Countdown and a request for ranked FFA

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Countdown weighting needs to be reduced

I’m not going to knock Halo Reach, and I’m certainly not going to knock the map Countdown either. I’ve learned over the past year to just kind of suck it up and play the map how it’s supposed to be played. Let’s be honest, it’s a nade/sword/shotty dominated map that allows people to camp around corners and use armor lock to it’s fullest intended purpose. Some love it, some hate it. Whatever the case may be, it’s a map that comes up a lot. Probably too much, and that brings me to my point:

I play on Countdown way too much.

It’s rediculous, honestly. There are new maps in circulation, such as the pit, and a whole slew of other maps that would be perfect for a whole range of playlists. And yet, I am still ending up on Countdown way too much. I understand and I’ve come to terms that it’s a majority vote, that’s fine. But Countdown, Reflection, and Zealot are so predominant in playlists such as Rumblepit, that that is all players end up having to chose from.

I play on cliffside, that’s fine. I play on Reflection…and although I typically lose all the time on the Ivory tower remake, I’m ok with that. I wish I played on Zealot more, I loved the original Zealot incarnation where it was ok to go in space…but I’m also ok with the current “arena” version.

But out of all those maps, I play on countdown three out of five matches in a row, and it’s the same thing:

Grab the sword, grab the shotty, chuck a ton of nades, control around the top of balcony and the lifts and try to keep people from camping in the drop downs. It’s quite monotonous.

Countdown is a CQB map, it forces you into controlling areas of the map with the shotty and sword, which is fine. In the TU Beta, the pistol is king there (which is AWESOME, but come on, I think it’s time that we get some new stuff in rotation, and that Countdown gets weighted a little less in the hoppers.

And while I have your attention, I personally love RumblePit, but I’m tired of guests and people partnering up to control the match and force a minority of players into a situation that no longer promotes a FFA.
Some of you will say, “hey, guests should be allowed to play” which I agree. I honestly do, but in a FFA, it defeats the purpose because PEOPLE can’t be bound to follow the rules if they are not being enforced.

I propose a ranked FFA playlist where the maximum party is 1

That’s my rant I guess. Post your opinions I guess.

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Since when is the Pit in Reach MM? I’m pretty sure you’re off your rocker.

I don’t play on Countdown that much at all. I usually play Swordbase and Zealot.

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> Since when is the Pit in Reach MM? I’m pretty sure you’re off your rocker.
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> I don’t play on Countdown that much at all. I usually play Swordbase and Zealot.

I may be off slightly, but my friends have been telling me that the pit is either going into MLG matchmaking, or it’s already in.

The point was that we need a bit more diversity in the maps in some of the playlists such as Rumblepit. If you disagree that is fine, but there is no need to insult.

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After this last game I played in Rumble pit, it’s obvious to me that there really does need to be something done about full party’s going in the playlist.

Oh, and I was disconnected after two kills in the game…host booted out of the game by the “colors”

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> Since when is the Pit in Reach MM? I’m pretty sure you’re off your rocker.
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> I don’t play on Countdown that much at all. I usually play Swordbase and Zealot.

Facefalm I love people who call themselves Halo fans and yet know nothing about their games. Yes the pit is returning November 1st to MM for MLG. Quit being a -Yoink- to everybody.

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Campdown is one of the best maps in Reach.

Along with Snipesylum.

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Yeah, agreed with this though I think your feedback would go a lot further if it was in the Matchmaking section where it might actually been seen by those in charge… particularly if it’s in one of the already large threads.

> > Since when is the Pit in Reach MM? I’m pretty sure you’re off your rocker.
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> > I don’t play on Countdown that much at all. I usually play Swordbase and Zealot.
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> Facefalm I love people who call themselves Halo fans and yet know nothing about their games. Yes the pit is returning November 1st to MM for MLG. Quit being a Yoink! to everybody.

Took the words right out of my fingers

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For he map countdown sword need to be replaced with either to rockets. Currently with sword shotgun 2 people will dominate while the rest are left out to dry. Replacing the sword or shotgun with rockets or sniper would make the map flow much better

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I play a lot of Rumble Pit, nearly 1,000 games in Reach and have played thousands in H3.

Countdown is quite a balanced map for FFA. Plenty of DMRs and Needle Rifles. Sure Sword and Shotgun dominate but there are counters available like the Concussion Rifle or NOT going into obvious areas. FFA is about controlling power weapons and the people that hold those should win.

If you think Countdown comes up a lot I seem to get Sword Base far too often. Now there’s a map I want to get rid of.

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The Ranked Arena playlist wasn’t well supported when it was active. In the life cycle of Reach I don’t think putting a ranked list in will work. There is not a high enough general Reach population to support it.