Still no Total Mayhem :- (

Game modes meant for the individual player in custom games is perfect, requires no backfills or matchmaking really… Reasons why “widow hs” lobbies are always full

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Yeeeeah, that’s kinda how I see it, too. I just don’t think it’s fair to exclude one specific game mode from arcade by saying it could easily be played in custom games. Shouldn’t that be the case for all arcade modes, then? Why bother having arcade at all if that’s your justification for Total Mayhem not being around?

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Where’s Total Mayhem, the only mode i was playing in arcade, bring back.

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I heard they took that game mode out to save the seals in the arctic. I don’t think its coming back. Unless they don’t like seals of course.

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Hehe big man big funny :- )

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They’re gradually taking the mode of the arcade rotation.
Here’s another topic with an official post talking about it: Wheres total mahem - #11 by Ergotth-1602

The reasons: (1) People complaining about its imbalances; (2) Jeff doesn’t like the mode himself; (3) It seems that it’s not as popular because you don’t play the heros in the “normal” way like the other modes; (4) They want to open up space for new modes like the ones coming from the workshop; (5) ““You can play it in custom game””

It’s over, boys.
Press F to pay respects.

Yeah I saw that post earlier today :- ( I personally don’t think the fact that Jeff doesn’t like the mode has any impact on the fact that it’s showing up less but I do know the game mode has been controversial in the past.

And again, I think turning arcade into Workshop 2.0 with these game modes is backwards when we have people telling us to play a game mode that originated in ARCADE, in custom games. Just kinda sucks to see.

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Yeah, but you guys just got a full week of CtF. You’ve gotten your fix. :slight_smile:

Total Mayhem fans are going over a month now without their game of choice, and it’s frustrating.

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Well, I know they sometimes go a really long amount of time without CTF, even if they got it for a week recently that’s still gotta be disheartening.

I agree it’s frustrating, I love unwinding with TM. I honestly wish it was the same playing it in custom games as it is in a legitimate automated queue, but it really isn’t. If it was, I wouldn’t have bothered to create this topic in the first place.

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Exactly. What people rarely acknowledge about custom games is that it simply isn’t the same as playing modes in the Arcade. No support, no legitimacy, no incentive for people to actually stay and play. It’s a pain in the rear to sort through the browser to find the game you want, hope it has enough people for a full match, and hope all goes well.

Every time someone tells me that if I want Mayhem back so badly to go and play it in the Browser, I want to ask why Mystery Heroes needs to be permanent, and if its fans can’t just go to the Browser also. :slight_smile:

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Total mayhem’s problem is the win condition on attack is too difficult. The attack win rate is absolutely pathetic on it. Blizzard doesn’t like either side of the coin with a big advantage.

Total mayhem needs changes. I would say at best attack win rate is 30 percent and that is at best. How many times have you seen the attack team go towards the end and the opposingteam just goes a full on stall comp.

Sombra is 100 percent mandatory on attack… You know the hero with the worst win rate i nteh game…

Hmm it’s true that it is unbalanced, I personally find myself winning about as much on attack as I do on defense and most of the time without a Sombra but I know that’s not the case for most people playing the game.

I do agree that it could use some changes but does that mean it should be retired to custom games? I personally don’t think so, there is such a thing as tweaking and balancing game modes right? I mean, they tweaked the cd of Ana’s sleeping dart so I don’t see why they couldn’t do the same with other heroes.

I think total mayhem should be put in as a competitive mode in arcade. So both teams have to play both sides of the ball. It’s just too hard to push the cart to the end. Getting point 1 of an escort map is hell. Pushing it to the end??? forget about it.

It’s too frustrating to spend 20 minutes in a loss. It’s a fun mode but it needs changes. It’s WAYYYYY to defense favored.

Again since the defense team only has to prevent the attack team from finishing the win condition for attack teams is just too brutal for a casual mode.

I think that’d be fun! Anything to get TM back in the arcade I’d be down for lol.

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I have total mayhem in my rotation as of right now.

I just came here to say this. TM is in today’s arcade.

Fair warning to anyone out there getting ready to do mayhem… get your aderal out… WHOA are there some tryhards in there this morning. I have seen less effort in comp…

Yes! I stayed up all night playing it. :- )

since we had it yesterday i was sooooo excited!!! now i feel like we’re gonna have to wait 2 months for the next TM game honestly

Don’t say that ;o; we just have to keep our fingers crossed.