: 343 was proudly proclaiming that they would have free DLC coming for Halo 5
: in the form of 15 brand new maps added after launch. Do these 4 Big Team
: Battle maps count as part of those 15? If so, I am calling HUGE amounts of
: bullshit. These maps shouldn't count as DLC just because they were made
: before Forge was officially released. If Forge had already been released,
: would they still count as DLC? Holding back Forge doesn't make it so that
: everything made in Forge is now DLC.

: I am sincerely hoping that this is not the case, and hopeful someone with
: more knowledge than I can weigh in and confirm or debunk this. My worry is
: that the Forge maps that shipped with the game were all considered maps by
: 343 (Even all the different Breakout varients). So I'm hoping that this
: isn't some kind of trend with them. Once Forge comes out in December,
: these "Maps" will get swallowed whole by the maps that the
: community makes and will become "Just another Forge map". And
: now they just plowed through 4 or more of the 15 maps that they promised
: without spending a dime.

: Hopefully this is just me being paranoid. But I'd rather it be paranoia than
: truth.

I would hope much as you (especially since community Forgers did the initial legwork in making the maps) but we haven't actually got any update on what counts as a map for DLC purposes.