More classic CoD maps in CDL? Enable & Pacman explain why bringing back maps is necessary Dexerto \/ ActivisionCall of Duty\u2019s map pool is a divisive subject, but Reverse Sweep\u2019s Enable, Pacman and Katie Bedford all agree on one thing: bringing back classic maps is good for competitive CoD and the CDL. With Modern Warfare, people complained about the map pool and doorway mechanics endlessly. Map concerns happen with every CoD and 2020\u2019s Black Ops Cold War is no exception, leading the Call of Duty League to make some map pool adjustments already. Nuketown is a beloved multiplayer map for casuals, while both Raid and Express \u2013 both originally released in 2012 \u2013 have been added to the CDL\u2019s map rotation. Emboldened by just how much people are loving the inclusion of these older maps, Enable and Pacman emphasized just how important it is to keep adding \u201cclassic maps,\u201d breaking down which maps should come back and why. Why every Call of Duty game should bring back old maps Considering how well Express and Raid play in Black Ops Cold War, nearly a decade after their debuts, the crew takes things a step further. As Pacman explains, \u201cCall of Duty should always, always release all of these classic maps \u2026 Standoff, Raid, Slums, whatever it may be, Terminal, all these maps should be on every game.\u201d This is a point Enable agrees, and elaborates on, specifying their competitive value: \u201cRe-skinning old maps, old classic maps \u2026 the best competitive maps from past CoD titles. I think that\u2019s actually good for the scene.\u201d While some of these maps might not work as well on each new CoD (e.g. Slums playing poorly on Black Ops 4, despite being great on BO2), the Reverse Sweep gang thinks the negatives are outweighed by the positives. As Pacman concludes, Counter-Strike has been successfully using that same sort of model for a long time: \u201cThey\u2019ve been playing Dust 2 for 74 years. People love the map, it\u2019s still there. Give Call of Duty fans that option.\u201d Why the CDL needs more classic maps Focusing on the CDL\u2019s 2021 season, the gang argued for more classic maps getting added. While they agree that the new map, Apocalypse, is \u201cvery good\u201d (and could be even better, if they adjust the P2 hill), the same sentiment doesn\u2019t carry over to BOCW\u2019s other new maps. As Pacman colorfully reveals, \u201cCheckmate SND is the worst thing I\u2019ve ever seen in my life. It\u2019s horrible.\u201d And that leads directly into a point they all agree upon, which Enable summarizes concisely: the CDL \u201cneed a much bigger map pool.\u201d Although the SND map pool isn\u2019t a disaster, the entire Reverse Sweep crew agrees that more maps are needed for Hardpoint. Considering how hard it is to create new competitive maps, they conclude that bringing back older, beloved maps would be a win-win for the CDL and casual community alike. If you want to see more Reverse Sweep content from Enable, Pacman and Bedford \u2014 check out our Reverse Sweep page and YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More classic CoD maps in CDL? Enable & Pacman explain why bringing back maps is necessary Dexerto \/ ActivisionCall of Duty\u2019s map pool is a divisive subject, but Reverse Sweep\u2019s Enable, Pacman and Katie Bedford all agree on one thing: bringing back classic maps is good for competitive CoD and the CDL. With Modern Warfare, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}