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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:45PM BoBsS said

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Picked up Reach Defiant Map Pack, $5 is a good price for maps IMO. Got Noble for $5 back in summer. It's good to see that MS discounts it's DLC packs unlike some other companies *cough*activi*cough* *cough**vomit* *vomit blood* /enter ZOMBIE MODE

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:56PM 880Cloud088 said

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@BoBsS I believe all CoD DLC other then the black ops ones got %50 of recently
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:57PM (Unverified) said

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@BoBsS haven't they bundled the map packs at a lower price? For w@w at least. And they had a cod sale 3 weeks ago for all the cod games 1 to 37
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:43PM FlashJS said

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@BoBsS

I had bought the first Halo map pack, but whenever it showed up as a voting option in the regular playlists, no one ever voted for them. Waste of money so I'm not even getting the second one at this sale price. (And I don't want to play the new maps on the dedicated playlist cuz then they'd get boring.)
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 5:39PM trickybuz93 said

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@FlashJS Just play in the dlc playlist -__-
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 8:08PM killer rin said

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Listen, the Defiant Map Pack I have to say have some of the most fun maps in Halo Reach there are. The Firefight map literally blows the other ones out of the water and brings back the awesome Firefight Vehicle combat you grew accustomed to in ODST.

If you like Big Team Battle or Custom Invasion... or just general Objectives, Highlands is defiantly one of the best large scale maps in Halo in general. I have played tons of hours on this map just slaughtering up people, and then hours more just going in on forge are looking at the scenery.

Condemned adds a fun Small Sized map to the extremely small list of small sized maps in Reach, its perfect for all the way from 2v2 to 8v8. There is nothing like taking out your opponents because they thought that the broken energy shield (as in the shielding malfunctioned like someone shot it) doors in the centre of the room block bullets.

The noble map pack honestly wasn't as good as the Defiant was, and I still get many games on Highlands and Condemned alone. You wont have any problem finding games for the Defiant Map Pack.... Plus considering you already have noble, it just increases your map searching time because the system doesn't have to keep you segmented from the people who have the map-packs anymore.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:47PM DarkKingSilvers said

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Quick question to anyone who can answer it.

Is Halo Anniversary going to come with all of the DLC for Reach like what ODST did for Halo 3? Or is it only going to be the 7 maps they've mentioned before and none of the Reach DLC?

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:53PM DaDiddles said

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@DarkKingSilvers

I'd like to know this too. I'm not a HUGE fan of Halo competitive multiplayer, but for half off I might give the maps a go. But if all these are included in the Halo remake I'll just hold off.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:55PM Gary200 said

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@DarkKingSilvers I think the Halo Anniversary disk itself is just going to have the 7 maps, that you can also use a code to also bring over to Halo Reach game too. So with that code you can have the Anniversary and Reach maps all in one spot without going back and forth between Anniversary and Reach.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:57PM Gary200 said

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@DarkKingSilvers So with that in mind. You have to buy these maps cause they won't be on Anniversary in anyway.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:00PM iceytoa1 said

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@DarkKingSilvers
No it just comes with a code to download the Anniversary Map Pack, which is available separately as well.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:07PM 343 Guilty Fart said

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@Gary200

What Gary said. Basically, no, they will not all be on one disk, which is somewhat unfortunate.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:09PM DarkKingSilvers said

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@Gary200 and iceytoa1

Thanks a lot for clearing that up. I appreciate it!
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:48PM Uberdave said

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Kiss avatar clothing? Why would anyone want to kiss avatar clothing?

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:50PM KGameLover1 said

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Might finally pick up SoD. Worth it?

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:10PM KGameLover1 said

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@KGameLover1
Meant C:HoD :p
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:55PM Stink Snake said

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Wasn't there a day in age when DLC maps went free?

It was always a boon for the online communities an old map pack would go free and bring back a number of players and a new one would be released bringing back a different group of players.

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 3:56PM Enosoma said

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DEAR JOYSTIQ FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE STOP USING ADVERTISEMENTS THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERY PIXEL OF WHAT SHOULD BE "EMPTY" SPACE WITH IN INVISIBLE ADVERTISEMENT.

I'M SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO VISITS THIS SITE THAT CLICKS "EMPTY SPACE" TO RESET THEIR MOUSE'S SCROLL WHEEL. IT IS UNFORTUNATE AND BOTHERSOME FOR US TO BELIEVE WE ARE CLICKING EMPTY SPACE TO RESET OUR SCROLL WHEELS ONLY TO HAVE AN ADVERTISEMENT OPEN UP.

ALSO, PLEASE SET UP YOUR SCREENSHOT SYSTEM SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO CLICK "HI-RES MODE" FOUR TIMES BEFORE WE CAN SEE THE "HI-RES" SCREENSHOTS.

THANK YOU, AND YES THE CAPS WERE NECESSARY.

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:44PM wunwunx said

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@Enosoma
I was going to say something helpful, but some things are better kept secret.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:45PM FlashJS said

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@Enosoma

Or you can get free ab blocking plugins for your browser of choice. I never see any ads, not even in the videos. Not even on Youtube. Not anywhere. :D
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:46PM FlashJS said

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@wunwunx

Oops. Did I ruin it for the fight club? We posted at the same time. My bad.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 10:51PM Enosoma said

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@Enosoma
Let me just say that I don't mind the advertisements, I mind that I can't see them, or that only the first 900 pixels downward are used, and the other 1000000 pixels underneath it look blank but are still adspace.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:27PM ll features ll said

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I bought the map packs a couple of months ago and was disappointed by how little they are utilised.... I understand Halo Reach hasn't the same online presence as Halo 3 but having to play the original and dull looking forge maps all the time is a bit tiring.

I remember how Halo 3 embraced its new maps, just a pity that the same isnt true for Reach and truthfully, unless these map packs are made free to the public soon, they will see few and far between games as the vast majority of the player base wont have them.... or the incentive/ knowledge to download them.

I would hate to think that we will realistically only get to play on original and anniversary maps, when some of the best maps were those created post launch.

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:54PM Bubbameister33 said

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@ll features ll

Defiant and Noble have their own playlist. I like it that way because I was never booted from lobbies when I didn't buy the DLC.
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Posted: Oct 18th 2011 4:38PM Joeybeast said

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I want that Toy Soldier DLC bad.

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 6:20PM haincha said

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I really want to get the Reach maps. But, I have not played Halo in a while. I started playing Black Ops. It is a fantastic deal, but ugh... I am torn. May be time to load up Reach.

Posted: Oct 18th 2011 11:57PM Liquidfingers said

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@haincha

maybe you should just quit playing Black Ops because, y'know, it's kind of lame.
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