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Subject: Desolation & Tombstone: Good or Bad?
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Poll: Do you like Desolation & Tombstone?  [closed]
I hate the new maps.:  34%
(21 Votes)
I like tombstone:  23%
(14 Votes)
I like Desolation:  11%
(7 Votes)
They're ok.:  31%
(19 Votes)
Total Votes: 61

Who likes these new maps?

Everyone talks crap about it, saying Tombstone is a host only map.

Desolation on the other hand pisses me off cause I can understand why everyone says it sucks.

They say it is a poorly made map and I agree.

I know it's symmetrical map, but the portals are on the wrong sides c'mon. The portals need to be put on red & blue base, not the sides the of the bases.

It takes to much pushing to get to the other base.

  • 06.12.2007 10:26 PM PDT
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I agree about the lift placement on Desolation. It's kind of annoying to go up a lift and get shot because you have no cover to run behind. The noise the lift makes basically gives away your position so without any cover, you're screwed. Anyway, I think the new maps are both ok.

  • 06.12.2007 10:38 PM PDT
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Your poll is very bias. It should've been "yes" "no" "Just tombstone" "Just Desolation". "theyre ok" doesn't cut it.

I thought they were both great maps, I find Tombstone lacking on Team Snipers(though FFA Snipers is great). Desolation is great for Battle Rifle starts.

  • 06.12.2007 10:49 PM PDT
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i like both of them where s that option ???

  • 06.12.2007 10:51 PM PDT
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The new maps suck complete balls

  • 06.12.2007 11:54 PM PDT
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well i guess compared to the Beta maps they are pretty cr@p

  • 06.13.2007 1:21 AM PDT

Posted by: GOWSam
Posted by: Waffle117
I thought you were gonna say you had AIDS =P

I wish...

meh

  • 06.13.2007 2:03 AM PDT
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i Like both maps Desolation is two diffrent maps with and without BR's. BR starts are a lot better games. And Tombstone unless the whole team has major host love host wont matter in a team game you just have to out BR them 8-10 times i can own a host BR 1v1.

  • 06.13.2007 4:03 AM PDT
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Tombstone is host's favorite dream and desolation is a pizza splatter of garbage.

  • 06.13.2007 4:27 AM PDT
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Tomnstone= Horrible Spawn
Desolation= Not very good

  • 06.13.2007 4:30 AM PDT
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I don't like the new maps because, in my opinion, they're quite small and the design is pretty cheesy.

However my favorite maps are Turf und Zanzibar.

  • 06.13.2007 4:51 AM PDT
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Remember guys, these are old maps....old being they were on the original Halo Multiplayer, and these are just new, amped (graphics-wise) versions of the old maps Hang 'Em High and (I forgot the old name of Desolation, if you know what it is, please quote me and write what it is for my convenience) . Anyways, if they sucked back then, they suck now. And if they were loved then (a possibility) they just might not apply anymore after being gone for so long.

  • 06.13.2007 5:12 AM PDT

This is a RETICULE, and that is a RETICLE. I'm using the latter to aim. And what are you using?

Posted by: DSxXevrex
I forgot the old name of Desolation, if you know what it is, please quote me and write what it is for my convenience

Derelict. :)

Desolation is a piece of junk for many reasons, but Tombstone is a fun map. Definitely not among the best balanced maps, but fun nonetheless.

[Edited on 06.13.2007 6:41 AM PDT]

  • 06.13.2007 6:41 AM PDT
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I like them both. Good size and plenty of nooks and crannies to duck and cover if need be.

  • 06.13.2007 6:48 AM PDT
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Rockets and Shotguns are fun on Desolation. Tombstone is not that fun. If you get spawned on top of the map, you have a huge advantage and if not, well you're at a huge disadvantage. Overall, they're ok, but the old ones are better. Why do I never play Colossus, Backwash, Burial Mounds, Containment, Zanzibar and Waterworks? I mean I never, ever play these maps!!! WTF! Does anyone else play these in the rumble pit?

  • 06.13.2007 8:07 AM PDT

Posted by: Ostrichman07
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Ostrich I really wanna sig you, but need some fresh stuffs.
So make with the funneh.

Bit­ch don't tell me what to do.

Well backwash got completly taken out of matchmaking for some reason. Colossus is really only played as rumble snipers for rumble pit. Same thing goes for Burial Mounds. Containment is way too big to play rumble pit on same with waterworks. Rarely have I ever gotten Zanzibar in Rumble pit. There is a list of all the different game types as of right now to lazy to look right now. EDIT Here is the link for every playlist.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/content.aspx?link=h2playlists

[Edited on 06.13.2007 9:58 AM PDT]

  • 06.13.2007 9:52 AM PDT
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Desolation is retarded. Tombstone is ok only cuz i like the fact that the bullets ricochet on the ground

  • 06.13.2007 12:07 PM PDT
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Thanks balla! I really appreciate it!!!

  • 06.13.2007 12:14 PM PDT
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Tombstone -

While it is host dominated and you can tell that from which team's BR does more damage from further distance, is an amazing map. I play it and think of Halo: CE. I wish the games were 20 to 30 minutes long with unlimited kills like I use to play on High'em High. I like the layout, and the look. I feel most of the map is not being used in Skirmish games b/c there are certain spots to go to get the flag, score the flag, spawn camp, arm the bomb, and grab the bomb. Don't let me get into Team Ball on Tombstone. It takes twenty seconds if not more to get from Blue Base to the Soda room. How is that good in a Team Ball game? Slayer and Snipers, I have not played that much, but I bet it is fun.

Desolation -

What can I say besides that it is awful without a BR spawn. The map is big. It isn't as small as Warlock where you can get away with SMGs. The best match I played on Desolation was KotH Tactics. Unless you spawn by the BR you are toast. No cover anywhere, the grav lifts make that annoying sound that gives your position away, and if you do use those, your are most likely dead b/c people with BR's are firing at you non-stop. If it was switched to Slayer BR then it would be an ok map at best.

  • 06.13.2007 12:23 PM PDT

When i first got the new maps i thought that they were ok..also i thought desolation was crap and tombstone was going to be sick to play in mm but when i finally played the new maps in mm i actually like desolation better than tombstone but now im tired of both maps because they are discustingly over-played.

  • 06.13.2007 12:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: cheezytacos1
When i first got the new maps i thought that they were ok..also i thought desolation was crap and tombstone was going to be sick to play in mm but when i finally played the new maps in mm i actually like desolation better than tombstone but now im tired of both maps because they are discustingly over-played.


true. The maps are alright, but they are trying to shove them in everywhere they can. they are now in just about every playlist, and people are starting to get tired of them. They need to have some more foundation and backwash, cause both are really fun but werent properly introduced. especially foundation.

  • 06.13.2007 4:59 PM PDT