Why can’t we play the haunted mines anymore? such rotation of all maps is what i wonder.
Because its not a balanced map. And it had bugs that are probably not fixed yet.
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It was pulled due to bugs in conjunction with newer heros that had been released. There were plans in 2020 to rework the map, but it was lower priority at the time. Shortly thereafter development ended on HOTs, and that is where we left off.
Loved the map, but likely won’t ever see it, unless bigger news ever happens with Hots like development starting up again (we keep dreaming).
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No one stops you from opening it in Custom Games, the map is still playable but the bugs from Deathwing flying unable to work properly with the 2 layer map to Raynor’s Banshee having a psychotic episode with the pathing are all still there.
Just not in QM anymore. Of course you have to ask 9 other people to play it.
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Deathwing bugs. Rexxar’s pet Misha getting stuck in mines if he dies from a DoT while trying to go up etc.
Lots of little things, in addition to the objective (golem) not being that well balanced.
Even in the maps previous form, it allowed for anti-pvp experience by making a 100 strength mid-late game golem push while the rest of the team pushes the other lane as 5. Giving the defender very little options for winning the game if they lost a single teamfight down the mines.
(The other map which allows for a non pvp victory, Blackheart’s Bay, was also removed from competitive game map pools in pro tournaments very early on)
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