CANADIAN ECHO Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 This thread is meant for the community to give feedback on the new flood gametype on matchmaking called Hivemind. For anyone that didn't know Hivemind wasn't design by 343 Industries, but was built by the community. About a month ago a CC came to me about me giving him the best flood maps that the community has created to go into matchmaking. So instead I told him how the standard Flood mode in matchmaking is impossible to survive, so i asked him if the best of the best Flood forgers could develop a universal Flood gametype, and you know what he said to that. So I got together the best Flood forgers in Halo 4 (Sadly some forgers couldn't make in to the test) and we tested Hivemind for six days straight and we choose the best maps we could find that fit the settings Hivemind needed. After the six days, we gave the gametype to 343 to test and hopefully use, and apparently they loved it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBango513 Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 I love Hivemind. I played Flood when the game first came out and stopped after a few days because it was just much too difficult to survive. My friend wanted to play Flood and I reluctantly agreed. However, we voted on Hivemind because we didn't know what it was. It was a pleasant surprise. The game type becomes a lot more enjoyable when flood aren't thrusting 1,000,000,000 mph one-hit-killing all the humans within 2 minutes. The addition of ordnance was a nice touchup as well. Finally, the 2 hits to kill a Spartan was the cherry on top. The maps are also very nicely built, much more enjoyable to play on than Adrift or Haven. I don't want to sound like 343 did a horrible job with Flood, it's just that Hivemind is so good. If possible, CANADIANECHO, could you try to get permission from 343 to change the normal Flood game type so I don't break my controller from rage? That would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Make_Big_Boom Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Anyway I think Hivemind is pretty cool. It really helps out that you don't get killed in 1 friggin' second from a Flood lunging at you from 20 feet away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tns22 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 The 2-hit kill is a must for flood. Unfortunately, It still feels like flood can win half of the engagements, so Hivemind still is not enough for me to actually play the flood playlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planet Etrius Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I think hivemind is great as it is. All I want is more map variants and gametypes added in that center around it now. I'd be fine if a hivemind playlist replaced flood. Maybe flood could be added into actionsack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choot 'em Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 I was just recently introduced to the Hivemind gametype and must say the changes made seem to be on point. The Flood gametype was indeed frustrating. Humans now stand half a chance, lol! Prime opportunity to create your own Hivemind map and enter it in the Halo 4 Forge Off contest here >>> http://www.343industries.org/forum/topic/30280-forge-off-halo-4-forge-contest/! There is still plenty of time to get those creative Forge juices flowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planet Etrius Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Is it possible to do an invasion flood gametype with hivemine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANADIAN ECHO Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Thanks for the feedback guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Dog Posted August 5, 2013 Report Share Posted August 5, 2013 As Choot 'em stated, we are currently holding a Free Roam Flood forge contest using the Hivemind settings located in Alzarahn's file share. We would be glad to provide direction to our testers and fellow players to respond to this thread when the testing begins. In addition we will be holding a Flood play date to further feature some of the better maps provided for the contest and openly invite you and anyone wanting feed back to participate and ask questions or direct players here for feed back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRderMonkey 3D Posted August 22, 2013 Report Share Posted August 22, 2013 I was more of a fan of the original flood not the hivemind I think that they should be split gametpyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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