The Librarian
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EazyB said:
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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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I want to play with youuuuuuuu.
I played 2 vs. 3 in Cold Storage (our third got 'dropped'). Anyways, fun map, and there's a lot of movement. Shotgun is the most key weapon, I think.
Assault Rifle is a better starting tool to begin the map as well. The BR just removes their shield so you can get a friendly grenade to finish it out.
Still, I think there should be less Team Slayer BR games and more Team Rifles. It makes sense like that, anyways.
Assault Rifle is a better starting tool to begin the map as well. The BR just removes their shield so you can get a friendly grenade to finish it out.
Still, I think there should be less Team Slayer BR games and more Team Rifles. It makes sense like that, anyways.
The Librarian
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I never said any of those things he listed; he's lying. For what reason I do not know.Striker said:
Well guys, today, on Bungie Day, I went 9-0 in team doubles. AND GOT MY LEVEL 30! I'M A MAJOR!
This is an ironic statement, but yeah, that guy's some random moron who comes in here from time to time and posts stupid shit. best to I-G-N-O-R-E.Dax01 said:
Really? Really?armubaba said:
The Librarian
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Buttonbasher
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Everyone left before I could finish reading my poetry...
You guys can take THAT to the bank.
You guys can take THAT to the bank.
Buttonbasher
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Is this why we were partying in the Shield Door?:lolarmubaba said:
Numbers was the one who initially brought it up during tonight's game, and I was just wondering why that still continues to come up. But alas, let us change the topic.the disgruntled gamer said:
I think I kinda got tired of Halo for a bit, and that, along with the release of GTA and finals, really cut down my gaming time.
As for Desmond O'Donnel- he will be back come football season. Muse will have to take the reigns for now. :lol
ButtonBasher said:
Hell yeah! :lol
I seem to remember you dropping from one game Spud and I were playing, we got our asses kicked, I blamed you, I spread rumors that you were a big-time quitter, and over time silly yet oft-repeated joke became truth. Well, I'm glad we have you back, pal.
Well, I played several matches on Cold Storage (love the playlist btw, another addition to the list of things to thank Bungie for), and I really really like it. It's a really nice looking map, it offers some of the most intense cqc I've seen since H2, it makes me feel like I'm in control of my grenades again, and it didn't cost me a dime. I'm really happy with it. And it's certainly not half-assed either, the map has a lot of nice little touches, like the monitor closely following the action. Good show, Bungie.
Well, I played several matches on Cold Storage (love the playlist btw, another addition to the list of things to thank Bungie for), and I really really like it. It's a really nice looking map, it offers some of the most intense cqc I've seen since H2, it makes me feel like I'm in control of my grenades again, and it didn't cost me a dime. I'm really happy with it. And it's certainly not half-assed either, the map has a lot of nice little touches, like the monitor closely following the action. Good show, Bungie.
QuickSilverGunk
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the disgruntled gamer said:
I will s*** bricks if the map is exactly as you say it is. I'm looking forward to popping H3 back in the disk drive now.
Falagard said:
Not the fact that they exist. I love them in the map.. just that you can't go through a teleport backwards and face the opposite direction like old times.
I also wish going through the "Puke Room" teleporter faced you towards the needler / jump into camo room by default.
Whipped Spartan
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Can you go into walls in Halo my cousin swears you can. But I think he is full of shit because he is a halo hater.
oddworld18
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LukeSmith said:
Oh... wow...
:lol
Seriously, though, 273 Dax? Do you have super flaky internet or do you just have no honor?
:lol Oh, I hope, hope, hope that Friday will come when I read that sentence. I played BTB today and had five guys on my team drop. 3v8: not fun.LukeSmith said:
He's quit about 17.8% of his games.oddworld18 said:
Dax, why? By comparison, I'm at 4.2%, Ram is at 1.3%, Ghal is at 7.9%, Urk is at 0.2%, Luke is at 0.9%.... so yeah, everyone quits (shit happens)... but not that much.I'm quoting this because it's true, as they say. The comparison pics on b.net really hammer it home, but Bungie doesn't do stuff - even "ports" - half-assed. The visual look and fidelity are top notch. I was showing the map to my kid in Forge and she asked if I could fly up the crevice that runs way up high in one room (ridged, bright light coming down and frozen mist). And guess what - as a Monitor, you can fly all the way up there. And it's all detailed, every nook and cranny. Watching the frozen mist float down was mesmerizing.the disgruntled gamer said:
I did one match before joining some friends for BTB shenanigans, and my two first impressions were 1) the map flows really well. Lots of crazy action, guys coming from all sides. I like that there's rarely a one on one shootout - there always seemed to be at least three guys fighting each other, which adds a lot of dnamics to the firefights. And 2), the teleporters confuse the heck out of me. I get lost on any map that isn't a big open bowl, so that's no surprise though.
Good stuff. One hell of a gift from Bungie. I think on the podcast they mentioned it takes ~4 months to build a map like this. And then they give it away for free, and build a playlist around it to kick it off. For a studio that gives a lot to the community, this is the icing on a very sweet cake.
Thanks, guys.
So, I haven't played Halo 3 since January, and Bungie.net tells me that besides that one evening in Jan., I haven't Playerd Halo 3 since November.
I loaded up the game tonight, intending to download the four free maps coming my way and enjoy a little multiplayer.
But a quick look at my achievements showed me I never cleared the campaign. o.0 I was only up to the start of Chapter 6, in fact. I'm just not into the Halo mythos or anything... I only got it for multiplayer. Then I put the game down for CoD4, then Uncharted, etc etc. I just completely forgot that it was unfinished. :lol :lol
So I had an awesome time working my way through Chapter 6 on normal, and earned this sucker:
I sniped some brutes, fucked up many Wraiths and Ghosts via a Scorpion tank, dismantled a scarab, gunned in a warthog for a while, owned some bitches with successive invisibility upgrades... good times.
After I clear the final three chapters on normal, any Halo vets interested in carrying me through Legendary? I won't be useless... I'm a rank 35 in Rumble Pit (Proof: http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/RankHistory.aspx?player=ErrorJustin). I just need someone that knows the maps to help out.
I loaded up the game tonight, intending to download the four free maps coming my way and enjoy a little multiplayer.
But a quick look at my achievements showed me I never cleared the campaign. o.0 I was only up to the start of Chapter 6, in fact. I'm just not into the Halo mythos or anything... I only got it for multiplayer. Then I put the game down for CoD4, then Uncharted, etc etc. I just completely forgot that it was unfinished. :lol :lol
So I had an awesome time working my way through Chapter 6 on normal, and earned this sucker:
I sniped some brutes, fucked up many Wraiths and Ghosts via a Scorpion tank, dismantled a scarab, gunned in a warthog for a while, owned some bitches with successive invisibility upgrades... good times.
After I clear the final three chapters on normal, any Halo vets interested in carrying me through Legendary?
I won't be useless... I'm a rank 35 in Rumble Pit (Proof: http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/RankHistory.aspx?player=ErrorJustin). I just need someone that knows the maps to help out.Ah, The Ark. Good times. Just wait until the next mission.GDJustin said:I sniped some brutes, fucked up many Wraiths and Ghosts via a Scorpion tank, dismantled a scarab, gunned in a warthog for a while, owned some bitches with successive invisibility upgrades... good times.
After I clear the final three chapters on normal, any Halo vets interested in carrying me t hrough Legendary?
And yeah, I'm down for co-op any time. Legendary - especially with some skulls turn on - is amazing in co-op. I still play some co-op every week or so.
Buttonbasher
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I was complaining about how the only achievement I have left is Mongoose Mowdown, and then I got a Splatter on the Mongoose. Wrong playlist though : /
GhaleonEB said:Ah, The Ark. Good times. Just wait until the next mission.
And yeah, I'm down for co-op any time. Legendary - especially with some skulls turn on - is amazing in co-op. I still play some co-op every week or so.
Nice. I'll ping you after I wrap up the campaign on normal and we'll try to get it together some evening. Maybe rope in a couple other GAFfers, too.
With a couple skulls on I could truly bang out some achievements, because I don't have any of the meta-game ones, either. And I still have 4 skull achievements to earn.
Edit: With E3 being next week it might be a little bit, though.
This caught my eye:
I'm not great with teleporters, they only don't confuse me when it's really simple, like on Beaver Creek or Coagulation or Avalanche.
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Now, I don't know what "at the time" is, but Halo 3 had 7 Forerunner maps, 3 Human maps, and 1 Covenant map. The two map packs were all human maps, except for Avalanche, which could be considered Forerunner. Now, that brings the tally to 8 Forerunner maps, 8 Human maps, and 1 Covenant map. So, let's say a while back Bungie's trying to figure out what setting they use for the map they're making, which would later be codenamed Purple Reign, and they choose to use this same logic: develop for a setting that we haven't been using heavily recently. What setting could they possibly use?Cold Storage Q&A said:
I had hoped I wasn't the only one. It usually takes me a day or two to soldify in my head where everything is in a map, but it will take longer on CS with the teleporters bringing you here and there.GhaleonEB said:
I'm not great with teleporters, they only don't confuse me when it's really simple, like on Beaver Creek or Coagulation or Avalanche.
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AZ Greg
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Uh, has Microsoft/Bungie partnered with Hurley clothing?
http://www.hurley.com/ms/phantom/
The "ms" in the link would make it seem so, but there are no obvious ties other than the music. I'm wondering if they just stole the music to promote their shorts. :lol
http://www.hurley.com/ms/phantom/
The "ms" in the link would make it seem so, but there are no obvious ties other than the music. I'm wondering if they just stole the music to promote their shorts. :lol
I would like to thank Eazy for supplying one of the best moments in recent memory...he grabs the laser on Standoff, enemy hog approaches, he is aimlessly running towards the middle of the map, Nutter tells him to fire the Laser and he proceeds to disconnect and the hog rapes us. :lol
Shake Appeal
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0.015%the disgruntled gamer said:He's quit about 17.8% of his games.
And all of that is me leaving to accept a friend's invite. If I'm playing BTB and it goes 1v8, I will keep playing to the bitter end. I'm stubborn like that.
TemplaerDude
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rockets is the best gametype ever. for any map. ever.
The Lamonster
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numbers and buttonbasher: my internet shat out during my final game last night, sorry!
I probably have a large quit count too. My modem just randomly resets about once an hour and it really sucks. I've lost so much exp because of it.
I need to get a new provider but I'm too lazy. I will do it! someday...
I probably have a large quit count too. My modem just randomly resets about once an hour and it really sucks. I've lost so much exp because of it.
I need to get a new provider but I'm too lazy. I will do it! someday...
To be fair, my internet connection has been spotty lately. I'd say 10-15% of those are me dropping to one red bar and then dropping out of the game.the disgruntled gamer said:He's quit about 17.8% of his games.
But still. That's too high, and nearly all of the others are in the past month or two. I just get impatient with griefers/moran randoms. But seeing the number that high...I'll stick it out more often.
The Lamonster
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TDG, can you check my quit percentage?
So when does the 'Icy Treat' playlist go away? I wanna see this map included into normal matchmaking. I wasn't able to get a game with the real weapon spawns so I'm still not sure where everything is. All I got last night was Fiesta, Braiiiiins and Swords. Over, and over again.
Me too please?
I think I'm at a pretty high amount of -xp as well around 50 or so. There are two main reasons I'll quit a game:
1) Lagged out.
2) If someone on our team quits and we start to get handed some pwnage. (don't wanna get my k/d ratio f'ed up. I'm waaaay more concerned about my K/D ratio than my XP)
There are probably many reasons for people to quit a game but these two, I believe, are uncontrollable. What happens to me in Halo 3 is if our team starts the match slow, ie: losing, one of our randoms will leave before trying to work together. If something like this happens could Halo 3 just quit the game and count the match as a null for both teams? I understand this would be abused. People would love to quit games just before they are lose to throw the match.
Maybe an: 'If player exits match before time = 3:00min then match ends & game = null, if after 3:00min then match resumes'?
This would still get abused, but may leviate getting unwanted -xp caused by excessive lag and assholes leaving.
The Lamonster said:
Me too please?
LukeSmith said:
I think I'm at a pretty high amount of -xp as well around 50 or so. There are two main reasons I'll quit a game:
1) Lagged out.
2) If someone on our team quits and we start to get handed some pwnage. (don't wanna get my k/d ratio f'ed up. I'm waaaay more concerned about my K/D ratio than my XP)
There are probably many reasons for people to quit a game but these two, I believe, are uncontrollable. What happens to me in Halo 3 is if our team starts the match slow, ie: losing, one of our randoms will leave before trying to work together. If something like this happens could Halo 3 just quit the game and count the match as a null for both teams? I understand this would be abused. People would love to quit games just before they are lose to throw the match.
Maybe an: 'If player exits match before time = 3:00min then match ends & game = null, if after 3:00min then match resumes'?
This would still get abused, but may leviate getting unwanted -xp caused by excessive lag and assholes leaving.
The Lamonster
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It's a 48-hour playlist. Read the Weekly Update for more details.fin said:
brokenwatch
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If there is a quit threshold, and it seriously affects matchmaking I think I would quit playing Halo 3. You can't pay me enough to play Halo 3 with some of the douchebags online. I'm not going to stick around for an unbalanced game, or a ridiculous game type. In a team game what's the point of playing when your team is trying to betray you? Or if they aren't even playing (annoyingly common). There's also no pointing in playing games when they get laggy to a certain point. Also getting spawn killed is not enjoyable, and happens on a lot of game types, especially with AR starts.
Anyway, the point is there are a ton of reasons to quit from a game. I could care less about my EXP, but if its going to affect matchmaking that would be really annoying.
Anyway, the point is there are a ton of reasons to quit from a game. I could care less about my EXP, but if its going to affect matchmaking that would be really annoying.
Yeah, those are my reasons for dropping. I play almost exclusively on the BTB playlist, so the games are usually pretty log affairs. If we get stuck with a lousy gametype (Territories on Sandtrap, say) or I've got griefers on my team, it's a long, unpleasant slog before the end of the game. And I only get to play for an hour or two each day, tops, so I hate to be stuck in a game like that so long.brokenwatch said:
Revengeance
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:lol I almost just did the same thing. 1.8% for me. I get dropped occasionally, and if I reach throw the controller level frustration, I'll just turn the box off. Mostly, though, if the rest of my team quits, I'll play to the end, and if the other team is filled with d-bags constantly using 'humiliation tactics,' I'll do as much camping as possible to make them play till time runs out.Louis Wu said:Hmm... is this you?
Cause 12 quits in 812 matchmaking games is 1.5%, not 0.015%.
(Still pretty good - but what you posted was insane. .015% is 3 quits in 20,000 games.
GM Bullfrog
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I'm at 2.04%.
I fucking told Blood that we shouldn't play anymore matches. I could feel it in my delicate elite bones. The Halo Gods were angry that I defied their wishes and proceeded to boot me.Ramirez said:
As far as quits go, out of the 2500+ games I've played I think I may have dropped out of a little under 20 of them (~.8%). I've never quit a game on purpose but do lag out from time to time (see above).
Captain Blood
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We only lost by 2 bro, Had the ISP gods not booted you from the game the Halo gods would have smiled........like this
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