I've made some major fixes. Check out the update here: Bungie.net : Halo Reach : File Details Gametype here: Bungie.net : Halo Reach : File Details Crash: Pelican down is map made for the gametype "Pelican Down: Recovery," but can be played with the regular invasion gametype (not as fun, I think). I've played this map with a group of people, and received very positive feedback. I've heard: "I've never played an Invasion game this tough." "It was like a campaign mission on Legendary." "Teamwork is a must. If we weren't talking, we would have lost." "It felt like I was in a war movie." I hope others share these feelings! A Pelican has crashed in a Covenant occupied city. You must secure the crash site and evacuate the wounded. I loosely based the map off of the events of Black Hawk Down. Spartans must first fight through an ever tightening maze of shacks. Just like the events in Mogadishu, warthogs will have a hard time navigating the narrow paths. The first goal is to plant a bomb and destroy a covenant shield on the outskirts of the city. From there, you must move into the city and secure the crash site. Finally, you must run the "Mogadishu Mile," with wounded (simulated by the core) in tow, back to base. All while under constant fire of the Covenant (militia), who can hide themselves in crowds of innocents. If you die, it's a long run back into the action. Reinforcements don't arrive like *snap* that. Teamwork and team spawning make a huge difference. Be on the lookout for hidden spots I've included to give the Spartans an edge... they're gonna need it! Screenshots can be found here: Bungie.net : Reach : Game Details First phase: plant the bomb at the Covenant shield: Returning for reinforcements: I'd love any and all feedback. I was hoping to have a day/night/morning effect with filters, but ran out of budget. Have fun!
Dude this sounds really BA but based on the pics i have no idea how well forged the map is. (im not doubting your ability) It would just be nice to have some more pics, plus it entices others to download having overviews of the map and other stuff. Im dling anyway they way you described it sounds sweet.
Just finished playing it. I must say, it was tough, but tough isn't necessarily good. I've always thought that games should be fair, and the only way it could be challenging would be to go up against a skilled team. But besides the total one-sidedness of this game, it's actually pretty fun, and could be tweaked to be amazing for the majority of casual gamers. Oh, and one more thing: you should pry add more pix. Hard to tell what the map's like with just one explosion on your thread.
I'm not sure how to make it easier for casual players (I shouldn't be saying that because I am one) without messing up all of the systems already in place. Plus, I have no budget. I had to delete a lot of scenery to get the rocket (anti-falcon) and focus rifle (anti-sniper) on there. As the game progresses, the spartans should get better loadouts, and it should get easier for them. Also, if you look around the map, I've added a few really helpful spots that work well with teamwork. Ex. drop a teammate onto the skyscraper/sniper spawn and he can cover the whole map while his teammates plant the bomb. I have a link to more screenshots in the post, I didn't want to flood it. I took overview pics of the map, but they never showed up in "Recent screenshots". This is the best I have at the moment: Edit: Also, I tried to color code the buildings, but the colors don't show up in Invasion! Darn!
Solution: Don't set objects to "team color", just set elite side objects to "blue" and spartan side objects to "red".
Generally it should be easier in the beginning and harder at the end, maybe if you tweak the gametype (as your buget is full) instead of the map, so the Elites start off poor and get better? I rarely have enough people for long enough to play something like this, but I'll DL because its sounds interesting. Don't know if I'll be able to give you proper feedback.
This looks sweet, awesome idea man. I'm definitely downloading. I'll post back/edit this post when I'm done playing through it.
This is my most downloaded map ever, and yet, almost no feedback. I really, REALLY, want to know what you think of the map. If so many people downloaded it, do they actually LIKE it? Can't improve something if I don't know what's wrong! Also, almost nobody downloaded the gametype. I made the gametype specifically for this map! It makes the map way more fun!
There's only one base: the Spartans'. It's "miles away" so that it doesn't get overrun and spawn killed by the Covenant, ruining the fun for the Spartans. It's also "miles away" so that reinforcements don't arrive in mere seconds. Dying has consequences. Plus, if it were close, the final stage would be too easy. As for the battlefield, if you downloaded the gametype, the action takes place in this order: Fighting in the cramped, shanty filled middle section to escort a bomb to the city's outskirts. In the city, defending the crashed ship. The entirety of the map, escorting the "wounded" back to the Spartan base "miles away."
I download it the map..Pretty EPIC! I started playing with 3 friends..I was an A elite and The my friends were humans took a while for them to set the Bombs hehehe 3 I felt like the terrorist of The movie "Black Hawk Down" They eventually overpowered This is a very good made map.. Though it was clearly meant for more ppl So ill post again when I play with more ppl...No suggestion until I play with more pll
Thanks for the feedback! That's exactly the feel I was hoping the map would achieve. Surprised it worked with 3 people, just imagine the chaos of 16! I'm not quite sure where all of the downloads are coming from. I've never had this many before. I've never had this many with all of my maps combined! Obviously, the downloads are not from here because there's so little feedback, and this thread tends to sink to the bottom. It's left me extremely confused! Did it get featured on some other site? A site without the gametype, because almost nobody has downloaded the gametype.
I play it again this time with 6 people even more awesome! I love how hard it was to drive the warthog under pressure just like in a real war movie situation. Oh maybe you should try putting your map and gametype as a set. I find it weird how ppl haven't downloaded the gametype;.. My only suggestion so far would be to either add another falcon or to make it spawn faster. In the 3rd phase it got annoying to w8 for it..and the car was useless at that point. And can you believe that after 3 rematches it would always end up a tie..In the last phase they would camp with the bubble shield inside the fallen falcon..HA! so very funny and yet fun..well I will post again and send you the video(not rendered) or something..When I get 16 people, so far my fave Invasion map
I've made some major fixes. Check out the update here: Bungie.net : Halo Reach : File Details Gametype here: Bungie.net : Halo Reach : File Details