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Subject: Crappy map selection

So ya, is bungie intentionally crippling the map selection or what? Its like the same 6 -blam!- maps over and over and over and over and over and over AND OVER! Seriously, in the last like week, these are the only maps Iv seen;

Lockout, every damn game is on either lockout, or
Tombstone, worst.map.evar.
Beaver Creek, sometimes, Iv only ever seen it in SWAT
Midship
Headlong, only ever in Big Team Battle
Containment
Turf
Terminal, almost never

So whats the deal? I stopped playing for about 6 or so months, and when I came back, not only does everyone either team kill or quit, but bungie seems to have made matchmaking favor the crappiest maps. Im thinking its so people get sick of Halo 2 multiplayer and go out and buy Halo 3.

Seriously guys, whats up with that? Its not fun any more. I could put up with the asshats, but the map selection, really, I played 4 games in a row on Tombstone, in 3 different playlists.

EDIT:
Changed the title, I had written it in as a temp, and forgot to change it.

[Edited on 08.31.2007 5:58 AM PDT]

  • 08.31.2007 5:52 AM PDT
Subject: Wow

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  • 08.31.2007 5:54 AM PDT

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  • 08.31.2007 5:56 AM PDT
Subject: Crappy map selection

Posted by: sunami88
So ya, is bungie intentionally crippling the map selection or what? Its like the same 6 -blam!- maps over and over and over and over and over and over AND OVER! Seriously, in the last like week, these are the only maps Iv seen;

Lockout, every damn game is on either lockout, or
Tombstone, worst.map.evar.
Beaver Creek, sometimes, Iv only ever seen it in SWAT
Midship
Headlong, only ever in Big Team Battle
Containment
Turf
Terminal, almost never

So whats the deal? I stopped playing for about 6 or so months, and when I came back, not only does everyone either team kill or quit, but bungie seems to have made matchmaking favor the crappiest maps. Im thinking its so people get sick of Halo 2 multiplayer and go out and buy Halo 3.

Seriously guys, whats up with that? Its not fun any more. I could put up with the asshats, but the map selection, really, I played 4 games in a row on Tombstone, in 3 different playlists.

EDIT:
Changed the title, I had written it in as a temp, and forgot to change it.
You are really only going to find maps like headlong and containment in big team any way ,but i have to agree a bit i found on swat you get a lot of the 2 newest maps coming up and these dont lend themselves to a good game Tombstone=host win and Desolation=camp at a base and wait for a head to show or a muppet guest to go up an air lift!

To be honest though in a round about way it's Bungies way to admit that a lot of their maps are unbalanced and only a few give a fighting chance to both teams hence the repeat maps?.
**try loading the map Backwash between games so you dont get locked in to a game with a repeat map as backwash isn't in any playlists its got load the new map from scratch?!

  • 08.31.2007 11:35 AM PDT

I don't mind Desolation, but there are three maps I hate which I, personally, always end up playin on: Beaver Creek, Tombstone (why I stopped playing Team Skirmish despite loving that game type), and Warlock. I HATE WARLOCK! That map IS TERRIBLE!

I don't know why those come up so often, but they do...

  • 08.31.2007 11:43 AM PDT

w00t w00t to all the psychotic warthog drivers out there like me

I always hate how team slayer and skirmish always comes up with ivory tower. i hate that map. some -BLAM- always sits up top with a sniper, taking anyone out in 85% of the map. then the sniper gets a teamate with a sword and a rocket and camps the corners. the map comes up 50% of the time which really pisses me off. i'd rather play tombstone n desolation 24/7 then play ivory tower at all.

  • 08.31.2007 11:51 AM PDT
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to many maps that have the same idea, desolation, warlock,sanctuary,backwash.

tombstone, warlock and elongation are the worst maps to play in .

  • 08.31.2007 12:06 PM PDT
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i like to play BTB and i'm always hoping for congulation, but i never get it and i've found i get the same maps over and over again :(

  • 08.31.2007 1:46 PM PDT
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Click here for maps used in each playlist.

  • 08.31.2007 2:43 PM PDT

@DC Burn
When was the last time anyone here saw Gemini? Or Collosus? Foundation? Warlock I think Iv seen like 3 times out of a good 100 games, and Id forgotten Elongation ever existed. Oooh, and Waterworks, that used to be a great sniping map!

Seriously I call BS on that list. Are they "in the playlist", sure. What are my odds of landing on each map? Like, 1/1000000000 for one of the maps I mentioned above? Again, IMHO, Bungie is crippling the multiplayer to push Halo 3. Call me a conspiracy nut if you will, but really, its pretty annoying.

  • 08.31.2007 5:29 PM PDT
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I seem to get Tombstone and Desolation 95% of the time (Yes, I love over exaggerating) and these two are probably the worst maps in Halo history. (Yes I know they were in Halo:CE but in Halo:CE they were actually good, playable, and PRETTY.

  • 08.31.2007 5:40 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

Posted by: sunami88
When was the last time anyone here saw Gemini? Or Collosus? Foundation?

All of which are terrible maps.

  • 08.31.2007 6:18 PM PDT

As much as I agree with your point, it at least adds to variety. Id rather play 10 maps and hate 5 than play 3 maps and hate all of them.

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And for the record, I like foundation :).

[Edited on 08.31.2007 6:25 PM PDT]

  • 08.31.2007 6:21 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2.

Ew. It's open to host abuse and features a sword, two turrets, and two rockets. Ew.

  • 08.31.2007 6:29 PM PDT

Exactly, you gotta be fast!

  • 08.31.2007 6:31 PM PDT
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I started playing Halo right after the reset for the 1st time and there are maps Ive never played. I dont know what Waterworks even is ,but recently played another unknown map Backwash in an aranged game recently. The map selection is really weak in MM and I play Slayer, Snipes, Double Team, Skirmish, Slayer, and Hardcore. I should be seeing almost all the maps if I play all of those gametypes. Worst of all I paid to play them and Im not getting a chnace to unless its an arranged game :(

  • 08.31.2007 6:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: IIDWells55XII
Posted by: sunami88
When was the last time anyone here saw Gemini? Or Collosus? Foundation?

All of which are terrible maps.

Team Rifles on Colossus is pretty good.

  • 08.31.2007 6:46 PM PDT