Link It was confirmed by Josh Holmes that there will be 14 Arena maps and 6 Warzone maps. Which means that Post-Launch BTB maps and forge maps do not count towards the total 20 maps at launch
That is excellent news. I guess the only question remaining would be if variants/remixes count as their own maps (ie Empire and Eden as 1 or 2 maps). If so, then we only have a few new maps to look forward to. Otherwise that would mean we have far more maps to look forward to!
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> That is excellent news. I guess the only question remaining would be if variants/remixes count as their own maps (ie Empire and Eden as 1 or 2 maps). If so, then we only have a few new maps to look forward to. Otherwise that would mean we have far more maps to look forward to!
If I had twitter I would ask that question
I love that they are going to make 50 total maps though.
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> > That is excellent news. I guess the only question remaining would be if variants/remixes count as their own maps (ie Empire and Eden as 1 or 2 maps). If so, then we only have a few new maps to look forward to. Otherwise that would mean we have far more maps to look forward to!
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I’m quite positive they count as individual maps lol. They have different playstyles and layouts, and are distinct enough that some people didn’t realize they were based around the same area.
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> That is excellent news. I guess the only question remaining would be if variants/remixes count as their own maps (ie Empire and Eden as 1 or 2 maps). If so, then we only have a few new maps to look forward to. Otherwise that would mean we have far more maps to look forward to!
That wouldn’t make a lot of sense. The maps and their remixes are separate maps that require different development with some similarities. I have no doubt that Eden and Empire will count as two maps, same with Truth and Regret. That would mean for Arena we have:
Empire
Eden
Truth
Regret
The Rig
Plaza
Coliseum
Fathom
So that still leaves 6 other maps we still haven’t seen.
Hope that the remaining maps won’t be remixes of plaza, the rig, coliseum and fathom
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> I love that they are going to make 50 total maps though.
Whoa what? When did they say that?
I gotta say I love all the support arena is getting. 14 maps is amazing. I feel kinda bad for the btb purists tho, Warzone will have to hold you guys over.
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> I gotta say I love all the support arena is getting. 14 maps is amazing. I feel kinda bad for the btb purists tho, Warzone will have to hold you guys over.
I was also amazed when I first heard that Warzone had 6 maps. I had initially thought there would only be like 3 because of how big they were but nope. And then I had the same reaction when I heard there were 6 MORE coming as DLC.
Now the question is. Do the BTB maps count as part of the 15 Post-Launch maps?
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> I gotta say I love all the support arena is getting. 14 maps is amazing. I feel kinda bad for the btb purists tho, Warzone will have to hold you guys over.
Agreed. Also hoping they have a significant portion of balanced map scheduling when it comes to dlc - we have all played Halo games where the initial maps get worn out or chosen more often, but if they release everything in the right way, things will stay fresh without feeling like the beta did (albeit not quite as condensed).
Wait, so the btb maps and forge maps won’t be coming at launch?
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> > I gotta say I love all the support arena is getting. 14 maps is amazing. I feel kinda bad for the btb purists tho, Warzone will have to hold you guys over.
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Didn’t 343 say that there isn’t map voting anymore? I hope that’s true because I don’t want to play the same three maps every time I load up matchmaking.
Well that’s pretty cool. If Forge hasn’t been compromised for some reason, that means that we’ll have even more maps for the forging aspect. I wonder how BTB will fit in. Closed off Warzone areas? Forged?
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> Well that’s pretty cool. If Forge hasn’t been compromised for some reason, that means that we’ll have even more maps for the forging aspect. I wonder how BTB will fit in. Closed off Warzone areas? Forged?
343 said that BTB would have their own dedicated maps. They won’t use Warzone maps
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> Didn’t 343 say that there isn’t map voting anymore? I hope that’s true because I don’t want to play the same three maps every time I load up matchmaking.
I just meant having to play the same maps more often - I tend to stick to certain playlists, and it does get old playing the same maps over and over. That’s one of the biggest reasons I stopped playing H2A - there wasn’t anything new coming to warrant playing it after leveling up above even 5 levels. They should’ve redone more maps (Relic before Turf or Ivory Tower was a missed opportunity).
Looking forward to new Arena maps (Warzone doesn’t seem appealing to me yet. Need to get some playtime in it before I can get interested) - the beta had me hooked. This might be the first Halo to keep me in MP over the campaign (if only due to the lack of splitscreen).
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> Wait, so the btb maps and forge maps won’t be coming at launch?
Forge maps are not counted in the total. for example Halo 4 was advertised as having 10 maps at launch, it actually had 13. 10 regular maps and 3 forge canvases. Also they said over 20. my guess is the over part accounts for any forge type maps.
We’ve seen 4 of the 6 warzone maps so far, them being Escape from A.R.C., Raid on apex 7, a snow map, and an urban map. Hopefully we get some kind of jungle map in the remaining 2.
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"This is rather indicative of the developer’s approach to post-launch content. Halo 5 will ship with 20 maps, but it’ll eventually grow to around 50 – all of those being added for free"About halfway down the page, right under the ‘Official Multiplayer Trailer’