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Second Halo 2 update expands matchmaking

Bungie lives up to its promises of regular updates, adding Team Slayer and Rumble Training to matchmaking.
Call it Halo 2.2. Bungie's second major Halo 2 update was announced by the company today. Unlike the first update, which opened the previously locked Foundation map and fixed various technical issues, this update aids Halo 2 users where it helps most--on Xbox Live.


The new update focuses entirely on tweaking the online matchmaking options, adding two entirely new playlists and "freshening" existing playlists. These changes are a result of processing feedback from Halo 2 players and Bungie employees since the game's release November 9.

The first of the two new playlists, Team Slayer, pits two teams of four against each other in deathmatch competition. Game types range from Team Slayer to Team Phantom, and they play on all maps except for Headlong and Waterworks. Parties of up to four players may join together in this newest ranked playlist.

Rumble Training also joins Halo 2 as a new playlist. This unranked set features the same game types and maps as the free-for-all (and ranked) Rumble Pit, but accepts parties of up to 8 players. Rumble Training requires a minimum of 6 players, and guests may also join into the fray.

Existing playlists have also been altered to allow for more variety. For example, no more playing single capture the flag on Zanzibar over and over in Team Skirmish, because the playlists have been reweighted, allowing some of the scarcer game types such as Team Oddball to be played with more frequency. The recently unlocked map Foundation has also been added as a playable map on several playlists, and game types within playlists have been reconfigured.

Other minor adjustments to online play include extending match times for almost all games, allowing different sized parties to join Big Team Battles and Major Clan Matches, and the removing and adding of vehicles on certain games.

Halo 2 users looking for an Xbox Live update screen won't find it, as the update is automatic, but those logged in when the update was released will need to log out and log back in again to see the effects.


-personally bungie, i think this is a very VERY bad idea. to take the most popular gametypes in all first person shooter games out of the most played playlist, is an insult to all 39234923492348234823 of us gamers playing. assault and oddball is crap.. its all about who can get to the glitches first. i mean if your truely listening to the users to base your changes.... thats a spit in the face. Seems liek your really coming up with some bad ideas lately, the foundation map, definately its just a big circle and it sucks with 15 people on live... try fixing the lag problem before you start screwing with the most wanted gametype.

or add an atv.. screw weapon just let me drive it.

amen.

Matt
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  • 12.01.2004 9:31 PM PDT
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that was taken from gamespot just if you were wondering.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/12/01/news_6114238.html

  • 12.01.2004 9:32 PM PDT
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i agree and think bungie should think this over...do u really want the most fun map (on 1 flag CTF) be played less...are we just that stupid to make three plots be played more which is most likely the most craptastic gametype ever.

  • 12.01.2004 9:36 PM PDT
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Okay. So you're mad that they removed a popular gametype from Team Skirmish, but gave it its own playlist, allowing it to be played any time you want? My brain is collapsing.

Undaunted, Big Team Battle. It's very fun. Just not Waterworks. Waterworks isn't fun.

[Edited on 12/1/2004 9:55:11 PM]

  • 12.01.2004 9:45 PM PDT
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can you not read? CTF ZANZIBAR. last time i checked no one added a CTF MatchMaking Type.

  • 12.01.2004 9:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: aktive
can you not read? CTF ZANZIBAR. last time i checked no one added a CTF MatchMaking Type.

So how is this complaining about the new matchmaking changes? Or was the article you quoted just supposed to be irrelevant? If you want to play CTF Zanzibar, play Big Team Battle or a custom game or something.

  • 12.01.2004 10:03 PM PDT
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your an idiot.

if i wanted to play 8 on 8 i would play big team. but 4 on 4 would be nice.. somethign you cant do in bigteam.. 4 on 4 ctf zanzibar is perfect... why take it away for some retarded teamball...

  • 12.01.2004 10:08 PM PDT
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Zanzibar is great and all but it kind of sucks when you're forced to do 1 flag CTF on the map over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.......

[Edited on 12/1/2004 10:19:08 PM]

  • 12.01.2004 10:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: aktive
your an idiot.

if i wanted to play 8 on 8 i would play big team. but 4 on 4 would be nice.. somethign you cant do in bigteam.. 4 on 4 ctf zanzibar is perfect... why take it away for some retarded teamball...



I like Teamball. Fiestaball is actually the best gametype. Ever.

  • 12.01.2004 10:28 PM PDT