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[JdFoX187]

According to some Bungie employees, it has to do with how well you played based on your own previous games. Like, whether or not you got more headshots than usual or your accuracy was better, or something like that. It's never been fully explained, that I know of. Only passing comments here and there.

I've played with someone before and had a higher K/D ratio every game, and watched him level from 40 to 47, while I stood still at 42. It's very frustrating. And I've been stuck at a 45 in Lone Wolves for weeks, and I still win almost every game.

I guess that's my problem. We destroy teams, I usually lead my team in kills and have at least between a +5 and +10 k/d but I don't improve on that. Still, I wish there was something more to look at when it comes to rating like with Halo 2.

 

[Drewsy]

I want a playlist for team snipers (or shotty snipers, or needler snipers, or ANYTHING where the starting weapon includes a sniper). So I can choose between playing snipers or slayer, just like halo 2.

Seconded.

Right now I just resort to quitting out until I get shotty snipers.

 

[Ramirez]

Hmm, I put that VIP game up on my share, it's not a pretty game by any means, but still has some pretty decent stuff in it, love the snipe I got off on the lift from the hammer spawn. :lol

 

[Chinner]

I've been developing Last Resort for infection for almost a month now, and I decided to post it now while the community appears to be in the zombie high after the recent living dead hopper. It works with any infection type, but it goes along brilliantly with the quarantine gametype posted awhile ago.

This map does not follow the Fortified base setup, nor does it have the gimmicky skybase idea. Instead it has mutiple bases which you can defend and retreat too, which should allow for a different play experience with your teams.

http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=El Leone

It's in the second slot.

some pics:
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Wonder_Leone/Games/Fortmenbase.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Wonder_Leone/Games/mainbase2.jpg
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/Wonder_Leone/Games/tunnelbase.jpg

 

[GDJustin]

Desperately trying to claw my way up to 35 in LW so that I can eventually get my Commander rank. I'm not in any hurry to rank-up and I'm not really that rank-centric, it's just that I KNOW I'll be playing Halo 3 for years to come, so the EXP won't be a problem. It's the numerical rankings that'll hold me back from being promoted. So if I could just hit my 35, then I'd be able to breath easier, knowing that when I finally hit 300 EXP, I'll get that second shiny star.

But for the life of me, I CANNOT get there. I started tonight at 32 and made it to 34 pretty rapidly, but then finished 2nd-4th like 8 games in a row. I def. shouldn't be matched against the people I'm being matched with... everyone is a notch or two above me - I'm more of a ~30. I've been able to claw my way upwards via oddball and kind of the hill matches, and trying to cheap my way to at least 3rd in slayer by camping with power weapons

Once I hit it, I'll be able to go back to playing normally, and I'l be relaxed in the knowledge that a shiny vertical promotion awaits me at 300 EXP. Yay!

Finally got my 35 today, by some pretty ridiculous means. It was oddball on epitaph, and I grab the ball first, clock one second, then get blown up with rockets. The next guy that grabs the ball runs to the outside, and holds it the rest of the match, giving me a 2nd place finish, and promoting me up to 35 :lol :lol

Here's the game stats:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=111516216&player=ErrorJustin

 

[brokenwatch]

Also, I just wanted to comment on the shotgun. GJ bungie, because in Halo 2 it was the gun of the lies. It works like a charm now. Every once in a while it will seem like someone else kills me from a ridiculous distance, but that doesn't happen nearly as often as before, and most importantly when I use it - it works.

 

[Shogmaster]

Did I just get Standby'd? Check one called "Standby" on my file share. GT:Shogmaster

 

[Ramirez]

I doubt any Bungie guys even read this anymore, but I really hope a playlist update is coming soon, Snipers needs it's own playlists! Ranked BTB would be nice too.

I fucking DESPISE Last Resort, out of all of the awesome maps Halo 2 had, why this was chosen is lost on me. It's an awful Slayer map, I can play 10 Social matches a night and it feels like 70% of them are Shotty/Snipe on LR, ugh.

 

[def sim]

It's actually one of my favorite maps in the series. I find it to be a pretty alright slayer map and a pretty damn awesome objectives map.

Would be nice if they added flag and bombs games on it for BTB rather than slayer or territories all the time.

 

[Ramirez]

What's the reasoning on the Gaus Hog not being on it? That might help some, chain gun hog is pretty weak on that map, too much cover.

 

[StUnNeR H2K]

OMFG... my xbox live is broken... masterfox is not on my friends list... WTF?

 

[def sim]

What's the reasoning on the Gaus Hog not being on it? That might help some, chain gun hog is pretty weak on that map, too much cover.

Yea, I never go on a hog in that map. A death trap what with the laser and the EMP ball on the other side.

 

[Ramirez]

Christ, just played a Social doubles, partner quits and the other 2 guys decide to hide in jump spots the rest of the game. I finally found one, he was on a ledge underneath the shotgun spawn area. Watched the film and the other one grenade jumped on to a ledge above a shield door. That's 12 minutes of my life I'll never get back, I love tools. -_-

 

[AndersTheSwede]

I fucking DESPISE Last Resort, out of all of the awesome maps Halo 2 had, why this was chosen is lost on me.

Its my least favorite map as well. Its too small for a proper BTB, and too large and spread out with too many open kill-zones to work as a balanced slayer map. The only other mode that is run on it (Territories) is easily broken by a successful rush.

 

[def sim]

Personally I don't see those problems.

I like High Ground too since they're somewhat similar maps.

 

[AndersTheSwede]

I like High Ground too since they're somewhat similar maps.

High Ground is what Last Resort should have been IMO. Near-perfect asymmetrical map.

 

[Sean]

It's actually one of my favorite maps in the series. I find it to be a pretty alright slayer map and a pretty damn awesome objectives map.

Would be nice if they added flag and bombs games on it for BTB rather than slayer or territories all the time.

It's one of the better Halo 3 maps IMO, but there's some weird design choices.

1) Equipment - the defense (base) team gets the radar jammer, why? What use is it to them exactly? The offense needs that much more for sneaking into the base and stuff. And why is the power drainer inside of the defense base too, it should be up top (where the radar jammer is) so that it can stop vehicles as they're coming in.

I think these changes would make the map flow better:
- Radar jammer on the seawall (where bubble shield is)
- Regenerator inside the defense base (where power drainer is)
- Power drainer on top of defense base (where radar jammer is)

2) Vehicles - they redid the inside of the defense base to allow vehicles to go in there more easily, yet they took away all of the useful vehicles from the offensive team. WTF? There's no more ghosts and no more gauss hog.

3) Most importantly, no 1 Flag CTF or 1 Bomb Assault games in the playlists. I simply don't understand that decision, that's the modes the map was originally fucking designed for. I've played VIP, Territories, Infection, Slayer, everything but the maps strongest gametypes...

 

[TDG]

Numbers and Buttonbasher:
Sorry for Armubaba-ing you. I'm sure you survived.

Now, in more exciting news:
I finally got an overkill.

In sadder news:
The stats still aren't up on b.net.

 

[JB1981]

BTB is much better today. Chose prefer good connection and things are a lot smoother.

I'm even having fun playing with random retards.

 

[FF_VIII]

I'm really struggling to get a 1.0 k/d ratio.

I'm captain and I win most of my matches, but I just die more times then I kill people. Must be the only person to get 22 kills in a team slayer match, but still get a negative k/d ratio.

I'm pretty suicidal though, which is pretty much down to me sucking at the sniper and the death ray.

 

[Photolysis]

Hmm, I seem to be flying up levels in Team Slayer now. Weird as I've gone up countless levels, whilst someone ahead of me has only gone up 2. I started as a 31 to his 35, and I'm not a 46 to his 39. Yes, I went up 15 levels compared to his 4, despite winning pretty much every game together.

 

[JB1981]

I'm really struggling to get a 1.0 k/d ratio.

I'm captain and I win most of my matches, but I just die more times then I kill people. Must be the only person to get 22 kills in a team slayer match, but still get a negative k/d ratio.

I'm pretty suicidal though, which is pretty much down to me sucking at the sniper and the death ray.

you're probably not crouching and camping like a bitch

 

[def sim]

Wait

Crouch walking is considered bad now? Seems like a perfectly fine tactic to me.

 

[MaX_PL]

Wait

Crouch walking is considered bad now? Seems like a perfectly fine tactic to me.

hahahaha.

 

[def sim]

Okie doke!

 

[zam]

It's one of the better Halo 3 maps IMO, but there's some weird design choices.

1) Equipment - the defense (base) team gets the radar jammer, why? What use is it to them exactly? The offense needs that much more for sneaking into the base and stuff. And why is the power drainer inside of the defense base too, it should be up top (where the radar jammer is) so that it can stop vehicles as they're coming in.

I think these changes would make the map flow better:
- Radar jammer on the seawall (where bubble shield is)
- Regenerator inside the defense base (where power drainer is)
- Power drainer on top of defense base (where radar jammer is)

2) Vehicles - they redid the inside of the defense base to allow vehicles to go in there more easily, yet they took away all of the useful vehicles from the offensive team. WTF? There's no more ghosts and no more gauss hog.

3) Most importantly, no 1 Flag CTF or 1 Bomb Assault games in the playlists. I simply don't understand that decision, that's the modes the map was originally fucking designed for. I've played VIP, Territories, Infection, Slayer, everything but the maps strongest gametypes...

1)The laser is up there to stop the vehicles, I mostly use the power drainer inside the base to stop the enemies from taking the flag, i.e throwing it right by the flag when they come, or on a warthog or mongoose if they come inside the base, or on the mongooses outside the base if they are trying to get away.

I like the bubble shield there, if you're playing territories on that map it's great for taking flag 3, and it's great if you're playing CTF, grab the flag, you get shot at, drop the bubble and kill the people who try and come in.

2) Uh, there are ghosts. The attacking team starts with one. And the gauss hog would be too powerful, the regular warthog is perfectly balanced in its power, a stronger hog would be too much.

3) Have you tried Team Objective? I play 1 Flag Ctf and 1 Bomb on Last Resort and High Ground all the time.

 

[ice cream]

I'm dying to have a Team hardcore playlist, I'm getting really fed up of the motion sensor. Plus all my friends don't really understand what MLG is so they like the motion sensor...

 

[ToyMachine228]

If anyone is interested in playing some BTB today send me an invite. I'll be on and off all day between H3 and TF2 and for some reason I feel like playing BTB.

 

[def sim]

3) Have you tried Team Objective? I play 1 Flag Ctf and 1 Bomb on Last Resort and High Ground all the time.

Though I'd rather have 16 people on this game type, I stilll find 4v4 flag on Zanzi 2 to be good times.

Definitely going to check out Team Objective more.

 

[siamesedreamer]

Finally got a PERFECTION.

 

[zam]

Definitely going to check out Team Objective more.

Do that, it's a really fun playlist, though there are tragically few people playing it. Haven't seen more than 9000 in the population. I guess the average Halo-player has problems with any higher strategy than "kill the guys with the other color"

 

[Deleted member 21120]

We're going to try and do some GAF games in an hour or two, for those interested. Send me a friend request and when we going, I'll post on here and invite those who want in. The more, the merrier.

 

[TDG]

We're going to try and do some GAF games in an hour or two, for those interested. Send me a friend request and when we going, I'll post on here and invite those who want in. The more, the merrier.

I might be on in 2-3 hours. Maybe.

 

[GhaleonEB]

What's the current ETA for stats to update on b.net? I did a few games last night (I know, I know) and while the individual games are listed, only one from a few days ago is included in the stats. I took a few screens that are not up on the site yet either.

 

[TDG]

What's the current ETA for stats to update on b.net? I did a few games last night (I know, I know) and while the individual games are listed, only one from a few days ago is included in the stats. I took a few screens that are not up on the site yet either.

I played about 6 games last night, and only the most recent one is one b.net.

The game that I got my first Overkill in isn't up yet.

 

[TheWolf]

it seems some of my games aren't showing up on bungie.net either. one i just played is there, but two games before that which were also played today won't show up. neither will the medals.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I played about 6 games last night, and only the most recent one is one b.net.

The game that I got my first Overkill in isn't up yet.

Ok, thanks. I do hope they can work the kinks out of the b.net link. I'm not a stats person, but I'll be darned if b.net isn't going to turn me into one. I think my K/D ratio is over 1, for the first and probably last time. I need to savor the moment. :lol

BTB had less lag than my best Halo 2 BTB games. Over-reaction: confirmed.

Also: <3 Sandtrap.

 

[Deleted member 21120]

Ok, thanks. I do hope they can work the kinks out of the b.net link. I'm not a stats person, but I'll be darned if b.net isn't going to turn me into one. I think my K/D ratio is over 1, for the first and probably last time. I need to savor the moment. :lol

BTB had less lag than my best Halo 2 BTB games. Over-reaction: confirmed.

Also: <3 Sandtrap.

Dude, Sandtrap is one of my least favorite maps. It always feels boring to me. Valhalla FTW - def the best map out there.

 

[GDJustin]

Sandtrap BTB is amazing, mainly because it feels so radically different than all the other maps. It's the only multiplayer map where there's true vehicle vs. vehicle combat.

 

[Ramirez]

you're probably not crouching and camping like a bitch

It's very possible to be full on offense at all times and manage a positive ratio in a game.

 

[MrDaravon]

I decided to play a few games of Social Slayer to warm up, and I got matched up against the same party of 5 generals 3 times in a row and we got totally destroyed every time. Fantastic.

Also the problem with Sandtrap is that it's just kinda boring. It's got all the vehicles but for some reason it's just never that interesting.

 

[OverHeat]

Well matchmaking is starting to get real old ....... 20-30 minutes to find a game in team objectif wow.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Dude, Sandtrap is one of my least favorite maps. It always feels boring to me. Valhalla FTW - def the best map out there.

Valhalla is okay, but I enjoy the larger vehicular brawls on Sandrap a lot more.

Is there a page on b.net that displats total MP stats, not sperated out between social and ranked?

 

[OverHeat]

I decided to play a few games of Social Slayer to warm up, and I got matched up against the same party of 5 generals 3 times in a row and we got totally destroyed every time. Fantastic.

Also the problem with Sandtrap is that it's just kinda boring. It's got all the vehicles but for some reason it's just never that interesting.

.....I think it was me and my boys ( the 5 generals) lol

 

[zenbot]

How is playing as a team cheating?

It's cheating if it was a FFA slayer match .

If you want FFA, Ghaleon, play ranked. I've avoided unranked FFA games for this reason; it's just too easy to cheat.

 

[Striker]

I doubt any Bungie guys even read this anymore, but I really hope a playlist update is coming soon, Snipers needs it's own playlists! Ranked BTB would be nice too.

I fucking DESPISE Last Resort, out of all of the awesome maps Halo 2 had, why this was chosen is lost on me. It's an awful Slayer map, I can play 10 Social matches a night and it feels like 70% of them are Shotty/Snipe on LR, ugh.

Last Resort is an okay Slayer map, but its meant for objectives.

It's golden for One Bomb and 1 CTF.

And I agree with the playlists. Snipers along with BTB added with Tactical cut.

 

[Ramirez]

Is there a page on b.net that displats total MP stats, not sperated out between social and ranked?

Nope.

 

[Photolysis]

Heh, so I got cheated in Double Team tonight. One of the few times I've actually been cheated on in H3.

Unfortunately for the cheaters, I have my contact at Bungie!

Smart move guys! If there's one thing you need, it's people at Bungie aware that you're cheating.

(And no, I didn't email him simply to complain about cheaters but to point out a new exploit to Bungie; any action that gets taken on the cheaters by Bungie is an added bonus to closing this hole)

 

[Flesh Into Gear]

Have people been bitching about how if the opposing team is in the lead, they'll constantly jump to their deaths to avoid any chance of a comeback? It happened to me a few time during team doubles, both times on Construct.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Nope.

Bummer! Still, my K/D in Social is nearly 1.5 after a few BTB games. It's only going down from there, of course.