So we’ve had two Community Forge Playlists, but both of them have been aimed at small team slayer and objective gameplay. Personally, I would like to a Big Team Forge Playlist. I’m talking about 8v8. There are some great maps out there just itching to be tried and this playlist would be the perfect place to test them out. Thoughts?
yes! and preferably more ‘outside’ maps like with no roof and more natural structures
I can’t see any reason at all why this shouldn’t happen.
Why split the BTB into two playlists… all that accomplishes is extending search times and making it more difficult to find “equal” matches.
I say just integrate forged maps into the playlist and let the voting results speak for themselves. Give the forged maps a go with both infinity and pro variants. Within a month you’ll know which are your winners and what should be cycled out.
BTB definitely needs some more maps.
> Why split the BTB into two playlists… all that accomplishes is extending search times and making it more difficult to find “equal” matches.
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> I say just integrate forged maps into the playlist and let the voting results speak for themselves. Give the forged maps a go with both infinity and pro variants. Within a month you’ll know which are your winners and what should be cycled out.
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> BTB definitely needs some more maps.
You are misunderstanding.
Both the Community Forge playlists have been created to test maps by finding exploits, issues, etc so the map creator can modify them and then resubmit them back to hopefully earn a spot in the regular playlists.
In this case, we’d be testing maps for Big Team Infinity Slayer and they’d be implemented into the playlist at a later time, providing the creator can fix said issues.
It would never be a permanent playlist.
On topic: I see no issue with this, BTB needs some love and Forge Island has allowed that love to happen.
I would like to see one but 343 doesn’t seem to want too for whatever reason and it would be great to have some actual open maps as most of the default Btb maps garbage.
> yes! and preferably more ‘outside’ maps like with no roof and more natural structures
This.
How bout a big team OBJECTIVE playlist?
Looking for a group willing to try out a dominion custom with 5 territories and need at least 8. Thank you for trying out my forge creation. would also like to try out others. send me a message
> How bout a big team OBJECTIVE playlist?
I was thinking the Forge Playlist would have both Slayer and Objective modes integrated in to the rotation. Such as large Dominion, CTF, Extraction and KotH etc.
I definitely support a temporary BTB Forge playlist. Even with the recent addition of Settler, BTB just doesn’t have that many maps, and the fact the DLC rarely shows up for 16 people doesn’t help the variety either. Some of my favorite BTB maps in Reach were Forged creations, so I look forward to playing more community created levels.
Exactly. This is a good way to add fresh content to multiple playlists. Also Settler, while it can be fun, isn’t really what I would classify as a BTB map; I mean, two Warthogs… is that it?
I would really like to see more content for Big Team, hopefully some more maps with the Scorpion and Gauss.
> I would really like to see more content for Big Team, hopefully some more maps with the Scorpion and Gauss.
Also it’d be nice to see some more use of the Rocket Hog; I’m pretty sure that thing’s only on Vortex?
BTB could certainly use some more maps, and I’ve come across some good candidates for the playlist. I think this would be a good idea!
Exactly. Some other playlists are also somewhat lacking in map content. For example Dominion; excluding the DLC maps (which no one ever gets to play anyway) there is only Vortex, Meltdown, Longbow and Exile available to play on, no Ragnarok or Settler, it could do with some more maps.
I hope the people making Forge maps for Big Team read some of the suggestions in this thread. We could definitely use some of the following:
-Vehicles only used in 1-2 maps being used more (Gauss Hog, Rocket Hog, Scorpion, Banshee)
-Maps wide enough to drive in without having to worry about small, enclosed spaces filled with plasma pistols and plasma grenades
-Make the maps suited for objective (Flag, KOTH, Extraction, etc.); hopefully 343 picks up on something we’ve been waiting for since launch
Just a few suggestions off of the top of my head.
Yes! 8v8
A lot of people (including me) think that having a Big Team Battle playlist would be better than simply Slayer. This playlist would be a good way IMO to test the waters and see if people would play an 8v8 playlist with multiple gametypes.