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FFChris said:
Aside from the lag decreasing, do you guys see any changes in the spawn system, grenades, weapons?
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Someone on xbox.com forums said that the BR is stronger now... but it is xbox.com forums.
 
strange_booj said:
Someone on xbox.com forums said that the BR is stronger now... but it is xbox.com forums.
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That could be just the decrease in lag making the shots register better. The less lag there is, the more accurate your BRing tends to be.
 
strange_booj said:
Someone on xbox.com forums said that the BR is stronger now... but it is xbox.com forums.
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Hmm. I expect people see what they want to see sometimes. Guess I'll have to play it myself, when I can. =(
 
Halo hates my systems... first game with the update froze up. This isn't the first time this game has destroyed one.

Kinda sucked though, in dlc btb only thing people were doing was trying to get achievements.
 
Shake Appeal said:
First game of Squad Battle I got an Untouchable and my first ever Perfection. Me likey.
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Wow good job! Squad Battle is the most exciting new addition in the TU for me. I don't particually like vehicles, but I do like huge firefights.
 
EazyB said:
I would get one for some AU2 shinanigans but I don't want to drive my new roommate crazy the first night :P

Instead I'll be watchin Heroes!

Don't have classes tomorrow though so I'll see ya guys then.

Edit: And sorry about those last few games, a couple of the guys in my cluster came and introduced themselves so I was pretty distracted. I hope Trasher enjoyed being able to kill me for a change.
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Me too. No classes.
 
Squad Battle games are looonnng. Like, quarter of an hour long.

Trasher, sorry I jumped out on you so rudely earlier. Apparently if you sign out your guest it switches the party or something. Or maybe my guest was party leader. Not sure.
 
Did one game of DLC Big Team, 16 player Avalanche on the first try... started off very laggy but cleared up after a minute or so and was smooth. Got an achievement too (for beating someone with a flag). Good stuff.

Though some douchebag kept talking to his friend about trying to "double double" and he would refuse to drive me (the flag holder) back to base, instead driving his friend on a warthog and spawn-killing their team. Then after the game I found out that's an achievement and they were trying to get that instead of helping teammates win the game.... sigh.
 
The achievements rubbish will go on for a week or so I'd imagine, then die down. I don't see why everyone is so intent on going for specific achievements, stuff like double double isn't hard to get just playing normally.
 
with the best will in the world, getting two double kills, killing two flag carriers etc should come pretty organically

the map/weapon specific ones for mythic, on the other hand...
 
Ok, I got a theory. The current Vidmasters will unlock a Legendary title screen and menus, and the new Vidmasters in the next achievement update will unlock a Mythic title screen/menus (as seen at PAX)
 
Kibbles said:
Ok, I got a theory. The current Vidmasters will unlock a Legendary title screen and menus, and the new Vidmasters in the next achievement update will unlock a Mythic title screen/menus (as seen at PAX)
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Was the TU2 download size big enough to include a new title menu skin?
 
Aren't these achievements going to be quite easy to... erm... boost?

You could just hope in to DLC FFA or Big Team with a large party and mop them up pretty easily.
 
I'm waiting for my class to start right now, but at around 10ish, if anyone is on, I wouldn't mind getting a little party going and maybe some squad battle or dlc btb. You guys know you want my sniping skills on your team, don't lie.
 
Shake Appeal said:
Sooo... who wants to do Annual with me on Thursday/Friday night?
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If you want, count me in. I'll likely be getting this achievement many times -- not just for myself, but for friends. I'm excellent at the driving section on "Halo;" I can get through the whole thing with out dying 80% of the time.
 
Dax01 said:
If you want, count me in. I'll likely be getting this achievement many times -- not just for myself, but for friends. I'm excellent at the driving section on "Halo;" I can get through the whole thing with out dying 80% of the time.
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haha u r dax u suuuukkk lololololol

okay. Sorry.

Yeah, i'd totally be up for it too. Although I forget what Iron's effect is when you have multiple people dying. Also, you have to go through the entire level. >_>
 
Sai-kun said:
haha u r dax u suuuukkk lololololol

okay. Sorry.

Yeah, i'd totally be up for it too. Although I forget what Iron's effect is when you have multiple people dying. Also, you have to go through the entire level. >_>
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B.Net
Iron Skull:
.... It's a real -blam!-. In co-op games, if one player dies, you all restart at the last checkpoint. In individual games, if you die, the entire mission restarts. Ouch.

And you gotta do the whole level... not gonna be easy
 
BladedExpert said:
Maybe, but you gotta get 4 ghosts to the end of the level too :lol
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That should be easy with Iron skull enabled. If one ghost falls off, everyone will revert to previous check point (i.e. everyone back in ghosts). Not really seeing the challenge, but playing campaign co-op should be fun. I really would love to run through the game with 3 others sometime. I have not done that yet despite how much I play.
 
admittingly i havent played halo properly for a week or two not, but everything feels smoother...perhaps because im a btb junkie and squad battle has 4 less people playin?
 
Only played one game of Squad Battle (got Sandtrap Team Slayer) but my god the spawns were so awful. I would spawn near the Spartan Laser and it'd instantly spawn four enemies behind me just 5-10 feet away (by the warthogs). This happened like 4 or 5 times too.

I can understand spawning issues on Blackout (being a small map and all), but doing that shit on SANDTRAP? You gotta be kidding. I'll gamevee it later if I remember, it was so retarded.
 
Stuck at work, hungover, for another 9 hours :(.

Are the Shield Door-less maps included in TU2?

All the new playlists are up?

I'm interested in seeing how the 8 player FFA spawns are. Anyone try it yet?

I'll be down for some achievement hunting on thursday and friday, single player only though, I'm being faithful to my Halo multiplayer and getting the online achievements legit.

CrazedArabMan said:
whoa, just stirred up a hornet's nest in poligaf thread, they still can't believe a conservative is on GAF, oh well, anyone up for some AU2 halo.
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I'm from western canada... I'll leave it at that ;)
 
CrazedArabMan said:
whoa, just stirred up a hornet's nest in poligaf thread, they still can't believe a conservative is on GAF, oh well, anyone up for some AU2 halo.
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There are plenty conservatives in the PoliGAF thread; but Obamaniacs will only pile on you if you say something dumb.

*goes to the PoliGAF thread*

Good job! You succeeded!
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Anyway, is it confirmed that some new info will be announced today?
 
The assholes are out in full force. I already had a 'argument' with some guy because he didn't take to kindly to the fact that I'm not a General like him and I didn't want to veto. I typed 'argument' because I was laughing at him the whole time he was yelling and he got so upset that he quit.
 
CrazedArabMan said:
whoa, just stirred up a hornet's nest in poligaf thread, they still can't believe a conservative is on GAF, oh well, anyone up for some AU2 halo.
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There's nothing wrong with being conservative. There's plenty wrong with saying:

And now the bomb, you know and I know that if Obama wasn't black, he would not be even remotely as popular as what he is today.
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Because being a black politician is an asset, somehow.

But I will continue to ignore you on PoliGAF, and embrace you on HaloGAF!
 
fin said:
I'm interested in seeing how the 8 player FFA spawns are. Anyone try it yet?
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Its fantastic! I haven't encountered any spawn problems yet. There are finally enough players on a map that you don't feel screwed when the other 4 people are on the other side of the map and there's only a small amount of time for you to catch up.

Of course there's kill stealing but I wouldn't have it any other way.
 
cjelly said:
Well, I broke one of my controllers this morning while play DLC BTB. :(

Smashed it against the floor in frustration.
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Halo 3: Serious Business. =)

Blueblur1 said:
Its fantastic! I haven't encountered any spawn problems yet. There are finally enough players on a map that you don't feel screwed when the other 4 people are on the other side of the map and there's only a small amount of time for you to catch up.

Of course there's kill stealing but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Theres a lovely one on rats nest, at the start on one spawn, one guy spawns directly behind another for a guarenteed kill. =(
 
the respawns on squad battle are terrible. And the respawns on Rats Nest are atrocious. So far I've been spawned: in clear open view of sniper fire, been spawned and immediatily splattered, spawned in clear view of a warthog and ghost, spawned in the middle of losing battles

I know what Bungie are trying to do: they're trying to make the gameplay more fast paced and decrease the amount of time running towards the battles. What they have achieved instead is a totally opposote where no one is safe and the winning teams have the advantage. We need something in the middle where bungee : (
 
Blueblur1 said:
The assholes are out in full force.
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:lol I hear ya. After playing with pleasent people for the last couple of weeks in NHL09 and Too Human. I jumped on H3 last night and in the first game people were already calling each other names. I'm gonna try and get some of it in audio form in the future, some of it is such gold.

cjelly said:
Well, I broke one of my controllers this morning while play DLC BTB. :(

Smashed it against the floor in frustration.
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:lol The Halo series have taken three controllers away from me.
 
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