@thewheelie said in Matchmaker Pool Feedback Thread:
Verdanis has the mex count of an average 2v2 map but is in the 4v4 pool resulting in 5 safe mexes per player on a 20km map. Honestly not sure why it's in this pool.
Hey, Farm, this map should at the very least be put in the <500 pool so it has almost no chance of being in the higher tiers. This was overlooked when the team reviewed the pool and we will adjust it accordingly.
Secondly, I looked at the map and the two corners have more than 5 mexes (about 9-10 last I checked) which are NOT contested (equidistant to opposing team spawns).
I am glad you raised this point, though, as quite a bit of people have begun making requests that maps have a certain number of "safe" mexes on 1500+, would like your input if possible:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HSoJUGNn27KQsLGo5Cqnstm0CU-RBab8-bk1-1vZwpY/edit#heading=h.xb57yv8926
That is a document which will be used to help guide map-makers be aware of different aspects of maps, and ultimately tie into how we accept submissions for the pool.
I opted to use Verdanis (as have others) because we really DO NOT have much to choose from, so unless we get some up to date desires by a bunch of people I do not see why it cannot be used at all; agreed it needs to go into the lowest bracket as it really is just a "gun rush in middle" meta, which is pretty lame. Even Klutz - the author - agreed it is not the best.