Over Race

[Bartoge]

Authors:
Bartoge, Pelgore

Gametype Name:
Over Race (http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3fileid=85821358)
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Description:Over Race

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You’ve heard of Overboard. You’ve head of Rocket Race. Imagine what would happen if the two had a baby. Well, this is that baby…


A History Worth Remembering


Over Race was started by me, Bartoge. AZN started an OverTracks, but it didn’t work without a specialized map, so the next day I tried putting the same thing into rocket race. I tested it and Pel was there and suggested to put in plasma pistols. We had the basics down. We both got together and started tweaking the gametype to be perfect. In fact we even tried to take away the plasma pistol and replace it with a sniper. Let’s just say that didn’t go to well. About 2 weeks later, the gametype was done and it is brought in that form.


Simply Put


Overboard is a game where players try to stick other players to gain bonus points, while Rocket Race is a game where players travel around maps to Go-To Points while at the same time shooting rockets at their enemies to throw them off track. So you can probably guess what OverRace is. That’s right, a game where you jump up and down to lose points and land on other players.

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Hopefully you didn’t take that last sentence to seriously, as here I will describe what Over Race really is about. Over Race is a multi-teamed VIP destination game. That means there are several teams, that all have a VIP, and who try to escort them to the Go-To Points to gain points. However, this is similar Rocket race though, so you travel there on Mongeese. Instead of rockets though, you receive plasma pistols and regenerating grenades, like Overboard. Players will try to stick and stall their enemies to gain the lead. Arriving at the destination point, and killing the VIP gets you 1 point. First team to 15 points wins the game.


Wise Sayings


Now that you understand the basics, let’s go more in-depth for the gametype. We know that everyone starts with plasma pistols and regenerating grenades and drives around on a mongoose with VIP trying to gain points and stick/stall their enemies. But that is only when you are near your VIP. The VIP drives and the other player takes shotgun. When he is about 10M within his VIP here are some of his important traits:


·Has regenerating grenades
·Has infinite ammo
·Does 100% damage
·Passenger Only on vehicle use
·Speed is 100%

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But when he is not near his VIP, he is basically useless.


·Does not have regenerating grenades
·Does not have infinite ammo
·Does NO damage
·Vehicles use is off
·Speed is 200%


This makes it so, that players can not just camp other mongeese while the VIP drives around. He has good speed to make meeting his VIP easier. The VIP drives making the other player an asset instead of a requirement, but trust me, if played correctly it works better this way. Now earlier you heard me say that killing the VIP is worth 1 point, but you may be thinking that he is invisible, and he almost is. The VIP has 300% damage resistance and 50% shield recharge making it so 2 sticks on him, not the mongoose, will kill him. This has made player find several neat little trick combos, the most common being stunning the mongoose and then sticking the VIP. Plasma pistols shots are extremely slow, so while its satisfying to stun someone a mile away it also make killing the VIP harder, so we have given you a magnum. The magnum’s shot travels much faster and can allow you to kill the VIP easier if you stick him beforehand.

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There are some more, less important traits in work too. One being indestructible vehicles, so if you find yourself at a loss for mongeese, search the map and there is probably one laying around somewhere. We didn’t run into that problem much except on one map, so it should be too hard to find your mongoose if you both die. The guy riding shotgun is invincible, making so that there will always be another VIP ready, if your current VIP dies. There are some spawn traits such as partial invisibility, and invincibility for about 5 seconds, so you can focus on finding your VIP instead of worrying about stickies. The last thing is that the go-to points are random. This adds replayability, since it will never be the same twice, but also so you can’t plan on going to different points if you find yourself not being able to be the first at one of the points.

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Grenades are always an extreme help in this game, but each grenade type helps you in different ways. Frags and plasmas differ greatly in their use than spike grenades, but you may be wondering what each grenade does. So here they are

Frags: These are most used for launching mongeese into the air. They are harder to actually hit the mongoose with but their large range makes accuracy less important. They are sometimes good for kills when they send someone off the edge of a map.

Plasmas: These are best used for sticking vehicles. When stuck they can send you flying but unless their close by you, they wont send you anywhere except maybe flipped over. They can be used for kills and are great when you shoot a charged plasma shot at them and then stick them to finish it off.

Spikes: These are good for two things. One is if you land it right under the mongoose, they will flip over. Two if you stick them they will flip over and be damaged severely. These aren't as great as the others but still have their purpose.

The Final Countdown


OverRace is made for 8 people, the Rocket Race norm, but we found it works well with 6-10 as long as the map supports it. The gametype has had its problems but Pel and I have overcome them and we bring you this one of a kind gametype. I must warn you that if someone starts ingnoring their mongoose and starts walking around the map, we have made it so it does minimal damage to gameplay, but it works best if people don’t do that. So get out there, play right, and have some fun on OverRace.

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If you have any questions, post them here and I or Pelgore will do our best to answer them.


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[Bartoge]

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[Null Parameter]

Looks like a lot of fun, I'm definitely going to load this up during the rest of WoW this weekend and give it a try. Nice adaptation of the two games.

Now, I gotta ask........ did you carry over any of the other traits from OVERBOARD!?
Like Leader Traits and negative points for Killing Sprees?

[Bartoge]

Those traits are slayer specific meaning they can only be edited in slayer gametypes. Every gametype has their own specific traits and VIP uses the VIP Radius Traits. And I think the only true difference would be that the leader wouldn't get grenades.

[aMoeba]

This was fun. Although I do still think people who just constantly shoot you with a charged Plasma Pistol are annoying, this gametype was fun and there were some areas where it was better than Rocket Race. Both Rocket Race and Over Race have their different strengths, but I think the main difference is that in Rocket Race its much easier for the VIP to boost the mongoose with the rocket launcher, and adaptation of that into Over Race doesn't exist very reliably. That may be the only qualm I have but its not a big deal, I love this gametype!

Glad to see my map was in the some of the pictures and in the library for maps ;)

[Pel]

Yay! You posted it! Being your partner in creating the gametype, I must say I love it. I remember people were starting to get bored of this, but that's only because we tested it, like, 25 times in two days. :)

[Bartoge]

Yay! You posted it! Being your partner in creating the gametype, I must say I love it. I remember people were starting to get bored of this, but that's only because we tested it, like, 25 times in two days. :)

I didn't hear any complaints of it getting boring.

[MultiLockOn]

I see a future feature coming up. This sounds like loads of fun.

[Pel]

I didn't hear any complaints of it getting boring.

There wasn't a lot at all, just a few "again?"s here and there.

I see a future feature coming up. This sounds like loads of fun.

Oh, yes. It's hellafun.

[GodlyPerfection]

As the inspiration to this gametype I congratulate the two of you I LOVED playing this on Rock Lobster... it was great fun and I really really enjoyed it... and everyone thought that the whole Battletracks and OVERBOARD! mixing was just a joke... lookie at what crazy ideas can get you... ;)

[Boston]

Anything inspired by OVERBOARD! I should enjoy. This is an interesting blend (if they really were fused together). From the looks, it seems like everyone likes it so far, so I am positive I will as well. I'm not into Rocket Race or race maps in general as much as other things, but it does seem pretty cool. I'll see if I can't get a party started later and get in a couple rounds of this. Nice job though! Looking forward to seeing what it is like :)

[Pel]

You'll have fun, Boston. It won't dissappoint.

[Silver0range]

Ah. Shame I almost miss every posted gametype here x.x. This was fun when we were testing it, Bartoge/Pel. Why we did it on Ghost Town, I have no idea, but it was good regardless.

[Pel]

Um, yeah. I think the Ghost Town map needs a lot of adjustments to make it more Mongoose friendly. I can't remember if you were there for longer, but that isn't a very good impression of the gametype.

[xSharpshooter94]

I love how me and Dream are still beast at this gametype. The first time we played it... we destroyed you guys... haha BT team FTW

[Pel]

:(

[Time Glitch]

I remember the god aweful night we first tried to cross OVERBOARD! and BattleTracks...Man that was hideous.

However, this looks like fun! I'm glad you guys stuck with it and expanded on the OVERBOARD! gametype. I'll definately be asking around about this one in custom game parties =P.

[xSharpshooter94]

:(
lol
I remember the god aweful night we first tried to cross OVERBOARD! and BattleTracks...Man that was hideous.

However, this looks like fun! I'm glad you guys stuck with it and expanded on the OVERBOARD! gametype. I'll definately be asking around about this one in custom game parties =P.

yeah we THe FB staff figured out that stickies explode too much so we have a gametype called battle bombs. where you get frags. It is fun but oinly on skybox maps where it is instant death

[Bartoge]

Thread Update: I added in a section about grenades before "The Final Countdown". Hope it helps

[Sotha Sil156]

I love this game. It is so much fun, especially compared to that Rocket Race thing. That's what it's called right? Ahh, whatever, no one cares about it anyway now that Over Race is here. JK

But seriously though. This is a great alternative to Rocket Race and is great fun every time I play it, especially those 7 ot 8 times I tested it. Can't wait to play more. By the way, I loved every map we played it on save for Rock Lobster. Sorry Nulls. Great name though.

[Pel]

I love this game. It is so much fun, especially compared to that Rocket Race thing. That's what it's called right?

Lawl.

[PsychoBucket]

And I think the only true difference would be that the leader wouldn't get grenades.

Did you test this? OVERBOARD! uses grenades and plasma pistols, but the fact the games are always so close is what makes the gametype unique and addicting. I can't wait to try it the way it is, but I think it is worth try to play it with more OVERBOARD!-like settings.

[xSharpshooter94]

actually rocket race is always a close game anyway

[Bartoge]

Did you test this? OVERBOARD! uses grenades and plasma pistols, but the fact the games are always so close is what makes the gametype unique and addicting. I can't wait to try it the way it is, but I think it is worth try to play it with more OVERBOARD!-like settings.

one of the main problems with adding more overboard traits is they are slayer specific traits. scoring is slayer specific and so are leader traits.

[Pel]

one of the main problems with adding more overboard traits is they are slayer specific traits. scoring is slayer specific and so are leader traits.

Actually, you're wrong on that one. Leader Traits are Slayer specific, but Scoring is editable in KoTH and VIP as well.

[Bartoge]

I mean that there is scoring for slayer only. You can't make sprees worth -5 points on VIP. Slayer scoring is very specific in how you kill players, while VIP scoring is centered around the VIP, naturally.

[Pel]

Very true.