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[krystyn]

I heard there's a new map called Gigantor Warren 3, Clayfoot. The downloadable file is hidden in your backyard.

[water10]

[Crowfoot]

The new maps aren't entering matchmaking for a while yet, they're only playable in the custom games. So it won't affect you too much to begin with.

[ROBOGriff]

[CoffeeJedi]

that and the fact that if you're patient, you'll get ALL the new maps gratis later this summer anyway

the only reason i see to buy the DVD is to get this new "expanded universe" story, but only if its good

[Clayfoot]

[water10]

[Clayfoot]

[thunderclap8]

I think I'm just fundamentally impatient.

That and I can pay off the map cost by signing up as a lab rat for any number of doctoral project ads I see around town.

[Clayfoot]

The new maps are alright, but if I wasn't playing with you guys on XBox Live, I wouldn't even consider paying for them. My only interest in the new maps is whether it keeps me from playing with my friends. After Monday, if you guys politely kick me from every party so you can play the new maps, then I'll be buying the new maps on Tuesday. If you keep playing with the old maps until the new ones become free, I'll hold out.

[water10]

To be honest, I thought the new maps were going to be the factor that would bring everybody back to halo after most people took a break and lost interest. But most people came back during these last 2 weeks, for no particular reason, including me! With the update, people are having even more fun! So, I don't think the new maps are totally necessary.

[ubersaurus]

I'm payin for em as soon as they go up. I wnt to play these new maps something fierce, and I can't wait 2 months for em.

That's not to say the old maps were bad but come on-Turf!

[Anton P. Nym]

The way Matchmaking is going to work with the paid maps, if I've understood this correctly, is that there'll be a separate playlist just for those with the paid maps. You go there if you want to play a map that's not available to the general public. If you want to play a map that's available for free, then you can just go into any playlist.

When maps become available for free, they'll be rotated into the regular Matchmaking playlists. When new paid maps become available, dunno... they could either roll it into the existing "paid" playlist, or create a new one for the new paid maps and phase out the old playlist.

I say "phase out the old playlist" because Turf and Sancutary will go to the free download status when the new maps (and the map pack) become available. I think.

-- Steve does reserve the right to be wrong on the details... he's posting without access to bungie.net, and the memory ain't quite perfect.

[ubersaurus]

[ubercado]

I have to admit...I will getting the new maps the day they come out.

And if you happen to see me in a game with the new maps....feel free to join...

I'll be looking for sniper spots...