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Subject: Matchmaking Playlist Changes are Live

"Objective of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his!"

OMFG!!! stop the wall o' texts!!!!

Rocket race is preatty boring...... pleas bring back social doubles!!!! that was really fun. Everything else is fine with me. I think having swords and 6 ppl on lone wolves doesnt make ppl to earn the whole 1000 points!! stop complaining about that

  • 11.16.2007 5:40 AM PDT
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Rastaftw....two things pee wee. Work on your spelling and your Halo skills. Both seem to be in dire need of some polishing.

  • 11.16.2007 6:14 AM PDT

"Objective of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his!"

LOOOOOOOL !!!!! look who is talking!!! a mother f/ucker with more deaths than kills in social and ranked???
hardarv boy u should stop talking bs about other ppl and pay more attention to your own s/hit

Being Colonel doesnt mean ur good......... u suck

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  • 11.16.2007 7:26 AM PDT
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SNIPERS ?????????????????/

  • 11.16.2007 8:14 AM PDT
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Bungie i would like to see Shark added to the playlist or maybe a custom game playlist where you can select custom games that others have created and play them through the Matchmaking system (WITHOUT VETO) no veto because you cant veto a map that you selected to join.

  • 11.16.2007 9:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: odmichael
Guardian was already in Team Slayer Wasn't it? If so then what really changed?


YEA LOL IM WITH U ON THAT 1 I NKOW GUARIDAN WAS ALREADY IN TEAM SLAYER LOL WTF?>

  • 11.16.2007 9:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: fireHammer7
Yeahhhh! Rocket Race FTW! And Guardian in Team Slayer, makes me all happy inside.


wasnt guardian already in team slayer wtf lol?

  • 11.16.2007 10:09 AM PDT
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i dont care about the changes they are cool one thing WHY THE HECK YOU REMOVED Social Doubles?!!!!!!! i love play 2 vs 2 and some will agree that its fun put it back online!!

  • 11.16.2007 1:49 PM PDT

Posted by: ForrestWasHere
surfer, just because you enjoy gametypes with BR starts doesnt make it the only way this game is any good. i know many many people are glad that halo 3 isn't a BR take all game like halo2 was on its way to becoming. it would make the game better, yeah, im not arguing that - heck, i WANT a BR start playlist - but i have plenty of fun with AR start games.


I do agree but i just sayin that there should be BR start game type so that every 1 could have want they want to play i also wish that bungie would bring back Halo CE for xboxlive that would be the best but no anytime time soon b,c halo 3 just come out

  • 11.16.2007 4:20 PM PDT
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You know wht I think? I think we need SWAT and Infection matchmaking playlists. SWAT needs to be ranked this time.

  • 11.16.2007 6:13 PM PDT
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but we still need our Social Doubles back :D

  • 11.16.2007 7:45 PM PDT

Still doesn't change the fact that the game variants are going to be wide, I am tired of playing the same thing over and over again. At least with Halo2, there was a huge range of game variant choices and on several different maps that came with it. Bungie still needs to fix the lack of fun type variants for Halo3. The number went from 900k players per hr when it first came out to 200k per hr 2 months later. So please, don't be fooled with Bungies updates, it will not change too much on your game playing.

  • 11.16.2007 9:01 PM PDT

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Bungie i salute you on the changes. Halo 3 is super fun (before and after changes). If half of these "complainers" get what they want, then halo 3 will suck. For they think for themselves (want halo 3 to be like they enjoy it) when they should realize that you, Bungie, has to make halo 3 enjoyable to everyone. Not just the select majority that played social doubles or the people that think adding Swords to Lone Wolves was "all about making achievements easier to get". I really have fun with Swords... you get to run around and dominate everyone else that doesnt know how to use them. I dont mean to degrade the individuals that have complained, i just think that maybe it would help to think outside the box sometimes... I mean honestly.... who wants to hang out in an empty box all day?


I totally agree! I think that maybe people should learn to deal with the new changes, and try to get used to them before they start blasting it with criticism the moment it starts.


What is with these people? they continue and continue to tell us to stop complaining, and get on with halo, but whats the point in sitting back and taking changes you dont like? Bungie prides itself on its community and supporting that comunnity, so you better be sure as hell that these forums arent just for people like posideon and other jackasses to waltz in and tell us were being little girls because we dont like the changes. do they have no opinion at all on halo and what should be going on? people enjoyed social doubles, they want it back, wahts arong with saying it? if you want to bash complainers, make your own forum and go there. this is to discuss the changes, the pros and cons of them, and argue about the MATCHMAKING CHANGES!!!! Don't tell us not to do what this forum was CREATED for us to do.


first off. I am not trying to bash complainers, sorry if it that is the way it seemed. Just trying to get people to think of more than themselves. And yes, I would love it if people stopped complaining, so then they could constructively discuss ways to better the game. I'm all for bettering the game, as long as it is in support of the majority. A lot of times the most outspoken are indeed the minority. I agree use this thread for what it was intended, but dont be an -blam- while you do it.

And this thread was made to "rationally" discuss the playlist changes, which i believe i addressed. Many people just come in here and scream, Bungie sucks because they removed/added something i dont like!!! Social Doubles for example, has a reason to be upset. I played split screen with my friend for about 2 years on Halo 2 before i got my own xbox. Bungie probably removed it because its numbers were low compared to other playlists (just speculation, they could have removed it for completely different reasons) If its numbers were indeed low then it rightfully deserved to be cut in wake of newer playlists.

Rocket Race was added... and im not going to get started on anything else cuz im tired. but please dont hate on me if i dont hate on you. Expressing your opinions does not have to hurt people.

p.s. i dont remember callin anyone a little girl, lol.

  • 11.17.2007 3:13 AM PDT
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Quote: Still doesn't change the fact that the game variants are going to be wide, I am tired of playing the same thing over and over again. At least with Halo2, there was a huge range of game variant choices and on several different maps that came with it. Bungie still needs to fix the lack of fun type variants for Halo3. The number went from 900k players per hr when it first came out to 200k per hr 2 months later. So please, don't be fooled with Bungies updates, it will not change too much on your game playing. (Arctic Wolf06)

i totally agree i think they should just add game variants and leave the defaults alone removing social doubles made halo3 unberably boring for people who dont like having 5 ppl on a team, and adding rocket race which the most dumbest idea ever..... i played it and it didnt make any sence lol ulim riockets on the back of 4 wheeler?! no skill at all. unlike social Doubles is teamwork and cooperation.
thats why i strongly suggest they need to bring it back online.

Ps the reason Social Dubles pop was low cuz its mainly Splitscreen and the number of players on a team is only 2vs2 but again still its my most fav game variant.


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  • 11.17.2007 6:52 AM PDT
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I might sound like a n00b but which games are in whch playlists? I'm looking for certain game variants and I don't know where to look.

  • 11.17.2007 2:44 PM PDT
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I'm not sure who was in charge of the decision to remove social doubles, but the rest of you need to find out who and throw him/her the beating of a lifetime. In my opinion that hopper was one of the best, a little relaxed 2v2 without 6 other 5 year olds yelling in my ear. Multi team just dosent cut it. If this change was about people using social doubles to boost exp, there must have been another solution(change max party size to two). It dosent take a rocket scientist to read these posts and realize that people are clearly not happy. Unfortunetly as with most situations everyone that was happy with social doubles were quiet about it, and it seems to have cost us in the long run. As far as I can tell the only way to get things done around here is to beg for stupid game types on the forum and hope that bungie in its infinite wisdom grants us gifts like Swords on lone wolf. Has anyone actually played a game of swords on lone wolves and not wanted to shoot themselves in the head shortly after?

*sarcasm*
I'm also really excited about playing team plasma pistols on sand trap. Is there a possability that we could get that added as a ranked playlist?
Another idea is elephant bumper cars. I think this could be a smash hit. Haha I made a funny.
*sarcasm end*

Heres to hoping that bungie sees the error of its ways in this change and fixes it as soon as possible.

  • 11.17.2007 4:29 PM PDT
Subject: They should add Team Sniper like in Halo 2 to Halo 3
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Halo 2 had team sniper and just about all of my friends loved it and were very ashamed of not having it on halo 3 and i hear on live that people always want team sniper and it would definitely benefit halo 3 and make the players much happier if u would just add team snipes.

  • 11.17.2007 6:49 PM PDT
Subject: Matchmaking Playlist Changes are Live

Sallow? ...What?
Tell us about the league. ...What about it?
Are they really so good? ...Yeah.
Really? ...Better than you can imagine.
How do you know if you're good enough? ...You know.

I would think that to fix the melee thing that instead of choosing the victor by who has the most health. just change the damage so that it goes down in percentage versus how much health you have. That way if you are running at a guy and shooting him and he happens to swat at you with his gun... he doesn't just kill you because he got a lucky melee in while you were shooting him.

Melee should only be an instant kill if you are at full health.

Just a thought...

  • 11.17.2007 7:07 PM PDT

Sallow? ...What?
Tell us about the league. ...What about it?
Are they really so good? ...Yeah.
Really? ...Better than you can imagine.
How do you know if you're good enough? ...You know.

Anyone else notice that since the change that plasma grenades are leaping on your back like monkeys??? I see a plasma thrown over me head and land yards behind me... then whoooop... blue stream of light from the floor to my ass and the plasma grenade is now on me. Only seen it happen when I am also in the throwing stage and or picking up a special device. Seems like the extra activity is changing the polarity of my body and causing a bigger halo for these damn plasma grenades.

You can see the xamples in my WTF??? film clips!!!

  • 11.17.2007 7:12 PM PDT
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yeah bro totally notice the plasmas, anyway swords in LONEWOLF are you stupid bungie?

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Posted by: MatthewParanoia
Bungie i would like to see Shark added to the playlist or maybe a custom game playlist where you can select custom games that others have created and play them through the Matchmaking system (WITHOUT VETO) no veto because you cant veto a map that you selected to join.


The above is a prime example of how people with the worst ideas are often the most vocal about them. I'm having trouble deciding if this guy is serious or not. Sharks in a playlist? I mean, wow............................. When I wrote my above post I thought about it for a good 15 mins and decided that team plasma pistols on sand trap was quite possibly the worst idea ever. But just when I was pretty sure I was right, this guy goes over the top and asks for sharks.

In closing, in the future please ignore anyone that asks for game types like hammers, swords, and of course sharks. Good lord please not sharks.

P.S. If any of you know this kid in real life. Kindly smack him in the head several times for even thinking of such a thing.

  • 11.18.2007 8:12 PM PDT
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Agreed with those complaining about removing social doubles. That was by far the best gameplay type to have for non-gamer buddies. Hopefully Bungie reconsiders removing it and will reimplement with a limit on party size. I think most players would agree that if they want to race around on some maps on 4 wheelers, they can go buy a racing sim..............or a Wii.

  • 11.19.2007 8:48 PM PDT
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COULDNT HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER, Frair. Kudos.

C'mon Bungie, I didnt buy Halo 3 to race ATVs...

  • 11.19.2007 8:52 PM PDT
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yea i really think they should bring back social doubles, just limit the party size to two. i don't really have a problem with rocket race or any of that stuff, i mean i don't like it but if you don't like it just don't play. i also hope they put in a team snipers playlist, i haven't quite gotten the hang of sniping on 3 as well as i could on 2. i mainly just want social doubles back though

  • 11.19.2007 11:02 PM PDT
Subject: i agree
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i agree with you, about the playlist, even though i got back into halo 2, only 6 months before halo 3 came out, i think the playlists you mention should be brought back from halo 2 and put in halo 3, for me team snipers was really fun in halo 2, and i think shotty snipers in halo 3 is not that fun because well...if ppl cant use the sniper they just will go inside somewhere and hide (for example: underground on snowbound, inside the base in highground, etc.) i know thats another way to play the game but personally adding the shotgun just ruins the sniping part of it. and personally it is really tough to no scope for me, and its even harder when the other person will just pull out a shotgun, which prevents me from getting better with the sniper, and forces me to take out the shotgun when i dont really want to.

but i think the reason bungie might not want to bring back team snipers is because people will have like 1000 kills with the sniper and very little other weapon kills, also it would probably be abused by people wanting level up quickly and get exp quick, like saying.."oh ill just do snipers over and over and get to level 50" but there are i think more reasons for bungie to bring it back than to just keep shotty snipers.

also about what you had said about the melee system, what you described has happened more than frequently and is definatley frustrating, i really hate the system so im practically being forced to avoid melees because the system is so screwed up it just ruins my kill/death ...even though on my social i have a ton of melees and sword kills, i agree and know what you mean by what your saying.

  • 11.20.2007 8:27 AM PDT