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The Official Halo 3 Thread
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BladedExpert
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Sumidor said:I am so incredibly horrible at Grifball.. I cannot kill anyone for the life of me with that hammer. I think I got more kills with the skull in some games, than I did with the hammer..
The Hammer is extremely inconsistent over Live. I either go plus 20 or minus 20. It seems very host dependent.
The Librarian
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Just checked out a coagulation remake. It's on the middle level, and the creator blocked off the towers so they can't shoot at you. Didn't realize how big the middle level is when you have access to the entire area. Also there was a boarding action remake we tried, and it looked awesome. It had three levels to it on each side.
Shafto said:
I'm sure it will sell a lot with the ads on NXE. I think people have seen so much of these maps these past few months that many feel they're old right now. I almost don't even care anymore because I've seen so much of them. They impressions have been pretty mixed too. If I had the points right now I would bother getting them.
LunaticPuma
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Blueblur1 said:I guess most of us already had the maps because this thread has been eerily quiet this morning.
I'm one of the elite who doesn't own the maps. Not sure when I'll download them though.
The Librarian
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My friend who is an avid Halo player just got the maps this morning (he doesn't like RTSs). We've been playing all morning.Blueblur1 said:I guess most of us already had the maps because this thread has been eerily quiet this morning.
BladedExpert
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Willeth said:
Certainly is! There is a mix of Slayer and Objective.
The Librarian
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There is objective....StranGER said:
BladedExpert
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Timan said:
Yep. Took me at least 4 games to know the layout properly. CTF helps.
Yeah, but what I mean is that there was supposedly this giant battle with the Chief and a huge army that culminated in the Brute Chieftain holding his body up as a trophy, and Chief blowing him to hell. And yet from Halo 1 to 3 we see Chief from stasis to stasis with no ambiguous breaks. When the hell did this happen?
I've not read the books - did it happen before CE? If so, it seems a weird way to advertise Halo 3. If not, then what the fuck.
I've not read the books - did it happen before CE? If so, it seems a weird way to advertise Halo 3. If not, then what the fuck.
Rodeo Clown
All aboard! The Love train!
As a mere plebeian who just now got the Mythic maps, but lurks this thread a bit, could someone kindly link to the post with all the GAF made Sandbox maps?
The Librarian
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What are you talking about? There is a playlist called "HaloWarsMythic" that contains team objective and slayer variants.StranGER said:
Willeth said:
It's supposed to be emblematic - not just of Chief, but of humanity as a whole. Supposed to show the struggle of the individual against overwhelming odds as a symbol of humanity's heroism in the face of a far greater foe.
Humanity is a pretty cool guy.
LunaticPuma
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soldat7 said:
I wouldn't get my hopes up. It's been 9 months and Cold Storage still isn't relevant.
Cold Storage + Multi-Team = Win
Slightly Live
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I wonder who is most excited today? Bungie, seeing their hard work finally going up for general release or Microsoft sales forecasters?
If Mythic does half as good as Legendary, which we were told was still selling thousands per week just a while back, I'm pretty sure whom it is.
If Mythic does half as good as Legendary, which we were told was still selling thousands per week just a while back, I'm pretty sure whom it is.
Believe will go down as one of the greatest video game advertisement campaigns of all time. Eventually someone will come along and do one better, but this one did it first (arguably influenced by the impact of Gears of War's serious/somber Mad World spot).Willeth said:
It will forever be a foot-mark on marketing videogames. Those ads made the game feel larger then itself, and hit a tone that the games weren't even able to achieve.
Slightly Live
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Dirtbag said:
You could even say the ad was very misleading.
The Madworld Gears ad, as you mentioned, captured a great feeling of scale, very sombre. Perhaps too, in a way, it was slightly misleading. The Believe ad, showing, in pretty detail, a scene that never existed? Hinting towards a massive ground confrontation?
It overshot the mark. I know of a few folks that were disappointed with the final game asking question about cut content and whatnot.
I know I was hoping for something similar to what that ad showed. It's still a brilliant ad though. Easily one of the best game ads of all time.
Rodeo Clown said:
EazyB's GAF Map List
Newish additions:
Ghaleon's Entrenched - updated
Dax's Age of Empires - updated
Sixthsubset's GAF map blog.
Map maker - Map(s)
Alisdair Bnet - Aspirite v2
Bladed Expert Bnet Mage v2.1
Dax01 Bnet Age of Empire, Geminie
EazyB Bnet- Rise v3.1
Exfixate Bnet - Gangplank Galley
Fin Bnet - Refuge v1
Ghaleon Bnet - Centrifugal, Entrenched, Sandstorm
GM Bullfrog Bnet Kulkukan
Grimm Fandango Bnet Turf II v2
Havok Bnet - Agartha, Phaeton
Insaniac Bnet - Sky Perch
Metroidvania Bnet - Mountain 1.03
Merguson Bnet Firmament v1.2
Nokyard Bnet - Grifball Palace
Oozer Bnet - Remnant a1.0
Spirit Bnet Pitfall V2, Worship
Spudbud Bnet - gave up on life
Vhfive Bnet - Sanctum v2, Flying Dutchman
Vociferous Bnet - Abaddon
Dax01 - Age of Empire
Tools
Fourdoor - All default objects moved to crypt
Vociferous - All objects on the ground moved aside so that they aren't in the way. (Updated 2/28)
Vociferous - All default objects moved to the skybubble
its in the OP ;P
I'm gonna admit the adds were pretty cool.
But, I also thought the adds were excess and a waste of money. I honestly could tell you that the average person watching that video would be like 'wtf'. I would've targeted new audiences instead of trying to appease their fans through bombardment.
Why appease your core fans when you could easily do that through some of that viral crap( does the Flash website and that NYC stunt ring a bell?) you had going on? Everyone knew the core fans were going to buy the game the question is how could they draw in new ones. Those adds did nothing to do that. The only thing they did was make your die-hard fans get a hard on and remind your non-die hard fans that they have to wait 2 months for the game to come out.
But, I also thought the adds were excess and a waste of money. I honestly could tell you that the average person watching that video would be like 'wtf'. I would've targeted new audiences instead of trying to appease their fans through bombardment.
Why appease your core fans when you could easily do that through some of that viral crap( does the Flash website and that NYC stunt ring a bell?) you had going on? Everyone knew the core fans were going to buy the game the question is how could they draw in new ones. Those adds did nothing to do that. The only thing they did was make your die-hard fans get a hard on and remind your non-die hard fans that they have to wait 2 months for the game to come out.
BladedExpert
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vhfive said:
Fixed my link (I changed it again sorry)
CrazedArabMan
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Dirtbag said:
I do wish the game had some more drama/emotion like those ads, or at least an epic open world style city fight. But that is why we are getting ODST.
Question about the new ranking:
I see a lot of people with White General logo's beside their name, but when you go into their service record, they are only a major or something similar.
How does that work? Can you no longer change your ranking in your service record since they changed the ranking...or how does it work now?
I'm getting close to 45 with Lone Wolves which will give me Brigadiere, and I don't want to get screwed
I see a lot of people with White General logo's beside their name, but when you go into their service record, they are only a major or something similar.
How does that work? Can you no longer change your ranking in your service record since they changed the ranking...or how does it work now?
I'm getting close to 45 with Lone Wolves which will give me Brigadiere, and I don't want to get screwed
Grimm Fandango
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oatmeal said:Question about the new ranking:
I see a lot of people with White General logo's beside their name, but when you go into their service record, they are only a major or something similar.
How does that work? Can you no longer change your ranking in your service record since they changed the ranking...or how does it work now?
I'm getting close to 45 with Lone Wolves which will give me Brigadiere, and I don't want to get screwed
You just get enough experience in the playlist to become a general. It doesn't matter what your highest skill level is.
CrazedArabMan
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CrazedArabMan said:I do wish the game had some more drama/emotion like those ads, or at least an epic open world style city fight. But that is why we are getting ODST.
Call it a fake general, they have the experience in the playlist to be one, but there skill level isn't high enough.
oatmeal said:Question about the new ranking:
I see a lot of people with White General logo's beside their name, but when you go into their service record, they are only a major or something similar.
How does that work? Can you no longer change your ranking in your service record since they changed the ranking...or how does it work now?
I'm getting close to 45 with Lone Wolves which will give me Brigadiere, and I don't want to get screwed
The white "logo" is the amount of experience in that particular playlist.
For example, back when the DLC FFA playlist was up I was a General in that playlist. I had accumulated 500+ experience in that list. My overall rank was a Brigadier Grade 3.
Each playlist you start at 0 exp. When you win you get a xp point added to your overall EXP as well as EXP in that list.
With the new ranking system, it's basically there to see how good someone is in a particular playlist.
So when you reach 45 in Lone Wolves, you will still have Brig listed in your service record.
oatmeal said:
Yes.
Slightly Live
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Microsoft's spam mail really does a good job of selling the new content. =(
All of this could be done the day NXE launched.
BladedExpert
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Just found out there's a Film of Mage v2 gameplay on Bungie Favourites. Only thing is its an old version with crappy killball spawns and the guy playing doesn't do a good job of making the map look fun :lol
Oh well, its better than nothing i guess :/
Oh well, its better than nothing i guess :/
The Librarian
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vhfive said:
FIXED
LunaticPuma
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soldat7 said:
Hmm, it might since it means the Arcade kids can get in on all of the DLC action. I'd love to see Bungie finally utilize the maps across matchmaking.
Suggestion/request: when editing/updating the GAF map list, please don't do so in a block quote. That makes it impossible for me (or anyone else) to quote and then roll it forward. For the OP, I grab the list every few days and park it in there. I can't do that for the last few updates, so I'll have to manually paste the changes in. Because I'm such a lazy bastard, I'd rather do it the easy way. 
BTW, I'm going to retire Sandstorm tonight. Going back to it, I still really like the design, but the top level is embarrassingly chunky. I've learned a few tips for making things better, but my first pass at ironing out even a few blocks was just too time consuming, and it's chunky enough that I'd rather pull it.
BTW, I'm going to retire Sandstorm tonight. Going back to it, I still really like the design, but the top level is embarrassingly chunky. I've learned a few tips for making things better, but my first pass at ironing out even a few blocks was just too time consuming, and it's chunky enough that I'd rather pull it.
The list in the OP is a tad outdated. So updated it with fixed links will just make it confusing when it comes to addressing problems with the actual list. Again, PMing me or just posting the change in the thread would be easier. Bladed, I'll go ahead and fix your link now (Edit: Umm, it seems fine to me.).
Can't wait to see the maps of those who haven't been able to own the Mythic maps now that they've hit XBLMP.
Latest Changes:
4.9 Vhfive's Sanctum updated, added Platform
4.5 EazyB's Ber Ber Creek and Ber Ber Custom
4.5 FourDoor's Airstream 0.2
4.4 Ghaleon's Entrenched - updated
4.3 Oozers Remnant updated
4.3 Ghaleon's Centrifugal, and Entrenched
4.3 BladedExpert updated Mage
4.3 Dax's Age of Empires renamed
Sixthsubset's GAF map blog.
Map maker - Map(s)
Alisdair Bnet - Aspirite v2
Bladed Expert Bnet Mage v2.1
Dax01 Bnet The Map Formally Known as Age of Empires, Geminie
EazyB Bnet- Ber Ber Creek, Ber Ber Customs, Rise v3.1
Exfixate Bnet - Gangplank Galley
Fin Bnet - Refuge v1
FourDoor Bnet - Air Stream 0.2
Ghaleon Bnet - Centrifugal, Entrenched, Sandstorm
GM Bullfrog Bnet Kulkukan
Grimm Fandango Bnet Turf II v2
Havok Bnet - Agartha, Phaeton
Insaniac Bnet - Sky Perch
Metroidvania Bnet - Mountain 1.03
Merguson Bnet Firmament v1.2
Nokyard Bnet - Grifball Palace
Oozer Bnet - Remnant a1.0
Spirit Bnet Pitfall V2, Worship
Spudbud Bnet - gave up on life
Vhfive Bnet - Platform, Sanctum, Flying Dutchman
Vociferous Bnet - Abaddon
Tools
Fourdoor - All default objects moved to crypt
Vociferous - All objects on the ground moved aside so that they aren't in the way.
Vociferous - All default objects moved to the skybubble
Can't wait to see the maps of those who haven't been able to own the Mythic maps now that they've hit XBLMP.
Latest Changes:
4.9 Vhfive's Sanctum updated, added Platform
4.5 EazyB's Ber Ber Creek and Ber Ber Custom
4.5 FourDoor's Airstream 0.2
4.4 Ghaleon's Entrenched - updated
4.3 Oozers Remnant updated
4.3 Ghaleon's Centrifugal, and Entrenched
4.3 BladedExpert updated Mage
4.3 Dax's Age of Empires renamed
Sixthsubset's GAF map blog.
Map maker - Map(s)
Alisdair Bnet - Aspirite v2
Bladed Expert Bnet Mage v2.1
Dax01 Bnet The Map Formally Known as Age of Empires, Geminie
EazyB Bnet- Ber Ber Creek, Ber Ber Customs, Rise v3.1
Exfixate Bnet - Gangplank Galley
Fin Bnet - Refuge v1
FourDoor Bnet - Air Stream 0.2
Ghaleon Bnet - Centrifugal, Entrenched, Sandstorm
GM Bullfrog Bnet Kulkukan
Grimm Fandango Bnet Turf II v2
Havok Bnet - Agartha, Phaeton
Insaniac Bnet - Sky Perch
Metroidvania Bnet - Mountain 1.03
Merguson Bnet Firmament v1.2
Nokyard Bnet - Grifball Palace
Oozer Bnet - Remnant a1.0
Spirit Bnet Pitfall V2, Worship
Spudbud Bnet - gave up on life
Vhfive Bnet - Platform, Sanctum, Flying Dutchman
Vociferous Bnet - Abaddon
Tools
Fourdoor - All default objects moved to crypt
Vociferous - All objects on the ground moved aside so that they aren't in the way.
Vociferous - All default objects moved to the skybubble
Digital Limit
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I'm really surprised at how few news sites have mentioned that the general public can get the Halo 3 Mythic Maps. Probably because the press already has 'em.
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