new map rotation on Beginners has killed the server.

[Eggtato]

I think the server is missing the likes of crossfire and Chinatown and somewhat crash, but I agree with dare about keeping rotation for another 1-2 weeks.

 

@dare do you have the times when the server is with 0 players?

 

Also I don't know if this will be accepted but I have a proposal of a map rotation,District, Vacant, Crash, Pipeline or Broadcast, Crossfire, Chinatown, Backlot and Ambush.

 

The only one I wasn't sure about was pipeline and broadcast, probably should be broadcast as I see it being more popular. Reason why I've left out overgrown which shadow suggested, was because say we put it after a map that makes the server fill up the server starts to drain on overgrown. With the maps like showdown it's unbearable for any player that's on the receiving end of teams being stacked and seeing as we can't do anything about stair blockers, people just leave. Regarding creek the map is simply too big for the amount of people we are getting on the server at the moment I think it would have a negative impact on the server.

 

@Sid at least I'm not the only one who noticed that recently

 

Regarding shadows comment on getting people to our server the hopefully future rotation should bring people, as bow said the server was more popular with the triple Cs (Crash, Crossfire, Chinatown), I think the main thing is that we need a strong map rotation without maps that people hugely dislike, eg, countdown, showdown, bloc, creek, overgrown. I suggested vacant because it is a nice small map that most people enjoy and it does get people to join, whereas the five I just said usually drain the server. Also regarding having somewhat less players on the server could also be down to the time of year aka summer, more people go out and about and go on holidays which shouldn't cause a massive decline but still it would have an effect on the server.

 

Just my 2 cents

[daredevil]

http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/108.61.21.94:28934/

 

Rank has been falling down. I would say we remove one hate maps and bigger maps. No one will roam around on full map to get 10 kills. 

 

I don't want to see Beginners having same fate as of hardcore. Those who want to play bigger maps just for the enjoyment, go play on hardcore. They had made same server dead on 1.6 and then we moved on to 1.7 and it's still never picked up.

[KILLERGUN]

http://www.gametracker.com/server_info/108.61.21.94:28934/

 

Rank has been falling down. I would say we remove one hate maps and bigger maps. No one will roam around on full map to get 10 kills. 

 

I don't want to see Beginners having same fate as of hardcore. Those who want to play bigger maps just for the enjoyment, go play on hardcore. They had made same server dead on 1.6 and then we moved on to 1.7 and it's still never picked up.

I agree.. Smaller maps is the way to go.. Also I am tempted to say that we shorten the time limit and score limit to say 3000. Changes the maps much quicker..

[speedfact]

yyaawwwnn works for me. if you all put in the rotation, i can restart the server tonight. the servers are pinged out right now.....so was gonna restart all of em today....

[Eggtato]

I agree.. Smaller maps is the way to go.. Also I am tempted to say that we shorten the time limit and score limit to say 3000. Changes the maps much quicker..

The issue with that is the our CoD awards would be harder to get think you need 50 kills for your screenshot to be acceptable for KDR, that is 50 = 500 points for your team, which is 1/6 of your teams... I would say shorten the time limit maybe to 10 minutes because it's at 15 am I right? But keep the score at 4500, mainly because sometimes we do get 12vs12 and if it was 3000 the map could possibly end in minutes with the right teams unbalanced...

 

Just a suggestion if we are doing smaller can we please not have showdown, have no problem with vacant or any other smaller map, I just feel people rage due to stair blockers on showdown.

 

Also what do we mean by small maps? Like vacant and that?

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I'm a regular, and here's my [outside & naive] 2 cents on the map changes ... the change is refreshing, and there are always maps you like more than others, but I find myself quitting largely based on mood tied into maps. If I'm in snipe mode, only a handful of maps will fit the bill, and if I'm in spray mode, I can play pretty much anywhere — I might have to run more and get some hate for the tactic, but it just illustrates my point that every player cannot be catered to exactly. And, I only use LS when I plan to get backchat from Mandi, heh! I'm not sure what sort of metrics you analyze to gauge the best maps for the rotation, but I found that "change" in itself, was a welcome renewal, and may be appreciated with a consistent and timely rotation of popular maps [a timeline possibly announced concisely on server-entry].