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I’m assuming that when you ask “should we have them” that you mean “in matchmaking.” I can go either way on this one. On the face of it, of course community made maps should be showcased for the benefit of the forger and the wider audience that gets a break from the same old same old. On the other hand, I’ve played way too many community maps that were of questionable gameplay quality and of extremely questionable quality from the standpoint of craftsmanship. I’m sure that 343 doesn’t have the time to vet these maps properly, and I’m not really sure how some sort of peer-review process might work, but something definitely needs to happen with forge maps to ensure that they’re up to a certain standard of playability and up to the very highest standards of execution.
Maybe if we make maps, then the community will see it as a reflection of it’s own potential and respond in kind.
It will build and strainthen the community as a whole.