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[Wolffen]

Yup, spawn rooms with ammo, a literal "weapon drop" this time around, a tiered layout (Spartans take high ground, fight invaders swarming up the hills), and this time with an objective (protect the generators). Pretty clear Firefight is back and got one hell of an overhaul in the process. I wonder what kind of other objectives and modes are buried in it. Imagine custom Firefight games. And with six players.....

oh gosh

I'm going to pretend I didn't read any of this. I'm afraid to get my hopes up. I never got to play Firefight much in ODST due to (a) lack of matchmaking, and (b) lagging/disconnect issues due to Firefight netcode being based on campaign netcode, but what I played I loved. Having Firefight with objectives, 6 players, and the new AAs and weapons....too much to hope for.

 

[enzo_gt]

Must play more but...

 

[ACE 1991]

Loving the game so far. The only issue I have is with the presentation, a lot of the visuals look a little muddy to me.

 

[Wu-Gambino]

hopefully Grab Bag isn't a playlist in the final game, sometimes I just wanna play team slayer but no objective games.

and

i really want to play invasion right now.

 

[macfoshizzle]

they really need to up the damage on the battle rifle. it's nerfed pretty bad. pretty much everyone uses the pistol, so whats the point?

 

[Hydranockz]

Had some really good games of Grab Bag with Hydra, wanted to play Arena with you guys. Hopefully if I get on the beta again my stuff will be operational like it was before I accidentally backed out.

Sorry we had to leave. My bro has an exam in the morning and we have the 360 in our room so it wouldn't really work well to keep on playing I'll be on tomorrow at some stage. Although tbh, Arena would have been risky until we know tat the matches are getting logged ok.

 

[Wu-Gambino]

they really need to up the damage on the battle rifle. it's nerfed pretty bad. pretty much everyone uses the pistol, so whats the point?

yeah, i dont see anyone using the assault rifle either, unless they just started playing.

 

[Falagard]

they really need to up the damage on the battle rifle. it's nerfed pretty bad. pretty much everyone uses the pistol, so whats the point?

Distance.

 

[Wiggum2007]

I must subconsciously be a pacifist because I seem to be completely unable to kill anybody in Reach. Specifically the DMR, Nerfle, and Pistol; I can pop shields like nobody's business but I can never manage to land that final headshot, it is really infuriating. :lol

 

[Hydranockz]

they really need to up the damage on the battle rifle. it's nerfed pretty bad. pretty much everyone uses the pistol, so whats the point?

I don't even know where it spawns on either of the maps :/

 

[Tashi]

they really need to up the damage on the battle rifle. it's nerfed pretty bad. pretty much everyone uses the pistol, so whats the point?

It has greater accuracy at a higher rate of fire from further distances than the magnum.

 

[macfoshizzle]

wait.. is the battle rifle the default gun you start with? or is it called the assault rifle?

 

[Lifejumper]

No we don't. It's already been fixed. Just didn't make the cut for beta.

Holy shit I luv you Bungie.
Now nerf the grenades and make the DMR a 4 shot weapon

 

[Hydranockz]

wait.. is the battle rifle the default gun you start with? or is it called the assault rifle?

Single shot fire rifle is the DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle). Ain't no BR in Reach my friend

 

[dslgunstar]

Where do I go to see where a 1655 measures up?

 

[Tashi]

wait.. is the battle rifle the default gun you start with? or is it called the assault rifle?

In normal Slayer it's AR start and Magnum secondary. In Slayer Pro it's DMR/BR start and no secondary.

 

[The Librarian]

Thanks for the games, Devin, Laslo, and Neoism.

In normal Slayer it's AR start and Magnum secondary. In Slayer Pro it's DMR/BR start and no secondary.

NERFLE!

 

[AwesomeSyrup]

Hey, urk next time you see Sage give him a hug. I love how much more balanced this game feels.

 

[GhaleonEB]

they really need to up the damage on the battle rifle. it's nerfed pretty bad. pretty much everyone uses the pistol, so whats the point?

Use a pistol and try duel someone who has the DMR, from medium to long range.

Have fun with the respawn. Might I suggest Sprint for the next Load Out? (So you can run the fuck away from DMR users.)

 

[Kapura]

New short Noble Actual post about the borked servers. link

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

I forgot Halo has no join session in progress, which really peeves me. I want to play with some GAFFERS DANG-IT!

I have HaloGaf beta or whatever on my FR but I'm way to shy to just invite everyone to a lobby.

 

[soldat7]

they really need to up the damage on the battle rifle. it's nerfed pretty bad. pretty much everyone uses the pistol, so whats the point?

DMR > Pistol at range. In fact, it's pretty brutal up close as well.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I forgot Halo has no join session in progress, which really peeves me. I want to play with some GAFFERS DANG-IT!

I have HaloGaf beta or whatever on my FR but I'm way to shy to just invite everyone to a lobby.

Just Queue into their party. It's a rad feature, I think.

 

[Tashi]

NERFLE!

I used BR because he was referring to the DMR as BR. I didn't want to confuse him.

Also, the DMR absolutely cannot be a 4 shot weapon. With its rate of fire at mid and close range it would fucking destroy every other gun. 3 shot beatdowns would rule, nothing would touch it.

On second thought, Bungle, make the DMR a 4 shot weapon

 

[soldat7]

Question: Are the stats and credits from the beta gonna be carried over to the final game?

"Have a t-shirt, an avatar t-shirt. I'll be wearing one."

 

[KoruptData]

Any live feeds?

 

[Van Owen]

Seems to be broken right now...

 

[JambiBum]

It's still broke . Oh well. Gave me some time to sleep since I didn't last night.

 

[The Lamonster]

I can't play any games or join anyone's lobby. It won't load any Playlists for me to jump into. Help?

Anybody know why I can't play?

 

[Magni]

Had a pretty nice game with one of my friends, unfortunately it's 3:30am here so he couldn't talk. I wanted to upload it to render it since it's his second game ever, first with me, but File Share seems to be down . Oh well, tomorrow when I get back from my Chem class I guess.

edit: first penalty ever, some guy sprints in front of me in front of me as I fire the RL on a cluster of guys =(

 

[Kapura]

fffffffffff
Game took about 10 minutes to load after voting, at which point three of my teammates had left and one of the opponents.

I still won, 17 - 14, but my rating was in the 1400s. Please fix. I played and kicked ass, the Arena rating formula should reflect this.

LUKE, FIX PLZ.

Exact score: 1496

 

[dslgunstar]

Urk, or anyone else from Bungie...or anybody that knows, where do we go for a key as to what the Arena scores actually mean? Like, whats a good score, bad score, etc?

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Just Queue into their party. It's a rad feature, I think.

Only for friends. not friends of friends.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Urk, or anyone else from Bungie...or anybody that knows, where do we go for a key as to what the Arena scores actually mean? Like, whats a good score, bad score, etc?

This week's BWU. Front page of Bungie.net, linked at the top of the OP or in the Arena section of the OP.

Scores are always relative to the population and the Division you're in. You'll know how you're doing based on your Division. A 1600 Steel is not a 1600 Onyx.

 

[Voltron64]

Are the Arena games not being counted right now, or is all the data backed up and being queued? Only one of my Arena matches is showing up on bnet.

edit: 806,121 players online... ffffffuuuuuuuu

 

[Fantasy Final]

Dear Bungie,

Thank God you took out that fucking BR. Overused, overused and overused gun.

FF

 

[Tashi]

fffffffffff
Game took about 10 minutes to load after voting, at which point three of my teammates had left and one of the opponents.

I still won, 17 - 14, but my rating was in the 1400s. Please fix. I played and kicked ass, the Arena rating formula should reflect this.

LUKE, FIX PLZ.

Exact score: 1496

Hmmm. The Arena formula takes into account the amount of players in a game but I wonder if it's on a per playlist basis or if it's dynamic and is factored in the fly. It's a tough thing to do though. You can't say, well the game doesn't count then because then people would quit out of matches before the game ends. Maybe the game could only count if the teams are even in number? I don't know.

 

[Ten-Song]

Man, awhile ago the game worked for me for like a split second... but now, nothing. DAMMIT!

 

[Miggytronz]

server not available.....FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

 

[LiK]

loading pretty slowing. well try again tomorrow. too many ppl trying to get the beta, i bet

 

[Subtervotion]

So my friend is absolutely infuriated about assists being equal to 1 point. (the same as a kill) He got 20 kills in one game, but only had one assist. and my other friend had 13 kills and 9 assists. My friend with 20 kills is mad because he didn't get 'first'. Does anyone else feel like an assist isn't worth 1 point?

 

[Trickster]

Gah, just had my first "wtf, really?" moment with the arena ratings. I had 11 kills and 9 deaths, while another guy on my team had 13 kills and a massive 19 deaths, and he got a higher rating than me?

Do your killcount really factor that highly compared to your deathcount?

 

[feel]

There's a landing strip for the Longswords outside Swordbase if you look out one of the windows.. I fucking called it that there would be one like a month ago and urk mocked me.

BTW, what are the stripes next to your name in the Arena lobby? I have two out of three, is that like the progress towards your daily rating?? If so I've played a bunch of games already, don't tell me these are not counting?? I've been doing good against the new guys lol.

 

[The Lamonster]

Man, awhile ago the game worked for me for like a split second... but now, nothing. DAMMIT!

Any tricks to make it work?

 

[Mo0]

fffffffffff
Game took about 10 minutes to load after voting, at which point three of my teammates had left and one of the opponents.

I still won, 17 - 14, but my rating was in the 1400s. Please fix. I played and kicked ass, the Arena rating formula should reflect this.

LUKE, FIX PLZ.

Exact score: 1496

raw_rating = kills + assists - deaths/3 - betrayals

It's a weight k/d spread, set up to become harder to increase the higher you get ratio wise. That's all.

 

[Natakuu]

I used BR because he was referring to the DMR as BR. I didn't want to confuse him.

Also, the DMR absolutely cannot be a 4 shot weapon. With its rate of fire at mid and close range it would fucking destroy every other gun. 3 shot beatdowns would rule, nothing would touch it.

On second thought, Bungle, make the DMR a 4 shot weapon

I don't think the DMR needs to be a 4 shot weapon, but I still think it might be better to have the bloom reduce slightly faster to allow a higher rate of fire.

 

[Magni]

So my friend is absolutely infuriated about assists being equal to 1 point. (the same as a kill) He got 20 kills in one game, but only had one assist. and my other friend had 13 kills and 9 assists. My friend with 20 kills is mad because he didn't get 'first'. Does anyone else feel like an assist isn't worth 1 point?

Your friend is dumb.

1 kill is worth 1 assist is worth -3 deaths. Personally I think it should be -2 deaths, so that camping isn't that great of strategy, but so that players are a bit less reckless. Deaths by betrayal shouldn't count. Do they right now?

As soon as the servers are back, it'll be story time =)

 

[JambiBum]

So my friend is absolutely infuriated about assists being equal to 1 point. (the same as a kill) He got 20 kills in one game, but only had one assist. and my other friend had 13 kills and 9 assists. My friend with 20 kills is mad because he didn't get 'first'. Does anyone else feel like an assist isn't worth 1 point?

If you do that much damage to someone it should be worth one point. Your friend with 20 kills could have just went around cleaning up people's left overs. This is one thing I like about the Gears 2 system. You get points for the damage done to an enemy. If you do the most damage you get the most points.

Also, I don't know if you guys have noticed this or not, but if you look at the top of the scoreboard during an area game you can see your current score. It changes throughout the game so it's a good way to keep track of how you are doing.

 

[Mo0]

Deaths by betrayal do count, but the betrayer loses rating equivalent to a kill or assist.

 

[user_nat]

So my friend is absolutely infuriated about assists being equal to 1 point. (the same as a kill) He got 20 kills in one game, but only had one assist. and my other friend had 13 kills and 9 assists. My friend with 20 kills is mad because he didn't get 'first'. Does anyone else feel like an assist isn't worth 1 point?

Hard to say really.. sometimes you could do 99% of the damage to someone and only get an assist. In that case I think you deserve the 1 point as much as the other person. However, for every assist like that there is another where someone hits somebody with one AR bullet and gets an assist.

I think that getting equal points should encourage more teamwork and therefore is a good thing.