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Posted by: medpimp
It's not quite that simple unfortunately. The most recent map pack is a very good example. Certain affinity spent a lot of time designing and testing these maps, and they still were "flawed" enough to require a complicated fix. That was a crew of something like a dozen guys working for months.
I understand that the current Halo 2 maps are already done, but any project that would involve "tinkering" with these maps is incredibly complicated. With programming and design of this nature, it takes a little more than simply sticking in a ceiling on top of these levels. In order to ensure that changing the maps didn't "break" anything else would require a strenuous amount of testing. When you factor in the man-hours this could potentially take, it wouldn't be cost effective no matter how long it took to get it released.
And once again, who is going to pay for such a complicated task? Unless you want to pay $15 to redownload the same maps we've had for a couple of years now, it's just not in the realm of possibility.
It took that crew of a dozen months to make the maps...it took a few days to FIX them.
Obviously it's not cost effective, but let me give you an example. Three days ago my car broke down, and today I found out it is going to take a $3000 fix. The warranty ran out a few months ago, but the problem was documented BEFORE the warranty ran out. Legally, GM doesn't have to help me in any way, but ETHICALLY, they have the duty to help me, as a customer, get a superior product.
I feel similiarly about Bungie fixing the maps. Bungie has something else to move onto that we are all excited about, so obviously the attention should go elsewhere (the warranty expiring). However, problems with superbouncing occured DURING the peak of Halo 2 usage (before the warranty expired). I would be willing to risk needing another "repair" (adding a death roof) to the maps knowing that at least we were moving in the right direction.
I know that isn't a 100% fit analogy. :-)
Still, I know they don't HAVE to do anything...but they SHOULD.