Power Weapon Placement/Usage

be fair and give a sniper to each team ... other than that you only really need to add something like 1 shotgun or a single RL in a location that is equally accessible to both teams.

It has to be fair, while not over-arming the teams.

 

Whether or not there is a sniper will massively change gameplay. One makes for a battle to control it, and two turns it into pit style combat. IMO whenever you equalize a power weapon (say add two snipers one for each team), it is not longer a power weapon, because both team can utilize it at the same time.

Also, changing clip size allows for more "power weapons" as they become "support" weapons, rather than power weapons. For instance, Standoff has 2 rocket launchers, but they aren't really power weapons due to their respawn time and no extra clips. You could put in team shottys with only 5 shots, making it even and if one team happens to get both, they would have a 32 bullet shotgun lol.

If you put alot of rocket launchers on your maps, try changing it up and putting a laser on. You don't want a noob map full of weapons, but as long as it plays well and theres balance it wont feel "full". Mesh around a bit, but a CC weapon is always a good choice.

Edit: I made a topic like this before, some people said some good stuff
http://www.forgehub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6942

 

For power weapons, less is more.

Armories got old about 2 days after Halo 3 came out. Avoid any sign of making one for your map if you want it to be taken seriously.

As chris describes above, changing respawn times and clip size drastically affects how a map plays. I used the long respawn-low clip method on my large map to great effect. On paper, it looks like a lot of weapons, but because most of the more powerful weapons have 3 minute respawn times and 0 or 1 clips, it balances out very nicely.

--dc

 

That kinda seems like a lot of CC combat, unless thats what you are aiming for. I mean it works on the pit well enough, so I guess it depends on your map size. Only thing is, I find Shotty>Sword+Hammer..so since teams spawn with the better CC weapon, why fight over a central weaker one? I know rockets are repetitive..oh well throw them down and test er out I guess.

 

Every map is different, there is no rule to power weapons.

Less is more is a good think to think about.

Try to put them in tactical locations, and think about how they will be used in that area when you place them.

For your map, im thinking maybe 2 powerful weapons in the central areas, and maybe some medium powerful weapons on both sides of your map,

Keep balance and symmetry, but create an area which is rewarding for the player to control, but not too much.

 

Yeah, i'd probably say one for each team, probably a sniper and one or two different ones somewhere in the middle. Still, like others have said, it really depends on the map and layout.
Good luck!

 

I think you should give each team a Shotgun but don't put it right in the bases. Put it like just outside the base.

 

I think that if there is one hill and two lower areas, you should only put one shotty on the map. You want a reason to control the hill in a slayer game. Put a shotty up there, and give each team a sniper. Then they want to get up the hill to get shotty, but they also want to be aware of possible countersniping. It doesn't sound like you have many tunnels/other rooms, so I wouldn't use a sword. And if the map is open air-ish, I would avoid rockets. And splasor should only go on maps with vehicles.

If you wanna mix it up, give each team a beam rifle instead of Sniperz. Lolz ensue.

 

See, we are having the same ideas here. We both want the hill to be camped. We both agree that the sniper shouldn't be on the hill. So I say 'Put shotty there' so that it's like camping top on Isolation. I honestly don't care where you put the snipers, but there needs to be at least 2 IMO, or you put one team close to the hill, and one team close to snipes. If you go with two, the logic is that they may have one on the hill, but there is another for countersniping.

 

Then there would be no reason to be on it. It makes you a huge target.

 

Well, really, i would say that tuning power weapons to the map is alot more important than how many there are. I mean, the obvious is "no vehicles=no splazer" or "huge BTB map = 2 snipers" but i think that tuning it to how many players and gametypes is huge. If you are planning for it to be for CTF or Assault rather than territories or KOTH, then what is a "power weapon" can change dramatically. Like, a rocket launcher with 4 rockets for koth or terrioties for teams of 4 is gonna do alot more damage than a missle pod.

Ammo should be based on how many people are in the game. Like, if you have four rockets for teams of four, thats way too much, but 4 rockets for teams of six is a bit better. Missle pods and spartan lasers are exempt though, because you cant change those.

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Also, i would like to say that what you place near the power weapon is just as important. Like in that bungie video, placing the bubble shield near the sniper is a good idea because they cant really be used in conjunction, which is why the regenerator is in the middle of the map on valhalla. If they get a sniper AND a regen, which go together, it would be too powerful, but by placing the power drain in the bases, it makes the sniper a little less powerful.

If you place a sniper near a prime sniping spot (like a really high piece of land) or place a spartan laser near alot of cover, it helpes make it more powerful. The Splaze on standoff is well placed because its a risk getting it and getting it back to a safer place.

 

Depending on the size and layout of the map, I would suggest putting 2 snipers across from each other, but not in the starting spawn bases. That makes it so the teams have to charge both possibly