I was just thinking that it would be nice if some maps would get a seperate variant while keeping the regular one, different vehicle setups and weapon drops could allow for some interesting gameplay,
Think snowbound/boundless, the same map with some minor tweaks played very differently.
Just to clarify I don’t mean “heavies” or “covies” but actually rebalancing and freshening up the experience on maps.
For example, put a banshee in mid on ragnarok and each team gets a wraith instead of mantis,maybe a second ghost or hog to make up for the banshee, snipers closer to the middle but distinctly one for each team, and a few deployable covers thrown out for midfield cover.
These could be done by 343 or the community that is pretty irrelevant to me. Any thoughts on the this?
More the idea behind it then my fairly bad example of ragnarok
Good idea, but I don’t think we’ll get any new map variants bevore June/July next year (or even later). The majestic and castle map pack have already been announced - there’ll be 6 new maps. Of course I wish there were other vehicles or weapons on some maps, but custom games seem to be the only way to play other variants.
Which is slightly ridiculous, but they want people to buy the map packs, which is understandable after reach didn’t do so hot there, but look at Halo 3. They balanced the map packs with custom map variants. Reach just gave everyone so many maps(except invasion which extra maps came out way too late for). I can understand wanting to get out the extra map packs for more money(it is a business after all), but that doesn’t mean they can’t put some customs in the rotation to break the monotony of the normal playlists. If you don’t have the map packs you are stuck at around 3-4 maps a list…that is ridiculous in reach you had like 10 even if you didn’t get the maps. for the longevity of this game, they need to start putting in customs, but they can’t do that until they get the file browser up…
For the mOst part Im not even worried about forgeworld original creations, just making more use out of the maps/sandbox that exists now.
I understand they want thier work showcased first but really they aren’t showing off anything, scorpion wraith gauss and rocket hogs are all 1 map wonders and naturally custom groups tend to lean towards maps they made from scratch, meaning the maps the devs soaked so much time/resources into fall into a bland routine
Dominion changes things up for a bit but even so the variants aren’t available or functional in any other mode
The flow and general engagements on the maps would push players to explore different strategies and they could be set up either for a more sparing, less random map ordinance set or even just different locations for the drops