I had an idea for a map as I was trying to go to sleep last night. The idea is that, there are 4 people in ghosts that are "Bulls", and the other 12 are "runners" and the idea for the bulls is to splatter or "Gorge" there enemies with their "Horns."The other 12 are just supposed to run away and stay alive for the longest, and there are many places where the runners can fit through a wall, and a bull cannot. The level also has a second floor with a small drop hole to the ground level. Under the ramp to the upper level there are pallets the runners can hide behind. There is also small groupings of pallets and barrels that they can hide in, but can be completely decimated by the bulls. It's on Foundry and will be played with an infection game type, with only one life for everyone. The bulls are invuln, and I was thinking about putting a tranquilizer somewhere on the map, "Plasma Pistol" Any ideas of how to make this more fun for the bulls, or ideas of how to make hiding places for the runners?
Isn't this Cat and Mouse, except on Foundry and with Ghosts VS Spartans? I don't think you can make any more fun for the bulls, since I'm not sure what is so "fun" about hunting down spartans just to splatter them, though it is satisfying. And for hiding places, eh, that isn't too hard. Just more room/levels/places to hide. Oh, and I suggest adding equipment. That might make it fun. Like grav lifts or deployable shields.
well, in a way yes-but it is going to be unique because of the fact that the spartans can fit in crevices the Ghosts can't. And thanks for the idea for deployables
Get rid of the crevices. Or you can make falling fusion coils in there every 30 seconds or something like that and make 2 entrances so the "bulls" won't camp there. Also, can you decrease the amount of ammo the plasma pistol would have? Maybe like 50 instead of 100.
You can decrease the amount of clips in human weapons. So most likely, although that would be kind of awkward, picking up a plasma weapon that's half charged..
another bull, it would require team work, and I was maybe thinking about putting a box held by a grav lift to the crevice, so the spartans can only make it through if the bulls are stupid enough to not close the exit
i made sumthing like that except it was with choppers. the goal in mine was for the runners to get a bomb to the other side without dieng.
the best way to keep people out in the playing area and only jumping into crevices when necessary is to employ the King of the Hill method of level boundaries, making a hill that is the size of the area you want them to stay in. THEN, when they jump out of bounds to get to the crevices, they'll lose points for the amount of time they hide. You'd REALLY have to balance out the points gained and lost to keep it fair, though. Also, what's to stop them from jumping over the bulls?
agreed, You also need to make absolutely sure that the map is "escape proof." I don't think the bulls would be too happy if the people they are suppose to kill are out side of the map. Hmm, this gives me an idea.....
well I have the map practically done, almost v1, but I won't go public until it's thoroughly tested and balanced, I got the pics, I'm just waiting for bungie.net to go back online