Very welcome. This may essentially make the encounters tool obsolete for those who use maps, if I understand correctly. I’ve never figured out a way to link the two tools previously and swapping between them is annoying at the best of times. 

I've been loving the maps update me and my players have no issue with it. but some things that i would love to see be put in would be.

1. emanations aoe for tokens. it'll help with the many spells and abilities that have that type of aoe. i cant tell you how much my players and I grab the Circle aoe when trying to move tokens. i think it'll be a massive help

2. the only thing i think the map encounters needs for the maps is allowing the players initiative rolls to fill in kind of like the encounters beta. it'll make combat that much faster.

3. another great feature would be conditions. i do use the colors for some types like red is on fire or green is poison. but it'll be so much easier to be able to see it written. like what colored should prone be? what color is stunned? paralyzed?

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I've been loving the maps update me and my players have no issue with it. but some things that i would love to see be put in would be.

1. emanations aoe for tokens. it'll help with the many spells and abilities that have that type of aoe. i cant tell you how much my players and I grab the Circle aoe when trying to move tokens. i think it'll be a massive help

2. the only thing i think the map encounters needs for the maps is allowing the players initiative rolls to fill in kind of like the encounters beta. it'll make combat that much faster.

3. another great feature would be conditions. i do use the colors for some types like red is on fire or green is poison. but it'll be so much easier to be able to see it written. like what colored should prone be? what color is stunned? paralyzed?

 I second the above suggestions :)

when will attachable overlays be installed? Please install them. If attachable, a Light cantrip overlay can be attached to a character token. When the character token moves, the overlay move with them.

Nice! When will be able to add note on the map? 

Would love a shortcut for the select mode. On many software they use V. Sometime I find myself not being on the select mode and on the pan (hand). and just clicking on v to go back to select would be a nice ux improvement. Otherwise, love the new updates. 

Good work

Good update as always. But would love to be able to make custom token. Being able to write in the game log would be great and sharing monsters image too. 

Still would love a way to prepare and save various Encounters, without the requirement of a map. The Encounter Tool is still my go to when playing in person games, and going through Maps still feels like a bunch of extra steps I will never need.

As a DM, these Maps updates have been 🔥 🔥 🔥 

The pacing is appreciated, my groups look forward to playing because I spend more time planning the session than setting it up and running it thanks to Maps! 

These are an awesome addition. Can we also get a Duplicate shortcut please? I already had several instances where I wanted to add the same monster token, and I needed to manually add each one from the tokens bar.

Good progress is happening here. Add the current capabilities to your backlog that are already available in AboveVTT and this will be the best VTT for anyone wed to D&D Beyond. 
Even the basic stuff like Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V to duplicate tokens.

This is fantastic.

I've noticed that when tokens are added to an encounter, and then combat starts, if their Health drops to 0, it displays as 0/0, instead of 0/50. It then becomes impossible to add any Health to that token (I've only tested Monsters, not Players).

I'm really enjoying using the Maps for my online game, but the only thing that bugs me is that there is no 'official' options for NPC tokens, especially when almost every encounter I've used Maps for has required some kind of NPC to be involved in that encounter. Even just generic 'humanoid' tokens that use the same blank space art as the character builder that the DM can rename would work wonders as a solution!

(Unless this already exists and I'm just not looking hard enough...!)

This VTT just keeps getting better and better. Well done!

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I'm really enjoying using the Maps for my online game, but the only thing that bugs me is that there is no 'official' options for NPC tokens, especially when almost every encounter I've used Maps for has required some kind of NPC to be involved in that encounter. Even just generic 'humanoid' tokens that use the same blank space art as the character builder that the DM can rename would work wonders as a solution!

(Unless this already exists and I'm just not looking hard enough...!)

 Similar concern.  In addition to generic options, I needed a single token for large area maps.  My work around for both of these was to create a Homebrewed creature for each.  I have generic NPCs for both races as well as classes.  I also created a creature called "Party" which is nothing more than a monster with no real stats, but it has an icon of a horse-drawn wagon.  That way, on a large map, the whole party can move as a single icon, rather than 4-8 individual tokens.  I'd love to see something more "official" and already built into the system.

Please let the 3d dice available when rolling in MAPS! That's the only thing I really miss from encounters

nice updates!

now -  walls for fog of war would be great

The new changes are welcome, but what it really needs are better grouping tools. Right now monsters default to being grouped together, you can chose to ungroup them, and that's it. I would like to be able to create and configure smaller groups that can share initiatives.