West Coast Payload Map Change Request

[LungThief 0]

I'm a donator who plays a lot on West Coast (LA) Payload.

The map rotation was changed some time ago. And it seems that for Frontier and Nightfall, the server population just dies because no one is really into those maps.

I'd like to suggest this rotation:

Badwater

Goldrush

Upward

Hoodoo

Thunder Mountain

I know most of the regulars on that server would really appreciate that lineup. So, please consider it. =)

Thank you for your time.

[DrkEagle 15]

pl_dustbowl would be suh-weeeeeeeeeet!

[v(•̪●)v 0]

I agree that Frontier and Nightfall tend to kill the server; I usually try to do a map vote if I see one coming up in the queue next and badwater/upward/goldrush (in that order) invariably win with the 1 frontier/nightfall option getting maybe 2 votes max. Thunder Mountain used to kill the server a bit as well, if my memory is correct so I'm a bit hesitant to get behind that one...

Mana has stated before that Hoodoo was removed because it also killed the server, but I never had that experience until a couple-month gap where a lot of the regulars/donors were playing on other servers after a lengthy downtime. I see frequent players request it a lot and talk about how they miss having it. I definitely agree Hoodoo would be an awesome addition to the rotation.

Would it be possible to keep just Badwater/Upward/Goldrush in the mapcycle but toss in Hoodoo and Thunder Mountain to the maplist for multimap votes? I think that would be ideal.

This thread might get more relevant feedback in the servers forum and, popping over there a moment ago myself, Mana had this to say to a similar request for another of the payload servers:

No rotation changes will be made this month to the payload stock servers. Only exception might be one of the new maps.

However more maps will probably be added again this summer when the game's player counts pick up.

[DrkEagle 15]

I like Hoodoo. Usually when it gets voted in on Stocks 3, the server stays full.

[Mana 3,867]

I have changed up the rotation for that server.

[v(•̪●)v 0]

I have changed up the rotation for that server.

Adding the map not explicitly requested by players on the server was an interesting choice.

[Mana 3,867]

Adding the map not explicitly requested by players on the server was an interesting choice.

I did some popularity checking on that map. Was willing to try it out again.

[get on top 0]

There have been other instances where regulars have come on to ask for hoodoo to be brought back into the rotation. It would be nice to play on that map with the regulars from payload WC again. Also, Hightower is terrible. Saw it pop up on rotation and I'm pretty sure every tried to votemap after they saw that name.

Make the server 24/7 Hoodoo.