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Subject: Maps on Matchmaking

Hello everybody, I'm new to Halo 3 (a little late, I know) and just have a question about map selection in Matchmaking. I've played 34 games total online, 33 in the Lone Wolf playlist. But, out of all of the maps in the game, only a select few come up when I play. There are a lot of maps, yet I've only played on a handful. These include: The Pit, Snowbound, Guardian, Epitaph, and Isolation. Occasionally High Ground comes up or Construct, but never maps like Sandtrap, Valhalla, or Last Resort. I understand that I have played on the majority of the maps, but I haven't played one game on the last 3 listed. Are there specific playlists for each map? Or am I jut having odd luck?

Thanks for any replies.

  • 08.10.2010 2:29 PM PDT

The map selection in Halo 3 is horrible. I had Narrows 5 out of 7 games the other day. Not really sure why I bought all those map packs.

  • 08.10.2010 2:30 PM PDT

Thanks for reading my signature!

Those maps are wayyy to big for eight players, try playing social big team, its the most fun and those maps are on all the time.

  • 08.10.2010 2:30 PM PDT
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It's mainly select maps for select playlists. You won't find Sandtrap in LW, it's just too big. But if you were to search the Social Big Team playlist, you'd most likely find a map such as Sandtrap.

  • 08.10.2010 2:32 PM PDT

Can I play social big team without all the DLC? I kinda don't like that feature.. not being able to play most playlists since I don't haveall the maps. I've been playing MW2 for the last 9 months, and you don't need any DLC to play the playlists, so I'm not really used to it yet.

  • 08.10.2010 2:33 PM PDT

At the top of the page, click on Stats and then Current Playlists. You can expand them to see which maps are available and what the restrictions are....the only thing it doesn't show is the frequency of each map showing up.

  • 08.10.2010 2:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gro_29
Can I play social big team without all the DLC? I kinda don't like that feature.. not being able to play most playlists since I don't haveall the maps. I've been playing MW2 for the last 9 months, and you don't need any DLC to play the playlists, so I'm not really used to it yet.


But you have to remember that Halo's DLC has been out for years. There used to be a specific DLC playlist, but later got removed and the maps entered into most playlists.

Sadly, you do require all DLC, I think, to play in Big Team, but when I read your original post I assumed you perhaps bought ODST due to the fact it has every map, including DLC maps, on one disc and is now extremely cheap to buy.

  • 08.10.2010 2:49 PM PDT