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[Ghost]

Whats the deal with B.net updating? It's been 9 days since my game history updated now.


Are the games lost? Will they appear sooner or later? Answers are all I need.

 

[GeoNeo]

Whats the deal with B.net updating? It's been 9 days since my game history updated now.


Are the games lost? Will they appear sooner or later? Answers are all I need.

It seems to be updating new games for me. The old data might be backlogged for the moment?

 

[Cuckooo]

http://www.mlgpro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136234

Check that thread (Last few pages people are posting some big claims.) and see if what they are saying holds any water, Luke.

That does sound pretty suspect, but hopefully they have NOT made a comeback in H3.

Can you quote some of the posts here? I can't access their site from work. And am quite interested.

 

[Raiden]

What do you all mean by BR's? Brute Shots? Brute Rockets?(huh), im probally not thinking enough yeah:lol

 

[Aaron]

What do you all mean by BR's? Brute Shots? Brute Rockets?(huh), im probally not thinking enough yeah:lol

Battle Rifle. Duh.

I don't care about combos. I only hope they fixed the fucked up spawns. Spawning on the enemy's side of the map on narrows in VIP when your team is already losing is not cool. Spawning right next to two enemies in an open field with your back to them is not fun. If this can't be fixed, at least provide a little spawn protection. I don't really enjoy losing due to bad luck.

 

[Sai]

Sai, where you been man? We need to tear assholes too!

Sorry. I should be on a bit more often this week.

 

[Creamium]

It's funny, I've been having Mongoose Mowdown achievement obsession in Lone Wolves. Every time High Ground pops up I'm all like 'okay now I'm gonna get it, this time...!', but it never works. When I head for an enemy they always jump up or I miss them by a hair's length. I was able to pull it off in Team Slayer though, so that's irony for ya.

 

[McBradders]

It's funny, I've been having Mongoose Mowdown achievement obsession in Lone Wolves. Every time High Ground pops up I'm all like 'okay now I'm gonna get it, this time...!', but it never works. When I head for an enemy they always jump up or I miss them by a hair's length. I was able to pull it off in Team Slayer though, so that's irony for ya.

The real bitch is that they have to have their shields down before you can splatter them too... >_<

 

[GeoNeo]

Can you quote some of the posts here? I can't access their site from work. And am quite interested.

Sure, the thread is pretty big so i'll just post a few quotes. It still looks like they are in the early stages of finding button glitches.

I will keep this updated

B YY B - quicker melee

L Y R - Throw a nade and shoot faster

B L Y B, and i think if u press R R then zoom, it's faster also like a dub shot

Stick with the original from what ive tested BYYB(RBYYRB)<- if bumber jumper) is faster than just BB and BLYB takes extremely good timing if its timed wrong at all it is slower or same speed as BYYB thus winner is BYYB

BLYB is the way to go...Really fast 2 beatdowns....Only down fall is the nade u throw may kill you:-(

*BLYB

two really fast beatdowns when you get the timing right*

Yea, I've tried this in customs and MM and it does work. A lot faster than any other combo I've tried.

 

[zam]

The real bitch is that they have to have their shields down before you can splatter them too... >_<

Not if you have enough speed, splattered plenty unaware people with full shields.

 

[Bailey's Dad]

I've played MP Halo 3 on two different 360's now and both have a stuttery framerate. Is that normal? One of the 360's is brand new so it doesn't appear to be a hardware issue.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

I just have to say that I'm in love with Shotty Snipers

 

[BladedExpert]

NOOOO! not button glitches allready

MLG players can be real jerks sometimes. Play the game properly ffs....

 

[McBradders]

Not if you have enough speed, splattered plenty unaware people with full shields.

Really? Some guy came at me full speed from all the way at the top of the hill on High Ground and just took my shields away :/

 

[Shogmaster]

I've played MP Halo 3 on two different 360's now and both have a stuttery framerate. Is that normal? One of the 360's is brand new so it doesn't appear to be a hardware issue.

Check your router or your modem.

 

[Bailey's Dad]

Check your router or your modem.

Playing offline only and disconected from Live. Stutters when turning mostly.

 

[Diablohead]

Wow, I stuck someone with no overshield and instead of blowing up it like, vanished. it was stuck on him and everything even in the replay but no explosion? He ended up killing me but I feel cheated :/

 

[FFChris]

How could Bungie miss a simple button glitch like BYYB?

 

[Diablohead]

How does lag work when it comes to melee's? ive not played on live for a few days but so far today if we both run at each other and melee i'm the one who always loses out. I'm guessing its because their ping is slightly better then my university's line. If thats the case tho I might as well never melee anyone.

 

[Twicenightly]

So, this might have been discussed already but I can't look through 30k posts lol


Do we know how to unlock the Recon armour yet? Does it have anything to do with the Floodgate level?

 

[The Lamonster]

NOOOO! not button glitches allready

MLG players can be real jerks sometimes. Play the game properly ffs....

DON'T BE MANBABIES!

BELIEVE IN THE PATCH.

 

[alisdair]

How could Bungie miss a simple button glitch like BYYB?

They didn't. Have you tried it? It doesn't actually work, none of the "button glitches" do.

 

[BladedExpert]

I believe in playing the game how it was intended to be played. Also, ive not even tested it out but havving to change weapons twice before you can melee again cant speed up the process that much surely. You wont get close enough to melee me twice anyway muahahahahahaaa

 

[LunaticPuma]

Aside from sword clashes, I've rarely needed 2 melees to kill someone. It's almost always shoot then melee to kill them. Being able to do a second melee faster is pretty much pointless since most battles end after the first melee.

 

[Karg]

Aside from sword clashes, I've rarely needed 2 melees to kill someone. It's almost always shoot then melee to kill them. Being able to do a second melee faster is pretty much pointless since most battles end after the first melee.

QFT.

I think out of 200 games already I've had that encounter come up like twice where I needed to melee for the second time real quick. I'm not worried about it.

On a side note, top men still working on the stat issues? Stat whores such as myself are starting to have withdrawals. I mean I need 24/7 availability of my K/D ratio....why must you hurt me Bungie....have I offended you?

 

[BuG]

I really hate it that the movies saved cannot be seen on other devices, PC.

There is this one that sounds brilliant:

Bank Shot!
A single sniper bullet goes through a guy's head, bounces off the wall, and goes through another guy's head. Watch in slo-mo.

Going through the posts I saw this one. You can watch the video up here but won't be able to manipulate it of course:

Video in browser: http://gameroom.mlgpro.com/view/c2o6PCbPBhA.html
Download to Halo: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=13446139

It's a suicide. :lol

 

[Diablohead]

I never realised that the sniper bullet or any bullet could reflect more then once or twice, always thought there was a limit on it.

Is that a bullet hole in the rock in front of the sniper? its hard to see if it exsisted before the snipe or not.

 

[Truelize]

They didn't. Have you tried it? It doesn't actually work, none of the "button glitches" do.

It works. I'm not a good Halo player at all but that does work. It takes an incredible amount of timing though. I can't see anyone being able to use it consistently in the heat of battle.

 

[Karg]

It works. I'm not a good Halo player at all but that does work. It takes an incredible amount of timing though. I can't see anyone being able to use it consistently in the heat of battle.

Yeah from the sounds of it the combo for double melee and double shot aren't as easy or as powerful as it was in Halo 2. Good. Have fun with your combo while we sidestep and smash you (not you Truelize) in the face.

 

[MaX_PL]

How could Bungie miss a simple button glitch like BYYB?

cause bungie testers probably dont look for such things.

 

[Striker]

A person from MLG using button combos for advantage? You don't say! :lol

 

[urk]

I can't see anyone being able to use it consistently in the heat of battle.

If there's a group of players that can master a lengthy button combo in order to pretend they're not cheating, it's the MLG crew.

 

[Karg]

If there's a group of players that can master a lengthy button combo in order to pretend they're not cheating, it's the MLG crew.

Luckily a lot of actual MLG players (the ones compete in the tournaments) live in customs land for the most part. It'll just be fun when they curse like sailors when inconsistent button glitches don't work for them. Hopefully they stay that way.

 

[BladedExpert]

cause bungie testers probably dont look for such things.

They probably knew it was there but i doubt it gives u any real advantage. On default button layout, by the time you mashed those buttons out the target could easily strafe left/right and because you're unable to look due to pressing buttons the second hit is gonna be an air shot. Let them try it, i'll put two stickies on em before they come close to killing me :lol

 

[siamesedreamer]

FUCK MLGers

 

[urk]

Luckily a lot of actual MLG players (the ones compete in the tournaments) live in customs land for the most part. It'll just be fun when they curse like sailors when inconsistent button glitches don't work for them. Hopefully they stay that way.

Yeah, I think we've had this discussion before. The upper echelon isn't trolling Live. They're playing MLG types only with MLG squads. Most of my MLG hate is reserved for the bottom feeders who don't have the skills and make up for it with cheats and exploits. And yeah, the top guys do it too, but they have the skills to back it up and since MLG's official position seems to be that cheating is allowed (I'm sure they can't regulate it anyway), they have to learn the glitches if they want to compete.

But bringing it into Big Team Battle is just so fucking lame. You aren't hardcore, homey. You're very, very sad.

 

[McBradders]

Yeah, I think we've had this discussion before. The upper echelon isn't trolling Live. They're playing MLG types only with MLG squads. Most of my MLG hate is reserved for the bottom feeders who don't have the skills and make up for it with cheats and exploits. And yeah, the top guys do it too, but they have the skills to back it up and since MLG's official position seems to be that cheating is allowed (I'm sure they can't regulate it anyway), they have to learn the glitches if they want to compete.

But bringing it into Big Team Battle is just so fucking lame. You aren't hardcore, homey. You're very, very sad.

QFT!

There was a horrible, horrible time in Halo 2 where matchmaking was practically unplayable thanks to those jackwads. A year later and my low ranking meant I never saw them ever again and... GASP... had fun!

 

[urk]

Get raped!

 

[JdFoX187]

FUCK MLGers

Wow...never have I seen a single quote filled with so much awesomeness.

 

[McBradders]

Get raped!

What's the button combo for that?

 

[BladedExpert]

What's the button combo for that?

Its the same as the "go fist yourself" combo but with B instead of Y at the end. Hope that helped

 

[McBradders]

Its the same as the "go fist yourself" combo but with B instead of Y at the end. Hope that helped

Fuckin' A!

 

[ToyMachine228]

My stats updated slightly...Bungie.net realizes that I ranked up...But I'm now another rank ahead of that. My Game History lists all my games, but my total kills, deaths, and medals still haven't updated.

 

[BladedExpert]

My stats updated slightly...Bungie.net realizes that I ranked up...But I'm now another rank ahead of that. My Game History lists all my games, but my total kills, deaths, and medals still haven't updated.

Mine now update instantly but from 2nd to 7th theres a gaping hole and whatever i did for those days has been lost in the intertubes. Any medalas i earned, kills and deaths, all gone. Meh...

 

[JdFoX187]

Any word on the playlist update? I'd love to get some ranked BTB going once in a while.

 

[vumpler]

Guys I have some serious questions that need answered related to online rank.
What are the parameters for justifying if a player goes up or down in rank?

Prime example: I played 4 games in a row and won last night in team slayer, 2 of which I was number 1 and the others I finished 2nd and 3rd. I didn’t go up a level at all.

Another example, I’m an 18 and my buddy is a 30. Last night we played a few games together. In two of our wins (they were back to back) he went from a 30 to a 32. Went up each game and I did better than him both games and I didn’t budge. I finished first on our team and third. He finished 2nd and 4th. Both times I had a better K and less deaths.

I have played about 60 more games than him. I would hate to think that the more games you play overall inhibits you from going up in rank.

He’s only played ~70 games, I’ve played 120+. He’s a level 32 now. On most games when he was playing online he was going up 2 levels at a time. I hardly go up 1 ever. Given that I started out not knowing much about halo as a FPS title of interest. So it took me about 40 games to really get the hang of it and begin owning people…

What’s going on here?

 

[Dirtbag]

Button glitches discovered..... UGHhhh

 

[urk]

What’s going on here?

Might be related to the stats difficulty Bungie is in the throws of.

It was messed up in the beta as well. Some people reported easy jumps through the ranks, others noted that they couldn't budge the number.

The way it should work is pretty simple. You get points for winning and lose them for, uh, losing. The amount is determined by your rank and the rank of your opponents. Beat a higher skilled player will net you more points then beating a lower skilled player. Likewise, losing to a lesser ranked player will drop you down more significantly then being bested by someone who outranks you.

The levels are not evenly space. You need more points to rank from level 2 to level 3 then you did to go from 1 to 2. The gap widens as you move up the ranking system.

 

[JdFoX187]

Might be related to the stats difficulty Bungie is in the throws of.

It was messed up in the beta as well. Some people reported easy jumps through the ranks, others noted that they couldn't budge the number.

The way it should work is pretty simple. You get points for winning and lose them for, uh, losing. The amount is determined by your rank and the rank of your opponents. Beat a higher skilled player will net you more points then beating a lower skilled player. Likewise, losing to a lesser ranked player will drop you down more significantly then being bested by someone who outranks you.

The levels are not evenly space. You need more points to rank from level 2 to level 3 then you did to go from 1 to 2. The gap widens as you move up the ranking system.

I believe I've also read where you get more points depending on how well you do in the actual game. Like, for example, a person who goes 5-10 on the winning team won't get as many points as a guy who goes 20-10. Likewise, if you pull a great performance on the losing team, you won't lose as many points as your teammates.

 

[Karg]

And to add more is what Luke said a page or so ago:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=8149498&postcount=29387

Seems when you have large gaps of skill level you might not level as quickly. So in your case where you were 10-15 skill levels lower than your friend its setup to not level you up so quickly to prevent boosting lower level players. Dunno but that sounds about right.