Does Pantheon/skirmish only play 4 maps?

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I only ever see the maps Cataracts, Crucible, Prison, and Zigurrat. What about the other maps?

demigod
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Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Davinaldo, reply 1
I've seen Leviathan but never Brothers, Mandala or Exile.

They do happen, but very rarely (see the Pantheon > Maps table, http://pantheon.demigodthegame.com/maps/).
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Actually, according to those stats, games on Brothers, Mandala and Exile really never happen.

http://pantheon.demigodthegame.com/maps/filter/pantheon/sort/totalgames/desc/

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

LOL.

 

One more bug xD ? Random is broken.

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

No, I think Mandala and Brothers are deliberately left out since they are 5v5 maps.

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

But what about Exile?

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Spooky, reply 4
No, I think Mandala and Brothers are deliberately left out since they are 5v5 maps.
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Why would they deliberately leave out 5v5 maps?

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Helios, reply 6
Why would they deliberately leave out 5v5 maps?
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Ah 5v5 can be troublesome, so they simply do not include 5v5s in the matchmaking system. Or maybe they do, but there are never enough people in the pantheon queue for a 5v5. But even if you are matched against only AIs, I never saw anything bigger than a 4v4 in Pantheon.

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Spooky, reply 7

Ah 5v5 can be troublesome, so they simply do not include 5v5s in the matchmaking system. Or maybe they do, but there are never enough people in the pantheon queue for a 5v5. But even if you are matched against only AIs, I never saw anything bigger than a 4v4 in Pantheon.
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I don't think that they're in at all, because you can play 3v3 on Crusible, so then why shouldn't you be allowed to play 4v4 on Brothers or Mandala?

And, still, what about Exile? I think that is a good, innovative, map.

Reply #9 from Demigod Forums Top

Well, my guess still is that Mandala and Brothers simply are not in because they are too big. Playing a 3v3 on a 2v2 map is not the same as playing a 4v4 or less on a 5v5 map, imho. And the general consensus about Exile is, that it sucks, as far as I know :D. At least many people do not like and think that it is imbalanced, for various reasons. I don't know if that is the reason why it is not included.

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

I'd rather play on the smaller maps than having to wait an hour to get enough people to fill or even get 2/3 of the people required to fill one of the bigger maps.

 

And since from what we've been told the code tries to give you a match now instead of waiting for a "better" match in the future, games will usually tend to be between fewer people, on the maps that are made for fewer people. Makes perfect sense for me.

Reply #11 from Demigod Forums Top

The first few pantheons had matches on Mandala, Brothers and Exile but people complained about them being either too big or unbalanced so SD/GPG changed it so that those maps aren't chosen anymore. I think it is a shame that they did. Having more variety is a good thing and it can be fun to play cat and mouse on a big map sometimes. Exile was one of my favorite maps because of the dead end health crystals and how you can corner people in those dead ends.

Reply #12 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Zygwen, reply 11
The first few pantheons had matches on Mandala, Brothers and Exile but people complained about them being either too big or unbalanced so SD/GPG changed it so that those maps aren't chosen anymore. I think it is a shame that they did. Having more variety is a good thing and it can be fun to play cat and mouse on a big map sometimes. Exile was one of my favorite maps because of the dead end health crystals and how you can corner people in those dead ends.
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Yeah, I like those maps too. Imho they should put it aback in and use them whenever there is at least a 3v3 going on.

Reply #13 from Demigod Forums Top

Why would they deliberately leave out 5v5 maps?
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Because Pantheon never creates a game larger than 3v3

Reply #14 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting InfiniteVengeance, reply 13
Because Pantheon never creates a game larger than 3v3
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Pantheon does create 4v4 games. Sure, the last 2 I had were only with one other human player, but technically it does create them.