Halo 3 - General Discussion & Info

[quote name='nikelecious91']Mines is slow as hell..though I don't get much lag...oh well.

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HMmm....maybe it was just a couple games then, and i do just suck balls.
 
so are the maps coming out at midnight pacific time? i havent really looked but i couldnt find the answer anyways, I would like to try them out before i go to sleep.

and The 7th Number
it might not just be you lagging, if you're lagging at all it could also be the players you're playing as well

i said someones lagging, either its you or someone in the game, because if you're using a whole clip on a guy and hes not dying and he shoots you a couple times and you die then theres some lag going on, I've had it happen to me and I know i don't have the greatest connection, but my torrent d/l speed and upload speed is pretty good, 870kbs is the highest i seen it go, now i dont know how relevant that is to halo but its gotta be somewhat.



guess phoenix has a better connections...where's Vegas I know we should be on the map
 


Faster than some others on here and not too many problems with lag. Some slight problems at times but nothing that switching to something that sprays ammo or has significant splash damages doesn't help.

I wonder about the stats some of my friends have, though. They seem to have far better ones than these at times and yet I can't remember their providers.
 
I just played a few matches tonight after being gone from the game for awhile.

I'm still running into the problem in the middle of a match where my 360 will ask me where to save the game. I rapidly select the hard-drive and I'm good for another two minutes or so. Then again, my game will pause (while everyone else is shooting at me) and I'll be asked to select the hard-drive. I've never used any other hard-drive or memory card ever on my 360 and none of my others games are doing this.

It's pissing me off because I've been killed multiple times just standing around fighting my damn game/drive while everyone else gets easy kills off me. My game itself has never corrupted itself or frozen either. I want to say it's a hardware problem then I'd think that I'd have this problem in other games as well. I did replace my game disc (damaged Collector's Edition) but I had this problem on both discs as well.

Has anyone else run into this problem?
 
I only have the occasional problem connecting to people and xbox live, but thats due to my schools port filtering



If anyone is up for doing custom matches like custom infection our anything, hit me up.
 
Maps are tempting but I know I'll realize how patchy thirsty the game is after a game. Also $10 for 3 maps is a rip off although Stand Off looks awesome.
 
Im almost certain that its lag that is giving me headaches. I mean there is a problem when i shoot a shotgun before the other guy shoots another shotgun back at me and i end up dying and he lives. Also whenever i use a rocket launcher i ALWAYS miss. I just played a game where i shot at someone and he warped over my shot. Like as in he sped up faster. I dont know, its just really annoying. I would blame it on me being terrible at the game, and i dont mind owning up and saying i suck, but there just seems to be too much stuff going on suggesting that there is lag of some sort. Especially when it comes to the crazy amount of ammo i have to put into a person to make them die when they seem to spend little ammo to kill me. I hit a guy with 2 gernades, and fired at him and he ended up killing me first in a matter of seconds.
 
I dunno why, but after I found out how to make random explosions on maps, I've just been playing the crap out of Forge now... I made a map in the Pit where the whole bottom of the map (what im considering the bottom of the part that goes under the bridge and hooks around the middle part) just has random non-stop explosions. It's like a death pit... a pit of death... and I'm amazed by it.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']So you think it can because my internet isnt that fast? I did an internet speed test and got this.


Im not trying to make excuses or anything, but it just seems odd that i die a lot and sometimes i start shooting the other guy first, or so i think.[/quote]

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I feel your pain. I rarely get any lag issues while playing halo 3, unless someone is using my pc while I'm playing. Other then that I don't have an issues, if I am dying a lot I blame myself for not playing smart.
 
[quote name='DustHimself']I dunno why, but after I found out how to make random explosions on maps, I've just been playing the crap out of Forge now... I made a map in the Pit where the whole bottom of the map (what im considering the bottom of the part that goes under the bridge and hooks around the middle part) just has random non-stop explosions. It's like a death pit... a pit of death... and I'm amazed by it.[/quote]


That sounds pretty cool. Its like changing totally how to play that map, could make it cooler for snipers, and maybe different for CTF games.
 
$10 is a ripoff but considering how much I have been playing recently I bet I will give in and buy them :/ It's assholes like me that help MS justify overcharging.
 
I can't see myself buying these maps now. There are just too many other games out taking up my time and if I want to play Halo3 I can still play matchmaking on the old maps.

Just a question tho, how big is the download?
 
I can't get this alleged "Heroic DLC" playlist to load, even tho i dl'd the map pack to my hdd. wow.


Edit: looks like the playlist isnt out yet...any CAGS trying to play some custom games of these new maps tonight?
 
I am on the fence about getting this. 10$ is high for just 3 maps. I dont know how many times I would be cycled through them in a normal evening.
 
[quote name='nikelecious91']Are there any new gametypes coming today too? If so, which ones? I thought I read ranked BTB and something else (team hardcore?).[/quote]

Dec. 18th
 
[quote name='SpecTrE3353']I keep inviting everyone on my friends list and on the CAG Halo 3 list but everyone is a fucking bum and doesn't want to play. Anyone up for some games tonight?[/QUOTE]
Sorry. I saw your invite, but I was already in a party of 8 for BTB. If I'm not in a party, I'll usually be sitting at the title screen or in the dashboard.
 
It seems that the DLC has its own listing, and is a social style game since there are no rankings, but you do earn EXP if you win. Its usually 6 vs 6, slayer, VIP have been the only ones ive played so far. I was dissapointed to see they were not ranked. Oh well.
 
[quote name='anomynous']then bungie is wrong?[/QUOTE]
Nope.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13066

In the “normal” Matchmaking Playlists that incorporate the new maps, a bit of code will check to see who in the lobby has the new maps – if it’s everyone, then there’s a greater chance it will pick a new map, and if even one person doesn’t have the map, it will pick one of the original shipping maps, so nobody misses a beat. In theory…
 
[quote name='M1C13']Nope.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13066

In the “normal” Matchmaking Playlists that incorporate the new maps, a bit of code will check to see who in the lobby has the new maps – if it’s everyone, then there’s a greater chance it will pick a new map, and if even one person doesn’t have the map, it will pick one of the original shipping maps, so nobody misses a beat. In theory…[/quote]

thank god..
 
Are any of the new maps available in Rocket Race? That's pretty much all I play anymore and I'm getting tired of Valhalla and Sandtrap...Isolation and Snowbound always get vetoed.
 
Does anyone else think that warthogs are ridiculously overpowered? You have to stick them twice to take them out and frags are essentially useless against them.
 
[quote name='bil4ltool']Does anyone else think that warthogs are ridiculously overpowered? You have to stick them twice to take them out and frags are essentially useless against them.[/QUOTE]

Overpowered? You can take them out with one rocket (atleast the people). One rocket does the job, and one stick usually kills one if not both people. A well timed frag gernade will flip the vehicle over, and a second one placed will put them in the hurt. The missle pod launcher pretty much kills them, and the spartan lazer takes them out with easy. Let's not forget snipping the driver.

Warthogs are only overpowered with a well skilled driver and gunner, but most of the time you can take them out with ease.

Anyways the new maps are GREAT. Easily worth 800 points considering most of those could have easily been gotten during the Circuit City b1g1 MS points and the wonderful MS bot that was giving them free awhile ago. However, if you didn't take advantage of either of those deals for some insane reason months ago, and don't play this game much I could see you skipping the map pack.
 
Anyone that likes the MLG stuff, I did a little tweaking with the forged Midship level(BIG props to II MeTzGeR II for creating this level). I tried to make it as similar to H2 MLG FFA with all the weapon placements and spawns. I even have the gametype on there... I made it unlimited kills for 15 minutes(since that's what it last was), but you can easily change that to 50.


http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=Deadmeist3r
 
I almost cried tears of joy when I saw "Team BRs" come up in the Team Slayer rotation. So, so, good.

The new maps are fantastic. Standoff, might be my favorite map.
 
Foundry is my favorite so far because it's just crazy hectic. I used to dislike territories, but on the mid-sized maps like Standoff and Rat's Nest, they're pretty fun.
 
[quote name='Monsta Mack']Overpowered? You can take them out with one rocket (atleast the people). One rocket does the job, and one stick usually kills one if not both people. A well timed frag gernade will flip the vehicle over, and a second one placed will put them in the hurt. The missle pod launcher pretty much kills them, and the spartan lazer takes them out with easy. Let's not forget snipping the driver.

Warthogs are only overpowered with a well skilled driver and gunner, but most of the time you can take them out with ease.

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I've stuck at least 10 warthogs on various locations and neither person died, that's why they're overpowered. Sticking a warthog should be just like a ghost or banshee and kill all passengers, since sticking requires skill. Yeah a rocket takes em out, but on levels like valhalla where there isnt a rocket launcher and idiotic team mates use the missle pod to shoot enemies on foot you're basically left with stickies to take them out, which is damn near impossible since you have to stick it twice.
 
just made a sick soccer gametype, so much fun...
the trick is increasing speed, lowering gravity, and putting grav lifts at the corners, so the ball doesnt get stuck..
 
[quote name='bil4ltool']I've stuck at least 10 warthogs on various locations and neither person died,....[/QUOTE]

Maybe I am just lucky but they seem to die pretty quick.

Speaking of moronic team mates, they need to do 3v3 unranked because I have no problems getting a second person to join me for some ownage, and get tired of teaming with random people.
 
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