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[LunaticPuma]

There needs to be significantly more 2 bomb, 2 flag, and crazy king in Team Objective.

I guess playing offense and defense is too difficult for the masses of XBL?

In all honesty, 2 flag CTF made Halo 1 so great. Pay homage to the roots Bungie!

 

[sableholic]

I say we have a TJ get together this Friday or Saturday night. Who is interested?

count me in

Edit: Didn't see it was a TJ get together (ie I can't read apparently)

 

[JdFoX187]

I don't know what's so bad about Epitaph and Isolation. Both of those maps are great and should be used more than what they are. Last Resort is a great map and the weapons are very balanced. The only weapon that's almost guaranteed to go to the offense is the seawall sniper. And even then, it's easy to rush that and fight the team over it.

The only map that's "broken" is Snowbound. Horrible spawns and too many shotguns/maulers. If there was less camping and more battles up top, it'd be an excellent map.

 

[Dirtbag]

I don't know what's so bad about Epitaph and Isolation. Both of those maps are great and should be used more than what they are. Last Resort is a great map and the weapons are very balanced. The only weapon that's almost guaranteed to go to the offense is the seawall sniper. And even then, it's easy to rush that and fight the team over it.

The only map that's "broken" is Snowbound. Horrible spawns and too many shotguns/maulers. If there was less camping and more battles up top, it'd be an excellent map.

Epitaph is just such an awkward map... I know the layout reasonably well, but I just constantly get shot in the back when I try and walk anywhere. I dont like the 90degree turns around the entire level... just turn corner and start shooting.

Haven't played Epitaph with 4 v 4 yet. Only slayer game types. Maybe its better at 4 v 4... who knows. Might be a good 2 v 2 map.

Isolation I enjoy.

EDIT: Totally different subject, but....
I noticed that voice (xbox live) sounds better through my television speakers than it does on my headset(s). I've tried the wired, messenger kit headset, and the wireless headsets and all sound pretty bad. There is this horrible 'metallic-ness' to people talking... and lord forbid more than one person is talking at once.

Since talking sounds so much clearer through my tv speakers, I cant help but feel MS is using some cheap ass speakers on their headsets... or the wireless nature of the controller gives a little interference....

Comments / Solutions anyone?

 

[urk]

Epitaph is fun as a custom "Hey everyone has a full compliment of grenades this is going to be a clusterfuck" type map.

 

[Hammer]

I noticed that voice (xbox live) sounds better through my television speakers than it does on my headset(s). I've tried the wired, messenger kit headset, and the wireless headsets and all sound pretty bad. There is this horrible 'metallic-ness' to people talking... and lord forbid more than one person is talking at once.

Since talking sounds so much clearer through my tv speakers, I cant help but feel MS is using some cheap ass speakers on their headsets... or the wireless nature of the controller gives a little interference....

Comments / Solutions anyone?

I found a solution in the form of a Motorola cell-phone ear piece. I hear not all of them work, but I managed to get a hold of a pretty decent one; it mutes me when I talk at my regular voice, but when I speak up a little it goes through loud and clear (or so I'm told.)

 

[Dirtbag]

next subject: rocket launcher.

I miss the old rocket speeds and splash damage.
I dont think the rockets in their current state are terrible, but just a small tweak (iddy biddy, like 10-20% increase) and it'd be a power weapon again. I usually dont even bother going after them anymore. I'd rather a grenade and BR/carbine.


(thanks Hammer-might look into that actually)

 

[Tieno]

Some of you may remember my angry frustrated post from last week about getting that triple sword kill achievement, it was the only one I needed.
Well, I was on the pit two hours ago and I got the following medals in one match: 3 double kills with the sword, a sword spree, a slice and dice, a running riot, a killing frenzy and a rampage. 18 sword skills...no tripple sword kill! It got me even more frustrated and desperated and I devolved into an achievement booster. Set language to italian and degraded myself...but I had no luck, I was even in a match with dirty Italian achievement boosters, but I was the only one left out ...after a lot of blank shots I finally went back to english language, lone wolves.
Map was construct, which is bigger than the pit so harder to get a triple sword kill. Went for the sword...killed five people....then saw someone and went for him...killed him, then after a couple of seconds saw another one...double kil, didn't see anyone else...my heart is beating, my hands are shaking, I need another kill FAST...I go around the corner and see someone coming towards me and fucking triple kill. Probably the longest triple kill I've done, max time between each kill I'm guessing. I'm still worried it didn't register because there was no achievement message but after a while it finally popped up. Fucking legit, no boosting!

1000/1000

Marathon armor and Ninja sword are mine! Second game I got 1000/1000 (Oblivion is the other)

 

[JdFoX187]

A shout out to Bungie for ruining the multiplayer with their 'genious" melee "fix." Game is broken until that's fixed.

 

[woodchuck]

For some reason, my wireless controller recently keeps disconnecting while playing Halo. This doesn't happen in any other game.

90% of the time it happens when I die. Like, immediately when I die, the controller disconnects.

Any reasons why this is happening?

 

[Ramirez]

Too many tears over melee!

 

[JdFoX187]

For some reason, my wireless controller recently keeps disconnecting while playing Halo. This doesn't happen in any other game.

90% of the time it happens when I die. Like, immediately when I die, the controller disconnects.

Any reasons why this is happening?

No idea, do you have a play and charge kit? Might be better to play Halo 3 using that until you can test another controller out.

Too many tears over melee!

I ended up finishing fourth in a Lone Wolves match that I could have easily won if even half of my melees had killed the person like they were supposed to. That = broken. And it's not just me either.

 

[Mr Vociferous]

Too many tears over melee!

If only they included a tissue in the version of Halo 3 I purchased we'd be set.

 

[urk]

If only they included a tissue in the version of Halo 3 I purchased we'd be set.

I had a bunch for launch, but I used them all up.

 

[McBradders]

Some of you may remember my angry frustrated post from last week about getting that triple sword kill achievement, it was the only one I needed.
Well, I was on the pit two hours ago and I got the following medals in one match: 3 double kills with the sword, a sword spree, a slice and dice, a running riot, a killing frenzy and a rampage. 18 sword skills...no tripple sword kill! It got me even more frustrated and desperated and I devolved into an achievement booster. Set language to italian and degraded myself...but I had no luck, I was even in a match with dirty Italian achievement boosters, but I was the only one left out ...after a lot of blank shots I finally went back to english language, lone wolves.
Map was construct, which is bigger than the pit so harder to get a triple sword kill. Went for the sword...killed five people....then saw someone and went for him...killed him, then after a couple of seconds saw another one...double kil, didn't see anyone else...my heart is beating, my hands are shaking, I need another kill FAST...I go around the corner and see someone coming towards me and fucking triple kill. Probably the longest triple kill I've done, max time between each kill I'm guessing. I'm still worried it didn't register because there was no achievement message but after a while it finally popped up. Fucking legit, no boosting!

1000/1000

Marathon armor and Ninja sword are mine! Second game I got 1000/1000 (Oblivion is the other)

Congrats! I have two to get myself, sometimes I fear they will never happen.

 

[JdFoX187]

Congrats! I have two to get myself, sometimes I fear they will never happen.

They'll easily come. I never thought I'd get the Killing Frenzy achievement in Lone Wolves, but I ended up with three so far. The marathon helmet is well worth it

 

[Tieno]

Congrats! I have two to get myself, sometimes I fear they will never happen.

Which ones do you need?
The triple sword kill and the mongoose splatter are definitely the hardest as they require a certain map, vehicle/weapon and conditions to get.

 

[McBradders]

2 for 1 laser and the overkill (4 in a row?), I nearly had the latter this morning but some guy had dropped and I ran out of victims... I wept.

 

[Tieno]

2 for 1 laser and the overkill (4 in a row?), I nearly had the latter this morning but some guy had dropped and I ran out of victims... I wept.

I got my overkill in an oddbal match on Epitaph. Camped the oddball with a shotgun, meleed the last guy (who was jumping while reloading) to death as I was out of bullets.

 

[sableholic]

Which ones do you need?
The triple sword kill and the mongoose splatter are definitely the hardest as they require a certain map, vehicle/weapon and conditions to get.

Mongoose one was easy. I got that on my first try on that flood type level (sorry forget the name right now)

 

[JdFoX187]

The problem with Mongoose Mowdown is how they can hear you coming and sometimes will glance off if you don't hit them head-on. The two laser kills is definitely the hardest.

 

[Safe Bet]

Too many tears over melee!

..and not enough about framerate.

 

[Striker]

..and not enough about framerate.

I haven't had any framerate issues, unless there's tons of vehicles in one small area (Warthogs, Tanks, Elephants).

 

[Safe Bet]

I haven't had any framerate issues, unless there's tons of vehicles in one small area (Warthogs, Tanks, Elephants).

Today

Multiplayer

Isolation

Team Slayer

Extreme Amounts of Character Animations Missing

Sad Panda

 

[Trasher]

:lol

I always play ODST in ranked.

I was wonderin' what happened to TJ Thundercrisp after Luke said it that night. :lol

Luke actually played Halo 3? WHAT?!

 

[Ramirez]

..and not enough about framerate.

Framerate is fine for me, alot smoother than Halo 2 ever was, seriously, some of you guys...:lol

 

[Trasher]

count me in

?

 

[Len Dontree]

I just noticed in looking over my Bungie.net profile that I was killed twice by "Classified -- Iiiiiiiieeeeeeee!!!"

Any idea what that is? It's separate from my 51 "Guardians" deaths but also has a question mark as its symbol.

 

[Striker]

Today

Multiplayer

Isolation

Team Slayer

Extreme Amounts of Character Animations Missing

Sad Panda

Hmm. Not me.

Sucks for you.

 

[MaizeRage25]

I'm creeping ever so slowly towards my k/d goal of 1.

At .94 now.

 

[Safe Bet]

Hmm. Not me.

Sucks for you.

I find it very hard to believe I'm the only one who occasionally detects severe frame skipping in multiplayer.

 

[MrDaravon]

I find it very hard to believe I'm the only one who occasionally detects severe frame skipping in multiplayer.

You mean NOT lag? I've never had that happen.

 

[alisdair]

I get occasional two-second lockups in multiplayer. Never just a few frame drops, it always feels like a loading error or something.

 

[sableholic]

?

edited

 

[Safe Bet]

You mean NOT lag? I've never had that happen.

I'm not sure which it is honestly, but I expected more from Halo...

 

[Striker]

I find it very hard to believe I'm the only one who occasionally detects severe frame skipping in multiplayer.

Yeah, that doesn't happen.

 

[Safe Bet]

Yeah, that doesn't happen.

If its lag or code I don't know, but...

It does happen.

Please don't force me to search though my saved games...

 

[Striker]

If its lag or code I don't know, but...

It does happen.

Please don't force me to search though my saved games...

Maybe you were having connection issues.

The ONLY time I have framerate issues is when I'm in Forge and somebody places Elephants, Warthogs, Tanks, etc. all in one pile and keep dropping items into it.

No freezes in campaign and no freezes in Matchmaking.

 

[StUnNeR H2K]

Framerate is fine for me, alot smoother than Halo 2 ever was, seriously, some of you guys...:lol

Running out things to complain about... as usual.

 

[Dirtbag]

Maybe you were having connection issues.

The ONLY time I have framerate issues is when I'm in Forge and somebody places Elephants, Warthogs, Tanks, etc. all in one pile and keep dropping items into it.

No freezes in campaign and no freezes in Matchmaking.

or maybe his box is on its way out. I had some jumpy freezes when my old 360 was in its dark days.

 

[Trasher]

count me in

Edit: Didn't see it was a TJ get together (ie I can't read apparently)

Haha, I was confused. I thought maybe you were the new TJ.

 

[Safe Bet]

Quit with the bullshit guys...

The multiplayer "skips" at times because of something...

Fileshare

Safe Bet

skippy

skippy 2

skippy 2a

Those two examples were captured this moring..

PS

My 360 is only a week old..

 

[Ramirez]

Quit with the bullshit guys...

The multiplayer "skips" at times because of something...

Fileshare

Safe Bet

skippy

skippy 2

skippy 2a

Those two examples were captured this moring..

PS

My 360 is only a week old..

You complain too much.

 

[chapel]

Quit with the bullshit guys...

The multiplayer "skips" at times because of something...

Fileshare

Safe Bet

skippy

skippy 2

skippy 2a

Those two examples were captured this moring..

PS

My 360 is only a week old..

How is what is on your fileshare going to show us your apparent frameskipping or whatever? Its code and if we don't have frameskipping then we won't notice it in your videos.

 

[Safe Bet]

You complain too much.

Perhaps so but I have high expections for games that receive such huge critical acclaim and financial success.

 

[Safe Bet]

How is what is on your fileshare going to show us your apparent frameskipping or whatever? Its code and if we don't have frameskipping then we won't notice it in your videos.

Watch the videos. Its easy to see and should play on your machine like it does mine...

Right?

 

[railGUN]

I know it's been discussed to death....

but the melee is fucking broken in this game.

I've tried to adjust, I've tried to adapt, yet I still eat WAY more melee than I dish out.

When I engage enemies, I usually throw the melee first, which almost always gets me killed, because I stop firing when I perform the initial melee, while the enemy, who's slower to throw, gets a couple more bullets in me while I'm performing the animation. They react later, and are rewared for this... why?

I can't figure out for the life of me why this new system was implemented, other than to "fix" or "cover up" latency issues? or something to that effect?

I'll continue to play this game, a lot, because the matchmaking and game types are fun as hell, but loosing melee battle after melee battle is frustrating to say the least.

 

[MrDaravon]

Watch the videos. Its easy to see and should play on your machine like it does mine...

Right?

I'm not sure, but I THINK if you experience lag or whatever else kind of problem during a match, it's not reflected in saved films because it runs the data so it should be completely smooth; saved films are not videos, they're code. I'll check out your movie though (you only have one in your file share), does it happen the whole time or what?

 

[urk]

I'm not sure, but I THINK if you experience lag or whatever else kind of problem during a match, it's not reflected in saved films because it runs the data so it should be completely smooth; saved films are not videos, they're code. I'll check out your movie though (you only have one in your file share), does it happen the whole time or what?

I've seen stuttering and latency effects in saved films. I had one awesome one where a friend killed me and threw a late grenade that bounced off a rock, back toward him, and exploded in his face. Went to make a saved film and the grenade explosion effect was totally missing. He just kinda died from the sound effect.

And we need to get some games going, homey.

 

[MrDaravon]

Safe Bet, I just watched your film, it was smooth as butter. If you're having this problem a lot, I'm sorry but it's something on your end, either your system is dying or it's some sort of lag/latency problem on your end.

I'll be on all day today Urk. I've only seen you on a couple times, and you've been on Orange Box. If you see me on hit me up dude, I'll try to get you in.