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Halo 3 Multiplayer Official Thread

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Crab Milk Mickey

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Interesting stuff in the latest BWU:

Frankie said:
Map Tease

Work is progressing on new maps for future downloadable content, with the design and art teams vigorously engaged in the process. More entertainingly however, the ad-hoc test team of Bungie staff is enjoying these new maps greatly. My favorites are what I have already nicknamed Jodrell Bank and Moonbase Alpha.

I “invented” a game type on Jodrell Bank which is actually just Team Slayer with Swords and Snipers. Thanks to some unique geographical features of that map, it works great. Moonbase Alpha, on the other hand is best suited to objective games, like CTF and Assualt, but it has some natural deadlocks that make Slayer interesting and Infection terrifying.

Which reminds me of one more downloadable map. The scariest map of all time. Dark, frightening and surprisingly enormous. One of the scariest things that has ever happened to me (and this in a lifetime fraught with terror) was racing away from a marauding gang of zombies in Infection atop a Mongoose, only to have one leap out of the darkness ahead and unseat me with a throaty scream. I call that level John Carpenter’s Prince of Dorkness. It’s not as catchy as Jub Jub, but it’s every bit as accurate.
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Frankie said:
Armor Permutations and Flames

I’m making a list, I’m checking it twice, and it’s a list of dumb messages (and perfectly polite ones) inquiring about the Recon armor permutation. The short answer to those inquiries is, “No, you can’t have it.” The people you see with the Recon helmet are Bungie employees, and they did nothing in-game to unlock it. There is nothing you can do to unlock it.

The same counts for the flames. Don’t be too jealous however, since the flaming head makes us a giant target and is reflected in our online performances sometimes. Sending us angry or rude messages won’t help and our policy now is to simply block communications with folks who’re rude and our sincere apologies to the polite folks, that we don’t have enough time to answer your question individually. We’ve had literally thousands of requests.

No apologies however to the dude last night telling me to “turn down the retardation” in a game of Social Slayer.
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Elhandro

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Gigglepoo said:
I should be on. I play a lot of Halo...
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Hey if you guys are playing some rocket race tonight, count me in. ITll be my first time playing (rocket race) but I will be on. Hit me up.

GT: BeCrush

El
 
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ChrisD84

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Diablohead said:
Right ok I only been playing this game on and off since I got it, like a day break now and again but this is it, im sick of the melee lags and missing sniper shots that are lined up correctly. halo 2 never gave me this much trouble online.

Me and someone can fight, we both or at least I do dive in for a melee the moment I can, lay the hit and hear the noise to find half a second later I die and his shield is not gone at all.

And yes I am playing on 5 green block ping.

It's like i'm cheated away for half my kills due to this kind of delay lag stuff going on.
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That's just how i feel too. It wouldn't be so bad if it were even once per match, but its multiple times every match instead.
 
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TDG

Banned
cjelly said:
Is Epitaph a myth?

I've played almost 200 online games now, and have not once encountered that map.
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I hadn't encountered it until a few days ago, in Lone Wolves. I really enjoyed it. It was a really crazy, well-balanced game.
 
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Deleted member 21120

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sp0rsk said:
Why does voice chat suck so bad? Why can I never hear anyone?
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I haven't had any problems with it. When can't you hear people?
 
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Deleted member 21120

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sp0rsk said:
When ever I'm playing a multiplayer game pretty much.
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Hrm... Well, you know they disabled cross-team chat during ranked games. Other than that, if your team has mics (and talks), then you should be able to hear them.

I've noticed that while playing with one particular friend, his voice is always choppy for the first thirty seconds of the game.

While I haven't had any major problems with voice chat, last night it took me and two friends about ten minutes to figure out that we could only be in a party together if a certain person hosted. Ugh.

I'm just about sick of these NAT-related problems that have been going on with Xbox Live since... well, since its inception. I understand the purpose of the NAT, and I understand, of course, that devs can't change your home router's settings for you, but it's time networking gurus figured out a way around all of the problems that are resulting from people having different NAT settings.

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urk

butthole fishhooking yes
sp0rsk said:
Why does voice chat suck so bad? Why can I never hear anyone?
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What kind of bandwidth are you running? I'd also make sure you have port forwarding for both 360 protocols.

I'm not exactly certain how Live allocated bandwidth, but I do believe if it's running lean, voice is the first thing to be dropped performance wise.
 
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zam

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duderon said:
If the game has more than 8 people playing you must push up on the d-pad to talk.
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No, it's if you have more than 4 players on you team (5 and up) or more than 4 players if you are playing FFA. If you're playing rocket race with 10 players in the game, 5 teams of 2, you don't need to press up on the d-pad.

Also, I joined Ramirez's Perfection-club today! :D Team Doubles but it was a ranked Perfection nonetheless

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=54474811&player=z4m

Game is up in my File Share as well.
 
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Gigglepoo

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So Bungie's Normandy map is completely ridiculous. Has anyone else tried this yet? The entire territories battle takes place on the beach in Last Resort. The poor offense has to deal with waste high water and falling fuel cores. The defense has unlimited sniper rifles and turrets. It seems great in theory, but in practice (especially with a smaller group) it's a little tedious. Has anyone found a good tweak? I thought it was be interesting to have more people on the offense than defense, but I don't think games allow that option.
 
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Hammer

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I'm lookin' to break into the custom game scene. I should be on most of the weekend if anyone has any games going. GT: Hammer0982 Just send me an invite, Ill pry myself away from the orange box =D

Oh, and anyone up for legendary campaign? For the life of me, I cant beat legendary on SP. ><
 
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a Master Ninja

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Hammer said:
I'm lookin' to break into the custom game scene. I should be on most of the weekend if anyone has any games going. GT: Hammer0982 Just send me an invite, Ill pry myself away from the orange box =D

Oh, and anyone up for legendary campaign? For the life of me, I cant beat legendary on SP. ><
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YES

How about in a half hour? Let's try to get two more guys in on this.
 
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Hammer

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Sounds awesome. I'll log back on in about 20 min.

Anyone else want in on this? My friends list will be dead for another few hours lol.
 
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woodchuck

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Gigglepoo said:
So Bungie's Normandy map is completely ridiculous. Has anyone else tried this yet? The entire territories battle takes place on the beach in Last Resort. The poor offense has to deal with waste high water and falling fuel cores. The defense has unlimited sniper rifles and turrets. It seems great in theory, but in practice (especially with a smaller group) it's a little tedious. Has anyone found a good tweak? I thought it was be interesting to have more people on the offense than defense, but I don't think games allow that option.
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I think we should also decrease the time limit and somehow give the offense more shields. Also, the respawn time of the defense should be increased.
 
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Deleted member 21120

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a Master Ninja said:
We could still use two more guys. We're playing through Legendary right now but we'd love to have someone join in between chapters.
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I'll hop in a for a bit with you guys. Send me a request: Cocopjojo

I can wait till you're done with your current level, if you're still in the middle of it.
 
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Deleted member 21120

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I haven't played any customs in a while. We should get a group together tonight and play some Rocket Race and CTF. Anyone interested? We really need about sixteen players to make Rocket Race fun - and it is, indeed, fun.

How does 6PM Pacific (9PM Eastern) sound? Post in here and we'll see what kind of numbers we'll have.
 
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Thermite

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Cocopjojo said:
I haven't played any customs in a while. We should get a group together tonight and play some Rocket Race and CTF. Anyone interested? We really need about sixteen players to make Rocket Race fun - and it is, indeed, fun.

How does 6PM Pacific (9PM Eastern) sound? Post in here and we'll see what kind of numbers we'll have.
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Count me in! :D

If I'm not on at 9, I'll be on right around 9:30. (Eastern)
 
arhra

arhra

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it's time networking gurus figured out a way around all of the problems that are resulting from people having different NAT settings.
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Unfortunately, there's not a lot that can be done. There just isn't a way to get a direct connection between two NAT'ed systems without special setup (port forwarding and the like), and NAT is a necessity as long as IPv4 sticks around due to address exhaustion. IPv6 fixes that (it has enough address space for roughly 5×10^28 addresses for every single person on the planet), but adoption is slow and transitioning the entire internet over is going to take a hell of a long time.
 
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TDG

Banned
Cocopjojo said:
I haven't played any customs in a while. We should get a group together tonight and play some Rocket Race and CTF. Anyone interested? We really need about sixteen players to make Rocket Race fun - and it is, indeed, fun.

How does 6PM Pacific (9PM Eastern) sound? Post in here and we'll see what kind of numbers we'll have.
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The game won't be fun without me. It will be lacking wit and sarcasm. Reschedule for time when Cleveland Indians aren't playing.
 
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woodchuck

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Cocopjojo said:
I haven't played any customs in a while. We should get a group together tonight and play some Rocket Race and CTF. Anyone interested? We really need about sixteen players to make Rocket Race fun - and it is, indeed, fun.

How does 6PM Pacific (9PM Eastern) sound? Post in here and we'll see what kind of numbers we'll have.
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I'll be on around 11 pm eastern. what's your gamertag in case you're still on.

my gamertag: Dr Tim Whatley
 
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a Master Ninja

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Co-op Campaign on Legendary
9pm Eastern
So far it's just "a Master Ninja" and "JHunz". Anyone else is welcome. We may play the levels out of order, so joining between chapters is not out of the question.
 
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Deleted member 21120

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woodchuck said:
I'll be on around 11 pm eastern. what's your gamertag in case you're still on.

my gamertag: Dr Tim Whatley
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GT: Cocopjojo, but at this rate it looks like we're only going to have a few folks. : /

Also, I'm an anti-dentite, so playing with you may not be possible. :D jk
 
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Deleted member 21120

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Er, so I guess this is a bust. It's just three of us thinking that we might be able to play around 9, and I'm not really in the mood for Matchmaking. Oh well, I guess we can try again another night!

Via the Bungie.net forums, I just found a hidden marine on the Covenant, so I'm going to investigate him for a bit.
 
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a Master Ninja

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One last, desperate plea for the evening: Does anyone want to play Legendary co-op? Right now it's just me and one other guy and we are progressing at a snail's pace.
 
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Double D

Member
a Master Ninja said:
One last, desperate plea for the evening: Does anyone want to play Legendary co-op? Right now it's just me and one other guy and we are progressing at a snail's pace.
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Where are you starting at?
 
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Thermite

Member
Great games tonight Cocop, Sailor, and Numbers! I apologize for having to leave you guys so quick tonight. I thought I was pretty much over my sickness, but apparently I was wrong. :(
 
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Deleted member 1159

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Yo, if you want to play Rocket Race do you have to have a group already or can you do it in matchmaking? I have no idea how to get into a custom game with people (say I want to just play Rocket Slayer or something?)...is that not possible without already having a group of friends?

I still haven't gotten to play Rocket Race :(

BTW I played the last two levels on Legendary with a couple random guys I met in ranked team slayer. XBL is really awesome...voice chat is amazing, I'm so glad I bought a 360...
 
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woodchuck

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yeah, you can only play Rocket Race in custom games. You just hope you have a decent amount of friends online who are willing to play.
 
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Ramirez

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Man do not play this game while you're sick...I knew better, I was starting to feel a bit better, I let some bad play get the best of me and now I'm feeling shit again. :lol
 
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Photolysis

Banned
Hey, so the game has finally figured out I have an amazing host, and can happily host 16 player BTB games with no lag. To which I say: about fucking time!
 
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BladedExpert

Member
Photolysis said:
Hey, so the game has finally figured out I have an amazing host, and can happily host 16 player BTB games with no lag. To which I say: about fucking time!
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Lucky you dude! It still hasn't cottoned on to the fact that my host is always full green for everyone. Ive been getting some really crappy hosts this weekend. hopefully they get weeded out soon.....
 
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Deleted member 21120

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Thermite said:
Great games tonight Cocop, Sailor, and Numbers! I apologize for having to leave you guys so quick tonight. I thought I was pretty much over my sickness, but apparently I was wrong. :(
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Yeah, last night was fun. I was getting tired anyway, so I headed out once you left. I was sick last week, too; I guess it's that time of the year. Hopefully you're over it today.
 
ToyMachine228

ToyMachine228

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Anyone have a pic of all the unlockable Elite permutations? There's a lot of talk of all the unlockable Spartan armor, but none of the Elites. No I don't play as an Elite (My roommate considers it the general sign of a noob) but I'd like to see them all.
 
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NJ Shlice

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ToyMachine228 said:
Anyone have a pic of all the unlockable Elite permutations? There's a lot of talk of all the unlockable Spartan armor, but none of the Elites. No I don't play as an Elite (My roommate considers it the general sign of a noob) but I'd like to see them all.
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