VIP Map Pack 7: This is Heavy Metal

Welcome to the second post in our series on the upcoming VIP Map Pack 7. Today, we revisit the single player map Heavy Metal -- now turned into one of the largest multiplayer maps for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

For VIP Map Pack 7, we always knew we wanted the classics Oasis and Harvest Day. But we also know that our players love huge battlefields with plenty of vehicles. So we went back to the singleplayer campaign in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to see what we could take from there and transform into new multiplayer maps. We wanted a level that could incorporate both vehicle warfare and close quarters battle. We found that in Heavy Metal.
 

There are plenty of vehicles here, and they will spawn on captured bases, so players will not feel stranded if they decide to move to another base. If an enemy chopper happens to stop by for a rocket-filled visit, anti air guns are provided in strategic locations to keep the air battles balanced and the home bases safe.
 

We hope you enjoy this immense battlefield when VIP Map Pack 7 goes live. Be sure to check back regularly for the very latest information on everything Battlefield. Next Wednesday, we take an in-depth look at Cold War, the third map in VIP Map Pack 7.

• For more info on VIP Map Pack 7, check out the original post.
• For more info on Battlefield: Bad Company 2, visit the Official Site.

Good golly! By the sound of it, Heavy Metal is gonna be right down my alley. Wide open maps with lots of room for tactical Tank Warfare. Attack and Transport choppers. Vehicle spawns at each capture point. Shapes up to be my favorite Conquest map of BF:BC 2.
 
I've expected DICE to transform Heavy Metal into a multiplayer map eversince I've first layed eyes on it. Now they went ahead and did it!
 
Fuck yeah!

I'm a bit nervous because I'm not a big fan or Atacama Desert, but I'm excited to see new maps.

Wow, between this and Vietnam there will be plenty of Bad Company 2 to play. I don't suppose we have any idea when this is gonna drop?

" Wow, between this and Vietnam there will be plenty of Bad Company 2 to play. I don't suppose we have any idea when this is gonna drop? "

" I'm a bit nervous because I'm not a big fan or Atacama Desert, but I'm excited to see new maps. "

I love BC2. Was worth the $50 at release; definintly work $20 now.

Man, maybe we will use Blackhawks to actually transport people to different flags!  
 
That would be a first! 
 
My main concern is balance, if an opposing team steals both attack helis, that could be bad. 
 
I also hope that transport helis aren't ripped apart instantly, as then no one would use them.

" Man, maybe we will use Blackhawks to actually transport people to different flags!   That would be a first!  My main concern is balance, if an opposing team steals both attack helis, that could be bad.  I also hope that transport helis aren't ripped apart instantly, as then no one would use them. "

Sounds awesome but it will just be played by level 50 helicopter idiots dominating the map so along with other conquest maps containing attack helis this might  be a no go for me

" You know what I love doing to chopper whores? C4 the heli spawn as they take off.Oh the tasty tasty tears!   This map pack could bring me back to BC2 :P "