Legendary Map 3: Blackout

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:08 am

DrXThirst wrote:Yes, it will become free just as all other mappacks have become free. Every mappack from Halo 2 and the Heroic one from Halo 3 have both become free. It's just a matter of time. Whenever they release the next mappack (The Mythic Mappack) then these maps will become free.

I don't recall the Mythic Map Pack being confirmed.

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:17 am

I believe the Mythic Map Pack was just a name the kids at Bnet forums came up with once Blackout was revealed.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:17 am

I confirmed it.

Dstin1 · Post by **Dstin1** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:02 pm

They are already working on more maps. If it is to go with the theme of difficulties, then it will be called mythic.

MasterChief2829 · Post by **MasterChief2829** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:03 pm

DrXThirst wrote:I confirmed it.

Thx fer the confirmation!!!!1! Pr3ss r3l34s3 w4s 4w370m3!

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:42 pm

Dstin1 wrote:They are already working on more maps. If it is to go with the theme of difficulties, then it will be called mythic.

They confirmed that?

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:02 pm

Yeah, they said Purple Reign is going to be in the next mappack.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:13 pm

DrXThirst wrote:Yeah, they said Purple Reign is going to be in the next mappack.

I thought Purple Reign was the name for a map they already announced.

skyliner99 · Post by **skyliner99** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:19 pm

Tural wrote:More mancannons. Bungie loves mancannons. Every map is good if you throw mancannons at it.

i know bungie is soo full of their manconnons. Personally i dont see what is so good about them. I mean whoopdee fucking doo its just a stupid anti-gravity laucher thing

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:31 pm

skyliner99 wrote:
Tural wrote:More mancannons. Bungie loves mancannons. Every map is good if you throw mancannons at it.
i know bungie is soo full of their manconnons. Personally i dont see what is so good about them. I mean whoopdee *** doo its just a stupid anti-gravity laucher thing

They're designed as an alternative to teleporters to raise vulnerability.
You are not one to criticize them as a strict-gimmick.

SPARTAN-OMEGA · Post by **SPARTAN-OMEGA** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:40 pm

A few Bungie weekly updates ago they did, Ill get a link or the BWU's post date

latinomodder · Post by **latinomodder** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:49 pm

Veegie wrote:
skyliner99 wrote:
Tural wrote:More mancannons. Bungie loves mancannons. Every map is good if you throw mancannons at it.
i know bungie is soo full of their manconnons. Personally i dont see what is so good about them. I mean whoopdee *** doo its just a stupid anti-gravity laucher thing
They're designed as an alternative to teleporters to raise vulnerability.
You are not one to criticize them as a strict-gimmick.

I'm still wondering why they have a teleporter in avalaunch....

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:57 pm

No, Purple Reign is an arena styled FFA map that hasn't been released. The progress has been slowed as another map's progress increased.

Also, they are trying something new on the map. They are thinking about 1 sided doors. You can walk through one way, but you can't walk back through.

Spensel · Post by **Spensel** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:40 pm

latinomodder wrote:
Veegie wrote:
skyliner99 wrote:
Tural wrote:More mancannons. Bungie loves mancannons. Every map is good if you throw mancannons at it.
i know bungie is soo full of their manconnons. Personally i dont see what is so good about them. I mean whoopdee *** doo its just a stupid anti-gravity laucher thing
They're designed as an alternative to teleporters to raise vulnerability.
You are not one to criticize them as a strict-gimmick.
I'm still wondering why they have a teleporter in avalaunch....

well its a remake of Sidewinder and sidewinder had several teles and in that spot a mancannon would not be a possible swap. though i am disapointed i can't through the flag through the grate anymore...

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:26 pm

There are some cases where a man cannon would simply prove impractical. There just haven't been any maps released so far that would have a teleporter necessary. Sidewinder isn't as open and there are many other areas to go to, whereas maps like Valhalla only have one big open field to kill on, so a teleporter would almost be useless.

Dstin1 · Post by **Dstin1** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:22 pm

I hope blackout has sheild doors in the forge sandbox. Although people hate them in matchmaking, they can be fun for customs.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:32 pm

Thankfully as it's not a covenant/forerunner structure there won't be any (built in) in the map (I just hate them period for most cases).

Will the lift be steam/air based, like the pit?

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:33 pm

Looks like it.

DrXThirst · Post by **DrXThirst** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:42 pm

Yes. You can see from the shotgun hallway picture.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:45 pm

Gotcha. That was the one picture I didn't look at. I didn't play the original lockout all that much so I forgot that the shotgun hallway connected to that in that way.