Official V3 is up

[Forbidd3n]

http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/mlg/halo-reach-v3-settings/

Official v3 settings and maps.

[Justin21]

I dont know about nexus, they could have put prophet before that.

[Astrohnaut]

Do you know when they will be put into playlist ???
and anyword about the rumors, (no bloom , and possible Rank Playlist)???? JW

[RagingChickens]

Well this is interesting. No maps I have heard of. This also throws a notch in my tournament...damn! lol. Thanks for posting! :)

[TACO]

nice find bro

[Kunamori]

Thanks for posting this!

Gonna download and test the two new maps.

[Dust]

Guess no more matchmaking for me

add me for customs,



Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Flag
Flag
Flag
Flag
Bomb
Bomb


so much for all that gametype variety that was being tested lol

[SullyVan]

Guess no more matchmaking for me

add me for customs,

already have u added u beast! :P we gotta run some

[Dust]

Do you know when they will be put into playlist ???
and anyword about the rumors, (no bloom , and possible Rank Playlist)???? JW

Bungie is not gonna put ranks back in
The bloom fix is all speculation until they announce the patch
playlist will be updated mid march during the mm update


@sully: def, I'm not gonna touch the playlist till v3 is up so I'll be running customs

[Luke]

yea nice find forbidden!

[Jewjitsu]

where's prophet? thought they would use that
also noticed that there's no KOTH or territories...interesting

[Gravity]

Only 2 new maps...*sigh*
Nice find though. And yeah. Forget matchmaking. Custom all day. Hit me up.

[TACO]

anyone up for customs?

team of 4 preferably

[Morgan]

What are these maps? lol

Are there callouts for them?

[AZUL]

Just letting you guys know Kill_KC tweeted V3 will NOT be in the next Playlist update.

[Phoenix]

ughhh i just remembered which map nexus was. why would they add that that map. that map is doo doo

[KRILLIN]

I'm glad they got rid of territories and oddball and don't have KOTH. I agree with Puckett that it's kind of lame that the game can be mathematically over before the time runs out. Sort of anticlimactic.

[Jewjitsu]

nexus is TS only. that's dumb, the map seemed like it was built for flag.

[Gravity]

Btw, does anyone know when they are releasing the monitor that will be used?

[heuer89]

Hey everyone, with the release of v3, the customs thread (http://thelannetwork.com/forum/showthread.php?287-Official-TLN-Reach-Customs-Player-Finder-Thread/page6) has been completely cleansed. Meaning that virtually all gamertags have been removed so be sure to read the OP then feel free to post your gamertag / team there. I am in the process of doing more with it, I just don't have a ton of time due to school right now.

[Dust]

@Grav, rumor has it tomorrow, but who knows

[Gravity]

@Heuer I lol'd so hard at your sig. I started watching the vlog and was like WTF?!?!
@X9 Thanks

[mgrapes]

Surprised Affinity didn't make it in there... of all the Forge maps it seemed like the one the pros disliked the least at the 6 team LAN, and even Puckett thought it was a lock. I guess that gives us some idea how independent Killa KC is from the rest of the MLG staff. I'll be curious to hear what the pros think about this...

[Dust]

Yeah, I really thought Affinity was gonna make it, what is element? I haven't even heard of it.

[Vivacity]

Surprised Affinity didn't make it in there... of all the Forge maps it seemed like the one the pros disliked the least at the 6 team LAN, and even Puckett thought it was a lock. I guess that gives us some idea how independent Killa KC is from the rest of the MLG staff. I'll be curious to hear what the pros think about this...

Was affinity the warlock remake? I remember most people saying that they felt it was the best of the new forged maps.

[ZeroCool]

ughhh i just remembered which map nexus was. why would they add that that map. that map is doo doo

Lol I totally agree. But I will miss KOTH. I have good memories of Construct KOTH

[Briimstone]

Just ran some customs on them. They play awesome! Still not a zealot fan though :(. Love Nexus and Element too!

[Dust]

I'm gonna miss evade :(

[Phoenix]

Yeah, I really thought Affinity was gonna make it, what is element? I haven't even heard of it.

If affinity was the warlock remake, then thats what element is! they just renamed it!

[Dust]

oh really, lol why would they do that, excitement level: OVER 9000!

[Vivacity]

If affinity was the warlock remake, then thats what element is! they just renamed it!

I was about to be really upset, but then I saw this. The warlock remake was the only new map I really liked. Here's to hoping the playlist is updated tomorrow. :)

[ZeroCool]

Surprised Affinity didn't make it in there... of all the Forge maps it seemed like the one the pros disliked the least at the 6 team LAN, and even Puckett thought it was a lock. I guess that gives us some idea how independent Killa KC is from the rest of the MLG staff. I'll be curious to hear what the pros think about this...

"Killa_KC: Element = Affinity. Sorry guys, we had to do a name change." - Twitter

[mgrapes]

If affinity was the warlock remake, then thats what element is! they just renamed it!

Oh OK, nice!

[Phoenix]

I'm gonna miss evade :(

evade isent gone. I would have punched someone in the face if it was!

[Dust]

if i'm not mistaken most of the evade's have been replaced by active camo's

[PulseKiller]

It is not a remake! =P

I was forced to change the name of Affinity last minute, so that is why it will now be known as Element. Glad to see you guys like it!

[Dust]

Yeah, we know it's not a remake but that's kind of how everyone refers to it as. It's great though.

[Phoenix]

nah. look at the bottom were it says version 3 changes from version 2. It just says camo has been added to countdown and sanctuary TS. Its still on countdown CTF. Its on nexus TS and its on all the zealot gametypes!

[Hylian]

I'm glad they got rid of territories and oddball and don't have KOTH. I agree with Puckett that it's kind of lame that the game can be mathematically over before the time runs out. Sort of anticlimactic.

I agree, I like it this way.

[chris_cr33p]

deff playing customs tonight with the new maps

[itwuzmagik]

i still wanted territories :(

[Briimstone]

i still wanted territories :(

Me too. I enjoy Sanc territories, even if I did get creamed on it a few times. It was fun :(

[SecretSchnitzel]

Just to set the record straight, Element is Affinity.

And this just killed MLG for me... Lack of game type variety and the choice of a sub par map over much higher qualified choices...
*sigh*
Don't get me wrong, Nexus is a good map... But there are MUCH better choices available. :/

[Imp3nded]

They took out the best gametype.... Where's my Countdown Assault?

I'm going to shed a tear...

[Brixxx]

Disappointed... only adding two new maps and taking out several gametypes. 5 maps and 3 gametypes is the best we could get with the time it took to get from V2 to V3 ? :(

[HEA7]

omg.. THANK YOU no territories... those of you who have played w/ me will know why im so relieved XD

[Kunamori]

I would have liked some variety. KotH would have been awesome.

Element is pretty awesome though. Mad props to the forger who made it.

[Niko]

THANK GOD, NO MORE REFLECTION, TERRITORIES AND ONE FLAG, wooh had to get that off my shoulder.

[Snipemare]

cant wait for the playlist to be updated

[Cantro]

Just some people know, even Puckett said they wanted gametypes that cant be over becasue of time just for the reason of being better for watching.

KoTH didn't work to well with this game.
Territories was good on Sanctuary but that's about it
Ball didn't work

All and all these are for right now. They will be different come time for C-bus

[Jewjitsu]

i think element is good, but it needs some lights or something, it's too hard to tell which bases are which, it's really bland for me. and it's not the forger's fault, but the anti-aliasing, or lack thereof, hurts my eyes. everything is really jaggedy.
i wish they would have used prophet or some middy remake. kinda dumb that they were asking for one, and didn't even end up using one. i think nexus should have 3 flag or something, it's too big for just a team slayer map imo.

[cF WiNGER]

any idea when GameBattles will update to v3??

[HEA7]

Ball didn't work

All and all these are for right now. They will be different come time for C-bus

how is that good sir?

[cF WiNGER]

best news of the day

[vesslux]

WTB MLG Playlist update

[Ladnil]

Just to set the record straight, Element is Affinity.

And this just killed MLG for me... Lack of game type variety and the choice of a sub par map over much higher qualified choices...
*sigh*
Don't get me wrong, Nexus is a good map... But there are MUCH better choices available. :/
What, specifically, would have been better choices? You keep saying this and things like it without making it clear which maps are so much more deserving than Element or Nexus.

[HEA7]

What, specifically, would have been better choices? You keep saying this and things like it without making it clear which maps are so much more deserving than Element or Nexus.

veridian, serenity, midship remake

[HavkinKnight]

im not as happy with V3 as i was with V2 funny i loved V1 the most but i really got use to V2... it seems like they are just really Testing out Various settings insted of Fixing/Repairing Current Settings.

[Briimstone]

I love the v3. But I do wish they put Prophet on. Definitely would have made v3 better. Prophet CTF, Assault, Slayer. Solid. Maybe V4?

[RagingChickens]

I read about the health regeneration being at 0% now, haven't tried it out. Has anyone else? In V2 when your health got down to a certain point it would go back to the next highest point, but I guess that is done now. Or at least that is what I read. Has anyone here played customs and can confirm this?

[SecretSchnitzel]

What, specifically, would have been better choices? You keep saying this and things like it without making it clear which maps are so much more deserving than Element or Nexus.

Viridian, Android, Retro, Prophet, Warlock and Onslaught. If I dug through my HD right now I could probably write a much extensive list.
Affinity is a perfectly fine choice. Warlock is most definitely better, but I appreciate Affinity.
Nexus just feels cluttered and forced. I enjoy playing on it and think its a solid map, but the choices I listed are most definitely better by far.

For future reference, please stop taking any comment I make so far out of context. I think your under the impression I'm just bashing on Nexus because I'm jealous. Not the case. At all.

[Ladnil]

Viridian, Android, Retro, Prophet, Warlock and Onslaught. If I dug through my HD right now I could probably write a much extensive list.
Affinity is a perfectly fine choice. Warlock is most definitely better, but I appreciate Affinity.
Nexus just feels cluttered and forced. I enjoy playing on it and think its a solid map, but the choices I listed are most definitely better by far.

For future reference, please stop taking any comment I make so far out of context. I think your under the impression I'm just bashing on Nexus because I'm jealous. Not the case. At all.
No, I actually agree that Nexus is an odd map and I've never quite understood why people were so enamored with it. Before it was even released, I was seeing forum posts about how great the test games were and it was the coolest map of all time, and then I finally play it and it's basically a standard 2 base design with some good aesthetics and unique object usage. I think it's a prefectly fine map but I would've preferred something more unique.

As for your list of maps, I actually agree with several of them. I've always loved Viridian and wish it were lag-free so it could play a gametype or two on the circuit. Retroactive I've had a love/hate relationship with for a long time but it is definitely unique and it shows the best of the forging community, so for ulterior reasons in addition to gameplay I'd have preferred it on the circuit. Android I think plays flag better than Affinity or Nexus, but I'm not exactly in an unbiased position there.

Warlock, Onslaught, and Prophet, pass. I think I've had this conversation with you before but for the benefit of other readers, I'm going to reiterate. Remakes do play better than original designs right now. That is just a fact. People know the routes, know the callouts, know where to go and how to play them. They are, for lack of a better word, more matured maps than new maps. That doesn't mean their design is better though. They've just had the benefit of time to develop their metagames, and new maps haven't. I think it is far more interesting as well as better for competition to pump fresh designs into the system and let them develop and mature to the same level that the remakes have. If they mature badly and end up being shallow and exploitable, just replace them.

[Implicit]

No, I actually agree that Nexus is an odd map and I've never quite understood why people were so enamored with it. Before it was even released, I was seeing forum posts about how great the test games were and it was the coolest map of all time, and then I finally play it and it's basically a standard 2 base design with some good aesthetics and unique object usage. I think it's a prefectly fine map but I would've preferred something more unique.

As for your list of maps, I actually agree with several of them. I've always loved Viridian and wish it were lag-free so it could play a gametype or two on the circuit. Retroactive I've had a love/hate relationship with for a long time but it is definitely unique and it shows the best of the forging community, so for ulterior reasons in addition to gameplay I'd have preferred it on the circuit. Android I think plays flag better than Affinity or Nexus, but I'm not exactly in an unbiased position there.

Warlock, Onslaught, and Prophet, pass. I think I've had this conversation with you before but for the benefit of other readers, I'm going to reiterate. Remakes do play better than original designs right now. That is just a fact. People know the routes, know the callouts, know where to go and how to play them. They are, for lack of a better word, more matured maps than new maps. That doesn't mean their design is better though. They've just had the benefit of time to develop their metagames, and new maps haven't. I think it is far more interesting as well as better for competition to pump fresh designs into the system and let them develop and mature to the same level that the remakes have. If they mature badly and end up being shallow and exploitable, just replace them.

I agree with this post. I think it is about time we play some new maps. I do miss the older maps, but I am glad to see a change up.

[Makin]

Nexus is the worst map ever next to Android. Mac xL's version of Midship (Prophet) was super sick and all the pros liked it so IDK how KC passed on it.

[Danimal04]

Psyched for V3. New maps will be entertaining...

[TechSlayer]

I liked retroactive. I don't know how many people actually did like it, but when I played it with some TLN peeps, we played flag and I thought it was awesome.

Element to me is weird, but I guess I'll just have to grow on it. I prefer on TS on Element though, flag is just too funky. I like nexus but like some of you said it does feel some what cluttered. I feel every where I go, someone is up my butt(teammate or not).

Does veridian lag on split screen or something?