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Awesome! When will we see Ranked Team SWAT though?

  • 03.05.2008 3:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: TheCyberFreak
I'm confused.

In Ranked matchmaking the Trueskill system rates games of mixed skill levels as "low quality" and the experience points awarded for a win are reduced accordingly. As I understand it, Bungie tweaked these parameters somehow to enhance the negative impact of attempting to "boost" your skill level by teaming up with players of much higher skill. So, mixed parties result in a slowing of skill level advancement to discourage this skill boosting.

With the mixed party restrictions turned off in Team Slayer and Ranked BTB, does this mean that this anti-boosting mechanism is also disabled or can we still count on ranking slowly, or not at all, if we go in with a mixed team?

I need to know because I would like to go into Ranked BTB with friends that I previously could not play with, due to the differances in our skill level...while at the same time I don't want to do this if it means that my skill level advancement in that playlist will effectively halt.


Cyber, if you read the other part of Luke's post, it says the following:

# Fixes to matchmaking to allow more even leveling for players

I would assume this is to make up for the "mixed party" experience balancing. I hope so, as I want to get a Ranked BTB game together tonight.

  • 03.05.2008 3:36 PM PDT

https://www.bungieallstars.com

Great stuff! =D

  • 03.05.2008 3:36 PM PDT
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Oh yes! SWAT! THank god! I love you bungie ; ) *does triple backflip*

  • 03.05.2008 3:37 PM PDT
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diz anyone know what rofl is

  • 03.05.2008 3:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: SkyView4Lyfe
diz anyone know what rofl is

i ment zomg

  • 03.05.2008 3:42 PM PDT
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  • 03.05.2008 3:42 PM PDT

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I was hoping for Zombies to be introduced to the matchmaking scene....

  • 03.05.2008 3:46 PM PDT
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How're people gonna play Grifball without the Map pack?

  • 03.05.2008 3:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: The Sage Of Halo
I was hoping for Zombies to be introduced to the matchmaking scene....

Forget Zombies what about Team Snipers?!?!?!?! :\

  • 03.05.2008 3:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: Xerosnake90
How're people gonna play Grifball without the Map pack?


Exactly. I was looking forward to DoubleExp, because I don't play very often, and then I got even more excited because it was on weekends, when my friend can come over and play too.
Except we can't.
Seems like it would've made a bit more sense to release the new maps before setting up a hopper that plays on those maps.....

  • 03.05.2008 3:51 PM PDT

Are future temp playlists going to continue to be weekend only affairs? I works Friday, Saturday and Sunday (three 12s) So I won't really be able to participate. I'd love to in the future. Thanks for at least letting it run on Thursday and Monday.

  • 03.05.2008 3:52 PM PDT
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I can't wait to play grifball!

  • 03.05.2008 3:52 PM PDT
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im so exited double xp ill definatly rank up this weekend
thanks bungie

  • 03.05.2008 3:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: GUnz R4 m3
Posted by: The Sage Of Halo
I was hoping for Zombies to be introduced to the matchmaking scene....

Forget Zombies what about Team Snipers?!?!?!?! :\

zombies would be better there is already sniper games

  • 03.05.2008 3:59 PM PDT
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so when they say the pit map exploit does that mean they're taking out the drivable troop transport hog?

and YES!!!! team swat and grifball!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 03.05.2008 4:00 PM PDT

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Anyways...THANK YOU BUNGIE FOR FINALLY LISTENING!!!!!!! we get team swat!!!!!
Grifball is amazing....

By the way...me and a couple of my friends have been doing incredibly well...

muttonhead688 <<<me
RtG DevilsAngel <<<my friend
Centaginous <<<my friend
hitch42 <<<my friend
Honfart <<<my friend


Anyways...we have all been doing some Social Slayer...since there are 5 of us and there are 5 on a team...we have been doing amazing...we were playing Shotty Snipers...we won 50 to 11...it was over in 4 minutes and 13 seconds...it would be amazing if we could get a humpday going...but we aren't technically a clan. Anyways if you do happen to read this and respond to a humpday invite...we would all have to see if we could all play during the same night. I have practice/games/concerts/etc,

thanks

-muttonhead

  • 03.05.2008 4:01 PM PDT
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i want them to keep swat in halo 3 because swat is the only reason why i go back to halo 2

  • 03.05.2008 4:02 PM PDT
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Where has Frankie been?

oh, and not fixing hardcore?

[Edited on 03.05.2008 4:03 PM PST]

  • 03.05.2008 4:02 PM PDT

What, me worry?

One minor technical thing-

The U.S. changes to Daylight Saving Time this weekend.

Thus by March 20, the playlist times will be midnight Pacific DST, not Standard Time.



[Edited on 03.05.2008 4:05 PM PST]

  • 03.05.2008 4:05 PM PDT
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MLG can't be in matchmaking but GRIFBALL can? What a joke, other than that lame excuse for a game being in MM I absolutely love the changes to matchmaking.

  • 03.05.2008 4:12 PM PDT
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my guess is certain hiding places... i dont knwo about epitaph but on the pit you can get under one of the ramps and on construct you can hide down below

  • 03.05.2008 4:13 PM PDT

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Wow sound awsome..... Cant wait to play... I have a doubt tho if you loose do you loose double XP also?

  • 03.05.2008 4:19 PM PDT
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*heart still racing from update* im psyched on this update and really psyched about the DLC change. grifball and swat double exp is going to be most excellent also. all that needs to be done is objective games on foundry. make it 5vs5 so no problems with lag. and fix the exploit on narrows. which ruins objective games. you know which one im talking about. infection would be sweet too *thumbs up* though. i thought you forgot about us.
-may the force be with you

  • 03.05.2008 4:23 PM PDT