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This is to provide feedback on any announcements for Highlander Season 6. This topic will be heavily moderated since it is intended for serious discussion.

Please try to provide constructive feedback. “Remove x for y” is not very helpful.

Dont ever add swiftwater if you even had a half of a brain you would realise how fucking dogshit it is

Please, no swiftwater/borneo/coalplant/ashville..

I actually think Lakeside and Barnblitz are pretty good, this is pretty much the perfect map pool.

Happy to see both Baby Face’s Blaster and Crita-a-cola banned, really :)

Quoted from yak

Remove lakeside + barnblitz. Replace barnblitz with swiftwater/borneo.

Pls no. Keep lakeside + barnblitz. Remove gullywash and replace it with something else.

Quoted from Permzilla

Please try to provide constructive feedback. “Remove x for y” is not very helpful.

Would say the same thing I did last season. No need for two AD maps and the points awarded for each gamemode is off.

14% KOTH, 14% 5CP, 29% AD, 43% PL

Though it isn’t the maps chosen but the way 5cp and koth have to split weeks which causes the issue in terms of points.

Way too early. I expect many wildcards in the first week because of 6s. Also this might make a slight blow to the wireplay league.

Finally a ban on The Crit-A-Cola. The Reserve Shooter just needs some working on (e.g. you get mini crits in stairs).

The Diamondback got banned because Inso would go too huge on it?

Also freeing the The Huo-Long Heater was a good decision, even though i don’t know much use it will see.

Map pool looks good, even though pl_barnblitz_pro4 is not the most enjoyable experience. Maybe give the newest version of cp_croissant a go?

6s maps should be reserved for 6s unless the case is exceptional enough.

Gullywash and process tend to be more unorganized clusterfucks that do not, in my view, deserve the right to be called ‘competitive’ in the Highlander scene. I simply do not see how you can compare the general cohesive feeling of competitive these two particular 5CP maps with the others in the pool. Gullywash might have some salvation but process is the worst offender in the way that it reduces matches to be… well, it’s not entirely easy to describe and I’ll admit that renders my argument more subjective than objective.

Think of it like this: In payload you see defenses being set up and offensives planned out. In KOTH you can see how both teams are reacting to each other’s advances. You have a dynamic going on which makes the game enjoyable for both the player and the spectator. 5CPs however tend to be a chaotic tug-o-war that are more stalemate-y than anything else. I don’t think I’ve ever played a single process match in which any team scored more than 3 caps (most matches I’ve played ended in a simple 1-0 after 30 mins passed) and by contrast I’ve rarely played gullywash matches in which one team didn’t just outright steamroll the other 5-0.

It simply does not feel right for highlander.

edit: by ‘5CPs’ I refer to these two particular ones and “6s maps” in general. Cp_Steel is a great map for HL and we sure as Hell need more creative signature maps like that.