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Subject: Panel Discussion: TTL on Improving H3

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Returning to the matchmaking table of improvements- Halo3's levelup system has always been down on the fair player.

How? Simple: The person who wins more with less games played, levels up faster.
I achieved Brigadier status long ago, but fell back down to 43. In a late-night Slayer run with some friends, I was playing with a Level 47 and two level 48s.
I achieved level 48 that night, because I have played very few ranked matches, and my friend that was Level 47 only incresed ONE LEVEL. Why? Because he has over 1,000 ranked matches played.

This is where other games like Call of Duty are beating you, Bungie. No amount of time spent should go unrewarded, and in no way should I have outleveled my friend because I've played less. That kind of system encourages more cheaters than ever, it rewards cheaters more than ever, and it causes stress and unrewarded time spent for the fair gamer.

More than ever, players are stealing accounts, creating new accounts, and achieving max level through an easy backdoor. That's right, I said your backdoor was easy.

  • 06.10.2008 7:24 PM PDT
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I think the game need some new maps and some of halo 1 and 2 maps.. and a few more map variants .. and i think grenade tweaking (power/radius) by players for custom games would be interesting.. that's all ;)

  • 06.10.2008 7:59 PM PDT
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I say more maps and gametypes in all playlists.

  • 06.10.2008 10:17 PM PDT

Death from above.

Left click should be sprint or jump jets.

  • 06.11.2008 7:40 AM PDT
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being able to fast forward through a film would be great. it really sux when you are in forge mode fooling around and you do something cool, but you been playing for 45 mins. you have to hold the fast forward button for like 20 mins to get to the end. splitting the film up into 4 chapters would be great

  • 06.11.2008 11:38 AM PDT
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each team is infected with different viruses so if you get killed you go to the other team and if you kill them they go to yours. You go until everyone is on one team.

  • 06.11.2008 1:24 PM PDT

each team is infected with different viruses so if you get killed you go to the other team and if you kill them they go to yours. You go until everyone is on one team.This would be an amazing concept for Infection.

  • 06.11.2008 1:57 PM PDT
Subject: Panel Discussion: TTL on Improving H3
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Could you plz take the arrows off ur head on Head to Head and maybe add new armor if possible,

[Edited on 06.11.2008 4:13 PM PDT]

  • 06.11.2008 4:01 PM PDT

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Fix spawns so they don't spawn right behind you

Punish quitters harsher. I hate quitters more than anything in Halo. Maybe refer to last connection before the quit: red or yellow bar, no punishment. But if you quit while you are green barring, you should be punished harsher than -1 EXP.

Thank you for listening. :)

  • 06.11.2008 4:24 PM PDT

:)

1) Better spawns in team swat.
2) Elite head *glitch thing* fixed in team swat.
3) Lower the amount of times that covies appears in btb.

  • 06.11.2008 9:57 PM PDT

i agree with the many people who want a new sniper playlist i think that would be a great idea
otherwise this is an awesome game overall

  • 06.12.2008 2:15 AM PDT
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No keep the arrows where they are, last thing I want to do is find someone camping with the sword all game.

For improvements, I would like to see more variation in the gametypes. Maybe a way to make the forcefields in HC snowbound break down after extensive damage? I love griffball! And I hope to see new social playlist types (snipers?)

  • 06.12.2008 2:50 AM PDT
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also, remember in H2 how on any covenant maps you would start with a plasma rifle? well, why not do that again? On any covenant maps, you start with a plasma rifle.

i was even thinking something along the lines of "spartans spawn with a human weapon, elites spawn with a covenant one", but i realized that it wouldnt really be possible because the starting weapons are determined by the custom settings.

however, if something like that WAS possible, it would be a lot cooler if instead of spawning with assault rifles, you spawned with a BR while elites spawned with carbines. i'm personally not a big "BR IS DAH BEST WEPUN EVAR" type of person, but it's true that AR battles get pretty repetitive. and if you think about it, AR is more of a close range weapon, while BR is close to medium ranged, which would be a bit more ideal.

idk, i'm not sure if it would make things better or worse, but it's just an idea i had.

but the whole "different starting weapons for different maps" thing would definitely be awesome.

  • 06.12.2008 3:02 AM PDT
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I'd wish they had corresponding ranks when your Sangheili (Elite) like - minor/major/ultra/spec-ops/commander/counselor etc and have a cool and alien looking rank symbol =]

then when you switch to a Spartan you use Captain, Major, Commander, Colonel etc

  • 06.12.2008 4:32 AM PDT
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Posted by: R1LL
also, remember in H2 how on any covenant maps you would start with a plasma rifle? well, why not do that again? On any covenant maps, you start with a plasma rifle.

i was even thinking something along the lines of "spartans spawn with a human weapon, elites spawn with a covenant one", but i realized that it wouldnt really be possible because the starting weapons are determined by the custom settings.

however, if something like that WAS possible, it would be a lot cooler if instead of spawning with assault rifles, you spawned with a BR while elites spawned with carbines. i'm personally not a big "BR IS DAH BEST WEPUN EVAR" type of person, but it's true that AR battles get pretty repetitive. and if you think about it, AR is more of a close range weapon, while BR is close to medium ranged, which would be a bit more ideal.

idk, i'm not sure if it would make things better or worse, but it's just an idea i had.

but the whole "different starting weapons for different maps" thing would definitely be awesome.

WOW! Dumbass AR is short-medium range and BR is long-medium range. retard

  • 06.12.2008 8:30 AM PDT
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WOW! Dumbass AR is short-medium range and BR is long-medium range. retard


1. you don't have to call me a dumbass or a retard.
2. idk about you, but whenever i've gotten into a medium ranged fight with an assault rifle it always ended up barely doing any damage or just missing alltogether. and i'm pretty sure when 9/10 AR fights end in a melee, you could easily consider it a close range weapon. BR on the other hand, you can't even get someone from across the pit with it. even if it hits them right in the head, they get absolutely no damage if it's anything past halfway across the map. half is a good medium, so i consider it a medium ranged weapon, sorry. AR might have been short to medium in halo 1, and BR might have been medium to long in halo 2, but i don't really see that as much in halo 3.

then again, it's really all a matter of how you play and what your opinion is. but seriously, those "dumbass" and "retard" remarks was completely unnecessary.

[Edited on 06.12.2008 12:12 PM PDT]

  • 06.12.2008 12:03 PM PDT

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Posted by: jrKINZEL
WOW! Dumbass AR is short-medium range and BR is long-medium range. retard


1. you don't have to call me a dumbass or a retard.
2. idk about you, but whenever i've gotten into a medium ranged fight with an assault rifle it always ended up barely doing any damage or just missing alltogether. and i'm pretty sure when 9/10 AR fights end in a melee, you could easily consider it a close range weapon. BR on the other hand, you can't even get someone from across the pit with it. even if it hits them right in the head, they get absolutely no damage if it's anything past halfway across the map. half is a good medium, so i consider it a medium ranged weapon, sorry. AR might have been short to medium in halo 1, and BR might have been medium to long in halo 2, but i don't really see that as much in halo 3.

then again, it's really all a matter of how you play and what your opinion is. but seriously, those "dumbass" and "retard" remarks was completely unnecessary.

I agree with this guy ^^

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oh my god! you really must be retarded. either that or in total denial. Im not sure what game you are playing but in the one im playing you can kill a person from across the pit with a BR. would you seriously like some video of me killing someone across the pit or maybe you can try it yourself if your not completely retarded and you think you can handle it

[Edited on 06.12.2008 9:08 PM PDT]

  • 06.12.2008 2:17 PM PDT
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being able to put grunts, elites, brutes, jackles, hunters, things like those in vehicles...
so you can create your own battle against the covenant
easier way to put gun down

[Edited on 06.12.2008 2:51 PM PDT]

  • 06.12.2008 2:49 PM PDT

I run away from an enemy to gather thoughts, not because I can't win. Get too close and I'll show you a view of my shotgun barrel and the bullet that comes out.

I want to see Social Doubles brought back, permanetly, to the social playlist. It gets so frustrating to always have to be serious about a doubles game since most people don't want to lose levels. I for one just want to go into a social doubles game and melee every kill. If I did that in ranked, I'd surely lose at least 5 levels or more.

Oh, and I also think that Elites should be taken out of matchmaking. Every time somebody plays as an elite they get the obvious power boost while losing their "defense" ability. Every elite person I've seen post a complaint about how Spartans should be removed is total BS. Spartans are harder to kill, BUT they don't have that power boost. Elites are easier to kill, BUT have the power boost. Almost no elite playing player gets that!

[Edited on 06.12.2008 3:31 PM PDT]

  • 06.12.2008 3:24 PM PDT

I don't want to get off topic, but to give some input on the complaining towards AR and BR... I'd have to say they are perfectly balanced. The BR doesn't need to be able to shoot across a level to be good, that's what a Sniper Rifle does. BR has long range nonetheless, and you can't say against that. AR has decent range for picking off enemies at long range but it is definitely for close to medium range. I use BR and AR often over the other for different kinds of kills. There are no problems with the BR. If you can't hit an enemy, then you are obviously too far away. Use the Carbine.

  • 06.12.2008 3:42 PM PDT

Well they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
But my friend you have seen nothin
Just wait til I get through...

Ok people, FOR BUNGIE'S SAKE, STOP POSTING STUPID COMMENTS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO!!!!! They ALREADY mentioned stuff about new armor. They EXPLICITLY stated there would be NO new armor for Halo 3, in fact the game wasn't even designed for that! You guys posting stupid crap like that is going to deter attention from actually relevant topics!

  • 06.12.2008 5:54 PM PDT

Well they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
But my friend you have seen nothin
Just wait til I get through...


Posted by: Psymon
Oh, and I also think that Elites should be taken out of matchmaking. Every time somebody plays as an elite they get the obvious power boost while losing their "defense" ability. Every elite person I've seen post a complaint about how Spartans should be removed is total BS. Spartans are harder to kill, BUT they don't have that power boost. Elites are easier to kill, BUT have the power boost. Almost no elite playing player gets that!


So basically, your just mad because you aren't good enough to kill them?

[Edited on 06.12.2008 5:58 PM PDT]

  • 06.12.2008 5:57 PM PDT

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  • 06.12.2008 6:17 PM PDT