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Subject: host in matchmaking
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does any one here think bungie should make something to make host not such a unfair advantage? I know halo 3 is going to be out soon but god its rediculous whoever has host wins am i right?

  • 07.31.2007 12:17 AM PDT

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yes its rediculous. no whoever has it doesn't always win. in the beta the host advantage was almost unnoticeable. i don't think there was a way to check for it, except one guy i played with said that when you shoot if your bullets don't jiggle then you're host. but i never noticed any bullet jiggling.

  • 07.31.2007 2:44 AM PDT

Posted by: ll Buckeye ll
whoever has host wins am i right?

No, you're not. It's not a big advantage, just a persistent one that only really decides the outcome between two players of totally equal skill and experience - something you don't really get often anyway. If someone beats you who truly wouldn't have beaten you if it wasn't for host, then you're not really much better than them anyway.

  • 07.31.2007 3:48 AM PDT
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r u serious? host is huge! take tombstone or collosus (wrong spelling but whatever) you can BR people from across the map and kill them! also, in close range punches are more powerful, grenades are, don't even talk about shotgun. yeah u can still kill host but its a lot harder than killing a normal person.

  • 07.31.2007 6:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dan Was Here 77
, don't even talk about shotgun. yeah u can still kill host but its a lot harder than killing a normal person.

umm no..
most times im host and yes it an advantage but its nothing you cant beat
and about the shot gun erm... no i was in rumble pit and it took me 4 shot to kill some -blam!- and he was close to me

  • 07.31.2007 7:28 AM PDT
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a host has a big enough advantage to wher if both teams are equally skilled, the host team SHOULD win, personally i tinhk it gives an unfair adavantage to one team, especially durring swat, or any BR start gametype

  • 07.31.2007 11:12 AM PDT
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The biggest adavantage is who's got the better weapon. Halo 2 has it set to where whoever has the biggest, baddest weapon will win, nearly guaranteed.

  • 07.31.2007 11:53 AM PDT
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Buckeye! Dude I played you and one of your buddies in Double Team like 2 days ago. My partner had host, but, if I remember correctly, I did most of the work. Anyways...

I do think host should be tuned down, but I don't know if there's a way to do it. I'm sure if there was a simple way, it would've been done by now.

EDIT: Here's the game. ;)

[Edited on 07.31.2007 12:43 PM PDT]

  • 07.31.2007 12:38 PM PDT
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Host is definitely an advantage. Not always a guaranteed win but, it is an edge.

Two players with equal skill, equal weapons, who start shooting and landing hits at the same time, host will win due to the timing diferential.

In SWAT, host advantage is glaringly obvious.

  • 07.31.2007 1:51 PM PDT