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What is the difference between choosing campaign and solo game to play by yourself? I know campaign allows others to join you, but is anything else different? Heroic difficulty seemed a lot hard to me on the first level in "campaign" mode than it did in "solo game" mode. Is that because it is adjusted for more people to join in?
 
meddow said:
No dude, its really not.

Lone wolf is retarded, 5 people, maybe if they had 8 i could find ppl in the maps, level 22 in lone wolf trying to get higher, but its really hard to find anyone during the match.
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Everyone keeps saying this. I never have to hunt for a battle on any map. I imagine they'll bump it to eight soon, though.
 
JdFoX187 said:
I played a couple games on Isolation the other day where everyone had BRs. You spawn, get shot, die. Rinse and repeat. I actually won the match and it was a pain in the ass because the only time I was safe when I spawned was when I was behind a fucking wall. BR starts are horrible. The AR is much better.
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yeh so either take BR off isolation completely or give it to everyone. its unbalanced because the map is small and the team which gets position and BRs wins.

bungie did make the weapons respawn fairly quickly though so the losing team can always find a BR i guess.

oh and another thing, wtf is up with the 3 minute OS and cloak? OS is pretty much worthless anyway, but cloak is useful and should spawn every 2 min.

anway i just gotta say these new mlg gametypes suck apparently. first revision but i hear they made it so its pretty much halo 2 in hd; no equipment, limited ARs, etc.
 
MaX_PL said:
yeh so either take BR off isolation completely or give it to everyone. its unbalanced because the map is small and the team which gets position and BRs wins.

bungie did make the weapons respawn fairly quickly though so the losing team can always find a BR i guess.

oh and another thing, wtf is up with the 3 minute OS and cloak? OS is pretty much worthless anyway, but cloak is useful and should spawn every 2 min.

anway i just gotta say these new mlg gametypes suck apparently. first revision but i hear they made it so its pretty much halo 2 in hd; no equipment, limited ARs, etc.
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Or how about learn map control? As I said, I won that Isolation game where people were slaughtering with BRs. I won because I knew where the equipment and weapons were at and eventually used that to my advantage.

The problem I have with MLG is they don't care about weapon control at all. You give an MLG player a battle rifle and that's all he'll use. That's not Halo. What's the point of all the other weapons on the map if they're all nullified by the battle rifle?

The assault rifle is the perfect balance between the BR and the SMG. Adapt your playing style to the game and you'll be surprised how good you get and how much more fun you'll have.

Stinkles said:
Nothin' wrong with that. That's why we give those options.
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Which is great. I just wish some wouldn't talk about how much better MLG rules were compared to matchmaking rules.
 
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Halo 3 looks better than real life confirmed.
 
Thermite said:
I don't know if ButtonBasher, Armubaba, or Spudbud has told the tale of what happened last night/this morning yet, so I apologize for posting this if they have. The plan was to go through the campaign fairly quickly, collecting skulls, getting achievement points and just having a good time. We did all but the "fairly quickly" part. Spudbud, Strikevillain, Buttonbasher, and myself started playing through co-op at around 8:00 PM yesterday. We played until about 9:00 - 9:30 (correct me if I'm wrong guys) until a few people had to go eat, do some things etc.

The plan was to get back together at 10:30 PM (what's up 2 hours :lol), but I had to run to the store real quick to pick up some snack foods/beverages because I didn't think we'd finish up until around 2-3 AM and I didn't want to cook something that late so we didn't start until a little after 11:00. (thanks again for waiting up guys) Anyway, back to co-op. Strikevillian was supposed to jump back on and finish up the fight with us, but I guess he had things to do elsewhere. Since Strike wasn't there yet, we decided to go back through the level "The Storm" to get the skull because for some reason, BB and myself didn't get the achievement for it. (we assume because Spud or Strike grabbed the skull first buttonbasher and myself couldn't get the achievement) Afterwards each of us (Spud, Buttonbasher, and myself) sent out some invites to try to get people to join and our good friend Armubaba showed up. We warmly welcomed him to our party and got underway.

Earlier in the day, we finished up the levels: Sierra 117, Crow's Nest, Tsavo Highway, and The Storm. So we were up to the level
"Floodgate"
- it took us a few tries to get the skull on that level. Next up:
"The Ark"
. Not too bad, a few shenanigans here and there. Now comes the level and experience I'll remember for all time.
"The Covenant"
. It's already a beast of a level, but when you add in lots and lots of shenanigans, Xbox 360's messing up, and competitiveness you get a MONSTER of a level. Throughout the night we have been joking back and forth about which team is better (Team Elite > Team Chief) but it really heated up in this level. Even Team Elite started turning on each other before the outbreak - I'll get to the 'outbreak' in a minute. BB has a thing for the Mongoose's horn so I'll stole it before could get to it and he proceeded to attempt to run me over with the Warthog, in which he succeeded in doing so. Somehow, his Warthog blew up or we lost or something, so he had to jump on the back of my Mongoose. (I let him on, cautiously. He's a plasma grenade happy individual.) Meanwhile, Spud and Armubaba are literally miles away from us waiting for us to stop dicking around to get into the Hornets. There's just one problem: I'm lost. I don't have a freakin' clue where we're at and I'm going full speed towards the beach. For a reason yet uncovered, I broke through an "invisible wall". BB and me were stuck outside unable to get back into the fight. Spud and Armubaba died in a battle shortly afterwards respawning beside us, outside the invisible wall. We took a deep swim and shortly died afterwards.

So we respawn at the last checkpoint. We go through the level fairly quickly with laughs and some more shenanigans. (bail out.gif, brutezoned, Team Elite, etc.) We finally make it to where you get the skull for a piece of the Hayabusha armor. It's a long, and I mean very long process to get this damn thing. Spud was the one
jumping over the rings
whilst BB was reading off the order to do it in. He was at the last
ring
and his Xbox 360 messes up. He said it was some time of a power surge problem or something, but I secretly think that Frankie hacked into our game and messed up Spud's host for beating him the other day. :P

We're absolutely devastated. So close.. In the lobby we're crying gallons of salty tears, waiting for Spudbud to arrive again. A few minutes pass by and he's back. WOOT! At this point, we're a little hesitated on what to do. We all agree that we're going to get this damn skull even if it kills us. Keep in mind, it's like 3:00 in the morning now. The level restarts and we rush as fast as we can through the beginning. Since we were rushing instead of killing off all the enemies, the Pelican that normally drops off some vehicles, didn't. So we're stuck on foot. While we're running, BB sees a broken branch and decides to start messing with it. He gets our attentions and the next thing you know, we're messing with the branch. Spud, the sane of the group at this point, gets us in line and get back to achieving what we set out to do. Fast forward a few moments and we're where the fight with the two Scarabs take place.

Here comes one of the best things I've ever heard over Xbox live: Spud's meltdown. We're trying our best to kill these Scarabs, but we've died multiple times and guess what? No vehicles again. Both the Brutes and those damn Scarabs took out our Hornets. I don't know what BB and Spud is doing, but I'm concentrated on getting a ghost (following Armubaba's lead) and jumping into one of these damn things. Somehow, someone took out a Scarab. It's just one left. Then it happens: Spud just starts rolling, to the point he was about to piss himself. He has me, BB, and Armubaba laughing our asses off. And this lasts for about 5 minutes, literally. Things start to calm down eventually, with a few laughs here and there. The Scarab remains untouched. I finally accept the fact that we're never going to get on top of this Scarab so I pull out my Battle Rifle and I see an opening. The only chance we have at beating this thing. I start shooting the weak spot from the ground until it falls and eventually explodes. INFINITE WIN! I SAVED THE DAY! :lol (take that Spud. :P)

We make it back to the spot where you get a piece of the Hayabusha armor. We're all getting really tired at this point and want to get this part done as soon as possible. BB attempts to do what has to be done first. While he's busy doing that, things start to get a little dirty between Spud, Armubaba, and myself. We get into this weird huddle mode and we're checking out each others Armor and giving nice, borderline gay, comments about how we look. I see there's some Forerunner symbols on Armubaba's armor and mention them. BB starts rolling in the background and says "tell me we're not having this conversation". (:lol oh we did..we did.) BB fails. He couldn't get it to work, so Spud decides he'll attempt it. While he's doing this BB gets into huddle mode for a moment while Armubaba takes his leave to do something. Five, maybe ten minutes, later: Spud does it! WE ACTUALLY GET THIS SKULL! It was as if Jesus Christ himself appeared before us. We were so happy and relieved, nothing could have dampened our spirits there. It makes me happy just thinking about us getting it the way we did...a true reward.

Next up:
Cortana
. No more games, at this point we're all dead tired. We get through this level pretty quick. We're just rushing, gunning, and saving each others asses. We do what needs to be done. Finally:
Halo
. We're so close to achieving what we desired, we can taste it. Die a few times here and there on to way to battle
343 Guilty Spark
. In the battle I die first, then Spud and Armubaba shortly after. BB is the only one left. For some odd reason he would grab that damn Spartan Laser. I don't know if he had a moment of racism against it or what, but he did finally grab it. He succeeded in killing
343 guilty spark
, but, god bless him, he decided to bail out - bail out meaning kill himself - right after he killed what needed to be killed. He died and we had to start over again. (damn you BB!) I killed it this time.

Escape. And fast. We get into the Warthogs and die many, many time throughout this level. During the whole time we're dying, we're busting Armubab's chops about his driving skills. (He's not exactly the best drive, j/k Arm. You know you're an awesome driver.) 360,000 deaths later we're getting dead tired. This time, I could feel it, we were going to beat this level. Spud starts driving fantastically. Along the course of the level Armubaba/BB die along the way. So it's just me and Spud left. We make it further than we've ever got before. Something (I think it was a bruteshot) tips us over. I quickly jump out and flip over the Warthog. Sacrifices had to be made in order to beat this level, so I left Spud behind. (real nice teamwork, eh? :lol) Spud dies, and I'm trucking along. Almost there. Wait..wait the hell just happened? For some reason, in my tired mind, I just kept wanting to go straight ahead instead of turning. I die and laughter ensues. A few tries later, and we do it. Guess who actually finishes the level? Good 'ol Armubaba. We instantly praise him with comments about his driving. We watch the ending, very happily, and speculate on what it means and what exactly that black thing was.

Just one final problem: BB didn't get the achievement for completing the campaign on Legendary. Why? Because we didn't watch the cutscene in Arrival. We quickly watched it and got him the achievement. I think this truly attests to how great Halo 3 is. I mean, to go what we went through, and still not let this dampen our experience is extraordinary. The plan, as of now, is to go back through the Campaign again tonight to get the scoring achievements and help Armubaba get his Legendary Achievements.

I know I'm nowhere close to being a good story teller, so please, add some details I missed guys. :D
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Team Gay Subtext FTW!:lol
 
This might be a stupid question, but is anyone having a problem with the sniper rifle?

My friend swears the sniper rifle isn't hitting what he is aiming at, isn't registering headshots and the like, but when I told him he's just missing the aim-assist from Halo 2 he said, "So is that why other people are having problems as well?"

To be honest, I personally think he's trying to pick fault with Halo 3 as he got so good at Halo 2 he doesn't want to stop playing it for 3, as advantages such as BXR are gone. But is there any truth to the sniper rifle problem?
 
FFChris said:
This might be a stupid question, but is anyone having a problem with the sniper rifle?

My friend swears the sniper rifle isn't hitting what he is aiming at, isn't registering headshots and the like, but when I told him he's just missing the aim-assist from Halo 2 he said, "So is that why other people are having problems as well?"

To be honest, I personally think he's trying to pick fault with Halo 3 as he got so good at Halo 2 he doesn't want to stop playing it for 3, as advantages such as BXR are gone. But is there any truth to the sniper rifle problem?
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I used to sweep snipe back in Halo 2. Those days sure are over though. It's definitely the lack of aim assist.
 
FFChris said:
This might be a stupid question, but is anyone having a problem with the sniper rifle?

My friend swears the sniper rifle isn't hitting what he is aiming at, isn't registering headshots and the like, but when I told him he's just missing the aim-assist from Halo 2 he said, "So is that why other people are having problems as well?"

To be honest, I personally think he's trying to pick fault with Halo 3 as he got so good at Halo 2 he doesn't want to stop playing it for 3, as advantages such as BXR are gone. But is there any truth to the sniper rifle problem?
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I sniped a lot in Halo 2. Got Halo 3 and picked up where I left off. No sniping problems with me.
 
FFChris said:
This might be a stupid question, but is anyone having a problem with the sniper rifle?

My friend swears the sniper rifle isn't hitting what he is aiming at, isn't registering headshots and the like, but when I told him he's just missing the aim-assist from Halo 2 he said, "So is that why other people are having problems as well?"

To be honest, I personally think he's trying to pick fault with Halo 3 as he got so good at Halo 2 he doesn't want to stop playing it for 3, as advantages such as BXR are gone. But is there any truth to the sniper rifle problem?
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they have changed the speed of the rifles rate of fire, you cant spam it off anymore, theres a delay
 
There has been some talk of the hitbox for headshots on the Elite model being smaller then the actual geometry to match the Spartan models, but I haven't really experienced it.
 
meddow said:
they have changed the speed of the rifles rate of fire, you cant spam it off anymore, theres a delay
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Nah that's all fine, it was the actual hit accuracy he was complaining about. He said it wasn't registering.

I've had no trouble myself. I'm enjoying the lack of sweeping and other assists. Makes me feel like I've actually a good shot.

Halo 3 multiplayer does seem to bring out the worst in people though, especially if they are losing and so used to winning.

JdFoX187 said:
I sniped a lot in Halo 2. Got Halo 3 and picked up where I left off. No sniping problems with me.
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Yep, same here. Though I can definately notice the lack of sweeping.
 
I applied to the GAF Group at Bungie.net. Gamertag: SH v2

I'm mostly interested in campaign co-op right now. Please contact me anytime I am on, and I will be there.
 
meddow said:
done legendary now in 12 hours, so it was double normal

Need new maps sooo bad, sorry folks not a fan of many of them imho halo 2 has better maps, shipped on the disk.
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Agreed. The maps are kinda lame imo. Can't wait for some of the old ones to be added back into the mix. I hope we don't have to wait six months for some new maps which goes back to my complaint about not giving us a true damn map editor...
 
FFChris said:
I know.

But that wasn't what he was complaining about, it was that the sniper bullets weren't hitting where they were shot.
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ah ok, my eyes are sore from too much halo :lol miss understanding ftw
 
FFChris said:
I know.But that wasn't what he was complaining about, it was that the sniper bullets weren't hitting where they were shot.
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I have the same goddamn problem. I sniped this mo' fo' right in the head, and no scratch whatsoever. I tried 3 more times, and finally on the 4th shot, he went down.
 
I was going back and looking at the Zune concept art, and was struck once again at how closely the final game matches the concept work. Also, a few scenes are now recognizable, such as this:

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Hmm, three Elites and the Chief. Co-op anyone?

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Crows Nest

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The fallen space tether on Tsavo Highway:

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Voi (The Storm):

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Rocket Race game going on NOW. We need some more folks.

Gamertag: Cocopjojo
 
meddow said:
ah ok, my eyes are sore from too much halo :lol miss understanding ftw
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No problem, I can understand, Halo is worth it!

Verano said:
I have the same goddamn problem. I sniped this mo' fo' right in the head, and no scratch whatsoever. I tried 3 more times, and finally on the 4th shot, he went down.
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Single player or multiplayer?
 
i like how bungie made guardian with no window in library(flare room). the map is lockout exactly just reversed. you have snipe tower, blueroom with lift, long hallway down bottom center and BR tower but with only two floors. nicely designed map except for the weapon placement.
 
OH MY FUCKING GOD. JUST FINISHED.

Is...is it okay
that I cried a bit
?

HAY FRANKIE, BTW:
BEST GAF SHOUT EVAH!!!

And what better way to finish the trilogy than
a nice little game of WARTHOG BLAST ULTRA

I FUCKING LOVED THE WHOLE FUCKING THING.

whoooooooOOOOOOOOOO!O!O!!!!!!!
 
BenjaminBirdie said:
OH MY FUCKING GOD. JUST FINISHED.

Is...is it okay
that I cried a bit
?

HAY FRANKIE, BTW:
BEST GAF SHOUT EVAH!!!

And what better way to finish the trilogy than
a nice little game of WARTHOG BLAST ULTRA

I FUCKING LOVED THE WHOLE FUCKING THING.

whoooooooOOOOOOOOOO!O!O!!!!!!!
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Remember what I said about sucky netcode? Well, fuck me. This netcode is awesome... really, I have had so many games with so minimal lag the last 2 days I am VERY surprised.

And... I am addicted to this game too =P
 
Buttonbasher said:
Team Gay Subtext FTW!:lol
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I hope I figure out why my 360 keeps dropping me from games soon... I really want to play some coop w/out being dropped. Reading that story made me all sad, because it sounds like it was chock full of awesome. = (
 
Relix said:
Remember what I said about sucky netcode? Well, fuck me. This netcode is awesome... really, I have had so many games with so minimal lag the last 2 days I am VERY surprised.

And... I am addicted to this game too =P
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The netcode is excellent, easily the best on any live game. Just sucks that people are already starting to bridge and even try to force host.

Hopefully, Bungie thought ahead and tracks games for such iffy behaviour. If someone is found to be bridging or trying to force host, then the game should just blacklist them and match you up with other such cheaters. While people that want to enjoy the game legit won't be effected.
 
Dartastic said:
I hope I figure out why my 360 keeps dropping me from games soon... I really want to play some coop w/out being dropped. Reading that story made me all sad, because it sounds like it was chock full of awesome. = (
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It kept dropping me too

Also

My Headset just broke!

No idea. I can hear but I can't speak.
 
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