royale map selection would make a comeback. I really think you should allow players select one or more of this options simultaneiously:
- mini royale (the smaller maps)
- battle royale (the bigger maps)
- season map
In the same way that Rocket League lets you queue for multiple game modes at the same time. I think this have some advantages for playes and also for the health of queues. Let's say:
- If I only like to play bigger maps, I will select battle royale only and wait for that queue to put me in a game.
- If I like all the maps, I will select the three queues, and the game will put me in a game, no matter if some of the queues are dead, i will get a game no matter what. You can do some smarts in the logic to place players in the game this way. For exmaple, you may want to try to place players in a less populated queue, but if a certain amoun...
I think the biggest thing we are talking about internally, is how to offer more region specific, boutique matchmaking settings. Each region (and platform) have their own desires and needs, and I think we've been using a pretty brute force method. Of course this is crazy complicated because PUBG has become somewhat fragmented- we've got players that prefer TPP, FPP, large maps, small maps. Some that enjoy the variety, and others that just want to do their one favorite thing forever (this is coming from a guy that used to live on 24/7 Office CS servers).
I see big opportunities for improvement here- the main thing, as you would expect, is we want to get it right, and not make it harder on our players than it already is.
For your questions:
- Yes, we've considered almost everything under the sun at this point- the goal is to maximize smiles, minimize frowns
- I'm open to whatever makes the most fans the most happy (that's why we are looking at m...
