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It doesn't matter if they reset the ranks to make it fair since there are still plenty of people who boost and help their friends go up in rank.

If you're only a level 10 and your friend uses your account to boost your level or always keeps you in their party while they do all the hard work to get you up to level 30 then you still cheated the system.

Only benefit from it is that he'd suck playing against other level 30s and give them easy kills and an easy win.

Bungie should hide the ranks. I know people use it as an ego booster because it proves you're really good at the game... but the main purpose of it is so that you can play with people who have the same skill as you.. and boosting yourself up to level 40 to "show off" doesn't help you when as soon as you play a real level 40, you get owned.

  • 04.24.2007 6:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lady Owl
It doesn't matter if they reset the ranks to make it fair since there are still plenty of people who boost and help their friends go up in rank.

If you're only a level 10 and your friend uses your account to boost your level or always keeps you in their party while they do all the hard work to get you up to level 30 then you still cheated the system.

Only benefit from it is that he'd suck playing against other level 30s and give them easy kills and an easy win.

Bungie should hide the ranks. I know people use it as an ego booster because it proves you're really good at the game... but the main purpose of it is so that you can play with people who have the same skill as you.. and boosting yourself up to level 40 to "show off" doesn't help you when as soon as you play a real level 40, you get owned.


That kind of happened to me, my friend was a fairly high level and I would always play TS with him, so my rank would go up no matter what. I can't wait for the reset personally, in theory everything should work out in a few days, the good will level up and the cheaters / people that suck will remain at low levels.

  • 04.24.2007 6:26 PM PDT
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Seriously. Get over it people. If you were legit rank last reset, there's no reason you can't get that again. Put in a little determination and get some good friends playing and you'll get it.

All I'm wondering is WHEN they are going to do it. I'm anxious; I could have already been leveling by now.

  • 04.24.2007 6:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: Lady Owl
It doesn't matter if they reset the ranks to make it fair since there are still plenty of people who boost and help their friends go up in rank.

If you're only a level 10 and your friend uses your account to boost your level or always keeps you in their party while they do all the hard work to get you up to level 30 then you still cheated the system.

Only benefit from it is that he'd suck playing against other level 30s and give them easy kills and an easy win.

Bungie should hide the ranks. I know people use it as an ego booster because it proves you're really good at the game... but the main purpose of it is so that you can play with people who have the same skill as you.. and boosting yourself up to level 40 to "show off" doesn't help you when as soon as you play a real level 40, you get owned.


That kind of happened to me, my friend was a fairly high level and I would always play TS with him, so my rank would go up no matter what. I can't wait for the reset personally, in theory everything should work out in a few days, the good will level up and the cheaters / people that suck will remain at low levels.


i thought you actually had to do something to rank up. that your rank was determined on how you performed individually compared to all the other players

  • 04.24.2007 6:33 PM PDT

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It's gonna happen if you have a friend who isn't that good hanging out with you a lot. I don't think it's a big deal if it just sorta happens on its own but for people who purposely do it? There just isn't a point to that.

I'm sure most everyone has a couple friends who aren't as good or who don't take the game as serious as them so they only play it once in awhile to hang out with friends. Nothing wrong with that.

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i thought you actually had to do something to rank up. that your rank was determined on how you performed individually compared to all the other players[/quote]



no noob, that would make sense, if your team wins you win if your team loses you lose. although it puts a strong emphasis on team playing unlike battlefield 2, there is no reason to even have teams on that you work on your own because it doesnt matter if you win or loses. its better how it is

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  • 04.24.2007 6:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: fullthrottle951
Posted by: Viper323
Posted by: Lady Owl
It doesn't matter if they reset the ranks to make it fair since there are still plenty of people who boost and help their friends go up in rank.

If you're only a level 10 and your friend uses your account to boost your level or always keeps you in their party while they do all the hard work to get you up to level 30 then you still cheated the system.

Only benefit from it is that he'd suck playing against other level 30s and give them easy kills and an easy win.

Bungie should hide the ranks. I know people use it as an ego booster because it proves you're really good at the game... but the main purpose of it is so that you can play with people who have the same skill as you.. and boosting yourself up to level 40 to "show off" doesn't help you when as soon as you play a real level 40, you get owned.


That kind of happened to me, my friend was a fairly high level and I would always play TS with him, so my rank would go up no matter what. I can't wait for the reset personally, in theory everything should work out in a few days, the good will level up and the cheaters / people that suck will remain at low levels.


i thought you actually had to do something to rank up. that your rank was determined on how you performed individually compared to all the other players


I thought so too since I believe I went down a level once when I did poor during a game even though we won.. but I've also done poor and gone up. Same as my friends I play with.

  • 04.24.2007 6:38 PM PDT
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first of all the maps really blow!!! I still get cheated and I worked my ass off to get my levwl at where it is at right now. you don't get how the gamers on xbl think thats why u do not think its a big deal.

  • 04.24.2007 6:40 PM PDT
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there going to reset the experience tables to how they were before too, they changed it 4 times easier because lots of people were playing and wanted to spread the lvls out now not many people play and they want everyone bunched up again so say goodbye to your 40's and hello to your 25's :P

  • 04.24.2007 6:43 PM PDT

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there going to reset the experience tables to how they were before too, they changed it 4 times easier because lots of people were playing and wanted to spread the lvls out now not many people play and they want everyone bunched up again so say goodbye to your 40's and hello to your 25's :P

and that is damn true lol

  • 04.24.2007 6:46 PM PDT
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perhaps, but somehow i doubt that. People like their high levels.

  • 04.24.2007 6:47 PM PDT

when we joined the covenant we took a oath, acording to our station all with our deseption on the blood of our fathers on the blood of our sons we swore to appold the covenant.even to our dieing breaths those who abreak this oath are heretics worthy of neither pity or mercy even now they use our lords creation to plord their lives we will grind them into dust and continue the martch of the glorious salvation!

anyone wanna come play team snipers im trying to get my level to 30 before the reset so anyone wanna join by all means send me a friend request and u gotta be a level of 27 or higher plz

  • 04.24.2007 6:52 PM PDT

Posted by: xfire grunt
perhaps, but somehow i doubt that. People like their high levels.


but they cant get their high levels if theres only 10 other people as high as them. the levels depend on everyone, not just the individual players. if you want to be a level 10, someone else has to be more than a level 3 for you to get to a 10. matchmaking makes all the players depend on each other fro rankings. if youre the best player ever, you wont rank up fast because all the lower level players you kill only affect your ranking a little. and if they kill you, it affects it big time.

  • 04.24.2007 6:52 PM PDT

Why are you reading this go play your xbox 360!!

i still have my rank

  • 04.24.2007 7:00 PM PDT

Posted by: Brosive Tim
Posted by: spartanfornow
You're all missing a great plus side. The first game you play on April 24th will, and I guarantee this, not have any delevelers.
you know what im going to delevel just to piss people off and no one can do anything about it so eat it and i just get my 36 in double team legit and bungie has to ruin it good thing i just broke my game in half
lol me 2

  • 04.24.2007 7:09 PM PDT
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increase in cheating? discourage is more like it

and email everything to the banhammer-it works.

the reason was that the decreasing halo 2 community prompted bungie to reduce the amount of people required for BTB and reset the ranks, in turn bringing everyone closer together rank wise so that games can be more easily matched.

  • 04.24.2007 7:33 PM PDT
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Hey guess what, halo 3 wont even have ranks so everyone quit ur complaining about halo 2 and ranks

  • 04.24.2007 7:42 PM PDT
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Im glad the ranks are being reset. If you have noticed you see a lot higher ranks playing now cuz people know they are going to loose their non legit levels. I looked up a tag today and the guy's lowest rank was a 35 and highest was a 50. He also had like two 49 ranks and like a 48. People like that deserve to have their ranks taken away. With the new updates its nicer cuz nobody can bridge or mod, they can only stand by if they get host. So if they find a way to cheat again then keep reseting the level. if your legit it wont matter. And one more thing, i hate delevers anyway.

  • 04.24.2007 8:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It was well thought out. And it didn't cause lots of people to leave the last time we did it. It also won't lead to an increase in cheating, given the nature of the Auto Update and what it does to both modders and network manipulators.

The primary reason, though, is that with the smaller online population, many people's levels are spread out and/or artificially inflated - to keep matching fast, we need to reign it back in. Besides, you have no idea right now if you rank is earned or not due to the cheating. So, a fresh start with new anti-cheating controls might help lend a bit of help there.

A fresh start is exactly what all those cheaters need.

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i wish someone from bungie would read this and just post a replay or something on here or have a rep from bungie let us know exactly where you guys are in the resetting of ranks so ppl will stop complaining and wont get on here just saying how mad they are they arent done yet even though if they read it says sometime in between but i guess knowing exactly where you guys are with it would stop some of this crap that has been started between everyone

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no1 finds it funny this guy is a lvl 50?


link

goto the thread authors BTB games he played @ lvl 47ish and 48... look at him he played with the same people over and over all that he knew, a bunch of lvl 1s and 1 47 on the opposite team, goto the game previous to that, the 47 who lost to him was on his team prior to that. and he then won against some1 who was in this game to some1 who will be on his team in the next game.



the guy who made this thread cheated to get his lvl 50's

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  • 04.24.2007 8:56 PM PDT

when we joined the covenant we took a oath, acording to our station all with our deseption on the blood of our fathers on the blood of our sons we swore to appold the covenant.even to our dieing breaths those who abreak this oath are heretics worthy of neither pity or mercy even now they use our lords creation to plord their lives we will grind them into dust and continue the martch of the glorious salvation!

Posted by: jessy87
no1 finds it funny this guy is a lvl 50?


link

goto the thread authors BTB games he played @ lvl 47ish and 48... look at him he played with the same people over and over all that he knew, a bunch of lvl 1s and 1 47 on the opposite team, goto the game previous to that, the 47 who lost to him was on his team prior to that. and he then won against some1 who was in this game to some1 who will be on his team in the next game.



the guy who made this thread cheated to get his lvl 50's

k i just looked at it how do u no hes cheating

  • 04.24.2007 9:07 PM PDT

when we joined the covenant we took a oath, acording to our station all with our deseption on the blood of our fathers on the blood of our sons we swore to appold the covenant.even to our dieing breaths those who abreak this oath are heretics worthy of neither pity or mercy even now they use our lords creation to plord their lives we will grind them into dust and continue the martch of the glorious salvation!

Posted by: johnd3d
wheres the reset

k its when not where and its between the 24th and 27th

  • 04.24.2007 9:14 PM PDT
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wow where have you been man we all still waiting for the thing to happen and bungie doesnt want to seem to read these and let us know where they are in the process of doing it....

  • 04.24.2007 9:15 PM PDT