Relic on update the Automatch map pool

We've answered this before, but I'll answer it again. Before something goes into the auto-match pool, it has to be heavily QA'd. That requires staff resources to be pulled off of other development, and we can't always do that to put community maps in. We are aware that this is something the community wants. It comes down to resources.

Also - to the question 'how much work is there?' or the similarly (and frequently received) phrased 'how much work can it really take?!' - the answer is always 'A LOT more than the community thinks'. Nothing is ever as easy as it seems, sadly

Trust me when I say that we're not sitting here going 'this would be a really easy thing for us to do and we know the community wants it, but naaaahhhh.... we're not going to do it!' - that wouldn't really make much sense, eh?

I know that you're frustrated, as are many others - but nothing is ever as easy as it seems, and there are always other related concerns that we have to consider.

There's a lot that we're working on, and it's going to take us some time - more time than you guys would like, but there isn't much I can do about that.

http://community.companyofheroes.com/forum/company-of-heroes-2/company-of-heroes-2-general-discussion/155715-update-the-map-pool

Sittard (which may or may not be getting celebrity status sometime soon (!!!)

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=275013812

During Operation Blackcock, the township of Sittard changed hands progressively, playing host to both the Wehrmacht and Allied defensive lines. Sitting comfortably upon the Geleenbeek River, the bridges of Sittard became fortresses to be held and disputed for a number of months, until the Roer Triangle began to shrink. Narrow streets, tall buildings and deadly chokepoints make Sittard a complexity, conquered only by patient and ruthless commanders; what to sacrifice and when could make the difference between three bridgeheads, or none.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blackcock

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2015, 06:54 AMSarantini

I think relic is run by some bureuacratic maniac. How about they tell us what needs to be done to get a map into the mappool.
My guess:
-Localization. Map description must be made for each language. Considering they supposedly got the grammar for kholodny Ferma wrong they're using google translate.

Optimization. Is it a snow map? Your map is doomed no matter what you do. Don't think it's possible to get worse performance than on lanzerath ambush so no work needed really since that map is in rotation too.

-Balance. Considering Rostov is in rotation it's a moot point.

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2015, 07:28 AMCelticsREP

Add 4 maps or however many per player count, give us 4 more vetoes. If the maps are bad, we veto them.

Simple

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2015, 03:08 AMAlexzandvar

Good to know Relic's expert QA team is on the case, the same expert team that gave us such great maps as:

City 17 Winter
Rostov
Hill 331
Semosiky
Moscow Outskirts
The map with all the mines in the middle that overheats your computer
Eddlefucked

and much, much more!

I look forward to a whole new host of maps that are flagrantly unbalanced because symmetry, what's that?

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2015, 09:13 AMvan Voort

Rostov gets a pass because it's a TOW map, also I'm fine with a map being 60:40 so long as it's not permanently imbalanced to one side or another - which it was when there were fixed starting positions

City17 Winter and Hill 331 just demonstrate that most people can't handle anything other than a straight fight on open Steppes

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2015, 09:13 AMvan Voort

Rostov gets a pass because it's a TOW map, also I'm fine with a map being 60:40 so long as it's not permanently imbalanced to one side or another - which it was when there were fixed starting positions

City17 Winter and Hill 331 just demonstrate that most people can't handle anything other than a straight fight on open Steppes

Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2015, 13:35 PMSarantini

But there are much better TOW maps. mud road is a cool one I think

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2015, 09:13 AMvan Voort

City17 Winter and Hill 331 just demonstrate that most people can't handle anything other than a straight fight on open Steppes