Where are these game types? Will they come back??? There IS a population of gamers out there being overlooked and disappointed yet again by Halo’s empty promises.It would be good if 343 could support the racing community to have an edge over all other games currently out there.
Hi 343 - I write on behalf of the Rocket Race Community and all the racers who loved this game type. Can you please trial at least for 6months in matchmaking the traditional Rocket Race (being with a mongoose) in Halo 4? The Rocket Race Community is STILL alive and playing in H3 customs but only due to it NOT being an option in Halo 4. I’ve been a dedicated member of this community for over 3 years now and have met hundreds of people wanting to see it in matchmaking. You would increase your numbers significantly I feel if you create a race game type with possibly all three race variants included, those being: Rocket Race (traditional with a mongoose), Rocket Hog Race which surprisingly had a following and Rally. There IS a large following of racers but the reason you don’t see them in the forums is because they have given up on the game creators. Every weekend these racers play the only option they have which is to play in customs. The other supporters want it desperately too but only in an matchmaking environment as playing the same people to some can be monotonous. We have seen griffball and zombies be given a playlist yet Rocket Race is still to be acknowledged. Please consider trialling this game type 343 then you will see the true size of the racing community.
Well it’s time to start the community customs - I hope this post doesn’t fall on deaf ears!
I really really like Rocket Race, but they might need some new forged maps for racing first. The current maps don’t seem like much to race on. Maybe Vortex or Longbow.
> Rocket race is fun. Rocket hog race is a disaster and consists of nothing but EMP and flipping over.
You think so? I’ve always found Rocket Hog Race to be an amazing gametype. EMPs weren’t too too common, so that was good, and if you had a good driver, you would rarely ever flip over.
> > Rocket race is fun. Rocket hog race is a disaster and consists of nothing but EMP and flipping over.
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> You think so? I’ve always found Rocket Hog Race to be an amazing gametype. EMPs weren’t too too common, so that was good, and if you had a good driver, you would rarely ever flip over.
It was always outside the drivers control though. A lot of it had to do with the fact the vehicles in reach weighed 15 pounds so I don’t know how it would play out in halo 4.
EMP was not too common but if you played against someone who knew how to do it then it just became boring and quite a bad game type.
When you start flipping take your finger off of the accelerator until all four wheels start momentarily touching the ground and then speed out of the flip.
If your wheels are spinning too fast, you won’t stop flipping.
> When you start flipping take your finger off of the accelerator until all four wheels start momentarily touching the ground and then speed out of the flip.
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> If your wheels are spinning too fast, you won’t stop flipping.
Yes I know but that doesn’t stop my warthog from flipping when six rockets hit the side of my vehicle.
We have to admit that it is largely outside of the drivers control and that the vehicle physics were not friendly to rocket hog race.
> I really really like Rocket Race, but they might need some new forged maps for racing first. The current maps don’t seem like much to race on. Maybe Vortex or Longbow.
I feel that quite a few of the maps would work great for both Rocket Race and/or a regular Race gametype. But that right there is what is missing, without a proper “Race” gametype to customize it’s a little difficult to test said maps. The closest that we get, as far as I know, is with King of the Hill. But the hill doesn’t move immediately when entering it, you have to stay within the hill for 1 full second, which a lot of people will say that this severely slows down the game. I like to think the contrary that it might add a little something extra to the game but without enough people that want to try, it’s a little hard to tell how it will affect the game.
If 343 were to just put a feature in KOTH to allow capturing the hill upon entry that would interest quite a few of the “Rocket Race Community.” But then we wouldn’t have all the advantages that were added with having an actual “Race” built gametype like what Halo:Reach had.
1 The spawning directly in the vehicles, allowed for quick starting of the game and helped new people to the gametype realize that you’re SUPPOSED to drive in this game. Also if you died you spawned with a brand new vehicle, thus negating the need to search for a vehicle or attempting to steal someone else’s.
2 Falling off the vehicle caused you to lose your invulnerability thus cutting down on the grieving of “walkers” and if you died you just respawned back on your vehicle anyways so it’s not like you’re out of the game for that long.
These were just the main two that I can think of right now, if anyone can come up with other advantages that the Race dedicated gametype brought to the table, please bring them up.
TL:DR I support a customizable Race gametype.
I’ll be posting in the “Recruiting” forums searching for people that would like to try some Rocket Race customs or just Racing in general.
