Riot Games has released the notes for Valorant patch 8.08, and players are disappointed to see that the same boring map pool is in effect.
While the current lineup does have fan favorites like Acsent and Bind, it also hasthree of the least popular maps in Breeze, Icebox, and Sunset. All three of the least-liked maps feature long-range gun fights and are considered a little stale in terms of Agent meta.
Under theannouncements for the eighth patch, players are commenting about the lack of map pool changes almost as much as they are talking about the major agent adjustments.
“They… they really didn’t rotate any of the maps? Why?” Reddit user packy17 said.
Even professional players are calling for a change in the map pool.
Change the map pool now plz
“Change the map pool now plz,” GianFranco “koalanoob” Potestiosaid on social media.
“This is about to be one of the most boring acts to date, zero map pool changes and more unnecessary agent nerfs,” oneX user said.
Thechanges to Viper in this new patchwill also impact players’ experience with the current map pool. The character is considered a must-pick on most of the current rotation and is now much less powerful.
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Riot has not commented on the map pool much despite players’ complaints for the past few months. The developer said it moves maps out of the rotation to work on them internally before bringing them out in an improved state. However, this practice of keeping the competitive map pool to only seven means that some maps have been out of the rotation for over six months.
Valorant players will have to wait for the next patch to see if Riot is finally giving them a new rotation of maps to play on.
Declan McLaughlin was a Gaming & Esports Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in Valorant and League of Legends. He has bylines at Upcomer and Inven Global.
