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I have been working on this little project of mine since Summer 2009, and im finally releasing it! It may not look like much, but each thing about this game has gone through countless versions and tests. I would like to thank all the people that helped, but most importantly Nostradamic. (or pubitor as he goes by on Forgehub) He was there for at least 75% of the testing matches and has been helping since about August 2009. Both of us are very happy that this is finally coming to a close (as I write this im already overviewing the recent changes and wondering if there should be more, kinda doubt that this is ever going to be "finished" since im a perfectionist when it comes to gameplay lol) Anyway, I now present the
Halo 3 Firefight: Heroic Map Pack!
Note: Halo 3 Firefight has 1 honour rule, dont camp in the spawn rooms if you are infected, everyone will spawn as the same class and the game will be either easier or harder for one side!

Table Of Contents
1. MAPS
2. GAMEPLAY
3. CLASSES
4. VISR MODE
5. LINKS

MAPS

Note: There was an update to the gametypes recently, the humans no longer have enemy waypoints on their heads, but the covenant now have 75m enhanced radar to make up for it, I think it plays alot better but if after awhile I realize its not better then the gametypes will be updated!

Raptured/Raptured (Night)

YouTube- Halo 3 Firefight Â© Raptured (Night) Gameplay (ODST)

YouTube- Halo 3 Firefight Â© Raptured (Night) Gameplay (Covenant)

Raptured and Raptured (Night) are actually the same, with a few changes to each. The most notable change is that Raptured (Night) is obviously darker. The weapons switch locations on each map and on Raptured (Night) there are overshields that respawn in the grunt and jackal rooms every 30 seconds to replicate Engineers being out. To compinsate, Raptured does not have Engineers but it does have the Beam Rifle in the Jackal spawn, which Raptured (Night) lacks. Raptured and Raptured (Night) are both made for small parties. They work with any number like all the Firefight maps, but it is best played when you do not have a large party. On Raptured the Beam Rifle makes a big difference to how you must play. It can kill you very fast on higher difficulties so it is best to have a designated sniper on the lookout for Jackal Snipers! On Raptured (Night) the Engineer traits makes it so that Jackals and Grunts have the same amount of health as that of a Brute, this combined with the lighting will make you have to play more on the defensive side. Both maps have 1 Rocket Launcher, 1 Machine Gun Turret, and 1 Sniper Rifle. Raptured is best played with VISR mode off but Rapture (Night) is best played with VISR on.

Lagoon

YouTube- Halo 3 Firefight Â© Lagoon Gameplay (ODST)

YouTube- Halo 3 Firefight Â© Lagoon Gameplay (Covenant)

Lagoon was made with medium sized parties in mind. It combines close range and long range combat which is why it is my favourite of the maps. Lagoon features 1 Ghost which will be accessed at a random time via teleporter. There is a small amount of effects on the map to make it that you must adjust you visr for certain areas. There is 1 Rocket, 1 Shotgun, and 1 Machine Gun Turret on the map. The map has a large variety of cover and in different quantaties. Certain areas are full of cover while others are completly open. This forces players to not be careless when moving around.

Area 42

YouTube- Halo 3 Firefight Â© Area 42 Gameplay (ODST)

YouTube- Halo 3 Firefight Â© Area 42 Gameplay (Covenant)

Area 42 is the largest of all the maps and as such has the most vehicular presence. There is 1 Banshee and 1 Chopper on the map that respawn rather frequently. The map features 1 Spartan Laser, 1 Machine Gun Turret, and 1 Sniper Rifle. There is a downside to getting the MGT and Sniper though. To get each you must enter the bases and open up the doors inside. This gives the covenant a new way in which means that the bases are even less usefull then they were to begin with. The map also features Jet Pack Brutes and is the only one in the map pack to do so! One of the high points gives an amazing view for snipers but it also has a reactor that blows up every 30 seconds so you are taking a big risk by going up there. The map is best played with VISR mode off.

GAMEPLAY

Halo 3 Firefight was intended to not only recreate Firefight the way I had wished it had been made, but also as a response to all the Firefight maps coming out around the time of its birth. It honestly pissed me off seeing maps where they would claim it to be the only real Halo 3:ODST Firefight experince when it had Elites, or did not have anything but chieftans, ect. I wanted to do Firefight right so I got down to thinking and made it to the best of my abilities.

First off, there are 5 difficulty levels.
EASY, NORMAL, HEROIC, LEGENDARY, and then theres MYTHIC. Easy is just that, easy, for the ODSTs. As a covenant you are most likely not going to have any fun, but I wanted to make sure that there was enough variety to appeal to everyone. Mythic is similar to easy in the sense that one side wont be having much fun. The 3 modes that tend to be the most played are NORMAL, HEROIC, and LEGENDARY because they are fun for both sides. The way Halo 3 Firefight works is there are 4 actualy rounds, and then there are more rounds in each round. That sounds confusing but it really isnt. Just think of it like this:
1 Minute= 1 wave
5 Minutes= 1 Round
15 Minutes = 1 Set
So there are 4 actual game rounds, but then there are rounds in each round that help keep track of how far you have gotten. Each game round is 60 minutes, now I know what your thinking, but Firefight is not meant to end, so this is simply there so that you can see how far you have gotten while it still being (almost) impossible to acutally win! There is no amount of lives like ODSTs Firefight, its basically one life for ODSTs, infinite lives for Covenant. 3 waves the power weapons on the map are replenished but every minute the SMGs, Magnums, and Frag Grenades respawn. On each map there is a waiting time of 20 seconds before the covenant attack, during that time the ODSTs can prepare. Covenant can NOT pick up human weapons, this is because they can only pick up weapons for 10 seconds, the chances of them actually getting an ODST weapons are incredibly low! The final thing about the gametypes that people should know is that ODST can NOT drive vehicles, this is because someone would just jack a banshee and then fly on top of the spawn area, or try and block teleporters with them, it just has more cons then pros...

CLASSES

Halo 3 Firefight features almost all the classes of real firefight, with the exception of the drone (no one likes the bugs anyway :P...)

Covenant
Starting Weapons: Plasma Pistol

Grunt

Wepons: Plasma Grenade, Needler, Fuel Rod Cannon.
Equipment/Powerup: Overshields (Raptured (Night) only!)
Rarrity: *

Jackal

Weapons: Covenant Carbine, Needler, Beam Rifle.
Equipment/Powerup: Deployable Cover (Jackal shield) Overshield (Raptured (Night) only!)
Rarrity: **

Brute

Weapons: Plasma Rifle, Spiker, Spike Grenade, Brute Shot, Covenant Carbine.
Equipment/Powerup: Overshield, Bubble Shield, Flare, Grav Lift (Area 42 only!)
Rarity: ***

Brute Stalker

Weapons: Mauler, Spiker, Firebomb Grenade.
Equipment/Powerup: Active Camo, Radar Jammer.
Rarrity: ****

Hunter

Weapons: Fuel Rod Cannon.
Equipment/Powerup: Custom Powerup.
Rarrity: *****

Chieftan

Weapons: Gravity Hammer, Fuel Rod Cannon, Plasma Turret.
Equipment/Powerup: Custom Powerup, Regenerator (Invicibility)
Rarrity: ******

ODST
Starting Weapons: SMG, Magnum.

VISR MODE

This is probably going to be one of the stupidist things you have ever read, but in Halo 3 Firefight I wanted to force you to use some sort of VISR on some maps, by making those maps darker. Raptured (Night) for example is much more challenging with VISR off. Now if you havent figured it out yet, you turn on VISR by pressing start, settings, screen settings, then you turn up your brightness. As stupid as it may sound its actually very usefull, not only in Firefight but in any game where there is darker areas or overall darkness. On the other hand you could turn it down to make it look more like ODST, or just leave it the way it is for a more challenging match. In some casses turn on VISR mode will actually have a negative effect. On Lagoon VISR is usefull for the back areas of the map, but by the dock having VISR on can get kind of annoying. Its something to keep in mind...

LINKS

Gametypes:
EASY
NORMAL<<Recomended
HEROIC<<Recomended
LEGENDARY<<Recomended
MYTHIC(Legendary damage and 2x the health for covenant? Good luck my friend, good luck!)

Maps:
Raptured
Raptured (Night)
Lagoon
Area 42

Other:
Official Halo 3 Firefight © Group at Bungie.net
Official Halo 3 Firefight Youtube channel

Those that join the Halo 3 Firefight © group at Bungie.net will get access to new content before others and will be able to work on the Halo 3 Firefight: Custom Map Pack which is made by the community and overviewed by me to make sure spawns are correct and all that!

Check out the Halo 3 Firefight Youtube channel every once and awhile for new content!