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#1 xJumPeR_JumPzZ

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:35 AM

This was an Ad some days ago on the German 360 Dashboard...

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It says the following Release Dates for ALL three MapPacks for Halo 4:

Crimson MapPack = December 10

Majestic MapPack = February 25

Castle MapPack = April 1

I havnt seen any site reporting this.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:42 AM

Wow if its december 10th, thats pretty soon.

Please don't be big team maps, please don't be big team maps, PLEASE.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:46 AM

Cool. We may see some info on these maps on this week's bulletin about it.

Pretty much all I play is BTB, and as long as I don't have to keep constantly playing on Ragnarok and Exile, then I'll be happy if they are more BTB maps.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:49 AM

View Postbelucheez, on 25 November 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:

Cool. We may see some info on these maps on this week's bulletin about it.

Pretty much all I play is BTB, and as long as I don't have to keep constantly playing on Ragnarok and Exile, then I'll be happy if they are more BTB maps.

BtB maps already outnumber 4v4 maps and BtB maps are only good in 2 playlists, we need smaller maps >_>

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:53 AM

Never said that I want BTB maps, just that I'd be fine if they were.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:53 AM

View Postbelucheez, on 25 November 2012 - 11:46 AM, said:

Cool. We may see some info on these maps on this week's bulletin about it.

Pretty much all I play is BTB, and as long as I don't have to keep constantly playing on Ragnarok and Exile, then I'll be happy if they are more BTB maps.

View PostiRGush, on 25 November 2012 - 11:49 AM, said:

BtB maps already outnumber 4v4 maps and BtB maps are only good in 2 playlists, we need smaller maps >_>

Yeah wtf dude? If BTB is all you play, well you have what 5 or 6 BTB maps? How many maps do you need? If i'm not mistaken 5 or 6 is pretty good for BTB. If there is going to be a BTB map i hope it's squad size(6v6) and it's only 1 map. The other 2 i hope they're 4v4 size.

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Never said that I want BTB maps, just that I'd be fine if they were.

I guess... but you know we're hurtin for smaller maps.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:55 AM

I wonder if AGL would use one of the new maps if it was actually good, it'd probably be expensive to get the code for just 1 map on all the boxes :\

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:59 AM

Guess I better pick up that season pass.

View PostiRGush, on 25 November 2012 - 11:55 AM, said:

I wonder if AGL would use one of the new maps if it was actually good, it'd probably be expensive to get the code for just 1 map on all the boxes :\

They already said they would.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:00 PM

That'd be awesome if it was the tenth.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:01 PM

Really hoping for additions of forge maps, arena style anything to keep me playing until ranks gives me a good drive to no life.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:04 PM

View PostZomby Nom, on 25 November 2012 - 11:53 AM, said:

Yeah wtf dude? If BTB is all you play, well you have what 5 or 6 BTB maps? How many maps do you need? If i'm not mistaken 5 or 6 is pretty good for BTB. If there is going to be a BTB map i hope it's squad size(6v6) and it's only 1 map. The other 2 i hope they're 4v4 size.



I guess... but you know we're hurtin for smaller maps.

Some would say BTB only has two maps because all that is ever played is Ragnarok with some Exile thrown in here and there.  All others are very rare cases with Longbow getting chosen if Ragnarok and Exile are not on the voting list.

Like I said, I don't really care what kind of maps we get. In the end it doesn't really matter what we want because it is all about what 343 wants.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:10 PM

View Postbelucheez, on 25 November 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:

Some would say BTB only has two maps because all that is ever played is Ragnarok with some Exile thrown in here and there.  All others are very rare cases with Longbow getting chosen if Ragnarok and Exile are not on the voting list.

Like I said, I don't really care what kind of maps we get. In the end it doesn't really matter what we want because it is all about what 343 wants.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:11 PM

View Postbelucheez, on 25 November 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:

Some would say BTB only has two maps because all that is ever played is Ragnarok with some Exile thrown in here and there.  All others are very rare cases with Longbow getting chosen if Ragnarok and Exile are not on the voting list.

Like I said, I don't really care what kind of maps we get. In the end it doesn't really matter what we want because it is all about what 343 wants.

Well same thing could be said for us, but just one map cause everyone only votes for Haven. lol
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:12 PM

View Postbelucheez, on 25 November 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:



Some would say BTB only has two maps because all that is ever played is Ragnarok with some Exile thrown in here and there.  All others are very rare cases with Longbow getting chosen if Ragnarok and Exile are not on the voting list.

Like I said, I don't really care what kind of maps we get. In the end it doesn't really matter what we want because it is all about what 343 wants.

As a person who plays BTB all the time I can confirm this. My issue is that even in BTB the maps are too big. I'm hoping for a good mix of small and medium maps that play 4v4 and 8v8 rather well.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:12 PM

View Postlegitlegend, on 25 November 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:

Guess I better pick up that season pass.
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View Postlegitlegend, on 25 November 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:

They already said they would.

Wow, thats great news, thanks! I just hope the maps are good.

Also, as for the voting problem, vetoing needs to come back. Sure we get a shit map every now and then but at least we can play all the damn maps.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:14 PM

Hopefully we get some good small maps. Then again, 343's definition of "small" is the size of an average African nation.

Also, the veto system from H3 worked fairly well and was much better than either of the voting systems we have had since.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:14 PM

View PostiRGush, on 25 November 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

I didn't buy my season pass for the maps, I bought it for this
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Wow, thats great news, thanks! I just hope the maps are good.

Also, as for the voting problem, vetoing needs to come back. Sure we get a shit map every now and then but at least we can play all the damn maps.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:14 PM

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:24 PM

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 01:32 PM

If this is correct it releases on the day of when my exams start, at least I'll have something to hopefully enjoy there after.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 01:48 PM

I think the question is, are these 3 map packs going to be the only 3?

Because right now it feels like these have been completed for quite a while, simply due to the fact that their release dates are so close to one another.

Also, with the map pass being only 25 bucks, do you guys think that there will be another map pass for future DLC? I just see it happening, if you look at CoD's Elite Premium of last year or this year's season pass, it was/is 50 bucks, but saved you 10 in the long run, for a year of content.

I don't think that these 3 map packs will be the only ones released, especially since they're this early on in the lifespan of the game, unless they either start releasing games faster, which would be catastrophic IMHO.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 01:48 PM

Better be 2 good 4v4 maps.

Preferably 1 asymmetrical.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 02:28 PM

This doesn't seem right. Halo DLC, and probably a lot of games DLC, has (historically) been released on Tuesdays. If you look at these dates .. December 10th is a Monday, February 25th is a Monday, and April 1st is a Monday. I know that previous games were Bungie, but it seems a little odd that they'd start releasing DLC on Mondays.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 02:36 PM

View PostTHEcapnCanada, on 25 November 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

This doesn't seem right. Halo DLC, and probably a lot of games DLC, has (historically) been released on Tuesdays. If you look at these dates .. December 10th is a Monday, February 25th is a Monday, and April 1st is a Monday. I know that previous games were Bungie, but it seems a little odd that they'd start releasing DLC on Mondays.

But if you look at the playlist updates, and how they release Spartan Ops, they're all released on Mondays as well. It only makes sense that 343i is releasing their content on Mondays now.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 02:39 PM

View PostChaosGuitarist, on 25 November 2012 - 02:36 PM, said:

But if you look at the playlist updates, and how they release Spartan Ops, they're all released on Mondays as well. It only makes sense that 343i is releasing their content on Mondays now.

Yupp. Just a weird switch, especially Monday. I guess they wanted to give people a reason not to hate Mondays so much, haha.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 02:56 PM

December 10th is coming very soon. If that date is correct then that is awesome. I'd like to see more small and symmetrical 4v4 maps for competitive play.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 03:02 PM

Too bad a map pack won't fix the game.

I hope they plan on releasing a TU with the map pack to make up for all the messed up custom game settings at the very least.

Also, if they don't implement the DLC into matchmaking properly then I am not going to shell out the money on maps that I will only play a handful of times like in Reach.

The way they manage the release of the first map pack will make or break the long term playability of the game. This also requires that there are at least 2 great 4v4 maps in this map pack which doesn't seem likely.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 03:12 PM

If these dates are correct the first pack is really soon.

Hope we get some sweet maps and they aren't just thrown in a corner like they were with Reach.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 03:33 PM

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 03:34 PM

I hope they DLC lock playlists so money isn't gone to waste.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 04:04 PM

View PostiRGush, on 25 November 2012 - 03:34 PM, said:

I hope they DLC lock playlists so money isn't gone to waste.
Same here, I bought every map pack in Reach and never got to play on them. I'm still pissed about it.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 04:08 PM

View PostRevo Dreamer, on 25 November 2012 - 04:04 PM, said:

Same here, I bought every map pack in Reach and never got to play on them. I'm still pissed about it.

I got to play them quite a bit in team doubles except my partner didn't have noble so I didn't even get to play on one of the better maps, anchor 9. Outside of that though, I got them when I never wanted to, snipers on ridgeline / timeberland is the worst experience you'll ever have in your life. It was hemorrhage on steriods.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 04:16 PM

View PostiRGush, on 25 November 2012 - 04:08 PM, said:

I got to play them quite a bit in team doubles except my partner didn't have noble so I didn't even get to play on one of the better maps, anchor 9. Outside of that though, I got them when I never wanted to, snipers on ridgeline / timeberland is the worst experience you'll ever have in your life. It was hemorrhage on steriods.
Anchor 9 had a ton of potential too but was ruined in matchmaking from people going to space.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 04:20 PM

View PostRevo Dreamer, on 25 November 2012 - 04:16 PM, said:

Anchor 9 had a ton of potential too but was ruined in matchmaking from people going to space.

aPK's forge of anchor 9 was great, shame there was no mlg v8, it could've been great.

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 04:44 PM

There are only three good maps and one usable map.

We need more maps. Solace is crap but we are forced to use it.
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Posted 25 November 2012 - 04:49 PM

View Postmenotyou135, on 25 November 2012 - 04:44 PM, said:

There are only three good maps and one usable map.

We need more maps. Solace is crap but we are forced to use it.

sad but true :(

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 10:12 PM

Haven and Abandon are good. If we get two more good maps we could possibly have a total of 5 maps if you throw in Adrift CTF. (Which is passable I guess...>.>)

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