Map Voting?

The way to do map voting is similar to how you handle children sharing a dessert. In the case of children one cuts and the other chooses which half their sibling gets.

For picking the map: one side if they use a map offering should let the killer choose which map inside of that tile set. Obviously maps that only go to one place need to be "united" so that there is a meaningful choice.

Imagine for example that you use a farm offering: the killer will always pick abattoir because it is the smallest map and the only fair farm map. But even that is not exactly fair so inside each option there should be a "random map" as a nth choice. So for example you could pick swamp map and the killer might get the option via random choice to pick clown map instead.

Not sure I'd like this - I'd imagine the pool of maps used would shrink significantly. Also, in a 4v1, the killer will likely never get their choice (survivors would rightly choose a map beneficial to them and simply outvote the killer). So, this suggestion feels it has some problems which would need amending.

One possible change that may assist would be for the pool of maps to choose from will automatically remove the previous map each player has played from the pool. But I admit I'm not sold on this. However, at least it's an idea to encourage a change, and I applaud that.

Voting could be abused by the 4 survivors.

I suggest the game blocks the previous 2 maps each player has been on. This would remove the possibility of repeating the same map multiple times while also giving the full variety.

@KrypticReeps

Hey there, I see that you’re pretty new here to the forum with only 15 posts so far, so the first thing I want to say is Welcome! I’m sorry that one of your first threads had to go this way, but one of the things you’ll come to quickly learn is that this community is VERY political.

There are the “survivor mains” and the “killer mains”, and just about any comment on any topic is viewed and distorted through the lens of “this makes their side too strong” or “that is unfair to my side!”

You had a fun idea about map voting and I personally would love to see something like this. But then you immediately saw comments of “survivors would always win” and then “now killers always win.” Knowing how this goes, I encourage you to think of possible complaints from both roles when posting ideas and try to counter them in advance. Someone will still gripe regardless, but it’s easier to handle when you expect it.

My compromise suggestion to your idea would be something like this:

• After loadouts are finalized, survivors are presented with the same 3 random realms (not maps) to choose from. Most votes wins. If 2 maps are tied, one of the two is picked randomly. If a player doesn’t vote in time, then their vote is cast randomly.
• After loadouts are finalized, the killer is given 3 random realms to choose from (not necessarily the same 3 choices that the survivors got.) If the killer doesn’t choose in time, then the vote is cast randomly.
• The winning survivor realm and the winning killer realm are displayed to all players - along with a 3rd random realm. All players watch as one of these 3 choices is chosen randomly. The match will load into one of the maps from the selected realm.
• Map offerings can be used in various ways such as: increase your role’s choices while voting, decrease the choices that the other role gets, add a 2nd random realm to the final selection (total of 4 instead of 3), or ensure that the realm of your choice gets into your role’s initial vote.

Although somewhat complex, I feel that something like this provides a middle-of-the-road solution that prevents one role from steamrolling over the other. But as I said earlier, people will still find a way to gripe. Before long, somebody will complain that “there’s already too much RNG in this game, we don’t need even more randomness!” And so I’ll respond in advance by saying that maps are ALREADY chosen at random, and when they’re not due to offerings, then the match is usually unbalanced. Giving everone some minor say is kinda nice I think!

Anyway, wall of text, I know, but I hope you get a kick out of this! The overall lesson is to expect the negativity so it does get you down. Just ignore it and keep the fun ideas flowing! And once again, welcome to the forum!

I'd rather just see the map in the lobby before I select a character and loadout. It's really dumb that I can select a killer or survivor loadout and have it be rendered completely useless by the map. Yeah, it would lead to lobby dodging. But that's because map design is lacking in the fun department.

Agreed with this one the most. Basically dbd cant really have a more normal voting system (we count map offerings as a vote) cause it would skew the maps in favor of 1 side. Basically 1 side chooses realms while the other choses specific map would be the best implementation of this kinda system with an added "random" button for incase. Personally, we'd rather have random maps every time.

No worries! I just put that in there to make sure there’s no confusion. Even the offerings we have now are technically “realms”, but everyone still refers to them as map offerings.

Amusement Park!!!! This game needs an amusement park map. I'd be happy to be slaughtered in one. Just kill me right next to a Rollercoaster 🎢 or ferris wheel.😁😁😁

These are valid concerns. If maps were more balanced it wouldn't matter where a trial is played, beyond just personal preference.

Then a voting system of some sort could be added. Based on fun. Remember fun?

The map choice should be pure RNG imo. No map offerings, no voting, just luck of the draw.

I feel that would fall into a similar category you mentioned earlier, although it does at least keep a sizeable pool of maps remaining to choose from, so it's a better idea.