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Subject: Has anyone else noticed MM acting strangely the past few weeks?

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
- Oscar Wilde

Over the past few weeks I've noticed that host advantage seems to be greater than ever, and it causes games to be extremely lopsided. When I'm not host, things seem to go crazy. My melees don't seem to land, my grenades don't seem to explode. I feel like I'm dying too quickly. etc etc. I would think that I was just lagging, but I've noticed that when I get host I'm practically unstoppable. Once again.. I know that the host has always had an advantage, but lately it seems more pronounced.

Has anywhere here had that problem? I've asked a few people on my friends list and they thought matchmaking seemed weird lately too, but they couldn't figure out what it was.

  • 09.03.2007 11:32 PM PDT

Muhby its cause most games are now BR start and the 2 new maps are the biggest long range host disasters in the game?

  • 09.03.2007 11:56 PM PDT
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I've felt it too, and I have never been able to discern the exact source of the trouble.

Frustrating, isn't it?

Why is this happening? ISP's? Xbox 360 dying on me?

It can't be because Bungie or Microsoft is phasing out Halo 2, or is it?

[Edited on 09.04.2007 12:21 AM PDT]

  • 09.04.2007 12:20 AM PDT

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
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I can't figure it out . Maybe Bungie's just trying to make it to where we're dying for H3?

  • 09.04.2007 1:27 PM PDT
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I've completely given up trying to melee people. It just doesn't happen anymore. I'll try to no-scope with a sniper rifle now before I try to melee them. My melees never connect. I usually end up going straight through them and getting assassinated as I watch the guy melee the air in front of me.

  • 09.04.2007 2:11 PM PDT
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ditto here I had a TS game on ascension where I could'nt melee at all. I mean I would push the button but nothing would happen WTF?

  • 09.04.2007 2:26 PM PDT

This happens to me a LOT (with the sword lunge too), but I don't blame it on host..

  • 09.04.2007 3:35 PM PDT

Greatest of all time

**Looks around**

Theres nothing wrong! Keep playing! NOW!

  • 09.04.2007 3:37 PM PDT

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
- Oscar Wilde

Posted by: TheSpootz
This happens to me a LOT (with the sword lunge too), but I don't blame it on host..



Any idea what's causing it? It hasn't always been this bad.

  • 09.04.2007 3:39 PM PDT

last night i had to BXBXBXB a person to kill them. i heard all 4 lunges hit. They didnt have an overshield.

  • 09.04.2007 3:41 PM PDT
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All of you guys are just victims of either standbying or the host in your game has a Wal-Mart connection. There is nothing wrong with MM.

  • 09.04.2007 3:54 PM PDT

# There is no emotion, there is peace.
# There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
# There is no passion, there is serenity.
# There is no chaos, there is harmony.
# There is no death, there is the Force.

matchmaking is screwed 10x over...Halo 2 is dead in the water excpet for lan or customs really.

  • 09.04.2007 4:12 PM PDT

sorry to burst your bubble shield but...

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...I'd kick your ass with this baby.

Its because people have routers and their sister is loading 50 myspace windows/ads and downloading goat pr0n.


but seriously Iv noticed it to i punch 5 minutes before it hits.


COD4 has huge host advantage iv only played 1 game where most people had green connections.

  • 09.04.2007 4:19 PM PDT