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Blue Flames yay!

 

[Hey You]

Some little tidbits of July's MM update:

This is all subject to change and does not reflect all changes, you know the drill.

• All gametypes in Premium Battle will use big team variants
• Removing Hot Potato from Premium Battle
• Slayer DMRs game variants will use the default vehicle set
• Updated Grifball maps and gametypes
• Team Objective gametypes will feature DMR/AR starts (except Classic and Pro)
• Integrating 3 Flag, 2 Flag Slayer and Speedflag into Team Objective

Does this mean Flagstravaganza is being removed?

Correct, it was not intended to be a permanent addition to matchmaking, but to highlight our recent additions to CTF gametypes. Flagstravaganza will end on July 5th.

 

[MrBig]

Even wu's joining in on the action http://www.bungie.org/

Marathon on the Ipad?

Too bad I don't have an Ipad...

I hope they don't continue solely supporting iOS. I don't support Apple's business practices or ethics and will never buy their products.

 

[kittens]

I've yet to play a game of Flag Slayer. It looks to be my favorite gametype ever, and I really wanna try it out.

 

[A27_StarWolf]

Even wu's joining in on the action http://www.bungie.org/

Wu Too?

BTW nice Avatar, snazzy.

Is anyone else excited to get to know "those" Members at 343, their version of sage etc etc.

 

[Striker]

* All gametypes in Premium Battle will use big team variants

What does this mean?

* Integrating 3 Flag, 2 Flag Slayer and Speedflag into Team Objective

What happened to the removal of fringe gametypes -- oh wait, we'll add more a month later!

 

[Account Attempt #4]

Wat's happening out there?

I want that helmet on the right.

edit:

Its interesting to see them going back to Mac all of a sudden.

Didn't the entire studio get iPhones quite a while back? If so, it'd make sense that they would want to develop for iOS. I just don't get the exclusivity.

 

[Tunavi]

I hope they don't continue solely continue supporting iOS. I don't support Apple's business practices or ethics and will never buy their products.

You know, this interesting. Bungie made Marathon 1 exclusively for Mac and then they were bought out by MS. Its interesting to see them going back to Mac all of a sudden. Fuck I loved marathon

 

[Kapura]

Gah, I was working when I found out about the swag bags. By the time I was able to buy one, they were all gone ;_;

I'm very excited about the aerospace reveal. I wonder when we can expect it.

Also a podcast would be sweet.

 

[equil]

I want one of those "Burn Bright Burn Blue" Tshirts!

 

[A27_StarWolf]

You know, this interesting. Bungie made Marathon 1 exclusively for Mac and then they were bought out by MS. Its interesting to see them going back to Mac all of a sudden. Fuck I loved marathon

Going back to Mac? I don't think I would venture that far into those woods quite yet. Apple store was clearly the best way to distribute it.


Do those Burn Bright Burn Blue shirts go back on sale?

 

[FyreWulff]

The addition of global DMR starts to Team Objective is disappointing and will lead to even less population than the playlist already had. TO got shat up by essentially becoming Throwback in the last Halo 3 playlist update of note, and just like then I'm not going to play in TO post-update.

It would have been fine if there were just optional DMR variants, but the people that want 100% DMR start Objective are already playing MLG.

 

[zumphry]

You know, this interesting. Bungie made Marathon 1 exclusively for Mac and then they were bought out by MS. Its interesting to see them going back to Mac all of a sudden. Fuck I loved marathon

Marathon 2: Durandal for iOS, and Windows Phone 7 confirmed.

Spoiler

then back to just iOS for Marathon: Infinity: iPad

 

[Tunavi]

Going back to Mac? I don't think I would venture that far into those woods quite yet. Apple store was clearly the best way to distribute it.

I didn't mean going back to mac as their sole system. Its just that the Bungie app and the Marathon port are exclusive to IOS...

and fuck yes Team Objective is Dmr Starts

 

[MrBig]

The addition of global DMR starts to Team Objective is disappointing and will lead to even less population than the playlist already had. TO got shat up by essentially becoming Throwback in the last Halo 3 playlist update of note, and just like then I'm not going to play in TO post-update.

It would have been fine if there were just optional DMR variants, but the people that want 100% DMR start Objective are already playing MLG.

No, I can't stand playing in the MLG playlist, and I can't stand being sprayed by people holding down the trigger while I'm trying to outmaneuver them. That update is perfect for me and will make me actually want to play it since, I loved speedflag and 3flag.

 

[Havok]

What does this mean?


What happened to the removal of fringe gametypes -- oh wait, we'll add more a month later!

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s182/Toth029/21n045g.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]It really is kind of comical at this point.

3 Flag at least seems interesting on the surface (though I haven't played it). I can't really get behind either of the others, especially speedflag, unless Benny Hill plays behind every match. I looked to Objective to get the core experience, but I guess that's over, because people will almost certainly just start voting for the new stuff now.

Also, terrible terrible Hot Potato not removed from Objective too. Maybe next month. Or the month after that. Forget the Sonic Cycle, it's the Halo Playlist Cycle for me.

 

[Tunavi]

By the way, everyone on bungie.net who wants Stockpile back FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT ONLY, they can fuck off.

 

[thezerofire]

I've yet to play a game of Flag Slayer. It looks to be my favorite gametype ever, and I really wanna try it out.

it's really fun. it's essentially Quidditch in Halo: each kill is a point, but cap the flag and you get 50 points.

 

[Major Williams]

Super sad I couldn't get in on the swag bags.  My bungie pen is my most prized collection.  Frankly I wish they made more pens and made them available on te marketplace... *cough* HINT

 

[Tunavi]

HAHAHAHAH plywood, you got (half of) your wish!!!
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=62048110

 

[MrBig]

The "i" in the bungie logo is now on fire, nice touch.

edit: damn your stealth edit

I didn't notice it until I went to that address and had it clearly show up on fullscreen :lol

 

[FyreWulff]

The "i" in the bungie logo is now on fire, nice touch.

It's hard to see at high resolutions, but the dot in the "i" is on fire.

edit: damn your stealth edit

 

[Plywood]

HAHAHAHAH plywood, you got (half of) your wish!!!
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=62048110

Half is better than none.

Son,

I am proud

edit: Saw your bottom post,

because Plywood wanted it gone

Lmao.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Anyone with a silver account want to play Halo this weekend? My awesome roommate (who lets me mooch his Halo/Fallout DLC when he's out) gave me a small stack of 48 hour trials.

Just quote me or PM and they're yours.

 

[HiredN00bs]

By the way, everyone on bungie.net who wants Stockpile back FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT ONLY, they can fuck off.

So do you want it back for the gameplay? Because I definitely do. We loved playing Stockpile in TO, and it was a shame it was removed. Good riddance to headhunter, though; that shit belongs in Actionsack.

 

[Tashi]

The addition of global DMR starts to Team Objective is disappointing and will lead to even less population than the playlist already had. TO got shat up by essentially becoming Throwback in the last Halo 3 playlist update of note, and just like then I'm not going to play in TO post-update.

It would have been fine if there were just optional DMR variants, but the people that want 100% DMR start Objective are already playing MLG.

People who want Objective DMR starts already play MLG? Ehhhh I don't know if I buy that. MLG has a healthy dose of slayer, no radar and the map selection is wildly different. I know that if I play non MLG playlists with GAF, I won't mind playing Objective as much any more.

Edit: Theyre just so different. MLG isn't just about DMR starts and objective gametypes.

 

[Tunavi]

So do you want it back for the gameplay? Because I definitely do. We loved playing Stockpile in TO, and it was a shame it was removed. Good riddance to headhunter, though; that shit belongs in Actionsack.

no, I've never had a fun game of stockpile. Ever.

 

[FyreWulff]

People who want Objective DMR starts already play MLG? Ehhhh I don't know if I buy that. MLG has a healthy dose of slayer, no radar and the map selection is wildly different. I know that if I play non MLG playlists with GAF, I won't mind playing Objective as much any more.

Yeah, well, I guess it doesn't ultimately matter because I'll actually stop playing playlists I don't like instead of certain people that complain about a list and then keep going into it.

I said I'd give Social Throwback a chance in H3 and stopped playing it. You won't find a single game from Social Objective in Halo 3 from me after that post. I don't feel I need to give it a chance again, because BR Start Objective is already available in BTB and MLG. I already know how it plays.

 

[Slightly Live]

Yeah, well, I guess it doesn't ultimately matter because I'll actually stop playing playlists I don't like instead of certain people that complain about a list and then keep going into it.

I said I'd give Social Throwback a chance in H3 and stopped playing it. You won't find a single game from Social Objective in Halo 3 from me after that post. I don't feel I need to give it a chance again, because BR Start Objective is already available in BTB and MLG. I already know how it plays.

I don't touch MLG yet I'm very happy to see DMR starts in Objective.

 

[Hey You]

I wonder how the BTB All stars playlist that comes out tomorrow will hold up in terms of population since pretty much everyone will have a star.

I'll play it for the triple jackpots.

 

[Havok]

So do you want it back for the gameplay? Because I definitely do. We loved playing Stockpile in TO, and it was a shame it was removed. Good riddance to headhunter, though; that shit belongs in Actionsack.

Stockpile's problem was that it was featured almost exclusively on asymmetric maps, giving one team a wildly advantageous position (low capture points on both Powerhouse and Sword Base). If that was fixed, I'd probably be fine with it.

 

[HiredN00bs]

Stockpile's problem was that it was featured almost exclusively on asymmetric maps, giving one team a wildly advantageous position (low capture points on both Powerhouse and Sword Base). If that was fixed, I'd probably be fine with it.

Yeah, we were almost always Red team on Stockpile Sword Base, lol.

 

[MrBig]

Anyone want to play some ff doubles for the weekly?
nvm

 

[Kuroyume]

Super sad I couldn't get in on the swag bags.  My bungie pen is my most prized collection.  Frankly I wish they made more pens and made them available on te marketplace... *cough* HINT

Ballpoint?

 

[Striker]

It really is kind of comical at this point.

3 Flag at least seems interesting on the surface (though I haven't played it). I can't really get behind either of the others, especially speedflag, unless Benny Hill plays behind every match. I looked to Objective to get the core experience, but I guess that's over, because people will almost certainly just start voting for the new stuff now.

Also, terrible terrible Hot Potato not removed from Objective too. Maybe next month. Or the month after that. Forget the Sonic Cycle, it's the Halo Playlist Cycle for me.

Don't add any new maps, but add fringe gametypes. Add them not only after a month earlier where you removed such said modes like Headhunter and Stockpile. This news plus the fact they still won't have Multi-Bomb. Who ran Halo 2 again?

Why are easily managed gametypes/map combos like One Bomb in Reflection never get included in. Don't need that anyway, speedflag! No wonder the playlist never gets taken seriously.

I don't touch MLG yet I'm very happy to see DMR starts in Objective.

They weren't even necessarily needed except on large maps. Tempest used them for CTF and they had it on Boardwalk 3 Plots, too. Hemorrhage got axed because of players getting hit from mid and long range. No changes to that, so they removed it. Now they're committedly adding all DMR starts a month later. Still the same maps, so it makes no difference to me.

 

[J-Roderton]

What does this mean?


What happened to the removal of fringe gametypes -- oh wait, we'll add more a month later!

Speedflag is atrocious.

 

[Tunavi]

So a few of us in the optimatch are trying to get evade out of objective, jetpack out of arena/squad slayer. if you guy would like to weigh in for some vocal support, please do
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=62068630&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=2#end

 

[ncsuDuncan]

Speedflag in Team Objective, eh?

Please tell me Evade will be removed from the gametype.
--
Looks like the Bungie swag bags say "TRU7H.CARNAGE.SWAG" on the front. Nice touch.

 

[Kuroyume]

So a few of us in the optimatch are trying to get evade out of objective, jetpack out of arena/squad slayer. if you guy would like to weigh in for some vocal support, please do
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=62068630&viewreplies=true&postRepeater1-p=2#end

Almost tempted to post because I see some people trashing evade... Jeremiah isn't going to do shit about it though.

 

[Havok]

Please tell me Evade will be removed from everything but Invasion.

That's better.

 

[vhfive]

looks like I'll be playing a lot more objective

 

[Steelyuhas]

Premium battle will be not more for me. Big team objective gametypes. Instant arm the bomb for days.

Imagine if you got a bomb game on Anchor 9, instant arm. That would be fun...

Premium Slayer is a joke as well. All the large maps are in there, for a 5v5 slayer playlist, and of course they are voted for everytime. Who doesn't want to play 5v5 slayer on Highlands, you'll only see a player every four minutes!

The Premium playlists were a good idea, but the exection was poor.

Great to see DMR's in Objective though, evade still needs to get out.

 

[Tunavi]

I feel like Jeremiah goes on the optimatch forum, posts three times, and leaves. How are we supposed to know what he's seeing when he lurks? Is he even reading our posts right now? Ugh.

 

[Striker]

Premium Battle had instant arm already before. It's the sole reason I cringe at wanting to play it. BTB adding it was a kick in the balls.

Might as well tell Jeremiah to give the flag carrier 200% damage and 150% speed. He'll get his much wanted flag scores.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

That is how I wanted Invasion to be structured, with options to string objectives together. Much like we can assign phases to be Assault or One-Flag (okay, core) currently, I'd like to be able to assign different objectives and then set the parameters for each.

I like FyreWulff's resource objective game type. Along those lines, I wish Bungie had incorporated Forge with hard game type rules. I'd construct the following:

• Each team has one randomly selected player spawn as a Monitor.
  
• The Monitor has a small (adjustable via game options) initial budget with which to spawn weapons and vehicles.
  
• Additional funds are added to the Monitor's budget as objectives are met. These could be kills ($5 per kill), CTF caps ($25 per cap) or increment the budget in phases as with Invasion slayer ($100 in budget when 25 kills are reached).
  
• Killing a Monitor yields the killing team a budget bonus (configurable). The Monitor respawns as another player on the team.
  
• Options to restrict what weapons and vehicles could be spawned would be essential.

No idea what it would be called, but it was one of the big ticket items I was hoping to see in Reach's Forge mode.

It would also be the easiest game type in history to grief. "Our Monitor is giving all our guns to the other team!"

Edit: and Dax would troll everyone by spawning Assault Rifles everywhere.

My friends and I used to do something similar to this back in Halo 3. Good times, indeed. (Though we didn't think to reward players for objectives. Hah!)

I was excited for MAG on the PS3 because one person from each team was the general who would order the troops around. I'd love to see that mechanic mixed in with the on-the-fly vehicle orders of Mercenaries/The Outfit.

Also, I'm so mad I missed the grab bags. :^(

 

[Steelyuhas]

Premium Battle had instant arm already before. It's the sole reason I cringe at wanting to play it. BTB adding it was a kick in the balls.

Might as well tell Jeremiah to give the flag carrier 200% damage and 150% speed. He'll get his much wanted flag scores.

It had instant arm for the Big Team maps. If you happened to get a bomb game on a 4v4 map (say Anchor 9), it was the 4v4 rules. In july they will all be big team bomb rules though. At least that's how I interpreted it.

 

[LunaticPuma]

Stockpile needs small symmetric maps to be fun and which are not plentiful in the maps on the disc. It just doesn't work well on Powerhouse or Swordbase which seemed to be the common maps for it.

 

[Striker]

It had instant arm for the Big Team maps. If you happened to get a bomb game on a 4v4 map (say Anchor 9), it was the 4v4 rules. In july they will all be big team bomb rules though. At least that's how I interpreted it.

I was unaware. Played Highlands and Hemorrhage in Premium Battle, chose Assault, and the horrifying glimpse of instant arm reared its ugly head. smh

 

[Kuroyume]

Instant Arm

Halo 3 ruins Reach yet again

First Rocket Race and now this

Is nothing sacred? Will Halo 3's influence be felt in Halo forever?

 

[Steelyuhas]

Instant Arm

Halo 3 ruins Reach yet again

First Rocket Race and now this

Is nothing sacred? Will Halo 3's influence be felt in Halo forever?

Yeah what ever happened to Halo 2, where all the objective gametypes were set up well straight out of the box?

Spoiler

rocket race is fucking awesome though!