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Halo 2 Update TOMORROW!
- Thread starter ToyMachine228
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Cold-Steel
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THIS is a great update.
Man, I'm loving being able to play these maps over matchmaking. Plus Assault matches are no longer a BITCH!
Man, I'm loving being able to play these maps over matchmaking. Plus Assault matches are no longer a BITCH!
SpeedingUptoStop
will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
I'm liking the update (I'm already up to 7 in Team Slayer 
) but I have a problem. Wraith on Headlong? Come on now, nobody can score with that big hunk of annihilation standing the way. And BR start on Burial Mounds makes me hate the map more. Sure I can get some kills, but when the other team has all of the other weapons and BR's for when they run out it's even less fun. I say they should just eliminate BM from playlists. Otherwise, great update.
) but I have a problem. Wraith on Headlong? Come on now, nobody can score with that big hunk of annihilation standing the way. And BR start on Burial Mounds makes me hate the map more. Sure I can get some kills, but when the other team has all of the other weapons and BR's for when they run out it's even less fun. I say they should just eliminate BM from playlists. Otherwise, great update.
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Deleted member 1235
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GhaleonEB said:
That's entirely wrong for the pre "this update" scoring, if you lost the game, your EXP was going DOWN regardless, how much by was determined by the opposing teams ranks and had nothing to do with your position in the team from memory. Are you saying it's change now?
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Ironclad_Ninja said:
:lol
You guys gonna be on in an hour?
Had a Neutral Assault game on Coag and man am I loving the BR start. I kind of forgot about it though and found myself out in the open getting picked off quickly. It really adds a lot to the dynamic of the level ... especially when there's 8 guys who could be firing at you with one.
Manick Joe
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Oh man, oh man. I love the fuckin' Scorpion tank. Containment is a pretty awesome CTF map, however Assault has been a complete bust so far. That being said I average roughly 30 kills when I climb into that thing. I love it soooo much more then the Wraith. Oh and the Team Slayer BR game on Coagulation in Big Team Battle is lots of fun.
ArcadeStickMonk
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Not liking the BR maps much. On most of them (the Creek not included) the BR is pretty much your only viable option. So it's just BRs for everybody from start to finish. Fucking boring. I guess Colossus never was much different but the Coag shit is just a slower version of Halo 1 (the pistol killed faster).
It feels like they caved to the people who have been bitching from day one that Halo 2 didn't play like Halo 1, IE: Pistols Yo! (Now known as BRs Yo!)
It feels like they caved to the people who have been bitching from day one that Halo 2 didn't play like Halo 1, IE: Pistols Yo! (Now known as BRs Yo!)
Yeah, the new Coagulation modes are killer. Had a big team 2 Flag Cov BR (http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStats.aspx?gameID=160889262). Everyone was mostly around in the middle screwing around with the new vehicle and weapon mix, and my friends got the flag. They came out the back trying to figure out how the hell to get home, and I pulled up in a gorgeous Spectre. It was a bit of a shock to them, as we forgot they even existed in the game. That was a pretty happy cruise back to blue base.
I was playing an Assault match in Team Skirmish and two members from the other team quit, then when my teammates started being dicks about it I decided to be a dick as well and betrayed him three times before being booted. I levelled up. What?Nutter said:I am not 100% sure of this, but i have seen people leveling up without winning.
ToyMachine228
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The only thing that I haven't liked about the update so far is Slayer on Ascension in Double Team...If one team gets both sniper rifles, it's over.
I don't really understand why "Team Preview" is a playlist at all. It just mixes the new maps with the old, and it's like Team Skirmish. It says in the description, "Get a headstart on the competition etc. etc." What competition are they talking about?
THIS is a good update. I was playing mainly Team Preview all day yesterday. Double Team is so awesome. On Lockout it's the best. Human Slayer BR is a good mode, especially on Collosus, because it's a huge fight over the Sniper Rifle.
The past two weeks with the new update, the new maps, and now this update has made Halo 2 feel like it's brand new again. Here goes another 6 months of it without getting bored.
THIS is a good update. I was playing mainly Team Preview all day yesterday. Double Team is so awesome. On Lockout it's the best. Human Slayer BR is a good mode, especially on Collosus, because it's a huge fight over the Sniper Rifle.
The past two weeks with the new update, the new maps, and now this update has made Halo 2 feel like it's brand new again. Here goes another 6 months of it without getting bored.
ArcadeStickMonk
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Halo 2 was never SMGs from start to finish. BR rounds are BR fighting 100% excepting those who get the few snipers and rockets.
When you start with an SMG, you go find something else; when everybody starts with the BR, then you'll be pelted with it the entire game, so you better follow suit until you can get your hands on a sniper or vehicle. From a variety standpoint, it sucks.
I dig the BR start for CTF or assualt modes, were everyone having midrange capability is very useful. But a nearly ten minute game where everyone runs around the middle of Coag shooting they BR is a total throwback to one of the larger criticisms about Halo 1 multiplayer.
I'm just fine with the BR, and I'm even better after last night's matchmaking, but there's a problem when you can accurately predict the same strategy for three or four different maps: "Peeps gonna be runnin' around shooting the rifle."
I dunno, maybe it's not as annoying if you don't get five Human BR matches nearly in a row, which, initially, I did.
When you start with an SMG, you go find something else; when everybody starts with the BR, then you'll be pelted with it the entire game, so you better follow suit until you can get your hands on a sniper or vehicle. From a variety standpoint, it sucks.
I dig the BR start for CTF or assualt modes, were everyone having midrange capability is very useful. But a nearly ten minute game where everyone runs around the middle of Coag shooting they BR is a total throwback to one of the larger criticisms about Halo 1 multiplayer.
I'm just fine with the BR, and I'm even better after last night's matchmaking, but there's a problem when you can accurately predict the same strategy for three or four different maps: "Peeps gonna be runnin' around shooting the rifle."
I dunno, maybe it's not as annoying if you don't get five Human BR matches nearly in a row, which, initially, I did.
Yeah, there's less variety ... but most of the other weapons did shit on an open map anyway.
Just as an example, in Coag, if I'm defending the base, I still use a shotty or better yet, the SMG/Mag combo. I can kill a guy flying up the teleporter way faster with the SMG/Mag combo than a BR. It's just too close. If I'm out in the open though, I've got my BR, and like Ramirez said, it's nice to be able to do something about snipers.
Also, in a BTB game, there's usually a shortage of good weapons. I got good with the SMG/Mag combo because nobody else would grab it.
Just as an example, in Coag, if I'm defending the base, I still use a shotty or better yet, the SMG/Mag combo. I can kill a guy flying up the teleporter way faster with the SMG/Mag combo than a BR. It's just too close. If I'm out in the open though, I've got my BR, and like Ramirez said, it's nice to be able to do something about snipers.
Also, in a BTB game, there's usually a shortage of good weapons. I got good with the SMG/Mag combo because nobody else would grab it.