Halo 3 - General Discussion & Info


Standard Free For All. Ranked. On The Legendary Maps.
Maybe now i can get my fucking killing frenzy
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achievement and the circle shall be complete!!!one
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Man i still suck at this game, highest rank is 23. I still think it can be my connection. Sometimes when the connection stops during the match and it shows the list of players while it selects new host or whatever, my ping is 1 red dot. Sucks cos i enjoy this game, but i always lose. Plus it dont help that i always get sucky players. Last night 2 guys quit and my team had a 4 on 2 advantage and we still lost.
 
Ha, this double XP list is great. People can talk in game so the idiot boosters are working out where to meet to stage an overkill or whatever and I just run over there and fuck it up. "Watch out for wubb."
 
Meh...Legendary brawl wasn't as cool as I imagined...just played a bunch of rockets, snipers/shottys, lasers...ugh. Played one straight up slayer which was fun...that's all.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Meh...Legendary brawl wasn't as cool as I imagined...just played a bunch of rockets, snipers/shottys, lasers...ugh. Played one straight up slayer which was fun...that's all.[/quote]


Ya I hate when that happens. Sometimes simplicity is the best option.
 
I believe you can party up with as many as 16 people and go into the Legendary Brawl list even though it's ranked. So the people that want to boost should party up and then keep partying up with people that want to boost until they can have their fun without me crashing their party.

I don't really have a problem with people boosting cheesemints, but I'm playing to have fun with the game not to stand around in a line so somebody can get an overkill, etc. With Halo 3 I don't plan to boost the cheesemints as it's a game I actually play a hell of a lot. If I can't get them legit then I don't get them.

They basically say it in the announcement but it seems like a big draw of this 2XP weekend is cheesemint boosting. They should just make Rumble Bit 'ranked' but still social in that you can take a group of friends in and let the people who want to boost party up and do it w/o affecting Lone Wolves matches.
 
The thing I don't like in Slayer is that a guy gets the misslepod or rocket launcher then racks up 10 kills really quickly. The sword is also a bastard if only one guy has it on the whole map and it's a claustrophoic place like Construct. He'll get 10 ahead in no time since people barely have time to shoot before he lunges and murders them.
 
[quote name='Kuroi Kaze']The thing I don't like in Slayer is that a guy gets the misslepod or rocket launcher then racks up 10 kills really quickly. The sword is also a bastard if only one guy has it on the whole map and it's a claustrophoic place like Construct. He'll get 10 ahead in no time since people barely have time to shoot before he lunges and murders them.[/quote]

Sword isn't too bad to deal with. Just make sure you have stickies on hand and are ready to throw them at any time. Most of the time you should be able to stick the sword wielder if he's lunging at you. Not to mention often they hind *right* around the corner and if you know where they're at you can throw a few well placed grenades and take him down without too much hassle. Even luring him out just to keep him at range and unwind a clip into him.


Rockets... yeah. They're a bitch and most people shoot quick and early because you can be dropped very easily if you hold off firing for the perfect moment. The key is to jump a hell of a lot on various directions while firing at the enemy. It's not a certain kill against the rocket launcher as they'll have the upper hand. Though rockets are limited to two now-a-days it seems rather than the original four, which is good.
 
Now i remember why i hate halo....my slow internet connection. I hate shooting a guy with a shotgun, only for him to shoot me back once with the shotgun and i die, even though i shot him first. Another level it was so laggy i couldnt even tell what was killing me. I would jump around and die in the air.

I like playing the 12 man FFA with rockets, but snipers is shit. I was playing snipers on rats nest and every time i would spawn i would get shot like 3 seconds later.

I just bought the Legendary maps, so im getting used to them. Ive only seen the 2, Ghost Town and the one in the snow. Never get the other one, i assume its too small for the Legendary 12 man FFA game. The snow level is huge as hell. Ghost town is still making me scratch my head on where the hell i am sometimes.

I really do enjoy the game, i just wish i had more of an equal opportunity to compete with the others. But that would cost me more money for a faster internet connection. ARG!!! I do suck, but im sure i could get higher than a 23 if my connection was fast enough.
 
I've noticed that there's a lot of times when you come across another enemy and you both shoot at the same time with powerful weapons and you expect both of you to die like when you melee each other at the same time but it doesn't happen. I really wish that they'd patch that up.
 
7th - Well the closer you are the more of the 'buckshot' from the shotgun connects with your opp so you probably shot a bit too early while the opp shot once you were close enough to take the full brunt. But I also have some trouble with that and seem to often come up short on those shotty vs. shotty H2Hs. But yeah I'm sure lag can wreak havoc on that as well.

[quote name='LinkinPrime']I've noticed that there's a lot of times when you come across another enemy and you both shoot at the same time with powerful weapons and you expect both of you to die like when you melee each other at the same time but it doesn't happen. I really wish that they'd patch that up.[/QUOTE]

I've had double kills like that in Team SWAT I'm pretty sure so it can happen.
 
[quote name='wubb']I've had double kills like that in Team SWAT I'm pretty sure so it can happen.[/quote]

Oh I know it happens, but it should be happening way more often than it actually does.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Now i remember why i hate halo....my slow internet connection. I hate shooting a guy with a shotgun, only for him to shoot me back once with the shotgun and i die, even though i shot him first. Another level it was so laggy i couldnt even tell what was killing me. I would jump around and die in the air.

I like playing the 12 man FFA with rockets, but snipers is shit. I was playing snipers on rats nest and every time i would spawn i would get shot like 3 seconds later.

I just bought the Legendary maps, so im getting used to them. Ive only seen the 2, Ghost Town and the one in the snow. Never get the other one, i assume its too small for the Legendary 12 man FFA game. The snow level is huge as hell. Ghost town is still making me scratch my head on where the hell i am sometimes.

I really do enjoy the game, i just wish i had more of an equal opportunity to compete with the others. But that would cost me more money for a faster internet connection. ARG!!! I do suck, but im sure i could get higher than a 23 if my connection was fast enough.[/quote]


Are you on wireless? If so, look for a hardwire connection.
 
Nah i got wired. Its just that i got a slower connection, i could pay more to get a faster connection with the same company. But its nothing to worry about, i just play for fun, but it gets frustrating sometimes. One game i will be killing people, the next it seems i can shoot all day and i always end up dying. Ive been playing the legendary game type and im up to level 15. Not sure if its easier to level up on this compared to 5-6 man lone wolves. I know legendary dont have swords or hammers which is good, and most of the time everyone vetos king of the hill. Those three game types really stop my progress in lone wolves. But Legendary does have laser/sniper which i suck at for the most part. Im trying to get to 30+ before this mode is done. After that ill be moving to lego indiana jones on tuesday. hehehe
 
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ERRRRRRRRRRRRR....so i decided to go lone wolves and skip from 15 to 23. Well after playing a few hours i finally got to 24, then lost and went back to 23. Then finally got back to 24, won a few more games in the top 3, then lost a few. My last game i was in front, and in the end i was in last, so back down to 23. So fucking frustrating. Its not a matter of how good you are, its how many times can you win in a row. But if you lose a couple, down a grade.
 
What the hell is the point of having "laser tag" when 90% of the people use the sniper rifle. Its a joke. Sniper is really quick to kill, while laser takes a while to charge up. I dunno, snipers ruin the "laser tag" game IMO. Otherwise i really like the laser tag game.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']What the hell is the point of having "laser tag" when 90% of the people use the sniper rifle. Its a joke. Sniper is really quick to kill, while laser takes a while to charge up. I dunno, snipers ruin the "laser tag" game IMO. Otherwise i really like the laser tag game.[/quote]

I agree. Who cares really, the Legendary Brawl stinks in my opinion. I just went in there and asked people if they needed help getting achievements.I already have mine, but I figured I could help some guys out.
 
[quote name='help1']IT didn't let me play the legendary double EXP with omgu8myrie, FYI. Said the party was too large.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='omgu8myrice']lol[/QUOTE]

Yeah I realized I was wrong on that over the weekend.

A weekend playlist that you can't jump in with a few buddies is kind of lame IMO.
 
[quote name='wubb']Yeah I realized I was wrong on that over the weekend.

A weekend playlist that you can't jump in with a few buddies is kind of lame IMO.[/quote]


Ya, they should only do weekend ones where you can play with friends.
 
[quote name='jakehoss']ZOMG i got my last achievement and now i have my Marathon helmet and my useless Katana !!
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Damn I want that helmet...fucking Bungie get off your asses and patch the damn game already, I want to graduate (achievement)!!!
 
Are there any matchmaking variants for SWAT up now?

I'd potentially like to do a SWAT flag match in tonight's H3 session and I'm wondering if something is built in or if I'll have to set it up myself.

Unrelated but I'd be curious to see stats on the highest ranks people got in the Legendary Brawl weekend list. I wonder how many (if any) people got to level 50 in it?
 
[quote name='wubb']Are there any matchmaking variants for SWAT up now?

I'd potentially like to do a SWAT flag match in tonight's H3 session and I'm wondering if something is built in or if I'll have to set it up myself.

Unrelated but I'd be curious to see stats on the highest ranks people got in the Legendary Brawl weekend list. I wonder how many (if any) people got to level 50 in it?[/quote]


If the rank charts are correct there were a few 50's. The very first day the playlist was up I seen a few people in the high 40's on the chart.
 
Well I guess the June update is live as there's a Head to Head list under Hardcore now. So far all I've seen in the way of 'customized' maps is changed up weapon placements. I was hoping they'd have placed some objects or whatever to make the existing maps smaller.

I think this hopper could be pretty frustrating. The two slayer type matches I played I got dominated in the first and I dominated the other guy in the 2nd.

I played two SWAT matches and didn't have a shotty as my starting weapon. Was that change nixed?

[quote name='life.exe']If the rank charts are correct there were a few 50's. The very first day the playlist was up I seen a few people in the high 40's on the chart.[/QUOTE]

Where do you see the charts?
 
The only achievements i have left are the meta ones, where you get a score going through a level. Is there anyway i can get enough points while playing on easy? I tried normal with a few skulls on but i suck. But i really want that helmet you get when you get 100% achievements.
 
I can confirm that ranked BTB is double XP. Doesn't give any indication in game that I can see (except that when you win if you check you'll see you go up 2 XP of course.)

Still a fairly low population on it. 4K right now.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']How is it Wubb? Does it seem easy to rank up, or is it pretty much against Generals?[/QUOTE]

There was a good mix of ranks. I was at level 7. Won two matches in a row and didn't rank up. I think with so many people on a team it's just a slow ranking list by it's nature. :shrug:

Or are you talking Head to Head? I'm not digging it that much so far. It's mostly duel gametypes on standard maps with changed up weapon spawns. I wish they had really forged some custom maps like the Pi variant I grabbed. But it also seems like a good mix of ranks. I think I've gone 3 and 3 and I've ranked up to level 3.
 
Rockets FFA is the double XP list and it's up now according to bungie.net

I'm not super enthused on this one. Seems like it might be fun for a few matches but I can't see playing it for an hour straight.
 
[quote name='wubb']Rockets FFA is the double XP list and it's up now according to bungie.net

I'm not super enthused on this one. Seems like it might be fun for a few matches but I can't see playing it for an hour straight.[/quote]

I played a game of Oddball Rockets in this list and it was really, really horrible. I don't know if I'll play that again.
 
[quote name='wubb']So anyone else have impressions on the Head to Head list?[/quote]

I played 2 games of this, and i found it to be kind of boring. I was Also paired up with people of a higher "skill" and was promtly defeated both times. I feel a 15 kill limit is too high. And on some larger maps it gets really boring. I kill you, you kill me, you kill me, you kill me, i kill you. again and again. it got way repetitive. Even with the "Duels" Red triangle above the point leader matches seemed to go slow.
 
On a completely side note, I am doing a final project for my communications class that is worth 30% of my final mark. I put in a submission to create a Halo HMV (short music video clips) much like the ones that Hollywood Halo did. However, I can not find enough people to film some scenes, so I am asking the Halo 3 CAG community to possibly help me out. It would be great if I could get 10 people, just let me know.

Thanks.
 
Eh I'm really not digging the Head to Head. It's been all Duels for me and it can just turn into a boring grind.

For example this last match I had the lead and a shotgun on snowbound so I ducked behind cover on the edge of the map and my opp stayed at the other side with a beam rifle for maybe 5 minutes of the match. He eventually ran over and took me out with a stick and from there it went downhill for me. But I'm not going to charge a guy with a long range weapon when I have a waypoint over my head so really he could have ran the game down to whatever time he wanted before coming over to feel me out.

Seems I get stuck a hell of a lot in this mode...
 
1vs1s are better suited for Fighters, never liked them in FPSes. That said, I haven't tried Head to Head yet but the playlist title itself is already gay...
 
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