I like it, and I will have it with the Limted Edition, but I never play Matchmaking, and I'll probably never really get to play these maps, just like he crimson map pack
I help host a lot of "casually competitive" customs. And we DO play on the DLC maps. Pretty soon I will hosting a lot of nights where I will require players in the games to have the Crimson map pack. And before too long, this map pack too.
You can sign up to get notifications about when I host here:
http://www.halocustoms.com/threads/casually-competitive-customs-and-testing.2046/
There will be times when we don't play the maps, but I'm hoping to get a lot of games on them in the future. I know it's not perfect, but hopefully it helps a little.
: )
Edit . . . . actually never mind. I just read the news about the title update and I'm so incredibly disappointed, that I'm contemplating not buying the map pack. The maps do look sweet, and they're not that much money, but I'm so frustrated with 343 and lack of gametype options . . . I've posted again and again on the 343 forums, and I'm just to the point of not buying anything more from them to show them how sad I am.
I may buy them eventually . . . but I don't know.
Sorry to get your hopes up. I do still plan on playing the Crimson map pack though.