Have you come across any good small Forge maps? I've seen very few out there... figured you guys at THC may have some good, competitive maps.
(No we aren't "looking" looking... I'm just curious.)
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(No we aren't "looking" looking... I'm just curious.)
Patch notes would be very nice.
Genesis Knight
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I agree. I've stopped browsing HaloGAF or this OT with any regularity because I enjoy the game and the complaining is like a wet blanket.
It and Dominion are the only two playlists with a high player count, and they share maps. If you add up the 4v4/5v5 lists, you'd get a population count similar to or higher than the 6v6/8v8 pool.
Garrett 2U
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There are like 8 other playlists that use the smaller Arena-type maps... BTB and Dominion are the only playlists that use the larger maps.
Edit: beaten, awk.
Slightly Live
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The maps look bland and uninspired. Every one of them looks washed out.
So much brown too. What the hell?
So much brown too. What the hell?
'Compete on new maps'
It's almost becoming a joke. The one map from the description that might, possibly, potentially, have a sliver of a chance slotting into a Team Slayer, 4v4 playlist and it features a fucking Warthog, a ghost, and a Mongoose. Really glad I didn't buy that season pass.
And why do they all look so similar? Where's the visual identity. Compare these to a map like Assembly.
It's almost becoming a joke. The one map from the description that might, possibly, potentially, have a sliver of a chance slotting into a Team Slayer, 4v4 playlist and it features a fucking Warthog, a ghost, and a Mongoose. Really glad I didn't buy that season pass.
And why do they all look so similar? Where's the visual identity. Compare these to a map like Assembly.
Scaled down the screenshots a bit (a lot) for the people who don't want to load 3.6mb pictures.
Harvest:
Shatter:
Wreckage:
Click here for the full gallery.
Harvest:
Shatter:
Wreckage:
Click here for the full gallery.
MaximumFlipFlop
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Can you guys stop complaining? I like the game.
Can you guys stop slurping? I dislike the game.
Can you guys stop slurping? I dislike the game.
Harvest looks like Jetpack Heaven. Wonder if there are any soft kill zones on top of those buildings.
Gonna guess no.
Thanks for the resizes!
ncsuDuncan
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Patch Notes:
- Team Snipers removed
- FFA Throwback added
- Exploit on Complex blocked
- JIP Tweaked
I wouldn't go around getting people's hopes up after a vague tweet like that, it's not like someone at 343 proclaimed "Patch notes coming out today!" I'd love to be wrong though.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
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Extraction is in the game now, just not a playlist. I assume they are just announcing that it will have a playlist come the 10th.
Station 9, Cella, and Locus are amazing. I'll have to upload my gameplay VOD from a few nights ago.
http://www.twitch.tv/u4ixxx/b/343747597
Demoncarnotaur
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Im on of the people here who like this game, but this mappack looks pretty bad. =/
Yup. They all look the same, and bland.
Bregmann Roche
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ElRenoRaven
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Check your game type options.
NullPointer
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More interested in details of the title update.
More maps are good I guess, but I haven't tired of many release maps yet - except Ragnarok and maybe Exile to a lesser extent. Love it when I get a match on Abandon or Vortex, and Haven has never stopped being a good time.
More maps are good I guess, but I haven't tired of many release maps yet - except Ragnarok and maybe Exile to a lesser extent. Love it when I get a match on Abandon or Vortex, and Haven has never stopped being a good time.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Let's play!
GUESS THE LEVEL!
Guess the level from the picture clue taken from the a screenshot on that level! Easy!
Hint: It has brown colours!
GUESS THE LEVEL!
Guess the level from the picture clue taken from the a screenshot on that level! Easy!
Hint: It has brown colours!
ElRenoRaven
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Ah so this awful sounding gametype is already in the game. Interesting.
Let's play!
GUESS THE LEVEL!
Guess the level from the picture clue taken from the a screenshot on that level! Easy!
Backwash.
It's probably the best gametype in the game.
It's a lot of fun.
ElRenoRaven
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To each their own I say. Doesn't sound fun to me at all. Course I'm a old fashioned Team Slayer kind of guy.
yes that was me. But who knows maybe I nailed it with Halo2 haha.
Yeah also curious to see what is in it, because we were told JIP would be tweaked, but I didn't felt a difference
Everybody makes mistakes.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Let's play!
GUESS THE LEVEL!
Guess the level from the picture clue taken from the a screenshot on that level! Easy!
No offense, but you could do this with every level of any FPS and find the same color somewhere most likely. This picture could be from 90% of Halo levels, or any CoD, BF3, etc level.
I get your point though. I want more color ala Exile and Haven.
I fear that that is the case. Watch it be DLC specific. Calling it now.
Can't wait to see the patch notes
Pop
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You know that's the case. It's been in the game since day 1 but now all of a sudden the day of map pack release, extraction is getting it's on playlist.
Please make it happen 343. This is one of the most glaring issues I have with the game right now.
Bregmann Roche
Member
Oh, I'm well aware that the game type is already in the game, I just hope their reason for holding it back was to refine the playlist more instead of to sell a map pack. If the Extraction playlist is only available to people with this map pack I will have my answer.
Digital Limit
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I'm holding out hope that Harvest is a great addition to the CTF roster, since all we had before for that type of experience was Ragnarok. Wreckage is a map I'll probably play exclusively by virtue of King of the Hill and Oddball. And of course I'll see Shatter in the Dominion list, which it looks primed for.
I dunno, this could be good. It really comes down to how Harvest plays. If it's Complex v2, I may have angry words and then start playing other games.
I dunno, this could be good. It really comes down to how Harvest plays. If it's Complex v2, I may have angry words and then start playing other games.
It's actually the game type I'm most interested in. If I understand it right, it's sort of a more dynamic Territories, where teams are fighting over a couple of plots at a time. As each is captured, a new one opens up. So the focus shifts across the map as the game progresses and teams earn points. I was disappointed it wasn't in matchmaking before, so I'm looking forward to it now.
It's the closest thing to Neutral Assault, which I miss dearly; combat will flow around the map in ways it doesn't in say, Dominion.
I doubt very much that is the case. It was a separate note - it's part of that week's playlist update. We should have details today.
Slightly Live
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I'm not even trying to be serious. But you do get my point. These are the blandest maps I have seen in some time. The variety is there, it should be, but just looking at them, I don't see it in the visuals.
They just look like maps cobbled together using parts of existing maps. I'm not putting them down, but visually, that is how they come across and it's rather lacklustre.
Halo map releases used to get me excited, but I can say I feel nothing for Crimson.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Hadn't thought of that. Surely they wouldn't be that stupid to limit the playlist to only that map pack would they?
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
That station 9 map looks pretty cool. Looking forward to seeing these maps finally come into matchmaking.
That is of course provided that the capture points are placed in sensible locations. After playing it on Meltdown it felt more like Crazy King with buttons, but I can certainly see the potential in it.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Ah I see now. Ok. Yea not my thing then though. Out of all the objective gametypes that would be my least favorite. Never even really liked Territories. I was always more of a CTF and assault kind of guy with previous Halos.
Bregmann Roche
Member
Or they could break out this chestnut "players don't have the recommended maps for this playlist", and only include 2 or 3 non-DLC maps in the playlist.
To this day, the Halo 1 Pistol mode is still behind the Anniversary paywall in Reach, even though we have Blood Gulch on the disc.
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