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Subject: OMG What is wrong with Desolation??
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I just happened to get lucky enough and got a game of 3 plots at Desolation. WTF is wrong with this map,,, it was so painful to play there i almost cried. Its so bad that i cant even go into detail about how bad it is cuz i am about to throw this laptop through the window... Does anybody like this map???

  • 06.18.2007 6:08 PM PDT
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haven't played it yet myself, but it must be pretty bad when it was meant to be a symetrical, "tournament-calibur" map. Is it unbalanced or poorly designed all around or just plain boring? Or is it a camp fest like Warlock (in spite of the fact that warlock is the most symetrical map in the game).

  • 06.18.2007 6:22 PM PDT

Not as bad as warlock, that's for sure. Desolation is okay, it's just a little too favorable towards the battle rifle. If not for the battle rifle, it be an okay map.

  • 06.18.2007 6:25 PM PDT
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Desolation is symmetrical.

  • 06.18.2007 6:27 PM PDT
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i love this map it rocks

  • 06.18.2007 6:28 PM PDT

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Desolation sucks, the ramps to the 2nd level should have been placed at a 90 degree angle to the lifts, not directly behind them, so that you have a way to get up from all sides. The lifts are death, and the ramps are grenade holes. Very poor design, and the fact that 2 power weapons are right on top of each other is rediculous.

  • 06.18.2007 6:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: Fatso
Desolation is symmetrical.


Yeah, I know. I was just saying that they must've really messed up Desolation if a symetrical map isn't fun to play on. I simply say this because a symetrical map has a lesser chance of being unbalanced because each side gets the same weapons in team games, but it could still be unbalanced in the way that elongation is (top floor people vs. bottom floor people). Although symetrical maps are definitely not inherently better than assymetrical maps, they're more likely to be balanced and when a map is balanced that's one less factor that could mess it up.

  • 06.18.2007 6:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: EnderJSV
Not as bad as warlock, that's for sure. Desolation is okay, it's just a little too favorable towards the battle rifle. If not for the battle rifle, it be an okay map.


I agree, if you get into a game with no rifles, or a game where you spawn with Battle Rifle, then it's ok, but otherwise it's hell.

  • 06.18.2007 8:10 PM PDT
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Desolation is fine. The only problem I have with it is it doesn't have the teliporters form Halo CE

  • 06.18.2007 8:26 PM PDT
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OMG teh new mapz suckzorz, lol, but really they do suck and I hate playing on them

  • 06.18.2007 9:20 PM PDT
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I think it's cool, but it could've been a bit more balanced. Pretty interesting for SWAT games.

  • 06.18.2007 9:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gangsta Cheif
OMG teh new mapz suckzorz, lol, but really they do suck and I hate playing on them


I enjoy team snipers on Tombstone, though it's only really because it's so easy to camp. I also enjoy Team Slayer BR on Desolation, for pretty much the same reason.

[Edited on 06.19.2007 2:11 PM PDT]

  • 06.19.2007 2:10 PM PDT
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Bungie should of made the maps themselves.

  • 06.19.2007 2:31 PM PDT
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I think it is a great map as long as I dont get SMG spawns.

  • 06.19.2007 2:54 PM PDT
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i dont like how its all open, their's really no cover anywhere, its just a big open room with a bunch of signs that say "HEY LOOK AT ME"

and yes, SMG spawns make it even worse

  • 06.19.2007 4:50 PM PDT

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yeah, its bad. i would say its the worst map. out of 23, its number 23 on the list and for a good reason. I like sanctuary. I like warlock. I like midship. I like backwash. I like foundation. if theres any i missed, oh well. I think the last thing ANYONE wanted was another remake of a terrible symetrical map (that you cant even explore the outside of) or do anything. then theres host. did i miss anything?

  • 06.19.2007 4:56 PM PDT

Posted by: ToxicSchlonkey
yeah, its bad. i would say its the worst map. out of 23, its number 23 on the list and for a good reason. I like sanctuary. I like warlock. I like midship. I like backwash. I like foundation. if theres any i missed, oh well. I think the last thing ANYONE wanted was another remake of a terrible symetrical map (that you cant even explore the outside of) or do anything. then theres host. did i miss anything?


Seriously? You don't like this map but you like warlock? That's crazy. Warlock has the same problems as this map only worse. It's too favorable to the battle rifle. It's a grenade fest. Warlock is such a mess of a game that I never enjoy it, even when I win. Desolation at least has somewhat of a less chaotic pace to it... If only all small maps could be like midship. They really got that map right.

  • 06.19.2007 5:11 PM PDT

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Desolation and Tombstone are horrible for 3 plots

[Edited on 06.19.2007 5:34 PM PDT]

  • 06.19.2007 5:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: ToxicSchlonkey
yeah, its bad. i would say its the worst map. out of 23, its number 23 on the list and for a good reason. I like sanctuary. I like warlock. I like midship. I like backwash. I like foundation. if theres any i missed, oh well. I think the last thing ANYONE wanted was another remake of a terrible symetrical map (that you cant even explore the outside of) or do anything. then theres host. did i miss anything?


Seriously? You don't like this map but you like warlock? That's crazy. Warlock has the same problems as this map only worse. It's too favorable to the battle rifle. It's a grenade fest. Warlock is such a mess of a game that I never enjoy it, even when I win. Desolation at least has somewhat of a less chaotic pace to it... If only all small maps could be like midship. They really got that map right.


Yeah they did.

  • 06.20.2007 9:32 AM PDT
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It's terrible and so it Tombstone.

  • 06.20.2007 9:35 AM PDT

No pimp! No, holla! Tombstone is exciting. Give me a br and some butts to tap and I am a happy boy. But Desolation, OMG, terrible map. The ramps up are grenade filled colons and it is pointless to use the lifts if the other team has a br. Tombstone, pro playa, has a million options in its geography. A little Boss Playa like myself can do all sorts of pimptastic chinanigans.

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  • 06.20.2007 9:47 AM PDT
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*ahem* Shenanigans....

you say a million options, but why is it the fights only break out behind the bases, the broken bridge, or from base to base? hell, people rarely even leave their bases.

  • 06.20.2007 9:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: ApplePiBakerGuy
*ahem* Shenanigans....

you say a million options, but why is it the fights only break out behind the bases, the broken bridge, or from base to base? hell, people rarely even leave their bases.


I agree, leaving the base is suicide.

  • 06.20.2007 10:04 AM PDT

They mostly come out at night... mostly...

Posted by: supavillainaire
I think it is a great map as long as I dont get SMG spawns.


Exactly! I actual enjoy this map too, but you really should start off with a BR. If somehow the other team has multiple BR's and starts spawn killing you, the game is over and it's not really fair.

I think if any map needs complained about, it's tombstone. I haven't talked to anyone who really enjoys that map. Since you can't really shoot very accurately across the map, even with host, it's too easy to get spawn killed from above and not be able to do anything.

[Edited on 06.20.2007 10:17 AM PDT]

  • 06.20.2007 10:15 AM PDT

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I dont mind tombstone as much as I do desolation. I hate the fact that the only way to get to the upper level are those loud ass air lifts that scream out hey look Im going up BR the -blam!- out of me. Then the only other way up are the small ramps where all it takes is a couple of nades to kill anyone in them. Also SMG starts on desolation are really really stupid because the only way to win is to get a BR. Which there are too few of those.

  • 06.20.2007 10:33 AM PDT

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