Hypertrooper
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Halo was always slower than Call Of Duty. And I must say that Gears Of War was faster than Halo, too. Because people is going to close combat with the shotty.KS Seven X said:
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Halo: Reach |OT3| This Thread is Not a Natural Formation
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Hell yeah. I'll be working from home today, so I'll be on during the day on and off.Zennshi said:Daily Challenges:
A Friend in Need - 1300cR
Earn 5 assists in Firefight Matchmaking.
A Satisfied Thirst - 1800cR
Kill 250 Grunts in Firefight Matchmaking.
Demon - 1250cR
Kill 10 Elites in Firefight Matchmaking.
Hyper Lethal Vector - 2000cR
Kill 100 enemies with headshots in Firefight Matchmaking.
Yeah FF DAY
KidA Seven
Member
Hypertrooper said:
No it's not. I've seen Gears of War, Call of Duty, and Rainbow tournaments. They're all slow.
xxjuicesxx
Member
8126 credits from a FF game. Hell yea. Gunna grind my way to Brig Grade 1 this weekend. Who's gunna cover my ass (not that I need it I'm fucking sick at this game)
Hypertrooper
Member
You're talking just about a small group of players. If you play a normal game against normal gamers you will see that CoD is much faster than Halo.KS Seven X said:
KidA Seven
Member
Hypertrooper said:
I know that's what I said. The reason why I talked about tourneys is because that's how you play the game at the highest level. It's the best way to play the game if you want to win.
If we're talking casually, then yes, Halo is one of the slowest.
The Librarian
Banned
That doesn't describe 3/4ths of the encounters in the campaign.DMeisterJ said:
xxjuicesxx
Member
Gui_PT said:
Shishka
Zennshi said:Daily Challenges:
A Friend in Need - 1300cR
Earn 5 assists in Firefight Matchmaking.
A Satisfied Thirst - 1800cR
Kill 250 Grunts in Firefight Matchmaking.
Demon - 1250cR
Kill 10 Elites in Firefight Matchmaking.
Hyper Lethal Vector - 2000cR
Kill 100 enemies with headshots in Firefight Matchmaking.
Yeah FF DAY
Nice! This means I should get nearly 10k credits in about 40min of playing.
Check every single person's multiplayer stats in this thread and find me someone who has more kill with the pistol/AR over the DMR. This either suggests the three weapons aren't as balanced as you first thought or that people will always gravitate to the DMR anyway, regardless of balance.NullPointer said:
Got my Astro A40's today, absolutely phenomenal. As someone who has played games his entire life through shitty TV speakers, I'm in awe. Sitting at top mid on Sanctuary I could identify enemies by sound alone.
Looks like Firefight is the order of the day for me though.
I'd rather have you as a multiplayer designer than a playlist manager, I think your talents would be wasted flipping switches and placing spawns.xxjuicesxx said:
xxjuicesxx
Member
I would take fucking any job in gaming. That stuff would be so fun compared to telling a bunch of morons what boxes to push first.
My pistol kills are actually pretty high. http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/CareerStats/weapons.aspx?player=Mr KwatzArnie said:
The DMR and pistol are the same gun but the pistol has a high rof and spread. Same damage. Those kills would be much higher if I played more multi team.
Also ghost fight go
Rocket Race Rampage!
3 destinations, 4 kills, one enemy denial and a landmine double-boost in about 30 seconds :lol
You guys should come play some time, most fun you can have in MT, outside of farming cheap multikills on distracted players in every other gametype.
3 destinations, 4 kills, one enemy denial and a landmine double-boost in about 30 seconds :lol
You guys should come play some time, most fun you can have in MT, outside of farming cheap multikills on distracted players in every other gametype.
xxjuicesxx
Member
I'm sprry but what the FUCK is this trueskill???
http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=399300438&player=SometimesImEpic
Go in alone and EVERYONE of my teammates go negative damn negative while EVERYONE on the other team goes positive?
What the fuck is that?????!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=399300438&player=SometimesImEpic
Go in alone and EVERYONE of my teammates go negative damn negative while EVERYONE on the other team goes positive?
What the fuck is that?????!!!!!!!!!!
TELL ME ABOUT ITxxjuicesxx said:
Halo: Reach trueskill matchmaking is shit. Anyone who claims it's better than prior games is a chronic bullshitter. It's effectively social now.
KidA Seven
Member
Arnie said:
:lol :lol That really sucks.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Arnie said:
Eh, it works sometimes, when I play with buddies who never play, their trueskill sets the tone for a kid crap fest. It's definitely there, but yeah, I agree, sometimes there are definitely WTF moments.
Squall ASF
Member
xxjuicesxx said:
That's the first time that's ever happened to you in this game? You lucky mother bleeeeep.
Also, good times on New Alexandria Nutters, had some pretty hilarious elevator teleportation mishap deaths :lol
Trueskill seems to work better when I play solo. My neighbor just got Reach (for Christmas) and I've been gaming with him & his (much) lower rank all week. Well, I/we rarely get matched up with people near my rank (Lt. Colonel G3), but rather people closer to his rank. No complaints here because killing n00bs is always fun.
But that is beside the point because I don't believe Trueskill works. Or at least there's not enough people playing on XBL (not just Reach) for TS to work properly.
eh...seems like more of a case that you got matched up against a team who knew what they were doing (and probably play together often) than anything else. Notice how all their icons/symbols are the same. Were you playing solo, or with friends?
But that is beside the point because I don't believe Trueskill works. Or at least there's not enough people playing on XBL (not just Reach) for TS to work properly.
Arnie said:
eh...seems like more of a case that you got matched up against a team who knew what they were doing (and probably play together often) than anything else. Notice how all their icons/symbols are the same. Were you playing solo, or with friends?
xxjuicesxx
Member
Squall ASF said:
Ha please, that shit happens every other game with randoms.
It just doens't make any sense if you've made it UP THERE in trueskill yet you get teammates who are that bad... How did they get up to that level of trueskill? No sense at all. Honesly I think the better you get at a playlist means they don't match you up against better enemies but WORSE teammates. :lol
No, me and my friend were matched up with the dregs of the Earth, hence their negative ratio corresponding with the two players on the other team. Me and my friend are good Halo players, we had no problem with the opponents, just our incompetent teammates not securing map control, firing their weapons or in fact doing anything other than run around and allow the opponents to kill them with little resistance. This sort of shit is indefensible, by creating these sorts of games, as well as games whereby my connection is significantly worse than the opposing team the matchmaking system is effectively wasting my time.LosDaddie said:
Which is exactly the problem. Using a custom search, either for good connection or by skill just ensures you'll be looking at that same "searching players" screen until your patience gives way and you revert back to default. The matchmaking speeds for anything other than default, especially in a playlist like MLG which is already running thin on players (wonder why, Halo 3 was healthy enough) are simply unacceptable.Tashi0106 said:
The WestCoast dude doesn't play often. He's only played a few games in the SWAT playlist, and since we know it takes a few games for Trueskill to establish their skill level, it's not surprising to see newbies in the mix early on. The other -10 dude appears to have been AFK.xxjuicesxx said:
The guy above you went -3 in that game, but he had 15 kills, and looking at this play history is very streaky in SWAT - long stretches of positive K/D and then negative. Others have already noted they can be streaky in SWAT (I am). He had a bad game maybe? And so did you from the looks of it.
Seems pretty normal to me.
Pretty much. Issues like this were remedied slightly in prior games because Bungie would force teams to play teams of the same number or more. So in this instance we wouldn't have been matched against a team of three. One more baffling change to add to the list.LosDaddie said:
CrazedArabMan
Member
What firefight needs is a bigger map with a good amount of vehicles, and then a way to get rid of lag... :/
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Raide said:
It's sorely in need of a map like Lost Platoon.
I'd settle for something of a mix between Lost Platoon and Beachhead. But I can't think of any areas in the game to take something like that from - the campaign was oddly devoid of large vehicle battle, which is probably why there wasn't such a shipping map. Hopefully a DLC map goes that route.Alienshogun said:
CrazedArabMan
Member
Still disappointed that a Scarab couldn't be implemented as one of the waves on a new bigger map, but unfortunately I see that as 95% chance of not happening.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Ramirez said:
This is something I've never understood about Halo, it has absolutely the WORST coop lag of any game I've ever played.
Rainbow, Ghost, Gears, you name it, all do coop better than Halo.
Genesis Knight
Member
Ramirez said:
Gears has fewer enemies at a time, yes? I've noticed this too and it's the only thing I can come up with.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Genesis Knight said:
Not all the time, at times Gears has more enemies than Halo, in horde mode AND in coop. The lag in Halo is always there, even when nothing is on screen. This also doesn't explain why other games with equal if not more enemies don't have nearly as bad connection issues as Halo, both Rainbow six and Ghost Recon come to mind, not to mention the newer Operation flashpoint.
Halo has always had terrible coop.
Also, I don't recall Halo ever throwing 20-30 enemies at me at one time, except MAYBE the flood if you count all the little popcorn dudes.
It's probably because of the networking set up. I'm just talking out of my ass here but I'll bet that the enemies in Horde Mode act like bots in multiplayer and so the networking model is the same as it is in Gears multiplayer and Halo multiplayer. In Halo campaign co-op and Firefight all the players actions go through the host first so that's why there's input lag. If I understood correctly, I'm not 100% sure.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Tashi0106 said:
If that is true, why the hell not just code all of the covies as bots?!!?!?!?!
electricpirate
Member
That's a change? That happened to me pretty regularly in each halo.Arnie said:
I get way more consistent matches with reach than h3, with far fewer boosters and afkers
The Librarian
Banned
Really? The only ODST FF map I'd say I miss is the one that takes place on Uplift Reserve.Blueblur1 said:I'd kill for at least two new FF maps. I'm completely tired of the current crop.
Man, I miss ODST's FF maps.
I absolutely loved Crater. When I think of Firefight I automatically think of the awesome Crater FF games I played last year. I miss it (and Crater Night).
That reminds me: I wish the Engineers had been used more often in Reach. Oh, and I preferred when they weren't taken out by a few DMR shots. They made FF much more challenging and interesting.
That reminds me: I wish the Engineers had been used more often in Reach. Oh, and I preferred when they weren't taken out by a few DMR shots. They made FF much more challenging and interesting.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=399776172&player=TJ Ram
That isn't the real FiS is it Tash? Dude is creepily acting like him in his profile otherwise. :lol
lol, looking at his 1.09 K/D, I'm gonna go with a negative on that question, nvm.
That isn't the real FiS is it Tash? Dude is creepily acting like him in his profile otherwise. :lol
lol, looking at his 1.09 K/D, I'm gonna go with a negative on that question, nvm.