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Subject: Mongoose Slayer Map Playtesting!

Hello everyone, I've just forged a new map and I need some players to test it.

The map consists in a giant arena intended for vehicular battles in which 8 squads will battle for the victory.
The main feature of the map are mongooses: each team is composed of two players, one will drive the moongose, the other one will blast the opponents with rockets.

I need 16 players for playtesting since I need to test the map and balance the gametype with 8 teams on the map!

If you want to play, send me a friend req (my gamertag is Creditingmklive) and invite all your friends!

See you soon!

  • 02.14.2012 9:58 AM PDT

First in social ranked firefight campaign competitive and ODST goose splatters.
My other account is UrbanTwisticle
20,000+ total matchmade goose splatters

Check out my YouTube Channel

In the mongoose community there has been a long tradition of mongoose combat and while using rockets is effective it seems a bit too easy.. well at least for us and for the rocket race guys... We prefer to do our goose wars with snipers on the back.


The best way to make it work is to have players tied down to the mongoose - they immediately get back on the goose. Give everyone a Brute shot and a sniper and tweak the damage so that body shots do very little while head shots are an instant kill. Sure it will make it tough, but it will be ooh such more fun =). Well at least for me =).

If I do play with you guys a little I am going to stick to driving.

  • 02.14.2012 10:05 AM PDT

And so God called Moses to come forth but he came fifth and was therefore disqualified.

Sounds like a cool idea, but I have homework to do. I was thinking of doing something similar, but everyone only has one life, and instead of rockets, we use snipers.

[Edited on 02.14.2012 10:06 AM PST]

  • 02.14.2012 10:05 AM PDT

First in social ranked firefight campaign competitive and ODST goose splatters.
My other account is UrbanTwisticle
20,000+ total matchmade goose splatters

Check out my YouTube Channel


Posted by: TurnedSculpture
Sounds like a cool idea, but I have homework to do.
Skipping homework is always a good idea.

  • 02.14.2012 10:07 AM PDT

And so God called Moses to come forth but he came fifth and was therefore disqualified.


Posted by: analbumcover

Posted by: TurnedSculpture
Sounds like a cool idea, but I have homework to do.
Skipping homework is always a good idea.

Sometimes.

=)

  • 02.14.2012 10:07 AM PDT

Some more info about the gametypes:

In Mongoose Doubles, each team has got two mongooses per base. Mongoose Doubles is intended for 8 squads of 2 players. The spawn for the vehicles is set at 1 sec, so you'll always find a spare quad. There are 24 mongoose on the map (the gametype actually changes all of the vehicles into mongooses). When you die you'll spawn in a safe area, here you can pick your vehicle or wait for your bro to repawn.

Mongoose Slayer is intended for 2 squads of 8 players. It is a variant of Bro Slayer, so you repawn is made easier.

In both gametypes your speed and jump height is decreased so to prevent camping. You spawn with rockets and fuel rod guns with infinite ammo.

  • 02.14.2012 10:13 AM PDT


Ooh, I love those people, the ones who decide to throw everything and the kitchen sink at you, as if an M16 does anything to a T-90. Oh, MLG player with noobtube instead? Congrats! You blew off one of my ablative plates!

Gun, meet Bad Guy.
Bad Guy, this is Gun.

I'm throwing money at the screen but nothing is happening.

  • 02.14.2012 10:16 AM PDT

To anyone who wants to play: please add me to friends! My gamertag is Creditingmklive. Match will start in 15/30 minutes, but we need be 16! If you are going to play, please invite all of your friends too!

  • 02.14.2012 10:17 AM PDT


Ooh, I love those people, the ones who decide to throw everything and the kitchen sink at you, as if an M16 does anything to a T-90. Oh, MLG player with noobtube instead? Congrats! You blew off one of my ablative plates!

Gun, meet Bad Guy.
Bad Guy, this is Gun.

I'll see if I can get on in that time or if I can even join the game.


Apparently moving my xbox to a different room with a bigger TV has caused immense lag on Battlefield 3 and Metro 2033(which is a singleplayer game, lag is a rare thing on those)

  • 02.14.2012 10:21 AM PDT


Posted by: DarkAero Trooper
Apparently moving my xbox to a different room with a bigger TV has caused immense lag on Battlefield 3 and Metro 2033(which is a singleplayer game, lag is a rare thing on those)


Strange things happen when you move your xbox.

  • 02.14.2012 10:24 AM PDT


Posted by: analbumcover
In the mongoose community there has been a long tradition of mongoose combat and while using rockets is effective it seems a bit too easy.. well at least for us and for the rocket race guys... We prefer to do our goose wars with snipers on the back.


The best way to make it work is to have players tied down to the mongoose - they immediately get back on the goose. Give everyone a Brute shot and a sniper and tweak the damage so that body shots do very little while head shots are an instant kill. Sure it will make it tough, but it will be ooh such more fun =). Well at least for me =).

If I do play with you guys a little I am going to stick to driving.


I tried to avoid exploits by reducing players' movement speed and jump height. Moreover, there are no precision weapons on the map, you start with a Rocket Launcher and a Fuel Rod Gun

  • 02.14.2012 10:27 AM PDT


Ooh, I love those people, the ones who decide to throw everything and the kitchen sink at you, as if an M16 does anything to a T-90. Oh, MLG player with noobtube instead? Congrats! You blew off one of my ablative plates!

Gun, meet Bad Guy.
Bad Guy, this is Gun.


Posted by: McKant

Posted by: DarkAero Trooper
Apparently moving my xbox to a different room with a bigger TV has caused immense lag on Battlefield 3 and Metro 2033(which is a singleplayer game, lag is a rare thing on those)


Strange things happen when you move your xbox.


Eeyup.

I got everything out of it before I moved it, no idea why it suddenly goes laggy as hell on a big TV but is perfectly fine on my tiny TV.

  • 02.14.2012 10:32 AM PDT

First in social ranked firefight campaign competitive and ODST goose splatters.
My other account is UrbanTwisticle
20,000+ total matchmade goose splatters

Check out my YouTube Channel

I find that with the limitations on gametypes you run into one of two problems.

either 1 - people cheat your rules
or 2- the gametype is rocket race and you have no idea who is winning

What I think would work the best is to make a race gametype and put the hill somewhere inaccessible so that people just play like its slayer all game.

Try this change the weapons around to what you want but I find that it plays better like this. I am not trying to take anything away from you, this is your project.. so feel free to edit the gametype as you see fit and call it your own.

  • 02.15.2012 11:42 AM PDT