which maps do yall prefer most while playing these gametypes and why

for me, Blood Gulch is the best map for CTF and Carousel for Slayer

My personal favorite for CTF is worntorn cove.

i never heard of worntorn cove, I got to check that out

In terms of non-custom maps:

Slayer
Damnation
Prisoner
Derelict
Wizard
Longest

Capture the Flag
Hang em' High
Danger Canyon
Timberland
Ice Field
Gephyrophobia

when dennis has the time to update it. remember he has to test every single map that is uploaded to him.
Edited by Guilty_spark on Oct 16, 2013 at 07:04 PM

this is a good list. Beaver Creek is also good for Slayer
HangEm High is my new favorite with Sniper Rifles, it's good for Slayer and CTF IMO

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Edited by Dennis on Oct 16, 2013 at 10:28 PM

Agree. Forgot about that one.

Also,
Maps that are BAD and why.
Blood Gulch - Do I really need explain?
Boarding Action - Pretty boring, really.
Chiron TL34 - An interesting concept but the stop/start gameplay due to people stalling with teleporters and camping them to get kills is too easy and becomes annoying fast.
Death Island - no-one is mature enough not to block the bases, and the spawns are bad for slayer. Also the many heavy vehicles make infantry/light vehicles ineffective.
Infinity - Too big, takes too long, no fun, camping.
Sidewinder - Encourages camping in your base as opposed to actually capturing the enemy flag

Bad Gametypes
Shotguns
Plasma Weapons
Covenant Weapons
Flamethrower/Fuel Rod (non-classic)
No Snipers/Close Range
Assault Rifle starts without a pistol.
Team Oddball - non-team is better.
Infantry Race/Small Maps - Really Stupid.
Short Respawn CTF Gametypes - make it 10 secs. People need to be able to get the flag.
KoTH that isn't crazy king - if the hill doesn't move it's too stale and campy.

end badmaps/types rant.
Edited by 1337 on Oct 16, 2013 at 08:36 PM

Blood Gulch is good for CTF imo, not so fun for slayer, it's so so for KOTH
it's probably the most popular map though

lol... i used to hate boarding action and i was rating it the worst map of them all, and then i got pretty decent with a sniper rifle,learned my way around a bit, and now it's fun
Chiron is good for Slayer with shotguns, not good for CTF, if it not a full house, it is boring
death island is frustrating at times...playing on a team is frustrating all together when everyone is going for self
Infinity i don't like much either, too much space
not familiar with sidewinder

The only thing I really hate about bloodgulch is that stupid hill everyone camps on near red (i think) teleporter end. Unfortunately, people camp there all the timewhether it's with snipers or tanks, so I hate it, and this sucks on CTF because you always spawn at the same base unlike slayer/team slayer. EDIT:: actually in team slayer/slayer they could just go on the other side of the hill to camp the other base...

Infinity would have been a good map if the population wasn't so terrible and maybe if the halo engine could support more than 16 players. It needed more teleporters that encouraged infantry to use different and more interesting routes to get to each other's bases rather than those 2 retarded long beams that lead straight to each other's base in a straight line. Slayer afai can remember was better on it. *idea pops up to do a remake, but it will probably disappear due to my laziness*
Edited by nihao123456ftw on Oct 17, 2013 at 07:59 PM

I played on blood gulch for a long while before noticing that slim steep hill on the blue side where snipers like to camp.
I get sidewinder and icefields mixed up. both good for CTF
that map worntorn cove that Dennis mentioned looks like a mixture between death island and infinity

I agree with this statement.

Revelations is also a nice map for CTF. Reminds me of Danger Canyon in a lot of ways because of it.

dennis I would offer to help with testing maps if that will speed up the process, but im guessing its more than just a simple explore, so ill leave that to you.

one of the maps I enjoyed ctf on was gephyrophobia, blood gulch, timeberlands and cmt snow grove.

slayer, I used to host sniper games all the time on rat race and timberlands, but chiron and carosel should be a good close quarters, while death island and infinity should be decent big maps. unless you wanna go with the classic hugeass and travel for ages

this map is good http://www.mediafire.com/download/1z8gprboc79a0ry/burial_mounds_v1.zip

WTC was fun, but it seemed to always devolve into "Red holds the center while Blue camps their base" or vice versa. Every match I ever played would average 1 capture per 30 minutes.

The EP Custom servers were awesome back when they were still running and the maps weren't focused on gimmicks. My personal favorite maps:

CTF:
Fissurefalls
Claustrophobia
Cliffhanger
Frost
NMC
Nightcamp CE

Slayer:
Claustrophobia
Facing Worlds
Immure
Gallowspole
Blood Islands

As far as the stock maps, Blood Gulch is okay as long as there are no tanks and the blue team can't just camp where snipers can't get them. Most Bungie maps are decent enough for slayer, and the Gearbox maps are just too big for their own good.

It wouldn't. I have not been home for a while and my network security is such that there is no remote access to the file system to allow me to access uploaded files remotely or place them into the download server. The forum I can manage remotely. I have to physically be there to update the files. Be patient, I know it has been a while but this month the backlog will be cleared.

Bigass when It's out

Oh yeah... we should finish it already.