14 Sep 12, 11:44PM
Sure people can say "no i won't play that" but that is inherently bad for competition. Suppose we pick a map and it gets played, then the other team chooses but gets denied their pick. That hardly seems fair. Obviously it's a game and not that serious except in tournaments where there are set rules for such things. However, if the goal is to produce a solid product that will aid the player's experience and not hinder it, then it seems to reason that official maps should be playable regardless of CM, pub, or mode. Certain maps are great 1v1, others are fun for HTF, CTF, etc. Maybe if you had an official package where there were "suggestions" of gamemode that may help, but also may make menus bulky. Ultimately, if a map is going to be official, it should be well thought out (as many are) but also scrutinized for how playable it is within the confines of the game. The problem we run into with that seems to be how balanced the map is for both sides (and biases do occur despite what halo may think, no offense intended) as well as what mode it is picked in. Very simply, some maps are perfection for one set thing and absolutely horrible for other modes. It may be there are simply too many modes to custom fit a map to all of them. Or it may be that certain maps should not be playable in certain modes (at least match mode as a compromise). I have never played another game with so much variety in modes which is a great feature of AC, but when it comes to actually refining what it is to be a good player or refining what is a good map, often this variety does more harm than good.