Halo 3 How To Dominate The New Multiplayer Level
As a few of you might know, Bungie and Microsoft are releasing a minor update to Halo 1 and Halo 2 next week. To make
it easy for everybody they’ve decided to call it Halo 3. Almost everybody who owns a Xbox360 is really looking forward to this.
If everything goes as planned and announced Halo 3 will conclude the triology (!) That is all very peachy, but we all know we aren’t just playing Halo for the single-player campaign’s fault, oooh no, you want to show those teenagers out there on Xbox Live, who the real Master Chief is right?!
To achieve that you should read on, because you know those emerging adults are fast and good. (Of course, I’ve never gotten my behind kicked by a teenager with baggy pants and a voice that doesn’t know if it should be deep or high pitched.)
The new level or map is called “Contruct”. It is actually the original concept name from the Halo 3 development phase and it was a part of the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta. Originally Construct had a much greater elevation difference between the two levels, Banshees fighting between the levels was really the concept. Those of you who tried the multiplayer beta might have noticed that it Banshees were very hard to use. In the official release Banshees are almost useless, because to take advantage of Contruct you should focus on infantry combat and zone control.
As I mentioned zone control is really important in Construct. It is no secret that if you are on higher grounds you usually have an advantage. On the upper level, there’s a sniper rifle for keeping an eye on the approaches. There is also a sword, but if you want it, you have to put yourself in a compromising situation. The ones on the lower level are also getting their share of the armoury. The Spartan Laser should help you getting those on the upper level down to earth again. If that fails you can always use the Brute Shots or Maulers to rush the lifts and get to higher grounds.
Speaking of lifts, this is where the real trick in Contruct is, they act on almost everything - players, grenades or equipment. This is very inconvenient for the happy campers upstairs. Use the lifts to send power drainers up and top of with a grenade or two. That should give you enough room to safely take the lift and gain the advantage of higher grounds yourself.
Remember it takes a coordinated offense to take the higher level, so make use of the lifts and your fusion coils.
Let me know how this works out for you. Do you have any tips to share? What is your favourite Halo map?
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Comment by Andy Bailey on 22 September 2007:
i saw a tournament using Halo 3 on satellite TV and they came to the same conclusion about getting high up first, it was great to see how the effective use of teamwork can really make a difference to Vs team games.