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Halo 3 Multiplayer Official Thread
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Halloween list is fun... Well, except for the creeping death variants. Btw, did anyone at Bungie even test Last Resort in this custom game type? All you have to do to survive is get both chain gun's on the top ledge of the left part of the map, and then camp there with everyone else. It's stupid.
StUnNeR H2K
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Striker said:
Go to 5 and join me...
StUnNeR H2K
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MaX_PL said:
I think it depends a lot on play style. I played a lot of LAN in the old Halo days and one of the guys I rand with ran at 3 senstivity and destroyed... I can't kill people for crap at 3...
you know....
I hate sounding like one of these people, and I hate the rude manner in which most people deliver their complaints with the game on forums....
BUT, I'm starting to agree with alot of the common MLG complaints with the game.
Gameplay speed - is a touch too slow for me.
My hands are literally cramped up when I finish playing because of the bear claw I end up gripping my controller with, due in part to the heavy nature of movement/weapon swapping/ vehicle jacking/ weapon pickups, rocket speeds, etc.. I find myself slamming the sticks down as hard as they go cuz my spartan feels so slow. I'm kinda looking foward to COD4 just to give my paws a break. I'm starting to feel like halo 3 is jump-starting arthritis.
What's funny is I'm nearly twice the player that I once was thanks to the tweaks... but I'd gladly give them back for a faster paced game that I lost twice as much in. The game is so polished, and features are un-matched, and I still cant put it down... but it could be so much more.
I miss the beta.
I hate sounding like one of these people, and I hate the rude manner in which most people deliver their complaints with the game on forums....
BUT, I'm starting to agree with alot of the common MLG complaints with the game.
Gameplay speed - is a touch too slow for me.
My hands are literally cramped up when I finish playing because of the bear claw I end up gripping my controller with, due in part to the heavy nature of movement/weapon swapping/ vehicle jacking/ weapon pickups, rocket speeds, etc.. I find myself slamming the sticks down as hard as they go cuz my spartan feels so slow. I'm kinda looking foward to COD4 just to give my paws a break. I'm starting to feel like halo 3 is jump-starting arthritis.
What's funny is I'm nearly twice the player that I once was thanks to the tweaks... but I'd gladly give them back for a faster paced game that I lost twice as much in. The game is so polished, and features are un-matched, and I still cant put it down... but it could be so much more.
I miss the beta.
Dirtbag 504 said:I'm pretty sure, I remember being able to side step BR shots better at least.
But, I've been wrong b4... (once or twice
I'm sure Frankie will intervene with the final word...but judging from his profile, he's too busy eating the brains of the living at the moment.
Drewsy said:
doubtful, they've been pretty mum on the movement/gameplay speed topic. Its a touchy one that splits the more casual and more competitive gamers... so i can see why.
But there was a horrible thread on MLG forums about some of the magic being gone from Halo 3, and while I hated the responses, I sort of agreed. The game is polished to the point of blinding you with its radiance, but some of the basic gameplay decisions I disagree with....
I really dont want to become an MLGer either... I'm all about matchmaking and fresh opponents and not customs with MLG rules, so I'll cross my fingers for some patches.
Trasher said:
I know you really use 10, but every time I think about it I see that MC sucks at Halo thing where he says "Pros like me use 10 sensitivity". :lol
Pretty sure the Beta was the exact same speed, melee and Carbine are really the only differences I can tell from the Beta
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Where is that?JdFoX187 said:
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Is it really that upsetting? Yeah, it sucks, but... at least they gave us something special.Blueblur1 said:
It's not like they said, "ah, let's just toss something out there... don't worry about the code, who cares - just get something out there."
Mistakes happen, dude. At least we got an interesting playlist for tonight.
Ramirez said:
I'm seriously going to be bitter about this for like, weeks. They give us a gametype that me and all my friends have wanted for years, then do it for one day on a weekday when none of us can play, and then it's broken where you can't even party up? Preorder sooooo canceled.
I never have been a fan of Bungie's playlist ideas. They continue to keep BTB unranked, yet keep tacticals, what gives? They have a good playlist here that could have potential, but they don't let half the people get into it? Call me a whiny bitch if you want, but you can't deny what people are saying.
Steppin' Razor at last. Took 6 hours of the halloween stuff to get it and I was denied it a half dozen times due to either running out of enemies or being too slow on the draw. :lol
Thanks for this, Bungie. I don't think I'd been able to get it on ranked lone wolves as everyone stays the hell away from one another when i play.
Thanks for this, Bungie. I don't think I'd been able to get it on ranked lone wolves as everyone stays the hell away from one another when i play.
ToyMachine228
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I'm really enjoying the Infection playlist in moderation but as a permanent thing it would definitely lose it's novelty. But playing it for a limited period of time every once in a while? That'll always be cool.
That being said, Infection is really bringing some more melee frustration out. I can't tell you how many times I've lunged as someone as a Zombie today, hear it connect, and I stop moving forward because my body is touching his, and he shoots his shotgun and melees and kills me. It's pretty frustrating. I've said it once, and I'll say it again...If they absolutely HAVE to use this melee system which I am opposed to to begin with, it shouldn't apply with Swords and Hammers. Only melee to melee.
I didn't get my Overkill but that's ok, overall I had fun playing Infection today. Happy Halloween Bungie.
That being said, Infection is really bringing some more melee frustration out. I can't tell you how many times I've lunged as someone as a Zombie today, hear it connect, and I stop moving forward because my body is touching his, and he shoots his shotgun and melees and kills me. It's pretty frustrating. I've said it once, and I'll say it again...If they absolutely HAVE to use this melee system which I am opposed to to begin with, it shouldn't apply with Swords and Hammers. Only melee to melee.
I didn't get my Overkill but that's ok, overall I had fun playing Infection today. Happy Halloween Bungie.
Domino Theory
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Soo.. you people enjoying glitching into the bottom ramp of The Pit during an Infection match ?? Hmm ? HMM ?
ToyMachine228
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Domino Theory said:
Yeah that's the first time I saw that today in Infection. Pretty lame. Thankfully it doesn't yield advantages in most gametypes besides Infection and Oddball. Unfortunately today focusing on Infection though I think a lot of people are now aware of it. Hopefully it gets fixed quickly.
Finally got Steppin Razor, Triple Kill, and Triple sword kill achievements today in the Zombie playlist. I barely got them so I don't know how i ever would have got them in Lone Wolves. The only 'hard' one I have left is the overkill. Came -that- close to getting it today though.
Things did seem a little easier this evening then last night when the playlist went live. Probably because there's been some time for seperation in the ranks to occur.
Things did seem a little easier this evening then last night when the playlist went live. Probably because there's been some time for seperation in the ranks to occur.
*sigh* I had 100% positive feedback going into Halo 3, it lasted from launch up until sometime last week. What is it about Halo that attracts so many damn scumbags? I get "Trash Talking" feedback when I don't use the mic, and I get "Quit Early" feedback when I stay to the end... even when my team is outnumbered 8-3.
I just don't get it.
I just don't get it.
Thanks to the quick pace of Infection games I gained like 17 EXP tonight, even though I didn't play all that long. Finally got my promotion up to Major. Silver star FTW.
That's probably as high as I'll ever get, though. My highest rank is a 32 in LW and I'm sure with steady play I could bump it up to 35, thus assuring me of an (eventual) Commander rank, but eh. I'm burnt out on LW, and never enjoyed the playlist THAT much to begin with, so it's unlikely.
Still though... I'm proud of my silver star! Halo is like the last game I totally geek out on.
Is there anyone with more EXP or a higher rank than this guy?
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/RankHistory.aspx?player=Lt Wasp
That's probably as high as I'll ever get, though. My highest rank is a 32 in LW and I'm sure with steady play I could bump it up to 35, thus assuring me of an (eventual) Commander rank, but eh. I'm burnt out on LW, and never enjoyed the playlist THAT much to begin with, so it's unlikely.
Still though... I'm proud of my silver star! Halo is like the last game I totally geek out on.
Is there anyone with more EXP or a higher rank than this guy?
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/RankHistory.aspx?player=Lt Wasp
People are idiots. It's a shame. This first happened to me in PDZ when I got "trash-talkiing" feedback from a team-killer. I wasn't using the mic.DeadCell said:
I assume it's because the feedback blocks you from playing with those people, they don't want to play you again and just randomly give you negative feedback.
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So... I played some infection last night. The one game I do decent in one of the guys on my team the second round is crying about everyone taking this to serious. Of course he was talking about me since I was blowing everyone out of the water that game. In between games in the loading screen I hear him saying "Man people take this game way to serious... the only reason Bungie did this playlist was for people to get achievements yet some people take it to serious and think it's cool they will finally get a high rank in something"
Anyways... I played a few games after that. Kinda got sick of hearing everyone cry about wanting to do achievements instead of just playing the game.
Anyways... I played a few games after that. Kinda got sick of hearing everyone cry about wanting to do achievements instead of just playing the game.
DeadCell said:
The word is ubiquitous. Over 1,000,000 unique players in the last 24 hours. Couple that with a really competitive, ranked multiplayer and you have a recipe for egotistical douchebaggery. I play a good bit of ranked, but always for fun. I never trash talk and I try to be really light and joke a lot and I still get dinged for all sorts of craziness.
Photolysis
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Hahaha. So I win a game against a bunch of 39-40s in Team Slayer, get +7 KD (compared to +8, -3, and -1), and I go down a level for winning!
I mean, seriously, what the hell?
The ranking system really is shit. You can win game after game after game (so the system should think "hey this guy could be good, let's not rank him down quickly), only to go down a rank the moment you lose a game. You can win countless games, and the game assumes you're boosting off high level players if you are lower, even if you are one of the best on your team.
Hell, this game apparently even penalises you for winning. How dare I kill the other team in a Slayer game!
I mean, seriously, what the hell?
The ranking system really is shit. You can win game after game after game (so the system should think "hey this guy could be good, let's not rank him down quickly), only to go down a rank the moment you lose a game. You can win countless games, and the game assumes you're boosting off high level players if you are lower, even if you are one of the best on your team.
Hell, this game apparently even penalises you for winning. How dare I kill the other team in a Slayer game!
The games I played, none of the idiots were playing right. Some of them were trying to go ahead and be zombies, others were blowing up all the defenses for the hell of it. With the average IQ of the Halo 3 population hovering around that of Forest Gump, you're really not going to get a sophisticated game to work.StUnNeR H2K said:
Photolysis said:
I've experienced the same thing. I add it into the other fuckups including melees, spawns and the playlists. I don't buy their "explanation" in the update either. I liked it where you could see how well you are doing and how close you are to leveling up. Supposedly, it all depends on how well you perform in a match compared to everyone else, or something. All I know is I played with four guys, all within two or three levels of each other. We destroyed teams like 50-25 and things like that. It took us 10 wins to level up. Four wins later, we lose one game, we level down. Took us another six wins to all go back up. If it's not broken, don't fix it.