With all the hype about Assembly and Sandbox

[FLiiGHT]

Does anyone want to team up with me and make an MLG Orbital? I mean we havnt gotten a great look at it but it has potential to be a great map and possibly a better map for Ball.

[Mango221]

Naw...orbital is only for me to ride a mongoose around ;)

-Mango

[bnasty574]

Naw...orbital is only for me to ride a mongoose around ;)

-Mango

when did we start calling penis a mongoose?

-bnasty

[Niccccck16]

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Heatmaps.aspx make orbital into a good MLG map, id be surprised.

[darek97]

You should judge a map without playing it. But orbital could be good if certain parts of the map are blocked.
if i could forge i would team up with you but i can't forge

[The_Raging_Beast]

when did we start calling penis a mongoose?

-bnasty
http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr162/tsaeBgnigaRehT/banned.gif
Words cannot describe that

[-Ender-]

If somehow Orbital is screwed up, we can just use Sandbox to rebuild it. We have the technology.

[ViiSiiON]

unless you can forge off some areas, from the heat map it looks pretty big.

http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/HeatMap.ashx?map=500&wep=127&inf=6

[MILeZ_Per_HoUR]

Forge off some areas, add some teleporters and who knows. The map for some reason reminds me of Ghost Town and Elongation mixed.
But I would actually need to play it before I can say whether or not it belongs in MLG.

[a_Woodland_King]

Orbital becoming "Good" isn't happening. Look at the texturing in the videos, there's holes in the steps and other ****.
He throws a grenade and it FLIES through the stairs, letting him die.

Nononono.

[jujumonster]

Orbital becoming "Good" isn't happening. Look at the texturing in the videos, there's holes in the steps and other ****.
He throws a grenade and it FLIES through the stairs, letting him die.

Nononono.
Its not texturing. Its geometry. It also wouldve probably been good if the guy didnt throw it directly at the hole in the stairs, he should've bounced it off the floor.

[xSociety]

Block off some areas, and maybe lay down bridges over the stairs(assuming they have decent forge objects) and you might have something. IMO.

[dylman36]

Orbital becoming "Good" isn't happening. Look at the texturing in the videos, there's holes in the steps and other ****.
He throws a grenade and it FLIES through the stairs, letting him die.

Nononono.
geomerge bridges into the stairs but that might not be necessary because its still possible itwont let items go through the gaps and it was described as a competitive map it night be good

[Landry70]

Nothings a finished product until it hits the marketplace, but I'd agree with most of you that Orbital look like the weakest of the 3 new maps.

[I_Malevolent_I]

I highly doubt orbital will be used competetively. It's neat and all but.... Idk It's just not suited for a 4v4 MLG type game in my opinion.

[TheEpicCiabatta]

Orbital has Ghost Town-like potential. I'm hoping we can make another good 1v1 out of it.

[Brutal_iZ_Pro]

Orbital has Ghost Town-like potential. I'm hoping we can make another good 1v1 out of it.

That isn't a very high potential, sad to say...

[Soulful_Spitin]

Orbital has Ghost Town-like potential. I'm hoping we can make another good 1v1 out of it.

Good idea. Alright, Fliight (Strafy), I'ma take a break from Mid-Ship (If I'm not done by then) and we'll work on something together. But hopefully there will be some good components we can work with, unlike the other maps that only have crates and whatnot.

OT: Sorry I haven't worked on Focus in a long time, my friends are just in high demand of the map. Next time I'm on I'll show you how it's coming out.

[allnamesrtakent]

orbital actually looks decent to me. while i haven't seen enough videos to be really familiar with the layout, the long halls and multiple levels remind me a little bit of elongation/narrows crossbreed. while not spectacular, nothing from what i have seen screams "broken"to me.

that staircase is typical bungie coolness but i remain cautiously optimistic on this one.

[FoxKeyes]

I'd be willing to bet my life savings Orbital will never be an MLG map. :-/

[Soulful_Spitin]

I'm not sure if someone posted this yet but here's a fly through. Elongation in all 3 Halos??
http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-360-hires/8655/Mythic-Map-Pack-Orbital-Flythrough-HD/

[ash55]

People worried about the geometry... the stairs actually behave like a ramp allowing you to bounce grenades up them, unlike in Blackout. This doesn't include the spiral staircase in the main complex though because it has gaping holes in it.

I think it might be quite Forgeable because, like Blackout, you can block off the many doorways and scale the map down for 4v4s. Perhaps closing off the two hangars and restricting the players to the tight corridors in the middle. However, I'm not entirely sold on the gameplay as it plays a lot like Turf and Construct top-gold. By which I mean constant standoffs around a corner and spamming of grenades.

[Mango221]

I mean constant standoffs around a corner and spamming of grenades.

http://www.nqcc.org/nqccweb/htdocs/Training%20pg%20crying.jpg

I hate grenade spam and standoffs...

-Mango

[BxB-James]

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Heatmaps.aspx make orbital into a good MLG map, id be surprised.
That's assembly lol

[_TaK_]

That's assembly lol

Assembly just comes up because it is first alphabetically and the heat maps page is one page with changing pictures not multiple pages.

EDIT: Also don't worry I plan too.

[General.SwizzY]

Wow. I didn't win a code. I'm not going to lie, I'm am VERY dissapointed. ****.