Halo 3 - General Discussion & Info

[quote name='PyroGamer']In my opinion Halo 2's multiplayer is superior in terms of weapons, balance, maps, gametypes, and even online interface.

I definitely agree the maps suck balls. Lockdown, Midship, Zanzibar... these maps are absolute classics, and Halo 2 blew me away in the multiplayer-map-design aspect. Halo 3 hasn't impressed me much so far.

I do like the equipment in Halo 3, though. Nothing rocks more than effectively using a bubble-shield.

There are obviously some problems, but just like with Halo 2, I expect later updates to solve some balancing issues.[/quote]

I agree that almost all of Halo 2's maps are superior. I like most of the the maps in Halo 3, but they aren't as good as the H2 ones. The terrain is too random, not enough right angles in the map design. Hopefully they'll have a classic map pack available with all the Halo 2 maps. I'd enjoy that a great deal.

Other than that, I have gotten used to the differences in the sword and sniper so I have few complaints.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']I agree that almost all of Halo 2's maps are superior. I like most of the the maps in Halo 3, but they aren't as good as the H2 ones. The terrain is too random, not enough right angles in the map design. Hopefully they'll have a classic map pack available with all the Halo 2 maps. I'd enjoy that a great deal.

Other than that, I have gotten used to the differences in the sword and sniper so I have few complaints.[/quote]

Yes! More maps with right angles! Every map in H3 is a circle and even the corners are smoothed out. I want the following maps:

Lockout
Foundation
Midship
Ivory Tower
Beaver Creek

AND MORE!
 
[quote name='help1']Yes! More maps with right angles! Every map in H3 is a circle and even the corners are smoothed out. I want the following maps:

Lockout
Foundation
Midship
Ivory Tower
Beaver Creek

AND MORE![/quote]

I just want Lockout and Midship and I'm happy. It just seems like there 8 different ways to get to any given point. While not bad, it just seems like just randomly tossing a grenade works more than it should.
 
I think a good amount of the H3 maps are classics (High Ground, The Pit and Construct) while some of them are absolute trash (Epitaph, Guardian, Narrows).

Overall, I really like the H3 multi-player though. I'm very surprised to see all the hate.

I was gonna pick up the Orange Box but I think I'm gonna hold out and try to get it from Gamefly. I just don't wanna spend 63.59 on another game right now. I'm not trying to buy any games besides Call of Duty 4 before the end of the year.

Edit: In terms of maps, I definately miss maps from both Halos. I would really, really love for Lockout, Hang 'Em High, Sidewinder and a few other maps to be released as DLC. I'm sure it'll happen in due time.
 
Is Orange Box really that good? I hear nothing but lag complaints from fellow CAGers, and the fact It's TEAM based (atleast basing on the title ;) doesn't give me much room to have my random free for all. I mean are you not going to say a month down the road that Orange Box is getting "old" after you put the same time into as you did Halo 3? Either way I can see it being more fresh since Halo 3 is still a upgrade of Halo 2, which was a upgrade of Halo 1. Team Fortress is something "fresh".

Although I am with everyone else on Halo 3: Melee is Broken and there aren't enough maps. When Halo 2 released the map pack it was heaven because it had the same problem! Once Halo 3 gets more maps, and melee gets a fix everything will be fine. I can't see myself getting bored with this game right now, especially since I don't have money to burn on Orange Box right now (I'm buying Virtua Fighter 5 at full price to have something different because Orange Box is still a FPS).

I'm starting to nitpick now after I felt Halo 3 was the perfect Halo... till I realized the map dillema is the same issue that Halo 2 had when it launched.
 
[quote name='modium']If you guys are still looking for a 3rd, or a 4th, I'll be available tonight. I don't think I've got any levels done on Legendary, so I'll play whatever everyone else plays and worry about the rest later. Just let me know.[/quote]
Cool.

I just beat Sierra 117 on legendary. Took me a good 76 minutes solo. Can you beat levels on legendary seperately ( ala Gears ) or do you have to beat them all in a line?

And I remember hearing " those popular maps like Zanzibar and Lockdown will be in Halo 3!". What happened to that?
 
[quote name='Punk_Raven']Cool.

I just beat Sierra 117 on legendary. Took me a good 76 minutes solo. Can you beat levels on legendary seperately ( ala Gears ) or do you have to beat them all in a line?

And I remember hearing " those popular maps like Zanzibar and Lockdown will be in Halo 3!". What happened to that?[/QUOTE]
Separately is fine.

Zanzibar is in Halo 3, it's called Last Resort.

Guardian is an abomination of Lockout.
 
Actually, I think the melee is much better in Halo 3. It seemed more random in H2 for me.

The Sword clashes are a good touch. Team Swords used to piss me off in H2 because it seemd like I'd strike first, yet die.
 
[quote name='Liquid 2']The melee is disgustingly strong in Halo 3.[/QUOTE]

Yep. I was looking at my stats. My leading kill weapon is the melee, followed by sniper, BR, then AR.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']Yep. I was looking at my stats. My leading kill weapon is the melee, followed by sniper, BR, then AR.[/QUOTE]

Mine goes AR,Melee,BR,Grenades.
 
[quote name='soccerstud652']Destroy an enemy vehicle with equipment in a ranked playlist or in campaign.

What is considered "equipment"?[/QUOTE]

Anything that you have to hit X to use. Basically you can only get the achievement with the trip mine, although I suppose it's conceivably possible to get super lucky and get it with the Auto-Turret.
 
[quote name='jimfoley16']Anything that you have to hit X to use. Basically you can only get the achievement with the trip mine, although I suppose it's conceivably possible to get super lucky and get it with the Auto-Turret.[/quote]

Ok, thanks!
 
[quote name='soccerstud652']Destroy an enemy vehicle with equipment in a ranked playlist or in campaign.

What is considered "equipment"?[/QUOTE]
land mine is the only one you can really destroy a vehicle with.
 
Things went great tonight in the co op group. "Mack was a nice guy and went through it all with us, and we played since 8 PM. Good shit.

Now all I need is the metagame achievements and the Marathon Man ( when I just need one terminal to unlock). Question, can you get a terminal when you start from a rally point or do you have to start the entire level?

EDIT: fuck! Why don't I have my terminal achievement? I know I acessed all of the other ones properly. Why would this be? I'm sick of campeign and I really don't feel like playing terminal hunt.
 
I'm currently playing and am looking for some cags(with mics) to play some team slayer or Legendary campaign, send me a friend request if you wants to play. Frankysox =GT
 
[quote name='FrankySox']I'm currently playing and am looking for some cags(with mics) to play some team slayer or Legendary campaign, send me a friend request if you wants to play. Frankysox =GT[/QUOTE]

I'll send a friend request, I might be on later tonight.
 
I love the Halo 3 maps. Although I would love to see more symmetrical maps, the maps give a Halo 1 feel to them. They are big, but you don't mind cause it doesn't feel like there is a limit to the range of the BR, sniper and etc. unlike in Halo 2 where you play in a level like Lockout, host/amazing connection/LAN is the only way to really get cross map shooting done well.

I'd really love to see Chillout, Hang Em High and Damnation remade for Halo 3.

Halo 1 > Halo 3 > Halo 2
 
[quote name='Daywalker']I love the Halo 3 maps. Although I would love to see more symmetrical maps, the maps give a Halo 1 feel to them. They are big, but you don't mind cause it doesn't feel like there is a limit to the range of the BR, sniper and etc. unlike in Halo 2 where you play in a level like Lockout, host/amazing connection/LAN is the only way to really get cross map shooting done well.

I'd really love to see Chillout, Hang Em High and Damnation remade for Halo 3.

Halo 1 > Halo 3 > Halo 2[/QUOTE]

Holy shit. GET OUT OF MY HEAD.
 
[quote name='Daywalker']I love the Halo 3 maps. Although I would love to see more symmetrical maps, the maps give a Halo 1 feel to them. They are big, but you don't mind cause it doesn't feel like there is a limit to the range of the BR, sniper and etc. unlike in Halo 2 where you play in a level like Lockout, host/amazing connection/LAN is the only way to really get cross map shooting done well.

I'd really love to see Chillout, Hang Em High and Damnation remade for Halo 3.

Halo 1 > Halo 3 > Halo 2[/QUOTE]
Those were my 3 favorite Maps in Halo 1 and it would be amazing if they remade them for 3.
 
MY top 5:
1. Assault Rifle - 426 kills
2. Melee - 418 kills
3. Shotgun - 123 kills
4. Frag Grenade - 115 kills
5. Energy Sword - 97 kills

close in 6. Battle Rifle - 95 kills
 
Top 5 Ranked:

Melee - 966 kills
Assault Rifle - 818
Shotgun - 441
Battle Rifle - 426
Rockets - 347

Top 5 Social:

Banshee - 1,054
Battle Rifle - 468
Melee - 450
Assault Rifle - 360
Shotgun - 198
 
I've played 11 games so far:

Melee 28
BR 20
Sword 14
Spiker 6
Plasma 'nade 5
Guardians 4
Frag 'nade 4
Brute shot 4
AR 3
Carbine 2
 
Ranked:

Battle Rifle - 1061
Assault Rifle - 788
Melee - 783
Snipes - 469
Shotgun - 392

Social:

Battle Rifle - 1852
Snipes - 755
Melee - 544
Assault Rifle - 472
Sword - 315
 
Captain, 20 highest skill, 106 EXP

Top 5 Ranked:
1. Assault Rifle - 337
2. Melee - 268
3. Shotgun - 135
4. Frag Grenade - 109
5. Battle Rifle - 83

Top 5 Social:
1. Assault Rifle - 690
2. Melee - 499
3. Battle Rifle - 251
4. Frag Grenade - 156
5. Rocket Launcher - 95
 
omfg I was so close to getting that damn killing frenzy achievement legitely and someone fucking killed me at 9 kills...I was at 8 and I had two guys trying to kill me...got one and not the other..
 
God DAMN it. I finish the level at 32 minutes with 14000 points. fucking fuck.

ps My top five.

AR-271
Melee-165
Shotgun-147
Sniper-105
Ghost-57
 
Ummm.... I've been the MVP in like the past three games... how come I haven't gotten the achievement yet?

*I've been playing Ranked Lone Wolves... do you have to playing a team game to get MVP?
 
[quote name='PyroGamer']Ummm.... I've been the MVP in like the past three games... how come I haven't gotten the achievement yet?

*I've been playing Ranked Lone Wolves... do you have to playing a team game to get MVP?[/quote]

Yes, for Lone Wolves it says something like Champion instead of MVP. Play team objective and be the one who does whatever the game type is. When I got my first MVP I captured both flags in CTF.
 
[quote name='PyroGamer']Ummm.... I've been the MVP in like the past three games... how come I haven't gotten the achievement yet?

*I've been playing Ranked Lone Wolves... do you have to playing a team game to get MVP?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, only team games name an MVP. If you look at the stats screen in a Lone Wolves game, it'll say "Victor" under your name instead of "MVP." (Edit: Beaten to the punch. Oh well.)

My top 5 ranked:
Sniper Rifle - 660
Battle Rifle - 491
Melee - 311
Assault Rifle - 273
Shotgun - 182

Social:
Sniper Rifle - 1533
Battle Rifle - 1253
Melee - 439
Assault Rifle - 297
Frag Grenades - 192
 
Ranked: Kills : 2619
Deaths : 2633
K/D Ratio : 0.99 (99% all Lone Wolves though)

Social N/A not enough social matchs yet.

Top 5
#1 Assault Rifle 667
#2 Melee 406
#3 Frag Gernade 212
#4 Plasma 152
#5 SMG 121

I would like to thank the two honorable CAGS for joining me last night on Legendary. I can now wield the Katana with honor ^^
 
I miss Containment, [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gephyrophobia[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif], Ivory Tower, Lockout, Backwash, Gemini, and Headlong.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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[quote name='help1']Level 44! I pretty much won all my games from level 40 ot get there. Wow are some of these guys bad.[/QUOTE]

They must really suck if they lost to you.
 
[quote name='pimpinc333']They must really suck if they lost to you.[/QUOTE]

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[quote name='lmz00']I really miss Headlong, Waterworks & Containment. And ranked BTB.[/QUOTE]
That's my opinion, except for Waterworks. I really miss Headlong.

I can kind of see why they took out ranked BTB - if you're not playing with a clan or some very large group, and not some some sort of crazy-good sniper or something, you're bound to win about half the games you play, just based on probability. Ranks don't do a whole lot of good when one person can't make much difference. Still, I think the argument for BTB - more people taking it seriously, and no guests without mics - is stronger than the one against. At least in that argument I just made up, anyway.

Perhaps ranked BTB will re-emerge when they add clan support?
 
[quote name='pimpinc333']They must really suck if they lost to you.[/quote]

Yup, definately. You sir are the best player on this forum.

:roll:
 
[quote name='CokeCola']That's my opinion, except for Waterworks. I really miss Headlong.

I can kind of see why they took out ranked BTB - if you're not playing with a clan or some very large group, and not some some sort of crazy-good sniper or something, you're bound to win about half the games you play, just based on probability. Ranks don't do a whole lot of good when one person can't make much difference. Still, I think the argument for BTB - more people taking it seriously, and no guests without mics - is stronger than the one against. At least in that argument I just made up, anyway.

Perhaps ranked BTB will re-emerge when they add clan support?[/QUOTE]

I'd like to see 6 vs 6 or atleast some 5 vs 5 in ranked. 4 players per team just isn't enough for objective mode games like CTF on Last Resort.
 
[quote name='dastly75']I miss Containment, [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gephyrophobia[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif], Ivory Tower, Lockout, Backwash, Gemini, and Headlong.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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You are the only person I know that missed Backwash. I didn't think it was horrible except for when it was Plasma Wars.
 
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