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Subject: Tips on how to balance a map in Halo 4? [Now with screenshots!]

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One team has to breach the opposing teams stronghold and get to the objective (I haven't decided on whether it be a flag or an extraction point yet).

Here are several screenshots:

Rejection: Mainland
Rejection: Left Side of Breacher Base
Rejection: Birdseye View of Breacher Base

Rejection: Left Side of Stronghold
Rejection: Left Side Defense of Stronghold
Rejection: Right Side of Stronghold
Rejection: Right Side Defense of Stronghold


So far I have it as the breaching team has a variety of vehicles to chose from:

2x Mantis
1x Scorpion Tank
2x Mongoose
3x Ghost
(the vehicles can enter the enemy stronghold).


The defending team get the destructive weapons:

2x Rocket Launcher
1x Spartan Laser
2x Machine Gun Turrets
2x Sniper Rifles
(more weapons will be added in obviously)

The map is incomplete yet as this is my second day of building it.

[Edited on 12.27.2012 1:40 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 11:53 AM PDT
Subject: Any tips on how to balance out a map in Halo 4 I'm making?

Put 20 boltshots in a pyramid and a kill boundary around them.

  • 12.27.2012 11:54 AM PDT

I understand that it's incomplete, but do you have any pictures? How many players is this going to support?

  • 12.27.2012 11:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: Binman59
Put 20 boltshots in a pyramid and a kill boundary around them.


Pretty clever.

My tip is to make it so there is either BR's/pistol or DMR's/pistol.

No other gun's. Also no DMR and BR. One or the other, and bam. Fair!

  • 12.27.2012 11:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: Hylebos
I understand that it's incomplete, but do you have any pictures? How many players is this going to support?

Pictures... they are going to take some time to get.

Player support? 8-16 players.

[Edited on 12.27.2012 11:58 AM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 11:58 AM PDT

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Come on guys. No tips? None whatsoever?

  • 12.27.2012 12:24 PM PDT

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Take away a mantis and replace it with a banshee.

  • 12.27.2012 12:30 PM PDT

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Also take away two ghosts and add a couple of warthogs.

  • 12.27.2012 12:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

Here ya go.

  • 12.27.2012 12:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: P3P5I
Here ya go.

Ooh, thanks. That is a good read and is going to be very helpful!

  • 12.27.2012 12:35 PM PDT

Put a rocket hog on the map. It's hard to really tell though without any information about the design of the map and whatnot.

  • 12.27.2012 12:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: Big Z 20x
Put a rocket hog on the map. It's hard to really tell though without any information about the design of the map and whatnot.

All right, I'll get some pictures up so you guys can judge on what to remove/add and any other helpful tips.

  • 12.27.2012 12:49 PM PDT

What map are you building it on?

  • 12.27.2012 12:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: DarthMike431
What map are you building it on?

Ravine.

It's the perfect layout for what I have in mind.

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I fail to see how one team getting two Mantis and a tank is going to be in any way balanced or fair.

  • 12.27.2012 12:59 PM PDT

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Take the Scorpion out. It insta-kills at any distance and is effectively invulnerable to small-arms fire; in other words, no fun whatsoever for enemy infantry to fight. I'd advise you replace it with a Wraith, which at least has a dodge-able projectile.

[Edited on 12.27.2012 1:01 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 1:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: A Good Troll
I fail to see how one team getting two Mantis and a tank is going to be in any way balanced or fair.

The other team get the heavy weapons (eg Rocket Launcher, Spartan Laser...)

  • 12.27.2012 1:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: annoyinginge
Take the Scorpion out. It insta-kills at any distance and is effectively invulnerable to small-arms fire; in other words, no fun whatsoever for enemy infantry to fight. I'd advise you replace it with a Wraith, which at least has a dodge-able projectile.

I should have pointed out that whilst what you said is very true, the Scorpion tank is the only vehicle that won't be able to enter the stronghold due to narrow bridges connecting it too the mainland. And there are walls surrounding the stronghold so if the player in the tank did try to kill the enemies inside then it'd have little-to-no effect.

The Scorpion tank in the map I am creating is more of a defense vehicle than offense.

  • 12.27.2012 1:12 PM PDT

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Got some screenshots now so you can view the map properly.

  • 12.27.2012 1:37 PM PDT

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Any more tips? I have added links to several screenshots so you can see what can be added/taken away/changed.

I do take all advice and weigh it with other peoples.

  • 12.27.2012 2:20 PM PDT