Testing expanded BR for maps

[SzepWaxweiler]

Man what is that color scheme , my eyes hurt

[armornabot555]

Having played a few rounds, strictly gameplay wise Berlin at low BRs isn’t horrible, but Tunisia and moscow really don’t belong at BR5, considering how strong vehicles are at BR5 and how open those maps are.

[Toilet_Paper1]

its like those maps were designed around a low battle rating gameplay maybe if they made new maps for higher battle ratings this test wouldnt have happened

[Veekay45]

It’s just the screenshots, I don’t know why they come out like that, everything is fine ingame

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Anyway, trying BR3 Soviets now:

Game 1 Moscow - T-34-85 – QUIT

Game 2 Moscow - T-34-85/Panthers – QUIT

Game 3 Berlin - I see BR2’s BT-7 and PTRS lmaooo

Game 4 Berlin - I see early Pz III and M3 Lee lmao - QUIT

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This is litereally the most RE test/change/update to the game since its inception

[EclipsZer0]

It feels like not only are all maps open to all BRs, but also maps that weren’t open to some BRs now have a boosted chance to appear on those BRs, hence why Moscow and Tunisia are so much more common at BR4-5 than other maps.

[Veekay45]

@EclipsZer0

It feels like not only are all maps open to all BRs, but also maps that weren’t open to some BRs now have a boosted chance to appear on those BRs

Absolutely.

I just tested 10 games and got the WRONG map 10/10 times:

BT-7 and T-28 in Berlin, Panthers in Tunisia.

This is the worst thing that’s ever happened to this game, Fortnite levels of stupid.

[高速戦艦金剛]

Definitely a bad idea, you guys are really ruining your game.

[Reinhardt]

At present, most players on the forum do not think that making changes to the map is a good idea.

If the forum administrators announce in a few days like’Hey, since most players agree with this plan, it will continue to take effect! ’ Guys, that’s when we should LEAVE together.

[Veekay45]

@Reinhardt

’Hey, since most players agree with this plan, it will continue to take effect! ’

100% this is going to happpen:

“Some people on the forum were not so happy about open spaces of Moscow and Tunisia, but don’t worry we will edit those maps, and our Reddit/Twitter/TikTok/Grindr users loved these changes :3”

like wtf NO the problem is not gameplay, it’s T-28 fighting against AB 41 in Berlin

[Reinhardt]

So I said at the beginning that this was not a test, just a notification, and MajorMcDonalds still tried to explain it to me

[KlappSpaten]

I feel the same way

[TACTIGUHL-live]

@Veekay45

like wtf NO the problem is not gameplay, it’s T-28 fighting against AB 41 in Berlin

Devs take note. The problem is in fact not the gameplay, said from someone who has taken major offense from this change. The maps work fine in any BR.

[ZEESHAN_KHAN]

million YES, Tunisia is the best map.

[MajorMcDonalds]

@-U45N-Zumbrum

Assuming those issues will be fixed, I think this is a great ideea and greatly expands the map pool. Would I prefer new maps over these old ones ? Of course. But if I have to choose between no new maps and these maps, I will always choose the option that keeps the game fresh.

@KeTTka_B_TaTTkaX

the problem is that now the developers have no motivation to make new maps.

@Reinhardt

It is also possible that the reason for doing so is that they are no longer able to create any new maps

@EclipsZer0

TLDR is that locking maps to BRs has its own benefits, opening maps to all BRs discourages map-making efforts

I can confirm that these changes have no effect on developers’ “motivations” to make new maps. Developers understand that we all want new maps as much as possible.

I also think it’s realistic to assume that, as the map pool grows, there are generally more options for what can be done with map pools at different BRs.

Regardless, @all - thank you for your feedback. Developers are paying close attention to the thoughts already posted here and on other social media, as well as through in-game statistics and the results of the testing.

[Comrade_Sina]

I hope so, Major, what else can I do? It’s hard to watch the game get destroyed. My favorite game…

[GeneralBrus]

This change is overwhelmingly negatively viewed by most players - which means this test was a success.

I been wondering, since warthunder “doesn’t really” have set maps for BRs I think, is this maybe an attempt at mimicking Warthunder?

[Toilet_Paper1]

Will we be seeing 1 or multiple new map/campaign added this year? Why not update Battle of Berlin and Battle of Tunisia to accommodate for new battle ratings that they were opened to before doing these kinds of test. Yes I can see thats what the test is for but knowing the tools being used for certain BR the maps could of been prepared for it instead of just sending it out like this.

[Conte_Baracca]

@GeneralBrus

This change is overwhelmingly negatively viewed by most players

Based on what? The Forums are not really indicative of overall community sentiment. You tend to get zealots in any forum.

[Dregomz]

@GeneralBrus

This change is overwhelmingly negatively viewed by most players - which means this test was a success.

Not really, while 70% of this very forum viewing it as negative i don’t see such strong negative reaction on steam forum (50/50%), youtube (mostly positive) , reddit (mostly positive), discord or just in game.

You should remember that this forum is not even 1% of the Enlisted players, we are just a very vocal minority.

I also don’t see any player drop off on Steam Charts so people are fine with playing on those maps at higher/lower BR, and just want new changes and reworks to those maps not a complete removal and going back.

[Toilet_Paper1]

they’re 2 events going on so only the devs would know the number of players playing the maps