Matchmaking Based on Map

Games Halo Infinite
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Hey everyone, been following the forums for years but never made a topic, so here goes!

I think it would be cool to have an option to go into matchmaking and find a match based on the map of your choice.

For example, Avalanche from H3 is probably one of my favourite big team maps, but with the MCC’s matchnaking system I rarely get to play it.

So I think it would be cool to be able to choose the map you want to play on and find a match that way.

Obviously this would be separate from regular matchmaking cause not everyone would want to play that way, and would rather it be random.

What does everyone else think of that?

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If the matchmaking has either veto or voting system where eventually people will eventually have clear favorites resulting in certain maps being rather common, then i would see this working.
As to why there should be veto/voting option is is that its basically community feedback about the maps through playing the game.

Now this is where the topic comes in.

Since such systems would make some maps rarer, separate matchmaking based on map would allow people to play other maps too with likeminded people.
It could also make it easier to get achievements or such that are tied to a certain map.

So it could work if the matchmaking is otherwise well done.

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> If the matchmaking has either veto or voting system where eventually people will eventually have clear favorites resulting in certain maps being rather common, then i would see this working.
> As to why there should be veto/voting option is is that its basically community feedback about the maps through playing the game.
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> Now this is where the topic comes in.
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> Since such systems would make some maps rarer, separate matchmaking based on map would allow people to play other maps too with likeminded people.
> It could also make it easier to get achievements or such that are tied to a certain map.
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> So it could work if the matchmaking is otherwise well done.

Yeah you pretty much nailed it. Some maps will become favourites and get the most votes in a veto or voting system. So this will allow people to play on the maps they want right away.

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So you’d want a voting system? Sounds fascinating and legitimate. After all, I don’t think we’ve had one since Reach

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Halo 4 has a voting system, and it was great at first, but got very annoying very quickly. You can only play ragnarok so many times before you start thinking “maybe a voting system isn’t the best system”.

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> So you’d want a voting system? Sounds fascinating and legitimate. After all, I don’t think we’ve had one since Reach

I’m ok with a voting system. But this idea would be more of a separate section of matchmaking, where you could choose the map from a list of all of the maps, and find a game that way. So you can see if there are matches available for the map you choose.

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I think what your shooting for is an option to filter the maps, i think gears of war had that. i wouldnt mind being able to select what maps show up for me in matchmaking.

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> I think what your shooting for is an option to filter the maps, i think gears of war had that. i wouldnt mind being able to select what maps show up for me in matchmaking.

Yeah just a way to get around playing the same maps over and over, and be able to play on the ones you like.

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Maybe in settings you can set a percentage of all maps.

It will try to match you with your preferred maps although you may not always get them, for example say we were playing on Halo CE you could have

HANG EM HIGH - 40%
CHILL OUT - 30%
DEATH ISLAND - 30%

Now that’s not to say you get the map everytime, it’s just if there is a match available quickly you will more likely get placed in one of those games.

I feel like a issue with this idea is that I can foresee a issue with getting the right ranked players against each other. And over time as the population decreases, it may be hard for some to get the maps they want as they might not like the overall favourites, and it still results with the issue being, the favourites getting get picked.

Idk