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Insanewiggle
May 9th, 2009, 12:27 PM
First, I know it's a cheesy title. Second I decided to take this from one of my Bungie.net threads and revamp it a little. I made this as many people were confused to why Bungie changed these maps: Snowbound, Epitaph, The Pit, Sand Trap. I will explain why I believe so....

Well anyway as you may have known several maps were revised in Halo 3 awhile back just to add a new mix to the game.....

Well I have pieced together that a few of them were added just to fix some maps (DUR!!) whereas others where added to stop HLG.

Snowbound was an okay map. But honestly I know for a fact it wasn't anyone's favorite map. But it was a safe map. If someone had the lead, it wasn't going away anytime soon. Boundless I believe was added to spice up the map, add sort of "danger" to Snowbound and make it less of a camping map.

Sand TARP was made I believe for Multi Flag CTF to make it harder to cap the Flag.

Pit Stop was made to stop HLG from being used on the Pit and primarily in Doubles and Objective I'm guessing.

Epilogue is kind of troublesome. Partly because of the camping that was proven almost invincible in Lone Wolves and FFAs, Doubles. Also to reduce the strength of the Rockets as they were overpowered especially in Lone Wolves. Also in Love Wolves 1-2 players got the advantage and were closer to Rockets whereas no one would go for Gravity Hammer until later which kind of destroyed the map's layout purpose. Lastly I believe was to move the Brute Shot as it was being used heavily for HLG in that specific area.

Boundless is a complex and advanced map that has exceeded the playground that was Snowbound.

Sand TARP is harder and less fun as the Elephant is gone but it adds more tactics to the "dry" map that is Sand Trap.

Pit Stop too many was a something we all foresaw, the building spawn was loved by many but someday it just had to go and the time had come. In April MLG Pit(Stop) v6 will be used instead of MLG Pit v5 and the only gametype and map that can use the spot tactically is Neutral Assault on the Pit in the Objective Playlist (I still use it to hide bomb = ).

Epilogue I believe is a bad map. It is more advanced than Epitaph but I believe when you become more advanced and utilize items more efficiently, the Sniper, Camo, and Bubble Shield trump the Overshield, Brute Shot, and even the Rockets if your team passes them up. When play frequently you can "see" Camo to the point that it sticks out like a sore thumb in lit up places. So Overshields and Customs are indeed better but only on some maps like Guardian.

And I guess that's all, enjoy.

The Unirocerous
May 9th, 2009, 03:07 PM
What does HLG mean? I hope that wasn't a n00b question... But, I like having the changed maps, except Boundless, because it adds more variety. But, Boundless... They took the BR's off of it! Why!?

Recarbo
May 9th, 2009, 03:45 PM
Ya I was wondering the same thing, I think it's hidden gaming league but I don't know how that exactly fits into all of this.http://www.readyuplive.com/new/misc/skin/spacer.gif
(http://www.readyuplive.com/member.php?u=3310)

Mongerty
May 9th, 2009, 04:24 PM
I liked Epitaph and Snowbound before they took out the shield doors. It isn't my fault that people don't know how to flank, and just try to run through them when I have a shotgun.

Pit Stop and Sand Tarp are understandable, but the first two were changed because people hated shield doors. I loved the change of pace that they offered, as well as the tactical challenges of flanking and outmaneuvering another team.

The Unirocerous
May 9th, 2009, 04:38 PM
Ya I was wondering the same thing, I think it's hidden gaming league but I don't know how that exactly fits into all of this.http://www.readyuplive.com/new/misc/skin/spacer.gif
(http://www.readyuplive.com/member.php?u=3310)

If that what it stands for, The Pit was changed because of the spawns on the upper part of the buildings, people just stayed in them

Insanewiggle
May 10th, 2009, 09:19 AM
Okay I just got back on. HLG is Hidden League Gaming. Several months ago they were a huge "revolution" of gamers that hid in all the games in the Pro-Circuit. HLG was a Halo name for them. For Gears there is no name for them as it was an extremely popular glitching game.

Now HLG has faded and gone away. There used to be many people with HLG in their name and you could get a regional clan and a mini group within it like in Gamebattles. It was second to KSI at the time.

I still hide and glitch but I do not glitch in Matchmaking (I hide still when I'm bored) I can show you my spots and glitches if you send me a text on XBL.

GT: Insanewiggle