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Subject: Desolation
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Poll: Do You Hate Desolation???  [closed]
YES :  54%
(38 Votes)
NO:  46%
(32 Votes)
Total Votes: 70

Ever since i got back into halo 2 i've only played slayer. And i ABSOLUTLY HATE desolation. It is played in team slayer nonstop. ALL i draw is desolation it SUX. Why did bungie have to make desolation???

  • 08.04.2007 8:05 AM PDT

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  • 08.04.2007 8:07 AM PDT
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I like Desolation, but I hate Tombstone. Are you sure you aren't getting your names mixed up?

  • 08.04.2007 8:17 AM PDT
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I like both. Tombstone is a great assault level if any of you have tried. Its a challenge.
Desolation is a fun oddball level.

  • 08.04.2007 8:52 AM PDT
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I hate both because they are to big and also because on Desolation if you don't start out with a BR then it is point less cuz you won't get one for the rest of the game.

  • 08.04.2007 9:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: haleybucs1
I hate both because they are to big and also because on Desolation if you don't start out with a BR then it is point less cuz you won't get one for the rest of the game.
yall rely too much on the battle rifle, use duel smgs and sneek up on people, they all go down without fighting

this map is also awsome on swat, especialy carbine battles

  • 08.04.2007 9:08 AM PDT
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the map reminds me too much of warlock, very brown and boring

  • 08.04.2007 9:29 AM PDT
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Braaaaaaains!

I dont mind either if its hardcore, but spawning on either map with an SMG sucks...

  • 08.04.2007 10:27 AM PDT
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i hate tombstone because kids camp back of red and all i play is snipers so its really hard to win if you spawn blue. i dont like big maps at all anywayz so yeah.. desolation iz -blam!- cuz i cant find a BR and i hate slayer just for that. if it was in hardcore i might like desolation. but its not sooooo it sucks.

  • 08.04.2007 10:35 AM PDT
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Posted by: FB SiC ShOt
i hate tombstone because kids camp back of red and all i play is snipers so its really hard to win if you spawn blue. i dont like big maps at all anywayz so yeah.. desolation iz -blam!- cuz i cant find a BR and i hate slayer just for that. if it was in hardcore i might like desolation. but its not sooooo it sucks.

amen to that i hate it as much as you do!

  • 08.04.2007 11:36 AM PDT
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Yeah, can't stand it. It seems in SWAT that whichever team has host can easily cap guys across the map while the other team really has to work at it!

  • 08.04.2007 11:37 AM PDT

"If I'm not back in five minutes... just wait longer."

It's so easy to take a BR down with a SMG, so I have no complains there. Also, most guys with the BR will camp top mid, so get you and your team to grenade them. There's also a rocket launcher. Easy kills. Desolation's really not that bad, but Tombstone is better.

  • 08.04.2007 3:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: Poetteski
Why did bungie have to make desolation???


I'm a nerd I know, but they didn't make it. Certain Affinity did.

ANYWAY. Yeah, I don't hate it, I just don't really like it either. It's fun to screw around on, but I don't like playing slayer on it.

  • 08.04.2007 3:25 PM PDT
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I play Team SWAT all of the time and I absolutely LOVE Desolation as a map. I hardly ever end up with host. It's an easy map to avoid being in the open on unlike Tombstone. You can stick with the halls and constantly change levels. Also there are a number of blind corners that allow you to ambush.

On that map I prefer the Shotgun over the BR for Slayer and if I can't get that I dual wield SMG. For SWAT it's an absolute scream for magnums. It's also a great map for playing Slayer Rockets. LOTS and lots of inadvertant suicides.

Sweet.

  • 08.04.2007 4:33 PM PDT
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tombstone rules, desolation sucks.

  • 08.04.2007 5:21 PM PDT
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i hate both of them thay are so not halo2 at all. i play h2 challange and that is all i get and i loose every time. i got that map 4 times in a row

  • 08.04.2007 5:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: Porter_Daniels
Posted by: Poetteski
Why did bungie have to make desolation???


I'm a nerd I know, but they didn't make it. Certain Affinity did.


No, remember H:CE?

[Edited on 08.04.2007 5:37 PM PDT]

  • 08.04.2007 5:36 PM PDT

Trying hard or hardly trying?

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i hate desolation when the opposite team has host. brs are insanity on that map...

[Edited on 08.04.2007 5:38 PM PDT]

  • 08.04.2007 5:37 PM PDT
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It's just a map, deal with it.

  • 08.04.2007 5:41 PM PDT
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i don't mind them...nice to have more in the mix (even though they already feel old)...i just don't like them in swat, seems like i can never get a cross stage headshot...

  • 08.04.2007 6:14 PM PDT

It isn't my favorite, but I don't dislike it. I'd like it more if I could move the crane.

  • 08.04.2007 6:23 PM PDT
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Certain Affinity made DEsolation, not Bungie.

  • 08.04.2007 6:50 PM PDT
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Most people hate it because they can't get good weapons, or want to own everyone with a BR. It's a good map. For Double Team, I think it'd be awsome, unless they are newbies and head for the BR everytime.

P.S. Pros can kill without Sniper, BR, or the 'noob' combo. I only run for BR if it's near me, otherwise I use.... *dramatic pause* Sentinal beam, SMG & Plasma Rifle, or shotgun. :) They work for me.

  • 08.04.2007 8:06 PM PDT
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I play Swat alot and desolation is an awesome map to play on, alot of areas to hold and alot of areas to ambush.

  • 08.05.2007 2:13 AM PDT