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[Deadstar]

Halo Reach maps = 3.33$ a piece. Gaf is silent.

Call of Duty maps = 3.00$ a piece. Gaf goes apeshit.

No red devil, also you get more bang for your buck. Multiple gametypes, forge, etc etc.

 

[AwesomeSyrup]

Umm, the point was I've played more than you, in pretty much every way imaginable. And you're right, you're not very good. :lol

I know this may come as a surprise to some people but college > Halo, and if I'm not good what does that make you?

 

[Bread]

They should be tossing in more Forgeworld remakes in these map packs. Bungie, PLEASE remake Lockout/Guardian/Headlong

 

[AwesomeSyrup]

They should be tossing in more Forgeworld remakes in these map packs. Bungie, PLEASE remake Lockout/Guardian/Headlong

Why would we pay for those when we can make them ourselves?

 

[SuperBonk]

I know this may come as a surprise to some people but college > Halo, and if I'm not good what does that make you?

Relax man, I'm just kidding around. I am pretty terrible at this game. I will say that if it wasn't for being dicked over in Arena, my stats wouldn't be so bad. My competitive stats are pretty good! I promise!

Oh, and don't lecture me on college either. :lol

 

[NullPointer]

It is.

WOOT! <3. *dances a happy jig*

There was never one moment in the course of Halo 3's life that an original buyer with no DLC lost access to a FFA playlist, a 4v4 Slayer playlist, a 4v4 or 5v5 Objective playlist, and a 6v6 mixed playlist. I guess the real problem is that people were hung up on Halo 3's stupid ranking system and couldn't bear to play on a playlist that didn't have a number next to their name. And if you are into Halo enough to care about your Rank, and you want to be on a Ranked playlist, I don't see why you shouldn't have to have the maps.

And yet some us wanted to play on ranked matches so we'd be matched up with players of similar skill (read: not so good), rather than being used as practice by xxxLeetSniperxxx and friends in social matches. The only way to find similar skilled players in Halo 3 was in ranked matches, and those were off limits unless you bought the DLC.

At least Reach uses trueskill in all playlists, which is great.

 

[Deadstar]

I'm wondering if Tempest can be forged into Relic? That was the best map in Halo 2 and one of the greatest of all time for 4v4 1 flag ctf.

 

[SuperBonk]

It is.

Sorry for all the bitching guys.

 

[The Lamonster]

I'm wondering if Tempest can be forged into Relic? That was the best map in Halo 2 and one of the greatest of all time for 4v4 1 flag ctf.

I bet Bungie already has a few build-in remakes that will come with the pack.

It'd be cool if they designed the spaces to fit with their remake ideas (a la Ascension's Island or Blood Gulch's canyon or Sanctuary's area in Forge World).

 

[JesseZao]

I'm wondering if Tempest can be forged into Relic? That was the best map in Halo 2 and one of the greatest of all time for 4v4 1 flag ctf.

I blame Jetpacks for us not having more remakes.

 

[NullPointer]

Sorry for all the bitching guys.

Same here. BTW - my soul should arrive at Bungie HQ in 5-7 work days, depending upon weather conditions.

You guys are burned into my heart (and forehead).

 

[Deadstar]

I bet Bungie already has a few build-in remakes that will come with the pack.

It'd be cool if they designed the spaces to fit with their remake ideas (a la Ascension's Island or Blood Gulch's canyon or Sanctuary's area in Forge World).

Great idea. I agree and think it would be awesome as well. All three maps look pretty cool in this pack. Can't wait to check them out. I'll have more free time now that GT5 is delayed

 

[GhaleonEB]

It is.

Hot damn.

 

[Raide]

Great idea. I agree and think it would be awesome as well. All three maps look pretty cool in this pack. Can't wait to check them out. I'll have more free time now that GT5 is delayed

Expanding ForgeWorld would be pretty cool but I would prefer them doing a snow ForgeWorld or at least something different to green grass and sand.

 

[The Lamonster]

Expanding ForgeWorld would be pretty cool but I would prefer them doing a snow ForgeWorld or at least something different to green grass and sand.

I agree that we need more environments in general. A snowy area is sorely lacking in this game so far. I'd also love to see an alien swamp a la Backwash.

There's so much they can do with this new engine and I kind of feel like we're missing out on some beautiful maps because most of them so far are just cluttered cities and industrial areas.

 

[Falagard]

New maps look awesome. Visually very nice looking, though it's hard to get an idea of layout. We need video walkthroughs - give them to Rooster Teeth like you did before and have an RvB video made.

I'm also hoping that you will make a best of Halo 3 map pack consisting of:
The Pit
Valhalla
Avalanche
Stand Off
Guardian

Hell ... why not just take all the Halo 3 maps and convert them over to be used in Halo Reach.

 

[Monocle]

God damn, those maps are gorgeous. Bravo, Bungie.

Not terrible irked about the price, TBH. Reach is pretty much the only game I've played since it was released, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. More variety in multiplayer is a major plus that I don't mind paying for. The achievements are just delicious icing.

 

[Neuromancer]

I agree that we need more environments in general. A snowy area is sorely lacking in this game so far. I'd also love to see an alien swamp a la Backwash.

There's so much they can do with this new engine and I kind of feel like we're missing out on some beautiful maps because most of them so far are just cluttered cities and industrial areas.

YES

But make it for firefight too.

 

[The Lamonster]

God damn, those maps are gorgeous. Bravo, Bungie.

Not terrible irked about the price, TBH. Reach is pretty much the only game I've played since it was released, and I don't see that changing anytime soon. More variety in multiplayer is a major plus that I don't mind paying for. The achievements are just delicious icing.

Well said. I totally agree. It's good to hear this kind of positivity every once and a while

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Price is fine, but bit miffed about the lack of FF maps. They on a lower priority than MP maps?

And yes: they look damn nice.

 

[ShinAmano]

New maps look awesome. Visually very nice looking, though it's hard to get an idea of layout. We need video walkthroughs - give them to Rooster Teeth like you did before and have an RvB video made.

I'm also hoping that you will make a best of Halo 3 map pack consisting of:
The Pit
Valhalla
Avalanche
Stand Off
Guardian

Hell ... why not just take all the Halo 3 maps and convert them over to be used in Halo Reach.

I am surprised that Valhalla was not a part of Forge World in the first place...

 

[Raide]

Price is fine, but bit miffed about the lack of FF maps. They on a lower priority than MP maps?

And yes: they look damn nice.

I am guessing FF is lower but I would love the next pack to come with at least 1 new FF map. More if possible!

 

[Thagomizer]

I'm wondering if Tempest can be forged into Relic? That was the best map in Halo 2 and one of the greatest of all time for 4v4 1 flag ctf.

Jetpacks would completely break that map; you'd have to have no-Jetpack games for it to work. Whick Id be willing to accept.

 

[Rahxephon91]

Price is fine, but bit miffed about the lack of FF maps. They on a lower priority than MP maps?

I sure hope they are.

 

[The Lamonster]

I sure hope they are.

Me too. Firefight is fun but compared to competitive matchmaking, I hardly play it.

 

[electricpirate]

I'm sure there's a FF map pack in the works, but it probably takes a little longer since you have to model the level, THEN start designing encounters for it.

It also makes sense to break them apart, since there seems to be a fairly sharp divide between Firefight and Multiplayer players.

 

[Dead]

They should be tossing in more Forgeworld remakes in these map packs. Bungie, PLEASE remake Lockout/Guardian/Headlong

Please no. The forge world maps included on the disc are baaaad

 

[The Lamonster]

Please no. The forge world maps included on the disc are baaaad

How are they bad? They're faithful remakes of awesome maps from days of old. I haven't seen one user created map that is as accurate as Bungie's Forge World maps.

 

[The Librarian]

New maps look awesome. Visually very nice looking, though it's hard to get an idea of layout. We need video walkthroughs - give them to Rooster Teeth like you did before and have an RvB video made.

I'm also hoping that you will make a best of Halo 3 map pack consisting of:
The Pit
Valhalla
Avalanche
Stand Off
Guardian

Hell ... why not just take all the Halo 3 maps and convert them over to be used in Halo Reach.

Yeah, I'm hoping that Bungie comes out with a "Halo 3 Best of" DLC consisting of the maps you just listed.

 

[The Lamonster]

Yeah, I'm hoping that Bungie comes out with a "Halo 3 Best of" DLC consisting of the maps you just listed.

I'd rather see Halo 1 and Halo 2 maps but that's just me.

mmm Damnation and Headlong....

 

[Rahxephon91]

It also makes sense to break them apart, since there seems to be a fairly sharp divide between Firefight and Multiplayer players.

This. FF is a nice extra, but not something that I particularity care for. Obviously they should make more maps for it, but I think competitive multilayer(the heart of Halo) should come first. Also, they should be separate, I don't want to pay more for content I wont ever touch.

And if we must have remakes. Halo 2 is the place to go. Best maps in the series. Headlong could be pretty awesome with jetpacks in objective games.

 

[Slightly Live]

If we are getting Halo 3 maps in future, expect to wait a long time to see them.

 

[The Librarian]

I'd rather see Halo 1 and Halo 2 maps but that's just me.

mmm Damnation and Headlong....

We got enough of Halo 2 remakes/maps already, and Halo 1. Actually, we don't have a single Halo 3 remake yet.

 

[The Lamonster]

We got enough of Halo 2 remakes/maps already, and Halo 1. Actually, we don't have a single Halo 3 remake yet.

I think Bungie should just contract out the work to 343 or other Halo-friendly developers to remake every single Halo 1-3 +DLC map there is.

Well, maybe they can leave out Chiron TL-34...

 

[ultron87]

They should just make everyone mad and make the only Halo 3 remake they do be Isolation.

 

[JesseZao]

We got enough of Halo 2 remakes/maps already, and Halo 1. Actually, we don't have a single Halo 3 remake yet.

Halo 2 MP Maps > Halo 3 MP Maps, clearly.

 

[Yama]

They got it right with Reflection, I want to see more like that. A real Turf, Lockout and Terminal remake would be infinitely better than anything they put together now.

More competitive smaller maps, please. Spacestation looks decent, hopefully it plays all right and has a balanced layout.

 

[brokenwatch]

At least Reach uses trueskill in all playlists, which is great.

Halo 3 does as well, it just does not show it to you in social games. However, not everyone played social enough to actually get to their "True" skill.

 

[Thagomizer]

They got it right with Reflection, I want to see more like that. A real Turf, Lockout and Terminal remake would be infinitely better than anything they put together now.

More competitive smaller maps, please. Spacestation looks decent, hopefully it plays all right and has a balanced layout.

For the moment, there's a really clever Forge Terminal that uses a killball as the train. Lemme see if I can find it.

 

[Lothars]

Halo 2 MP Maps > Halo 3 MP Maps, clearly.

Nope that is incorrect, Halo 2 < Halo 3.

I would like to see some Halo 3 maps remade.

 

[The Lamonster]

For the moment, there's a really clever Forge Terminal that uses a killball as the train. Lemme see if I can find it.

It's pretty good except the courtyard area where the wraith spawns is way too small.

 

[Jex]

I far more concerned with maps designed around Halo Reach's mechanics. They aren't the same as Halo 2 and 3 and the maps should reflect this. Dumping in maps from older games isn't something I'm desperate to see.

 

[Neuromancer]

I far more concerned with maps designed around Halo Reach's mechanics. They aren't the same as Halo 2 and 3 and the maps should reflect this. Dumping in maps from older games isn't something I'm desperate to see.

I have to go with you on this one. War, war changes.

 

[JesseZao]

I far more concerned with maps designed around Halo Reach's mechanics. They aren't the same as Halo 2 and 3 and the maps should reflect this. Dumping in maps from older games isn't something I'm desperate to see.

Yep, that is the dilemma. To remedy this, I say they knockout AAs (usually going to be jetpacks) that ruin the intended flow/experience for remakes. The chances of a classic no-AA Halo playlist is probably small though.

 

[DarkKyo]

The only map that needs to reappear is Waterworks from Halo 2... set it in that incredible looking cave from the end of Reach and you'd have the greatest BTB map ever.

 

[Tashi]

For some reason, I don't care about these maps.

 

[lionelhutz]

 

[Slightly Live]

I have to go with you on this one. War, war changes.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Personally I would love to have some non forge versions of these maps.

Prisoner
Battle Creak
Boarding Action
timberland
Danger Canyon
Hang Em High
District
Turf
Terminal
Water Works.

Sadly We will never ever see that many DLC maps much less those. I can dream though. lol

 

[Kujo]

Compare that to now where almost none of the playlists in H3 require Mythic

Wha...9/14 of the playlists require you to have all the DLC