Deputy Moonman said:
That's true. Also (continuing the 'playlist behavior' line of thinking), I hadn't considered the fact that sometimes it's nice to take a break from normal routines, too. Variety is important.xxjuicesxx said:
Except if this is true, which I refuse to believe is so, then there is little to no competitive nature amongst the majority of the players.The Antitype said:
Have you heard about a little game called Left 4 Dead??xxjuicesxx said:
But Halo isn't an arcade game like Pac-Man, at least it wasn't until Firefight. In regular matchmaking, however, I'm not in it for a score. But I do like to see how I stack up against other players. With a ranking system that isn't hidden, I can climb a ladder and know exactly where I stand. In Reach, the Arena ranking system is very vague. All you know is that for a certain time, against people of a certain skill, you did well enough to be put in a certain percentage of players. But that doesn't really tell you anything. And outside of Arena, you could be dominating, but it might be against lower-skilled players. I'd just like to know where I'm at at all times compared to other players and be able to work on getting better at my play based upon my rank. As is, even though I'm getting credits I feel totally displaced.The Antitype said:People have been playing games for a better score since the days of Pac-Man.
Now simple scores with initials beside the name have been replaced with number ranks. military ranks, badges, new weapons, or new armor to unlock. I think it honestly has less to do with the credits as it does making it to the next level...seeing that bar fill up is addictive.
And hell, can't you remember the whining and bitching that went on when Bungie scrapped the 1-50 ranking system...people couldn't handle the idea that the number representing their record would be hidden, even if the same stat-tracking and match-making is operating in the background.
But for the most part, most of the games people actually bother to put the effort into ranking up in are pretty good. CoD, Halo, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit... hell, even Assassin's Creed multiplayer had a level system...and I went all the way to level 50.
Shake Appeal said:
GhaleonEB said:
The Antitype said:People have been playing games for a better score since the days of Pac-Man.
Now simple scores with initials beside the name have been replaced with number ranks. military ranks, badges, new weapons, or new armor to unlock. I think it honestly has less to do with the credits as it does making it to the next level...seeing that bar fill up is addictive.
And hell, can't you remember the whining and bitching that went on when Bungie scrapped the 1-50 ranking system...people couldn't handle the idea that the number representing their record would be hidden, even if the same stat-tracking and match-making is operating in the background.
But for the most part, most of the games people actually bother to put the effort into ranking up in are pretty good. CoD, Halo, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit... hell, even Assassin's Creed multiplayer had a level system...and I went all the way to level 50.
Domino Theory said:
I'm not familiar with the intricacies involving their social matchmaking system, but I would have to assume they'd weigh their options of having a long wait time for a match vs. being able to immediately match up and blow through the other team.Havok said:
There is.Hey You said:
The issue is not how quickly you can do it, but if you cap a flag or arm the bomb 3 times in a matter of minutes, you will get nothing. But if you score 2 flags, but simply are out to pad the kills just to get more credits, does this really bring better sportsmanship? Reason people do this is to get higher commendations and game complete, but this is really not an encouraging method. Putting it simply, there was no planning to the Reach commendations/cR system for Team Objective and other playlists that primarily utilize CTF, Assault, Oddball, and so forth. Which is a shame after Halo 3's killing of Ranked BTB and Team Objective, where they didn't seem like they were behind those, either.Ryaaan14 said:
GhaleonEB said:
Definitely this. Reach's armor parts are all way too similar. I guess they wanna keep it all military looking, but.. hell, you can have a pink armor. Why don't you give us silly stuff, or parts that fit certain holidays. I mean.. perhaps a pumpkin just like that is way too much, but maybe a helmet that slightly resembles a pumpkin with a layer of orange paint with scratches and things around.. Or like Kuroyume said, a unicorn horn that's not just a horn, but instead a metallic attachment on top of the head with rows of purple (or team color) lights. Or some sandals instead of the normal boots, or... whatever...Kuroyume said:
. Or, err.. a makeshift chest done with Covenant armors, same for the helmet. Dunno, there's a lot of things that could be done Because we find it fun?Shake Appeal said:
Yeah, but stuff like Covie CTF Assualt Oddball and I'm sure 343i/the Community can come up with different and interesting gametypes. Is it possible to have multiple places you can arm the bomb at?Striker said:
I would have thought that Bungie would have looked at the Gametype/Map combo's and made apprioate adjustments. Two Flag CTF on Zealot and Countdown? Come on now.
Decisions like this that Bungie makes, I'll never understand. 2 Bomb is a excellent gametype IMO.
Yeah, easily could have done Challenges and Commendations. (When your team gets a flag cap, when you capture a territory,your team gets a bomb plant etc).
Perhaps I was just lucky. Very seldom have I run into that kind of douchebaggery. Seems to be everywhere in Reach these days. BTB games seem to have idiots and betrayers on my team every game, while Team Objective quickly became not worth the frustration outside of a GAF party (and even then, the generally very poor maps in the playlist hurt it big time).PsychoRaven said:
I'm interested in the game complete bonus cap per rank. I should have been writing them down as I went - something I only did the past three ranks - but I'm curios to see exactly how it scales.Donat said:
If you've lost practically any of your shields (or don't have full health), you can be killed by one grenade.Hypertrooper said:
