This is where most people either get the flag or lose it. You do not jump down and struggle and go on into a long battle over the flag. The beauty of this technique is that you are not going to be as predictable as others you go through the airlift. When the player carrying the flag comes out he jumps in the warthog and goes to the base and returns the flag. Have somebody ready with a Warthog outside the building with the energy sword. Then grab the flag and instead of jumping down, run towards the lift and take that way out. Any player run into could be easily overcome by your team-mates. The distractions from your other team mates created at the top of the base will give way for you and your other teammates to go up to the base with no problems. When you go to attack the flag base, rather than making some elaborate route to attack the base, get two or three special team-mates to run through the bottom of their base and have the rest of the team go to the base through the top. This is a more direct strategy but usually works. The Rocket launcher is also advisable due to the large number of vehicles on the map.
![halo 2 multiplayer map halo 2 multiplayer map](https://gamerheadquarters.com/articles/images/screenshots/halo/210.jpg)
This is a great place to snipe people from way afar and you can see a great deal of the map and if you run out of ammo, you can always jump. It is almost at the height that the game wont allow the banshee to fly above. One of them is a large roof atop one of the buildings near where the Warthogs spawn. There are also about three areas of the map only reachable by Banshee. The best combination for this map is a mid-range and a short-range weapon, for example Battle Rifle and a Shotgun, the Battle Rifle being for open area encounters, and the Shotgun being for close-quarter combat encounters with opposing players. There is no cover in the center of the map so it's better if you stay in the buildings or on the catwalks that link them together. However, it is safe to say that you won't be alone due to the fact that the map is only found in custom games and Big Team Battles. Just stay in the buildings and pick off the players beneath you. The recommended weapons are usually a Sniper Rifle or a Battle Rifle, along with a short-range weapon to complement them. The obvious tactic for this map in Slayer is to get to the high ground. The default vehicles for this map are two Warthogs (either a normal Warthog or a Gauss Warthog), two Ghosts, a Banshee, and a Scorpion or Wraith. Some of the features are a half-assembled bridge, two teleporter systems, two floating cranes, Active camouflage, an Overshield, and a large base under construction. The weapons on the map are shotguns and they do not respawn. The players starts off with a pistol and shotgun and must escape the zombies with energy swords. Headlong is also the map in which the game "Rations," the inspiration for the infection gametype Save one Bullet in Halo 3, was played.
![halo 2 multiplayer map halo 2 multiplayer map](https://www.gamespot.com/a/uploads/screen_kubrick/gamespot/images/2005/107/reviews/653531-562116_20050418_011.jpg)
This map seems to be a port under construction. This map was found mostly in Big Team Battle Matchmaking Playlists due to the size and number of vehicles, with Capture the Flag and Assault being the most common game types assigned. Headlong is set in the city of New Mombasa.