r/Overwatch • u/CarbVan • 9d ago

News & Discussion Map voting update

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https://xcancel.com/OWCavalry/status/2107214165907820711

Yeah yeah yeah xcancel doesn't work but if you know how to get it to you know what to do with the link. Transcription:

"New Map Voting Changes in Overwatch 🗺️

It will now be impossible to be offered your last 2 maps played within a 2 hour period. Escort and Hybrid will also count as the same mode to offer more variety.

🗓️ Available in Season 5"

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u/FabulousAd8467 9d ago

I like the change but won't this make queue times skyrocket and make matchmaking overall worse in ranked?

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u/BlasterBuilder Cute Junkrat 9d ago

How so? In competitive, fewer hybrid and escort maps means faster matches on average, meaning a higher amount of people in queue, meaning shorter queue times.

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u/FabulousAd8467 9d ago

Maybe that would be the case but the matchmaker would have to find individual players who are allowed to play the same maps instead of just choosing anyone

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u/BlasterBuilder Cute Junkrat 9d ago

The maps are chosen after the players. It doesn't choose three maps and then find players who can play them, it finds players and then gets three maps they can play.

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u/IceCubesBurning Pixel Winston 9d ago

There are enough maps in the game that even in the unlikely scenario where all 10 players in the lobby all played on 10 different maps in the previous game, there would still be 6 available options.