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[Striker]

duh. Thats what we are saying...its an apparent problem. Lack of updates to that playlist and bubble shields. and MORE!

They never really updated Team Objective in Halo 3, and its population dwindled so much they axed it.

Halo 3 didn't get a ton of playlists until later in its life, and that's when you saw things like Team Objective fade out and so on. Immediately in Reach they added a ton of different playlists, and to our surprise, there's still a large lack of primary objective action unless you count things that weren't Bungie's doing, i.e. Grifball and MLG.

Look how many slayer only, or near 80% slayer playlists there are: Team Arena, Doubles Arena, FFA Arena, Team Slayer, Team Snipers, Community Slayer, and if you venture into BTB long enough, it's mostly Bro Slayer, BTB Slayer, and Headhunter.

 

[Squall ASF]

I know I annoy some of you a lot, but I need to share this great news.

I'm OFFICIALLY OUT OF THE ARMY!

Congrats! Thank you for serving our country!!!

 

[The Librarian]

Ghaleon, how do you have a score of 25688 in Crashsite on Glacier AND Beachhead? I tried to beat you twice but got close twice! Gr!

 

[GhaleonEB]

Ghaleon, how do you have a score of 25688 in Crashsite on Glacier AND Beachhead? I tried to beat you twice but got close twice! Gr!

Which reminds me. Crashsite on Courtyard is awesome. Usually, most waves drop some distance away and you get that ebb and flow I was wanting to see on the mode. A big wave of dudes approaching in the distance that you have to whittle down, then the wave envelops the area and you lock the generator and race to clean up the mess in time. So good.

This was the end of the first game I managed to finish on it. It's a real challenge on most maps, and Courtyard is the only one I've beaten so far.

 

[Tashi]

I tried to beat you twice but got close twice! Gr!

Suck less

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

First and foremost: Congrats 'shogun and thank you for your service.

To everyone else: If any of you experience a "discharge" of some kind, and you are not in some branch of the military, see your doctor immediately.



Are those numbers so different because of the players per 24hours vs. players immediately online switchover that happened? I don't really remember how population was counted in 3. Either way the Arena being so underpopulated is pretty terrible.

Hah, nice dude, thanks you too Squall.

 

[MrBig]

Forgegaf customs tomorrow at 3 pm EST for those interested
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26017854&postcount=2122

 

[Toddler]

Mowing down Elites with the plasma pistol/plasma rifle in Firefight in 2x Score Attack = MAJOR AWESOME.

I've been meaning to post about that.

SAx2 and FF Arcade make me feel like a total bad ass. Favorite changes out of the whole update.

 

[The Librarian]

Which reminds me. Crashsite on Courtyard is awesome. Usually, most waves drop some distance away and you get that ebb and flow I was wanting to see on the mode. A big wave of dudes approaching in the distance that you have to whittle down, then the wave envelops the area and you lock the generator and race to clean up the mess in time. So good.

This was the end of the first game I managed to finish on it. It's a real challenge on most maps, and Courtyard is the only one I've beaten so far.

Nice.

And I just gt 27415 on Crashsite. I sucked less that time, Tashi!

 

[bobs...onGaf]

I know I annoy some of you a lot, but I need to share this great news.

I'm OFFICIALLY OUT OF THE ARMY!

Congrats! Thats pretty amazing/impressive stuff, theres no way I could handle army life. Enjoy post army life dude, you must get some good benefits!

 

[Lazslo]

Nothing posted today on the BungieBlog- hope there's an update tonight...

 

[Striker]

Maybe some uplifting news on the Classic playlist. lol

 

[Domino Theory]

Maybe some uplifting news on the Classic playlist. lol

It's most likely targeting an April 1st release.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

It's most likely targeting an April 1st release.

Confirmed, it will be armour lock/ AR starts/ only map is Chiron and Orbital. April Fools!!!

Barrow Roll - sorry I have family going asleep around me, so playing Reach and talking will just piss them off. - If anything once there asleep I might come back on, but right now I should be silent.

ooh from the looks of it updates up - http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30705

Interesting news about the arena (I wonder how the actual ranking is going to work now?) and one of the funniest blame stoshes ive seen!

 

[Toddler]

Not my contest entries but some I also made and sent to stosh for regular submissions:

And my contest entry, which didn't turn out exactly as I wanted because I either messed up trying to make the cutout move up and down, or GIMP just sucks at transparent GIFs:

Know it's not going to win, but I'm hoping it'll make one or two people chuckle.

You made the BWU! Twice! Congrats!

Mine wasn't as funny I guess.....

 

[kylej]

Very good Arena changes but

The gametype used will have the following basic settings: DMR/AR/1Frag/Sprint, Evade, Jetpack, and Hologram with Motion Tracker ON.


:/

 

[bobs...onGaf]

The gametype used will have the following basic settings: DMR/AR/1Frag/Sprint, Evade, Jetpack, and Hologram with Motion Tracker ON.


:|

I know people here destest motion sensor, but on Reach I actually disagree with you guys and think that no sensor promotes more camping. With a sensor people seem more content to push out as they know they wont be suprised. No sensor seems to scare people into a state of hiding and going to close range double melees lol.

Im much more interested in how this new version of the Arena is going to work (and when its coming out?)

 

[MrBig]

:lol
fantastic.
A lot of them are funny or good but there are a few that are just nope. This contest was great and wasn't too big for me to get distracted from finishing it

 

[zumphry]

You made the BWU! Twice! Congrats!

Thanks! I actually squealed in excitement like a school girl.

Also saw Willeth's and (I think) vhfives there! Congrats!

Some of the ones I like:

 

[Tashi]

Nice.

And I just gt 27415 on Crashsite. I sucked less that time, Tashi!

It's Firefight bro

 

[The Librarian]

The Blame Stosh was hilarious.

Congrats to Willeth, Vhfive, and Zayne for the avatars.

I'm tempted to change my avatar to the "will work for food nipple" avatar.

It's Firefight bro

Only people who suck at Firefight say that. *sticks tongue out*

 

[feel]

Hey, some gaffers' avatars made it, I wonder if anyone here got a star




I probably should've gone in a direction other than trolling armorlockers

:lol

 

[xxjuicesxx]

The Arena will still have Player Ratings to represent your individual skill in each game you play, but this rating will no longer be used to calculate who won the game.

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Fail.

 

[Ramirez]

Motion tracker, lawl.

 

[kylej]

Motion tracker, lawl.

That'll bring all the competitive people back!

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Know your target demographic. Cmon! Fuckin Hire Juices.

 

[Toddler]

My faves:

 

[Striker]

Interesting news nonetheless We'll see if it boosts Arena's likeness.

Still would like more information on the Classic playlist. -_-

 

[feel]

Know your target demographic. Cmon! Fuckin Hire Juices.

Screw Bungie, did you apply at 343 yet? Go make sure Halo 4 is sexy times.

 

[Hydranockz]

I really like The Arena... I think it is a very happy place between normal Slayer and MLG. I will definitely spend considerable more time in here than I have throughout Reach's lifespan thus far. I spent more time in the Arena during the Beta for crying out loud haha.

Complain about motion sensors all you want guys but for fuck's sake it's already got its own home in MLG/Swat etc.

No AL. No AL. No AL. Feels good bro.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

I really like The Arena... I think it is a very happy place between normal Slayer and MLG. I will definitely spend considerable more time in here than I have throughout Reach's lifespan thus far. I spent more time in the Arena during the Beta for crying out loud haha.

Complain about motion sensors all you want guys but for fuck's sake it's already got its own home in MLG/Swat etc.

No AL. No AL. No AL. Feels good bro.

Im going to wait till its out to judge it, but it should be a huge step up from the arena we have now. I still predict low population counts because quite frankly 6 months after release its unlikely a lot of people will even know of the change/ will care - I think it will drag me in though.

Hologram is the best AA ever - I was playing Anchor 9 earlier today, a guy on my team threw down a hologram pretty close to the barrier near the Zero G bit. An enemy jumped straight at it probably hoping to get an assassination, he went through the hologram, into outer space, couldn't land and sort of flew straight off the map lol! I watched it back in theatre and it seemed like he was truley perplexed.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

I really like The Arena... I think it is a very happy place between normal Slayer and MLG. I will definitely spend considerable more time in here than I have throughout Reach's lifespan thus far. I spent more time in the Arena during the Beta for crying out loud haha.

Complain about motion sensors all you want guys but for fuck's sake it's already got its own home in MLG/Swat etc.

No AL. No AL. No AL. Feels good bro.

Population will make or break it.

 

[The Librarian]

I'm playing The Long Night of Solace for the first time in about two months, and I gotta say, this game's cutscenes are so well directed and executed. Definitely the best in the series by a wide margin, and such a huge step above Halo 3 and ODST's.

The level's awesome too.

 

[Plywood]

Jesus christ I could fix all these playlists in one business day. What a shame.

Juices vs kylej who will be hired first?

Also congrats AlienShogun.

 

[Sai-kun]

Grats on the All-Star-ness, Zayne!

 

[Tashi]

Your skill will be judged by whether your team wins or loses.

Props

The formula for Player Rating will be modified to reduce the value of assists...

Hmmmm

...Motion Tracker ON.

-________-

edit: Playing MLG v3 right now. Top secret stuff!! HEHE

 

[zumphry]

Grats on the All-Star-ness, Zayne!

Thanks, though I didn't actually win the contest and get a nameplate. I'm just happy someone liked it/got a laugh out of it.

 

[GhaleonEB]

The Arena updates seem like a good way to boost the player base. It effectively concedes the hardcore space to MLG and then concentrates players into a single playlist. That's probably for the best. As is making player skill based on team play, and opening up the load outs a bit. Seems like it will be nestling in between Team Slayer and MLG, which might still be too small of a space to thread. Wouldn't Slayer Pro just pull from that pool?

I hope the rankings are more transparent about what they mean. Say I'm Bronze, top 50%. What does that mean? How many people in my division are above me that I need to surpass to get into Silver? How many people are ranked in The Arena all total? More clarity around what the ranks mean would help, I think. Someone said earlier that Assassin's Creed had a similar system and it gave that kind of information and I think it would help. Personally, it would make the ranking a lot less nebulous.

I want to be playing Firefight, dammit. Better be crap Challenges tomorrow, since I'm not back home until Sunday night.

 

[Striker]

Since they're kind of going away from the importance of assists and harping more so on win/loss, would it hurt to add CTF and Assault to the playlist? No Headhunter or Hot Potato junk.

 

[Plywood]

Props



Hmmmm



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edit: Playing MLG v3 right now. Top secret stuff!! HEHE

One step forward, one step back.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Still no mention of a TU =/

 

[zumphry]

Finally checked out Fiesta Attack and it kinda reminds me of ODST's Firefight and its scrounging for weapons.

Though, once I got a Needler Rifle and a Plasma Pistol I kinda lost that feeling...

97 waves to go. :/

 

[Tashi]

Ok so I just played on the new MLG maps. Affinity and Shipwreck. Affinity is pretty similar to Warlock. Just in setup though. There's a top mid, bottom mid. Green, Red, Blue and Yellow bases. No portals, no air lifts. The bases are a bunch of bigger though and have basement sections. All the spaces for the most part are larger. We playing King of the Hill on it.

Shipwreck, is a Midship remake. It's obviously not perfect but it plays pretty good. The bases don't have lifts and their shapes are kind of weird. Not all of the jumps are intact. P2 is a little large, P3 is dominant. The map feels smaller though because of the DMR. Car side was pretty big and open. I did have fun playing on it though but I think it needs some serious polishing.

Zealot has some weapon changes. Pro pipe is out. Sniper moved from Gold to top main ramp. Which I really like. Gold and landing setup is a real powerhouse and sniper being across the map balances it out. There's also an overshield. I'm not sure of the properties though.

 

[vhfive]

oh hey I made it into the BWU

Spoiler

no nameplate though

EDIT:
anyone want to play drunken doubles attack with me?

 

[Plywood]

Damnit, sorry vhfive, electricity knocked out my internet. :/

 

[vhfive]

Damnit, sorry vhfive, electricity knocked out my internet. :/

it's fine that was my last game anyways

 

[MrBig]

So anyone know if rooster teeth is going to do anything with reach? It kind of got a little washed out at the end of it's life in H3 but it was still the only machinima I found worth watching.

 

[wwm0nkey]

So anyone know if rooster teeth is going to do anything with reach? It kind of got a little washed out at the end of it's life in H3 but it was still the only machinima I found worth watching.

They are apparently working on a new season of RvB but to be honest I want them to focus on their live action stuff. I would LOVE to see a live action webseires from them in the same vein as The Wingmen (which they hired 2 people from)

 

[MrBig]

They are apparently working on a new season of RvB but to be honest I want them to focus on their live action stuff. I would LOVE to see a live action webseires from them in the same vein as The Wingmen (which they hired 2 people from)

Yep, I was just watching some of those new episodes and they were actually really funny, that's what made me post this

 

[wwm0nkey]

Yep, I was just watching some of those new episodes and they were actually really funny, that's what made me post this

You should probably watch The Wingmen then. They hired 2 people from it, which again makes me think they will be doing a real live action webseires that follows a plot point.