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Sabotur
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Probably all MP maps. If the lobby system works and my maps get played 1000's of times then good and I will spend alot of time in FC5, if not then obviously I won't.
I think its pretty evident from every mapper's remarks that if they spend a week making a map and then it gets played 100 times over a month then its really not worth putting the effort in. .
If you then have to promote your maps through youtube, social media etc putting even more time in, then its even more of a waste of time. The onus is on the design of the lobby system not on the mapper's social media skills to enable the mapper to get their maps played as much as possible.
I think the lobby system will be perfect for kids spending an hour or 2 making a map then playing it a few times with their friends, in which case its definitely not for me.
I preferred FC2 because the lobby system empowered map makers to customise their lobbies and invite players publicly and not just players from their own friend list.
We have less instead of more in terms of hosting and whichever way you look at that, its a backwards step for mappers and players alike.
You have some strange thoughts on map making. If your maps are not played 1000's of times it is not worth your time and you do not want to do any promotion for it yourself and if the lobby system stays as it is its not worth your time either.
I think being able to make maps either SP, Coop, or MP is already fun. That others like to play your maps as well is nice too. Be it 10 or 1000 times should not matter as long as they had fun playing it. That should give you the fun of making and playing maps and maybe even build and play more maps.
But for you (and some others) it seems that only you, only your maps and only your perfect lobby system is important to you. Maybe you should do some rethinking... or maybe not of course.
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