343 has said they are removing Pinnicle and theCage from swat .What do you guys think of that ?
Halle-freaking-lujah.
> Halle-freaking-lujah.
Agreed. Headache inducing maps for me.
I personally would like them removed from everything. Not just swat.
Should’ve removed them entirely.
I agree but the cage was ok still camper heaven but it was ok because you can actually flank them, now pinnacle…good riddance that should of been removed a long time ago.
So glad that they removed those two maps. It was really frustrating to move around on those maps, especially Red tower on Pinnacle being the lookout of the entire map with no way for the Blue team to flank.
Hell. Yes.
Nothing was worse than running around only to have a guy spawn behind you on Uncaged, or a whole team in the tower on Pinnacle.
I don’t agree with you people. Pinnacle and Uncaged are my favorite maps for swat and my best matchs have been on those maps, and now their going to be gone.
> Should’ve removed them entirely.
This, those maps are trash.
I have to say that I’m not behind taking away options from the game. I’ve had a few nice multis on Pinnacle and Uncaged is one of my favorite maps in the game. It leaves us with what now, 5 options? Countdown, Reflection, Sword Base (UGH), Zealot, and Asylum? Unless I’m missing one.
I can’t count the amount of times Sword Base green lift is squatted on, as both teams on Asylum I have effectively spawn trapped teams into near instant death (one match had a death every 5 seconds, match was less than 5 minutes).
I don’t want those problem maps removed; I want to keep all my options and adjust to them accordingly.
Now if the playlist was DLC required… variety wouldn’t be an issue now would it?
I am so glad that Pinnacle was removed. That map was horrible to move around on. Uncaged wasn’t as bad for SWAT, but I am not sad to see it go.
Uncaged should have been removed from the entire game though.
Why…why the hell would you mess with swat? There were so little swat maps to pick from…
1)Pinnicle
2)Uncaged
3)Zealot
4)Countdown
5)Powerhouse
6)Reflection
7)Sword Base
And thats about it. if im missing one fill me in. And Of course RARELY if everyone has DLC maps we get those… Which most of these maps are not even made for swat or hardly ever voted in…
I love swat, its been my favorite gametype since H3.
Sword Base is a pretty fun map, yeah people only go to one point of the map (the green lift) but its that way on slayer too, its fun.
Zealot, yeah its fun too, just run in circles and see how many multikills you can get.
Countdown is fun also, as hard as people will try to camp,its easy to flush out campers and the levels of the map makes it really fun.
Reflection… Beautiful map and its still a fun map…but the same exact…spawn. first strike. race to get control of the hallways!!! Meh gets annoying.
and dont get me started on this powerhouse garbage. the only reason people ever vote for it is because we get tired of the same 6 maps over and over again, its out of begging for something newer. not because anyone likes powerhouse…
Uncaged and pinnicle are my girlfriends favorite two swat maps. and I can say I love them too, as much as I LOVE symmetrical maps I love these too maps -_- im sure their more played this shithouse…
Swat players have been begging for more and more maps please… User-made maps, MLG Setlist maps…we dont care we just want maps -_- we didnt ask for you to remove them.
I don’t really see the point of this. Pinnacle was fine now that it has dynamic spawns, and Uncaged wasn’t anything particularly horrible. I guess maybe this was based on voting data? I don’t know, I seemed to play both those maps quite frequently.
OH GOD I forgot boardwalk guys, heaven forbid I leave out the worst map Bungie has ever designed.
Uncaged and Pinnicle might not have been the BEST maps in the world… But not worth getting ride of… SWAT hardly has any maps…
I dont see why when slayer goes through 3+ new maps every few months why you can add them to SWAT? I could see this being justified by adding new maps… But why take away from a playlist with hardly any maps at all?
Why is everyone hating on Pinnacle? It’s one of the best maps simply because it was on halo 2 but I still like playing swat on it.
> I can’t count the amount of times Sword Base green lift is squatted on, as both teams on Asylum I have effectively spawn trapped teams into near instant death (one match had a death every 5 seconds, match was less than 5 minutes).
yea I have had an entire team on sword base camp in the green room (inevitably we won) but still I mean who camps in the green room anymore? and who camps in the vent anymore? It is ridiculous I guess they think that camping in the green room gives them an advantage but when on person can walk in there and own all of them wouldn’t you think they would smarten up?
> I don’t really see the point of this. Pinnacle was fine now that it has dynamic spawns, and Uncaged wasn’t anything particularly horrible. I guess maybe this was based on voting data? I don’t know, I seemed to play both those maps quite frequently.
the spawns are still terrible. I was on my own on the bottom of the tower (not the sniper tower) and all of a sudden the whole team spawns right on my six how is that even remotely dynamic spawns?
If Pinnacle goes, I will not miss it. As some have intimated, it’s a paradise for spawn killers. Uncaged is pretty decent for SWAT but I hated it in Slayer. One map I’d love to see disappear is Asylum. Arrrgh, I hate that map. I dunno why but I rarely do well on that one.
So, why are they doing this? Maybe they are planning on introducing some new maps in SWAT eh.
Good riddance. There was not enough cover on either map, and the only way to do well was to camp. Not to mention spawn killing.
Thank you 343. This was much better than the removal of Squad Slayer and Anniversary Squad.
> Why is everyone hating on Pinnacle? It’s one of the best maps simply because it was on halo 2 but I still like playing swat on it.
Being a H2 remake doesn’t automatically make it awesome. Asylum is a remake and it’s definitely not awesome.