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Subject: Why forgable Fire Fight maps are possible.
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Have you seen the size of the maps? It'd be... difficult. And laggy.

I'd much rather have pre-set maps.

EDIT: This post supports my later post on this page.

[Edited on 06.22.2009 6:53 AM PDT]

  • 06.21.2009 5:13 PM PDT
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It just leaves you and a couple friends running around on an empty map. Congratulations.


That would be good for certain purpouses. Like, machinima.

  • 06.21.2009 5:20 PM PDT

I would make a tower that had a staircase wrapping around the tower that the Covenant could climb. At the top i would have a missile pod that was on a spawn at the beginning of the round.

  • 06.21.2009 5:30 PM PDT

"Money isn't everything, but the LACK OF MONEY is."
Brutes for MP
Rangers of Halo

I completely agree with the OP. People reacted the same way to Forge mode when it was first announced. Everyone thought that people would make stupid maps and people did. But guess what everyone, you did not have to play those stupid maps. So many amazing and challenging maps were made and I don't see why that can not happen with Firefight maps.

As for the people stupidly saying that people can cheat to get achievements by using forge guess what you can't because it is a forge custom game. Since when could you get achievements there.

/Begin Rant

I find it hysterical how people on these forums are so against the ability to have options. Anytime a poll comes up requesting an option to add to the game, regardless of how stupid it is, I vote yes unless it overrides what I want. No one is going to force you to play the stupid maps.

/End Rant

  • 06.21.2009 5:49 PM PDT
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also, about acheivements, the game recognizes bulit in maps and forged maps, so they could make it so you have to do it on a built in map

  • 06.21.2009 6:05 PM PDT

Death to rank junkies.

Posted by: TW InKoGnIto
Find the player, and kill them while avoiding obstacles


But people could make a box of unmovable walls around their spawn area, so the Covenant would never get to them. Sorry if someone said this already.

  • 06.21.2009 6:34 PM PDT

Personally, It would take out all of the fun of it.

  • 06.21.2009 6:43 PM PDT
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I cant believe all these people seem to ignore your points, To me it sounds like a great idea.

  • 06.21.2009 6:50 PM PDT

Three pages and 6 people have read the OP. So good so far!

  • 06.21.2009 7:00 PM PDT
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and you people shouldn't care if other people cheat for the acheivements. if someone else has them, it doesn't make your gaming experience any worse. All you people are doing is arguing against something good because you don't want someone to cheat on something that is unimportant.

  • 06.21.2009 8:06 PM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

I would make that starship troopers outpost on Sandbox.

  • 06.21.2009 8:33 PM PDT

--PC Games--
Halo: Combat Evolved
--Xbox 360 Games--
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo Wars

Wouldn't be a terrible, game-killing, Halo-wrecking addition. I don't forge in Halo 3 much myself, but I can't see any harm from it. Good points in the OP.

  • 06.21.2009 8:44 PM PDT

The abillity to forge in a firefight map would be a grand addition but it wouldn't work out like forge is at the moment for obivous reasons that have been already stateted. What would be cool that probably isn't going to happen for firefight is something closer to an enviroment creator (like in farcry.) Along with that all we can do is make a firefight gametype that works and make some cool maps on Sanddbox or Foundry.
Also for people who think forge is going to happen in ODST it isn't due to the lack of a forging option in the ODST menu. That doesn't mean that I don't want forge for firefight.

  • 06.21.2009 9:17 PM PDT

Another four people who read the OP?! Thanks, you guys.

What I do want to see is where Bungie confirmed that there would be no forge in fire fight.

  • 06.22.2009 6:19 AM PDT

Posted by: Morrceo
Posted by: TW InKoGnIto
Okay, if you guys do not want to read the entire OP, please, at least read the very last quote box.


I did read your whole post.

And there are some good things about it.
You could spawn more weapons, turrets, move -blam!- around to benefit yourself, spawn a few walls but that's about it. If you add to much you over power the enemy and completely change the way the game was meant to be played. Yes you could spawn a tank and see how long your squad could protect it and survive. You could build a little house/ armory and protect it with turrets and other types of defenses and see how long your group can hold out. Or you could even construct a giant tower and laugh as the covenant try to jump up and hopelessly attack you while you shoot RPG's down upon them.

Yes it would all be fun.
But then people would start building block off maps for easy kills and so on and so forth.

There wouldn't be scoring, it doesn't matter. It would be for your own enjoyment. AI doesn't get bored, AI doesn't get tired, AI don't feel like something is unfair.

  • 06.22.2009 6:22 AM PDT

Posted by: ABotelho
There wouldn't be scoring, it doesn't matter. It would be for your own enjoyment. AI doesn't get bored, AI doesn't get tired, AI don't feel like something is unfair.

Exactly! If we are supposed to care about AIs feelings, we might as well put down our guns and have a tea party!

  • 06.22.2009 6:25 AM PDT

Posted by: TW InKoGnIto
Posted by: ABotelho
There wouldn't be scoring, it doesn't matter. It would be for your own enjoyment. AI doesn't get bored, AI doesn't get tired, AI don't feel like something is unfair.

Exactly! If we are supposed to care about AIs feelings, we might as well put down our guns and have a tea party!

LOL, a brute with a little girl dress on, sitting at a tiny table, sipping tea!

  • 06.22.2009 6:30 AM PDT

Imagine the grunts!

Posted by: ABotelho
Posted by: TW InKoGnIto
Posted by: ABotelho
There wouldn't be scoring, it doesn't matter. It would be for your own enjoyment. AI doesn't get bored, AI doesn't get tired, AI don't feel like something is unfair.

Exactly! If we are supposed to care about AIs feelings, we might as well put down our guns and have a tea party!

LOL, a brute with a little girl dress on, sitting at a tiny table, sipping tea!

  • 06.22.2009 6:40 AM PDT
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Hey... what if, in the new Halo 3 Multiplayer disc, they had an item (hopefully in all the maps, but at least in the last three) to spawn Covie troops? It wouldn't be Firefight, but it has tons more possibilities.

That being said, Bungie has said on numerous occasions that no Forge for Firefight. They haven't said anything about my above idea, but actual Firefight Forge will not happen.

  • 06.22.2009 6:51 AM PDT

Two makes there more than speakers.

I didn't see forge on the Halo3: ODST menu.

  • 06.22.2009 6:52 AM PDT

Wow so many people say how forge will not be in the game, does it matter no!!1 I like the idea, as like someone had said you would be bale to get rid of thing on the maps too!! which would make it harder, but i would love the option to make my own as well! like in sandbox, make a map and set the point where they come in! that would be fun!

AND I DONT CARE ABOUT PEOPLE THAT SAY BUNGIE HAVE SAID ALREADY THAT IT WILL NOT BE IN THE GAME.

This is not a "bungie do this", but a "what if"

So many of the maps would be good for firefight, standoff for one! If bungie wanted to make the game more playable and keep people playing, it is a good idea to make it so we can make things to keep us playing till the next game comes out!!!

  • 06.22.2009 7:00 AM PDT

Genius!

Posted by: ClassicalDonkey
Wow so many people say how forge will not be in the game, does it matter no!!1 I like the idea, as like someone had said you would be bale to get rid of thing on the maps too!! which would make it harder, but i would love the option to make my own as well! like in sandbox, make a map and set the point where they come in! that would be fun!

AND I DONT CARE ABOUT PEOPLE THAT SAY BUNGIE HAVE SAID ALREADY THAT IT WILL NOT BE IN THE GAME.

This is not a "bungie do this", but a "what if"

So many of the maps would be good for firefight, standoff for one! If bungie wanted to make the game more playable and keep people playing, it is a good idea to make it so we can make things to keep us playing till the next game comes out!!!

  • 06.22.2009 7:03 AM PDT

And one more thing.....

I am not saying this is how bungie do it, but alot of game developers read posts and take ideas and use them in some way in a new game or DLC. You never know that this could be the case with this!!!

How dumb would all you guys look if in 6 month bungie did do a update which let you do this!!!

I KNOW THE CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING IS VERY LOW, BUT ......

[Edited on 06.22.2009 7:06 AM PDT]

  • 06.22.2009 7:04 AM PDT