Sanctuary [T1] Description
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TheTrueHaloMaster
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Sanctuary Thread
Masti101- Posts : 10
Join date : 2011-10-23
- Post n°2
Re: Sanctuary Thread
This map is pretty rough with the GP settings. Last time I played it took about 20 minutes for the first cap to come in. Though I think I need to do some more testing to give a full opinion.
Kurtiz- Admin
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Join date : 2011-10-18
- Post n°3
Re: Sanctuary Thread
While I believe things need to be tested over a long period of time (to allow players to learn the settings, what does/doesn't work etc), I think you may have a point.
H2 had fast kill times but due to bad hit rego the H2 BR was actually quite slow at range, meaning a lot of the open areas on Sanc were 'safe' because people couldnt do all that much damage to you from across map.
With the 4sk bloomless DMR, players can deal large amounts of damage at any range, because hit rego is significantly better, making all areas a lot more dangerous to be in.
A solution to this would be to add more rocks in. In H2 the rocks were a lot higher/bigger, and there were a lot more of them which made traveling through rocks was a safe option because you had so much cover. Currently the rocks are quite small and there aren't very many, making rocks a dangerous place to be in.
There were also rocks at bon and in front of snipe. I will look into adding some rocks to test for v2.
H2 had fast kill times but due to bad hit rego the H2 BR was actually quite slow at range, meaning a lot of the open areas on Sanc were 'safe' because people couldnt do all that much damage to you from across map.
With the 4sk bloomless DMR, players can deal large amounts of damage at any range, because hit rego is significantly better, making all areas a lot more dangerous to be in.
A solution to this would be to add more rocks in. In H2 the rocks were a lot higher/bigger, and there were a lot more of them which made traveling through rocks was a safe option because you had so much cover. Currently the rocks are quite small and there aren't very many, making rocks a dangerous place to be in.
There were also rocks at bon and in front of snipe. I will look into adding some rocks to test for v2.
Yoseph- Admin
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Join date : 2011-10-18
- Post n°4
Re: Sanctuary Thread
I played ApK's sanc today on GP and it was fantastic. I'd like you to take a look at it Kurtiz, the scale allows for much faster gameplay, but the looks of it are lacking. The base design and such is just kinda bland.
I plan on releasing a test version of this smaller scale sanc soon, it was much more what we're looking for.
I plan on releasing a test version of this smaller scale sanc soon, it was much more what we're looking for.
Yoseph- Admin
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Join date : 2011-10-18
- Post n°5
Re: Sanctuary Thread
Sanctuary [T1] is the first test version of Sanctuary. It is built on a smaller scale and features grass. The smaller scale makes it more practical to capture flags. Ring 3 is accessible from Car side jump up. This has been released quickly as a reaction to the openness of our first v1 Sanc and the difficulty in capturing flags that goes with it. Thanks to ApK for providing us with a great solution quickly.
TheTrueHaloMaster- Admin
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Join date : 2011-10-18
- Post n°6
Re: Sanctuary Thread
Yoseph wrote:Sanctuary [T1] is the first test version of Sanctuary. It is built on a smaller scale and features grass. The smaller scale makes it more practical to capture flags. Ring 3 is accessible from Car side jump up. This has been released quickly as a reaction to the openness of our first v1 Sanc and the difficulty in capturing flags that goes with it. Thanks to ApK for providing us with a great solution quickly.
can we remove grass?
aPK- Posts : 8
Join date : 2011-10-22
Location : Madison, WI
- Post n°7
Re: Sanctuary Thread
TheTrueHaloMaster wrote:Yoseph wrote:Sanctuary [T1] is the first test version of Sanctuary. It is built on a smaller scale and features grass. The smaller scale makes it more practical to capture flags. Ring 3 is accessible from Car side jump up. This has been released quickly as a reaction to the openness of our first v1 Sanc and the difficulty in capturing flags that goes with it. Thanks to ApK for providing us with a great solution quickly.
can we remove grass?
Why would you want to remove the grass? And don't tell me because of grenades. Just throw better grenades. Having to adjust your grenades depending on the map is part of map knowledge.
aNesthet1K- Posts : 10
Join date : 2011-10-22
- Post n°8
Re: Sanctuary Thread
aPK wrote:TheTrueHaloMaster wrote:Yoseph wrote:Sanctuary [T1] is the first test version of Sanctuary. It is built on a smaller scale and features grass. The smaller scale makes it more practical to capture flags. Ring 3 is accessible from Car side jump up. This has been released quickly as a reaction to the openness of our first v1 Sanc and the difficulty in capturing flags that goes with it. Thanks to ApK for providing us with a great solution quickly.
can we remove grass?
Why would you want to remove the grass? And don't tell me because of grenades. Just throw better grenades. Having to adjust your grenades depending on the map is part of map knowledge.
Because of grenades. They need to bounce... There are just certain grenades you can't throw now, because they don't bounce on the grass.
Sebastian- Posts : 33
Join date : 2011-10-22
- Post n°9
Re: Sanctuary Thread
Add floor in the certain spots where you want grenades to bounce?
That way you could use some of the browner objects for flooring like Staircases, XXLs, Bunker,Ramps or Brace,Tunnels. That might make the appearance more appealing.
That way you could use some of the browner objects for flooring like Staircases, XXLs, Bunker,Ramps or Brace,Tunnels. That might make the appearance more appealing.
Kurtiz- Admin
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Join date : 2011-10-18
- Post n°10
Re: Sanctuary Thread
Nah aPK is right, knowing what grenades you can/cant throw is just part of map knowledge; you aren't playing on MLG's Sanc anymore, so stop throwing grenades like you are.
Sebastian- Posts : 33
Join date : 2011-10-22
- Post n°11
Re: Sanctuary Thread
Can we get some screenshots of this map? Or vids??
I'm at work, I want to take a look. Please no MLG forum links
I'm at work, I want to take a look. Please no MLG forum links
weezing- Posts : 10
Join date : 2011-10-23
- Post n°12
Re: Sanctuary Thread
Just drop Sanctuary. No need to keep this one around, especially considering the 2 or 3 circuit-worthy retail maps we're getting with CEA. Retroactive, Hangar, and Oversoul are all better than this too.
Yoseph- Admin
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Join date : 2011-10-18
- Post n°13
Re: Sanctuary Thread
I prefer grass, the color contrast and look is a big deal to me. I enjoy the map more because of it. Isn't that(in large) why we're looking forward to the CEA maps.
weezing- Posts : 10
Join date : 2011-10-23
- Post n°14
Re: Sanctuary Thread
Yoseph wrote:I prefer grass, the color contrast and look is a big deal to me. I enjoy the map more because of it. Isn't that(in large) why we're looking forward to the CEA maps.
Not at the expense of having a good map to begin with. Sanctuary, in my book at least, is a boring, subpar map that was bland in Halo 2 and is total dogshit in Reach. I honestly would rather play just about any other MLG forge map we've seen so far.
CEA will bring its fair share of visual diversity. Between Zealot, Countdown, Dammy, and BC for sure, and could possibly make something of Prisoner, Hang Em High, or even another default map. I think we can stand to sacrifice some visual appeal for gameplay to round out the set.
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