I’m getting sick of Cursed Hollow. There are 15 maps in the game, and I always get that map.
Of the last 58 matches, this is how many times I’ve played the different maps.
Cursed Hollow: 16
Infernal Shrines: 6
Towers of Doom: 5
Garden of Terror: 5
Dragon Shire: 4
Tomb of the Spider Queen: 4
Warhead Junction: 4
Hanamura: 3
Volskaya Fundry: 3
Battlefield of Eternity: 2
Blackheart’s Bay: 2
Sky Temple: 2
Alterac Pass: 1
Braxis Holdout: 1
Getting the same map THAT many times isn’t fun. I play HotS for the variety. This isn’t it, chief. Don’t you guys want to players to experience all the maps you have spent so much time creating? Should probably program in lockouts for maps that are played to often, and not allow the same map 2+ times in a row.
Of those 58 matches, Cursed Hollow is the only map that has consistently been played right after each other, either two or three times in a row.
I played unranked yesterday, match starts “VOLSKAYA INDUSTRIES” someone leaves and I queue again “VOLSKAYA INDUSTRIES” you don’t play the game, the game plays you!
I do not play draft often, but for what i experience it seems to be set to get the same map where someone left before. Maybe a mechanism to prevent people from leaving until they get the map the want.
Well I mean it happened in QM too. Do you understand how much of a pain it is to get blackhearts bay 3 times in a row? I was afraid to hit the queue button that day holy
If the player level is lower, or you play with people with lower hero levels you may be with people stuck in the “new player queue” which I believe has either fewer maps with a heavy lean towards cursed hollow.
It is likely due to this, but obviously it feels like a bug. So I’m going to forward it on as one… although I expect a “not a bug, but thanks for the feedback” in return.
I’d trade spot with you in an instant. You actually get to play the good maps. As new player(or returning player) you first play CH constantly it being the base map of HoTS. Then you move on to expanded map que which I believe has enhanced chance for CH, DS, ST, ToTSQ, IS and ToD these days. After you level up further you are stuck in the turd pool of maps which has everything equally. CH only is 5 or 15 games I believe. Expanded que is level based which I think stops at level 50 after which you start getting crap maps equally too.
what are you talking about. expanded queue expands the search parameters. The MMR range of players, team composition, etc.
You could view it as this:
0-30 seconds: looking for tank+healer for comps, teams MMR within 25 points when averaged, individual players range of 200 MMR.
31-90 seconds: willing to give up a tank or healer or ranged damage dealer. 50 MMR difference, indivudual players range of 300 MMR
91 seconds: willing to give up both tank and healer and MMR expanded futher.
THESE ARE NOT THE ACTUAL RULES that the matchmaker uses. This is just an example i’m providing of how this sort of thing works.
This is correct. Now why are you bringing match maker into conversation about map pool? You do know when player is new(or has been gone for long time) they only play CH? After that they have higher chance for other base maps. After that they play all maps equally statistically. This was implemented already in beta and later edited to include the staple maps of later times while some got removed.
when you said expanded queue I was under the impression that you were talking about the actual queue. Not the before PL50 and after PL50. I failed hard in the thinking department.
Reviving this thread again. It’s now been 8 days of playing, and yet I get this really really REALLY REALLY BAD map all the time.
Like I’ve said above, this is a fantastic way of getting people to NOT want to play your game. I’m soon level 100, and still stuck on this crap-tier map.
