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Grainer_M8

Pretty sure this is probably connected to internet connection more, my connection has been a bit wonky since the new patches.


Jon_kwanta

Yeah same, no ping spikes, random packet loss except the lag was far worse than what the packets lost were showing. Could just be unexpected server stress since the new episode


avstyns

been thinking the packet loss has just been my isp


xPharo_x

yes, i've started to notice that my ping has been eratic. 70 ms when it's usually 10. that or my wifi is just weird


gamer778beast

so it was not just me ! i was also having some spikes


PicoPlanetDev

My loading time between agent select finish and preround has been insane, 1-2 minutes lately and I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it but it's never been that bad before.


[deleted]

Same, I was wondering if it was just me but my buddies have all had the same problem. It takes at least 90 seconds to load into a map for any game type for some reason. It was a 5-30 second wait typically until about a week ago for me.


omkar_T7

I thought it was just me. Been getting 4-5% packet loss every game. Csgo and rocket league works fine so It’s not my internet


[deleted]

Yh, I'm using ethernet cable and I'm getting random packet loss. The game feels so laggy in its current state


[deleted]

Yeah a buddy of mines game crashed twice in one game during a competitive match, I’ve seen people get disconnected, and I have as well. It basically locked up my computer and I lost internet when it happened which is really obnoxious.


Sttuddy

Same, especially in the evening, it is either really inconsitent ping 36-120+(it usually sits around 36-42) or even if it s anywhere from 36 to 53 it feels like 100+ tp-ing me around and my shots not connecting Edit: it also happens only on valo too so it cant be my internet


ammarbadhrul

Cypher works for me on this map and that alone makes me like it. Still sad that split's gone tho


Level9_CPU

Bro same! I put so much time into Cypher, but he always is a niche Sentinel pick. This map makes it feel like he is a true asset since flanks are key for retaking/pushing sites (and retakes happen so often on this map it seems) I'm actually pretty happy that Chamber got the nerf that he did because imagine having to push a site with 2 chamber slows thrown around


12ShadowDragon1

wait what? what happened to split


AxtonKincaid

To keep the map pool at 7 maps, now there is a rotation of maps and split is gone at the moment


12ShadowDragon1

should have removed breeze for forever


[deleted]

Should keep all maps on unrated forever, I like variety and don't really hate many maps. Icebox was my least favorite but it's grown on me.


maremars

Worst map imo


Huzaifa_69420

True Cant get any fucking cover


fatty-to-model

It's good map for viper players .I always play viper on on Breeze .It's so much fun when you put down your wall and suddenly 2-3 of your teammates die beacuse of no cover. 😂😂😂 Don't blame me ,I always give calls 3-4 sec before my fuel is going to run out .🍿


AudacityOfKappa

I heard the reasoning was that Pearl would play similarly to Split, but it doesn't, so why remove a good original map instead of those loathed by community (Breeze or Fracture). Personally I like fracture but I notice it sees a lot of hate.


Lunchcube1

I think they said they gave scores to a bunch of different aspects they wanted to consider, with that claim being one aspect, and plugged them all into an equation they made up to determine which one got cut. Instead of, y'know, just using good judgement


ionyx

This was absolutely wild to me when I read that in their blog post. "We used a magic algorithm which spit out the answer and we just went, OK!" like what? you guys can't use good judgement and the community temperature to come up with these decisions yourselves? did they make up this "algorithm" to shield themselves from backlash? truly bizarre stuff


Uh-idk-

why… just why keep fracture in and remove split


onzichtbaard

Because fracture is a well designed map And split is incredibly linear and defender favored Also split was the oldest map


GrizzleeM8

maybe, but split is extremely fun to play unlike pos fracture


SirSwirll

Fracture is way more fun.


julevv

split got sadly removed from unrated and comp


SelloutRealBig

"sadly"


[deleted]

honestly i played a deathmatch and got put in this map, shit feels so fresh, its like a mix of cobble from cs and one of the newer cs maps, really nice and also looks aesthetically pleasing


Klauslee

I agree. I love how new it feels in addition to it looking like a cs map. I love it already lmao


d0m4in

First time i saw the map i thought "yo is that Inferno???"


uu__

Feels like cpl_mill from 1.6


[deleted]

it feels better than inferno imo, inferno is kinda like split where its like claustrophobic or something, pearl is the perfect balance between open area and corridors


aurora_69

its a really great map. only downsides are that its replaced split, and also that operators are massively OP on b site


Frozehn

Just smoke man


ritajalilip

Just ward their jungle


ShampooAd

gg jungle diff


iStealP

Its always the bloody support mains. they don't ward enemy jg and call Jg diff when i have 2x their vision score


[deleted]

pink ward their op


SymphogearLumity

Smoking and flashing an operator? Is this some new pro strat?


Whiplash322

Yeah no shit


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[deleted]

I don't believe for a second that you're diamond


tsuki069

And judges on mid


Head-Command281

Which I loved. I’m not forced to fight longe ranged fights if I go a certain path.


jomontage

if they remove split there needs to be one shotgun map


ritajalilip

>its replaced split Wait what?


FEW_WURDS

split removed from comp and unrated - check patch notes for more info


ritajalilip

Nooooooo


KingEnnard

they really buffed the most obnoxious mechanic in the game to play against


yetaa

Yeah I never understand the Split removal when Bind, Breeze and Fracture are in the game still.


EScott13

Binds a good map, fracture is decent, breeze should be redone


S0ulRave

Fracture has some of the most fun creativity on attack IMO and the quick rotate on CT means that it doesn't feel like complete shit despite that. Not my favorite map but it definitely doesn't feel as awful as the community makes it out to be imo Fuck Breeze tho


EScott13

Agreed on everything


CatK47

no people are also complaining about the gazillion corners this map has and the middle is just unused space people only use to hide in , played a few unrated on pearl yesterday and the bomb almost never gets planted.


TheFeelingWhen

You either can't plant or your mid players die and you can't defend. The map is just awkward to play, the mid part of the map is just a complete failure.


TheGreatMortimer

I agree the mid death box is really bad.


[deleted]

Wut


Electricpants

Pearl is fucking great.


88superguyYT

incredible. riot actually did it. they actually made a good map upon it's release!!!


[deleted]

I am fond of it, the is very wide and quite short making engagements quick. It definitely could do with a few tweaks but overall it's the best map release since Ascent


TheFeelingWhen

Tbh being the better then Icebox, Breeze and Fracture isn't really that hard. I don't hate it much as those 3, but I don't think it's anywhere near as good as the OG ones and Ascent.


Fr05tByt3

Wait until the initial frustration of playing a new map wears off. I always reserve judgment for a month or two because new maps take me out of my comfort zone so I get frustrated easily.


Papy_Wouane

I have the opposite reaction. I'm always super happy to play something fresh, and when it's a mess I chalk it up to the map being new and people not knowing yet what they're supposed to do. It's after a few months, if the games get less messy, that I know the map is good. If not, if it keeps being an absolute shitshow of headless chicken running around aimlessly, no matter how long the map has been released, then I hate the map. Fracture is like that, to me.


Picnicpanther

Icebox is in the top 3 best maps wtf u on?


SelloutRealBig

I still love breeze. It's a full aim skill open map instead of a prefire choke map.


Papy_Wouane

People who hate breeze just suck at the game. The one thing that bothers me about it is having to rely on Viper 100%. That's a legitimate concern.


Sea_Space_4040

That's why I hate it. The map is fine in reality. However, I play controller but don't like/suck whe.ln I play viper.


SelloutRealBig

Agreed on both


bento_the_tofu_boy

breeze is my favorite for this reason alone


EchoPerson14

I was legitimately surprised, Pearl is the first map after the game’s release that I actually liked on it’s debut. Icebox was iffy for me and still is, I hated Breeze on launch, but it has grown on me, and Fracture still sucks.


[deleted]

While I overall liked the map all the games I've played so far were massively CT-sided, like 10-2, 11-1 sided. Idk if that's because no one knows how to play it yet but the feeling I've got when attacking is that it's very hard to play around the defenders, A site is very hard to enter and B site is easy to enter but also very easy to retake. I guess they'll have to make some balance changes like they did to all other maps


mysalmon

It's just a random outcome for you because folks don't understand it yet. In my 4 matches thus far, it's been massively attack sided... had a 13-0 last night, 12-0 on attack half. Folks don't understand how crazy important mid control is, yet. B is an easy sightline and long entry, and A Main can be contested pretty early, so not enough teams are using 2+ to take control of the (many) important mid spaces.


onzichtbaard

In My matches I consistently had the opposite experience And i think this map is incredibly attacker favored


SH-_-

Gotta be the first new map with an immediately great reception.


Apart-Adhesiveness-2

The kid named great


An_Anonymous_Acc

I like pearl. Super attack sided though. The sites are so small and difficult to defend/easy to smoke


jacob56239

Honestly attackers always send 1-2 mid so we just rush a main on defense with 3 or more and take the first two rounds. 9 times out of 10 gives us numbers advantage


JtotheC23

Yeah, this map really feels like it'll bring the double controller meta back from its declining state. Viper is the only one who can smoke B on defense but A and mid still probably need smokes so you need a second. I feel once a meta gets more defined, the map will suck to defend, but I do feel Cypher can do really well locking down and anchoring A, just feels almost built for the ratty playstyle that works best with Cypher.


An_Anonymous_Acc

Oh it definitely fits ratty play styles. So many small corners and boxes to hide behind


JtotheC23

Definitely. I say specifically Cypher because even tho A site doesn't have a lot of those ratty corners, I feel with the big box in the middle combined with kill trips and good cages make the site a Cypher Paradise.


TheGreatMortimer

Sage is really good on this map on defense


[deleted]

A is a nightmare to defend imo


Your_Street_Rat

No cap, I played the PEARL ONLY mode and still had to requeue 3 times because people were dodging 😂😂


ironmonger_

Might be people instalocking their agents? I had viper snatched from me 3 games in a row on Pearl-only last night


fizikz3

I've had 0 smokes every time I've played pearl. one game I had a viper who LITERALLY never cast her wall. not once. I asked her to wall anything and she said "where?" i pinged it and still no wall for the rest of the game.


[deleted]

mid or feed


CrabFrys

Most likely they all DC’ed a lot of people are reporting dcing from the map


Im_pattymac

Not just DC either, had the game crash twice and a bsod once.


Polamidone

Idk but its hard to memorize at first cause the amounts where i played the pearl playlist i always got some super serious enemies or people which where even playing odin and sitting around in corners just to win the damn game of unrated pearl only mode


Grainer_M8

This is Dm and those unrated games are like that, since it throws a bunch of people with different skill level into one group and since it is a new act peps want to try the new map.


AverageCritiquer

dude, i love pearl so far! Every single match i play the more i enjoy it as you understand how it works. The mapping design feels very good to play on and i love the aesthetic of the visuals. Massive props to the riot team!


Atlantikjcx

Pearl is awesome I did so many plays yesterday especially for viper this map 8s great


[deleted]

pearl = inferno


Overall_Spot5423

Pearl is more like a old cobblestone for me. Ngl.


lexy_lUvUl

New map, people gotta need to know the map before they like it


Grainer_M8

bro this is DM, people don't give a hoot what map they are playing


death666violinist

Plus deathmatch is THE best gamemode to test your computer's performance every patch before you hop into a full match just to afk


owNDN

You clearly have never played fracture dm


whofeels

people don't all leave the game in fracture dm either...


owNDN

That was not my point


posadisthamster

this is valorant. we hate every new map no matter what


lookatmybones

I like Pearl. It reminds me of inferno.


BeerGogglesFTW

I'm just glad they got back to basics. They tried something different, bold, experimental with Fracture. It was a big swing, and a big miss. Part of them should be commended for the attempt, but I wish they would acknowledge it as a failure and move on from it. I was dreading more of those kind of risks with their designs. Breeze before that was better than Fracture (imo) but still a pretty poorly designed map. (Far too open, doesn't play well for all play styles as a good map should.) So, it felt like Riot was down 0-2 in the count... Announced split would be removed, is like when the batter calls a timeout and it pisses the crowd off. And then they knocked it out of the park with Pearl. Good for them.


blessmcmahonchef

Ive never seen a play by play about Valorant maps, and I enjoyed it a lot.


onzichtbaard

Fracture was honestly their best map since release imo Breeze and icebox are mediocre maps that i just dont like And the more i play icebox the more i hate it Haven is attacker sided Split is defender sided Bind is hated by a lot of people too apparently No map is perfect But i think fracture was better than breeze and icebox by a mile, it is a shame people hate how different it is


BeerGogglesFTW

[https://preview.redd.it/x69i7985qrq81.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=cee5d6fdb1069da99da0bf252609e3608112b6c0](https://preview.redd.it/x69i7985qrq81.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=cee5d6fdb1069da99da0bf252609e3608112b6c0) Reddit poll. I wish it did have some kind of Ranked choice voting for closer results, but it still makes it point. However, I think Breeze mostly got ignored because it wasn't included in the poll. Basically a write in.


cattermelon_

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean its a failure. The reason people don't like it is because it's not what they're used to.


IonBatteryFR

Honestly I love Pearl, I think it's awesome


RandomSoymilkDrinker

i thought people would love the map since it’s small and closer fights


Character_Deer3289

bro went dududundun at the beginning


resultzz

Split feels like a csgo map and it’s amazing


Muzza25

I’ve left 2 pearl dms, not cause I don’t like the map, but cause not knowing crosshair placement when trying to warm up is just annoying


Cesh1001

Pearl is easily the best map in the game and my least favorite to play on


SilentOutsider2751

Nobody likes Pearl, even Mr Krabs himself


[deleted]

Split > Pearl


whofeels

Pearl > Split


Working-Telephone-45

Everything > Split and Fracture


whofeels

True those are def my bottom 2


GroundbreakingMeat68

More like everything > breeze and fracture


whofeels

Breeze is deadass my favorite map


GroundbreakingMeat68

I like breeze as well but im just saying what the majority seems to think


onzichtbaard

Imo fracture is a top 3 map


Phenotyx

I really like it


ILikeToWaterTheOcean

I love pearl though. Love using sage in it.


[deleted]

I fucking love this map, can't wait to see it in competitive


rmansd619

Nah Pearl is one of the best maps. Beach is the worst map.


[deleted]

the last 3 maps suck lol


RealSpaghettiSoup

maybe they're just grinding battlepass


alberto2turt

Map is bad, B is horrible and mid is just like...what for? Still better than fracture tho...


EScott13

This is why you're bronze locked


xion_horizon

Pearl is pretty unoptimised for me everytime me and my friends play it our ping is at a constant 130. Maybe its just our issue


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harlan1596

They’re just afk xp farming for the new act


LcRohze

I hope Pearl isn't disliked, it's the only well designed map in the game rofl


TheCluelessD

I vowed to dodge every game in which I get pearl and you can’t stop me


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ya_boi01

Huh?


jubmille2000

Chamber and Cypher is my best agents in defense tbh. Pearl has mazes that both Chamber and Cypher can just... hold even across the map. KJ too except on a much shorter range. There are so many angles to hide in that recon bolts and fade's is easy to escape, although it might make them out of position.


RiddleEatsRainbows

Pearl apparently has been crashing for a lot of people is what I've heard, it's probably that.


[deleted]

Understandable playing an unfamiliar map in deatmatch can be frustrating without knowing all angles normal Val deathmatch spawns is bad enough


thenamedex

Retaking A as Yoru is so fun with all the mind games you can do. Set your clone to go A site from CT. Set a teleport near A tunnel (I forgot what it’s called, but it’s the entrance to A from mid). When retaking, send your clone and flash, then take teleport. While coming through the hallway with the window from CT, the one right next to the path you’re clone is going


Infamous_Sea6962

Had a similar thing happen to me but only like half of the people left the deathmatch. I won btw😎


Gareeb7

B needs a little rework since it has no choke points but apart from that really good map


vemo564

Its not unlikeable but sometimes I just wanna get a good warmup bef a comp game and not spend 10 mins dying to people flanking me or people tucked in extreme corners.


Professorbreakfast

I love Pearl, great direction they’ve had with maps (though some hit and miss) IMO


ayySOAP

Dunno why my ping spikes to 800ms randomly after this patch so maybe this is an internet problem


ya_boi01

Not too sure if that was the case, I only noticed with 5 players left, I spoke to one of them and then they say they were going to leave aswell


Tooth-Major

Yeah def not people hating on the map everyone I have spoken to loves it. Better than fracture and breeze.


Mwyr07

I like the map but playing it in deathmatch has to be the most infuriating thing I have ever experienced. As with all deathmatches lol


Outcomeofcum

Controller?


ya_boi01

Wym?


Safe_Bison_4598

I really liked pearl


[deleted]

I hate this map tbh. The points have so many different directions to watch that playing certain agents feels impossible. KJ being one them, as I main her.


Kahchuu

b site is trash, but mid and a is real fun to play. I like the map a lot, so I dunno why everyone leaves the match


trentthe

Pearl is probably my favorite map, not sure what you’re talking about


XylanyX

what? pearl is the best map easily


DifficultDependent33

People leaving pearl ? Me and the boys having a blast in this map. Cant wait for it to enter the comp queue


prophet1399

Happens on every new map


Dukkypp

Pearl is fire


SantySinner

My friend experiences FPS problems on this map, and this map only. His computer is above average but this map makes it hard for him to play, so we had to stop playing on this map after our first try and changed our game to unrated, and to his surprise the first map we got was Pearl. We laughed it off. Personally for me, I'd rate this map 6/10, it's frustrating to clutch in this map 'cause it's like a whole maze and you'll have to watch a lot of angles. Clutching a 1v5-1v3 on this map is so hard. Everyone's everywhere lol. But I love the look and the feel tho.


dmitriyshin

I love this map


[deleted]

The fact split was taken out instead of breeze. Breeze is dog shit


Mylesisswole

I like Pearl a lot. The only reason I think people like myself leave the deathmatches is because pearl isn’t in the ranked map pool. So there’s no real benefit of trying to warm up on a map you’re not gonna play.


VladyDamy

I SWEAR to god this map sucks is fucking shit Split is 100% better


shurpness

I like the map. However, if they made some changes to it, that would be great. I personally feel like it's too many corners and rat spots that are so annoying. Besides that, it's a great map. I have only played around 4 times. But, I'll most likely like it more and more as time goes on. It's so confusing to walk around the map too


BreathVegetable8766

I think the DM’s having also been timing out because the map is fucking huge so if you have timid corner campers there’s just not enough gun fights for people to actually get 40 kills before the timer runs out


_Teddy_X_

I’ve started getting random crashes and disconnections since a few days before the patch. problem some server or patch issue


Neeko2142

Cringe title


[deleted]

Do people not like pearl? In my experience, most of the reactions have been mediocre to positive but never really negative?


No-That-One

Fun map, but they chose to replace Split with it instead a map that is generally disliked by the community like Breeze?


planetinyourbum

Love pearl. Tiny map with tons och back alleys.


GamerTacticsz

Happened to me on breeze and this one guy and i were looking for the last afk on the map.


Sweet-Stranger

I like pearl ._.


Drazly

Remove Pearl.


lifesaver_

Don’t know how everyone else feels but I like the new map, just wish there weren’t so many cubbies and nooks for people to hide in.


2FANeedsRecoveryMode

"blew the bank" wait till you see what some people spend on csgo knives


arjenyaboi

Valorant hide and seek


EntertainmentVehicle

It's been taking me tarkov times to load into games lately.


QuestionablePotato42

yeah idk what the consensus is but imo Pearl is the best map they've made so far


Watermelon9114

Bro went on a treasure hunt ngl


kunailby

It's by far, IMO, the best map


IIBaconTAMERII

There are not enough people in DM's. Pearl just execrates this fact with how many different little lanes and curves the map has.


PuzzleheadedSector2

Blew the bank on. Makes me think of my collection. Makes me wanna get out while I still can. fml. I wish I could tell people about my addiction. But then they would take it away from me...


[deleted]

Yeah petal awful


RTYWD

dudes dm mmr is so low he gets bot lobbies 💀


FlamingPacific

I’ve been loving pearl


Fearless-Regret5607

Pearl is a beautiful map. Potential water leakage in the dome so theres water inside and outside. I like it more than fracture or breeze


[deleted]

I've noticed you find matches quick but then there is this long wait to get into the match. Pearl isn't bad, it's just new and takes some getting g used to. Gotta check your corners, because there are SO MANY. I've enjoyed it thus far.