Please re-add "Map / Theatre of War" selection

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I do not really mind most of the changes that the “new era” update brought with it (though I am far from happy with some of the choices that were made, but I posted about that already when that update came out).

What I am really missing though is the ability to select on which theatre of war I feel like playing - currently you are practically randomly put on any of the theatres - so one can end up on a Pacific map and on the next round one it can be a Tunesia map and then a Normandy map.

While some players obviously do not seem to mind this switching from one theatre of war to a different one, I really do not like it. Being frustarated with that random selection, I now ended up just “leaving” the match, when I am put in a theatre of war that I do not feel like playing in. This makes me sad as it is something I never (!!!) did before and honestly never had to, as I was able to select where I wanted to play in the old system.

Therefore I would really like the selection of the theatre of war to be reinstated in one form or the other. Here is one example of how this could work:

  1. assign a CLEAR and EASY to see marking to all units, showing to which theatre of war they actually belong to

  2. make the selection of maps you play on connected to the units you field

Example One:
Slot A: US Tank Unit [Normandy]
Slot B: US Infantry Unit [Normandy]
Slot C: US Sharpshooter Unit [Normandy]
Slot D: US Engineer Unit [Normandy]

=> Would give you a 4x 25% chance to get the Normandy maps (i.e. you get 100% Normandy maps, then the further matchmaking would put you in a match with the same tier of weapons you have selected).

Example Two:
Slot A: US Tank Unit [Normandy]
Slot B: US Infantry Unit [Tunesia]
Slot C: US Sharpshooter Unit [Normandy]
Slot D: US Sharpshooter Unit [Pacific]

=> Would give you a completely random map (as you have units from all theatres of war + two of the same specialized Units) only dependend on the tier-matchmaking

So each selected “theatre of war” unit would mean a 25% chance (if we use a non-premium account as in the example, with a premium account the % chances would be adjusted accordingly).

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This sounds incredibly overcomplicated for a matchmaker.

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Honestly and preference option would be better and less complicated.

A player could set a preference to which maps/old campaigns they prefer to play and get better chances to be put into those maps. Would not eliminate being sent to every theatre in that BR but would help players have a better choice in what maps/theaters they get instead of Tunisia 90% of the time in BR1-3. Would also help DF see which maps the population of the game do not like and focus on making those maps better or putting less weight for them in the matchmaking bracket. Assuming there is a bracket since it seems so due to getting Ardennes for a couple of matches in a row then Normandy then Berlin, etc.

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