RunWhiteBoyRun
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Team Snipers and Multi-Team.. they are both actually alot of fun... And I think they added the new maps to the playlists they belong
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RunWhiteBoyRun
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fugimax said:
Yeah.. the only time you really would need a headset is objective based games.. but even then, just have fun and ignore 'em.
Dr. Zoidberg
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fugimax said:
You can play it WITH a headset and avoid the "dumbfucks". You can easily mute anyone who is being an ass and you will never hear them again, EVAH!
I've had lots of Big Team Battles where there are one or two assholes who won't keep their mouths shut. I quickly mute them and everything is so quiet! And I can hear the good/serious players too!
Demigod Mac
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If only they would get rid of Team Swords and Team Rockets.
Mr. Lemming
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Wario64 said:
I'm not looking forward to the hero character system in Perfect Dark Zero for this reason... sure I think the concept is theoretically cool... seeing some high ranked player tear up shit as Joanna and whatnot while my lowly Wallguy self gets shot in the head for the billionth time would be inspiring or something but I can just hear the bitching now about it...
Yes, team snipers and multi-teamed have hidden rankings -- so matchmaking still tries to put you with people on your skill (not that it matters much at this point, because everyone's "level" started at 1 and it was just released today).
I'm really, really impressed with Bungie. They really do a lot to keep the game fresh. After being fucked over by Ubisoft with Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (two new co op maps were put out for download, but there's a bug so you can't even SELECT THEM. WTF, plus copius bugs and game killing glitches for coop that they do NOTHING about. Fuck them.), it's really nice to see a well-maintained XBL game. It's amazing how many people still play it. For all the people complaining to Bungie: I never thought i'd say this, but fuck you. They have done an excellent job.
The new playlist updates are truly top-notch. Multi-team is an awesome, welcome addition. The fact that it's unranked is fine with me considering the hetic, oftentimes random nature of the games. It's just good, fast fun. Team snipers should probably be ranked, but i'm not complaining. No reason to rank these "flavor of the month" playlists as Bungie calls it.
Good updates across the board. Slayer in Gemini and oddball in Backwash in rumble pit are really cool. Backwash is great for oddball, no one really hogged the ball for too long, it was a really even match. Probably because you don't start with any grenades. The new maps work well in all of the new matchtypes i've played. Really cool, fresh stuff.
There are still some issues though. Modding is still pretty rampant, i came across an idiot on 1-on-1 who was literally flying across the map shooting his battle rifle at 1000% its normal firing rate. A similar problem occoured on a team game with a modding, flying, auto-lock on sniper guy. What assholes. A game this popular is bound to have cheaters, there are always morons who will try to fuck with the rest of us. Then there's stuff that's built into the game that's not considered cheating but is still really cheap. Superjumpers on Ascension. "The combo". (Plasma pistol/battle rifle) - it's not as common anymore, but still very annoying if people use it exclusively.
I'm pretty sure they got rid of swords / shotgun games. they are a bit unfair because of lag issues.
Here's all the stuff included in this playlist update
I'm really, really impressed with Bungie. They really do a lot to keep the game fresh. After being fucked over by Ubisoft with Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (two new co op maps were put out for download, but there's a bug so you can't even SELECT THEM. WTF, plus copius bugs and game killing glitches for coop that they do NOTHING about. Fuck them.), it's really nice to see a well-maintained XBL game. It's amazing how many people still play it. For all the people complaining to Bungie: I never thought i'd say this, but fuck you. They have done an excellent job.
The new playlist updates are truly top-notch. Multi-team is an awesome, welcome addition. The fact that it's unranked is fine with me considering the hetic, oftentimes random nature of the games. It's just good, fast fun. Team snipers should probably be ranked, but i'm not complaining. No reason to rank these "flavor of the month" playlists as Bungie calls it.
Good updates across the board. Slayer in Gemini and oddball in Backwash in rumble pit are really cool. Backwash is great for oddball, no one really hogged the ball for too long, it was a really even match. Probably because you don't start with any grenades. The new maps work well in all of the new matchtypes i've played. Really cool, fresh stuff.
There are still some issues though. Modding is still pretty rampant, i came across an idiot on 1-on-1 who was literally flying across the map shooting his battle rifle at 1000% its normal firing rate. A similar problem occoured on a team game with a modding, flying, auto-lock on sniper guy. What assholes. A game this popular is bound to have cheaters, there are always morons who will try to fuck with the rest of us. Then there's stuff that's built into the game that's not considered cheating but is still really cheap. Superjumpers on Ascension. "The combo". (Plasma pistol/battle rifle) - it's not as common anymore, but still very annoying if people use it exclusively.
I'm pretty sure they got rid of swords / shotgun games. they are a bit unfair because of lag issues.
Here's all the stuff included in this playlist update
DopeyFish said:
You should really read into it, then. I'm 100% positive there's hidden ranks. And of course guests don't have ranks at all.. But considering these guests have to be with someone who has a real level, it's not a big deal. Sure, the guests could be retarded, but why would you be complaining about that.
http://bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=4657016
I'm glad the playlists aren't ranked right now because of the fact that the new maps haven't been in matchmaking yet, and they've only been free for a week now. A lot of people have yet to play them, or haven't played them often enough to learn it. I was just in a game of Terminal where most of my team didn't know what they were doing since they've never played that map before.
Once people get used to the maps, and if they like the playlists I'm sure there'll be ranked versions of them.
Once people get used to the maps, and if they like the playlists I'm sure there'll be ranked versions of them.
This is my recommended changes to the playlists! Yay!
Team Snipers and Multi-Team should become ranked.
Team Slayer (every straight slayer except specific Team Sniper modes) should NOT have sniper rifles. Snipers should remain intact for rumble, skirmish and btb (etc) This would keep all the sniper gloaters in one place as well as making slayer games fun on certain maps. Ivory tower, ascension, Colossus, coagulation, and lockout suffer from sniper whorism. Zanzibar is probably the only map where it's alright on but there's way too much emphasis on the sniper rifle in those games as well.
Foundation map on slayer should have rockets removed. Skirmish is fine because it's not about living but winning. Slayer is just flat out annoying rocket whoring on foundation.
PP should be removed from everything but FFA and BTB playlists. I find it becomes way too much of a nuisance. way too much.
Team Shotguns / Shotgun CTF midship was the finest map setting ever made. Bring it back.
Tone down on the land grab/3 plots crap. Alternatively, a multi-king of the hill should replace it... where the hills are the grab spots. It will effectively make the games a -lot- more interesting.
Team Training should be bumped up to 6v6 from 4v4 and blend in team slayer, skirmish and multi-team playlists (for the party poopers). The one reason i stress multi-team and snipers be ranked is because then people actually care about playing. I don't know how often I would play against people with guests just wanting to play for the first time... or people who are not even playing... or people just trying out the game because their connection is sucking at the time being. Snipers and multi-team i was really looking forward to but it's lost it's luster.
Personally I think Head-to-Head playlist should be axed. I've won most of my games but it just isn't that fun. Personally I'd recommend a sort of system like Rocket Arenas (small arenas specifically designed for 1 on 1 combat, basically removing the whole camping aspect)
One map modification I would recommend is adding a bridge in lockout from the sniper tower to the center area for skirmish matches. (team skirmish playlist only) This would stop those extremely quick flag caps and actually make the teams work for it
hmmm and maybe nixing the Overshield in ivory tower (for slayer games only... replace with camo) and beaver creak (from both skirmish and slayer) to help balance out the game.
I had a lot more in my mind when i started writing this but I forgot a bunch. The aim of this is to balance the game to make it far more fun. Hear me bungie! Play my suggested settings and see for yourself!
Team Snipers and Multi-Team should become ranked.
Team Slayer (every straight slayer except specific Team Sniper modes) should NOT have sniper rifles. Snipers should remain intact for rumble, skirmish and btb (etc) This would keep all the sniper gloaters in one place as well as making slayer games fun on certain maps. Ivory tower, ascension, Colossus, coagulation, and lockout suffer from sniper whorism. Zanzibar is probably the only map where it's alright on but there's way too much emphasis on the sniper rifle in those games as well.
Foundation map on slayer should have rockets removed. Skirmish is fine because it's not about living but winning. Slayer is just flat out annoying rocket whoring on foundation.
PP should be removed from everything but FFA and BTB playlists. I find it becomes way too much of a nuisance. way too much.
Team Shotguns / Shotgun CTF midship was the finest map setting ever made. Bring it back.
Tone down on the land grab/3 plots crap. Alternatively, a multi-king of the hill should replace it... where the hills are the grab spots. It will effectively make the games a -lot- more interesting.
Team Training should be bumped up to 6v6 from 4v4 and blend in team slayer, skirmish and multi-team playlists (for the party poopers). The one reason i stress multi-team and snipers be ranked is because then people actually care about playing. I don't know how often I would play against people with guests just wanting to play for the first time... or people who are not even playing... or people just trying out the game because their connection is sucking at the time being. Snipers and multi-team i was really looking forward to but it's lost it's luster.
Personally I think Head-to-Head playlist should be axed. I've won most of my games but it just isn't that fun. Personally I'd recommend a sort of system like Rocket Arenas (small arenas specifically designed for 1 on 1 combat, basically removing the whole camping aspect)
One map modification I would recommend is adding a bridge in lockout from the sniper tower to the center area for skirmish matches. (team skirmish playlist only) This would stop those extremely quick flag caps and actually make the teams work for it
hmmm and maybe nixing the Overshield in ivory tower (for slayer games only... replace with camo) and beaver creak (from both skirmish and slayer) to help balance out the game.
I had a lot more in my mind when i started writing this but I forgot a bunch. The aim of this is to balance the game to make it far more fun. Hear me bungie! Play my suggested settings and see for yourself!
Shotgun CTF is still in matchmaking (team skirmish) on both midship and beaver creak. I agree, it's a great mode. Team Shotgun slayer was fun too, but a bit unfair because of the clear advantage the host has.
I haven't had much fun in 1-on-1 either. Usually the other guy is an asshole, a modder, or a camper who hides whenever he's up. Really annoying on a map like lockout.
I don't think they will rank team snipers because it's a "flavor of the month" playlist. I hope it stays, though. It doesn't really matter to me whether the ranks are shown or not. Team snipers is cool but it's annoying when you don't go on the same team as the rest of the people in your party -- same with multi-team. If you have a party of 3 people in multiteam, you should be in the same team automatically.
I haven't had much fun in 1-on-1 either. Usually the other guy is an asshole, a modder, or a camper who hides whenever he's up. Really annoying on a map like lockout.
I don't think they will rank team snipers because it's a "flavor of the month" playlist. I hope it stays, though. It doesn't really matter to me whether the ranks are shown or not. Team snipers is cool but it's annoying when you don't go on the same team as the rest of the people in your party -- same with multi-team. If you have a party of 3 people in multiteam, you should be in the same team automatically.
I just want more variety in the big team battle playlist. Too many times it's either coagulation, waterworks, or containment and at the rank I am very rarely does anyone score on those maps. At least on headlong and zanzibar one team usually always wins. Gemini and Sanctuary seem like good maps to be added to the BTB playlist. I'd like to see some more kind of modes too like Oddball, KoTH, and Neutral Flag CTF.