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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 8/01/08

Maroon 5 is awesome. Deal with it.

thats it i have officially retired from matchmaking. like hell im going to play that playlist again and again just to get my rank to show up as a commander -blam!- this -blam!-.

And another thing my rank better be the same in custom games

  • 08.02.2008 4:09 AM PDT

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I wanna be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

You spelled lollollollol wrong >:(
Living Dead is coming!

  • 08.02.2008 4:13 AM PDT
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I hope that those are not the "major" changes you've been talking about.

  • 08.02.2008 4:26 AM PDT
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So is that it? Are those the "big" changes? I couldnt give a rats a55 about my rank.

  • 08.02.2008 4:34 AM PDT

Does anybody else not grasp the point of this new system?

I mean sure, I can't see anything bad about it.... but what benefit will this have? Honestly I don't see why they'd spend their time making this happen.

  • 08.02.2008 4:38 AM PDT
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Ugh, figured we'd see purple reign after the "sketch."

  • 08.02.2008 4:40 AM PDT
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Wasn't there supposed to be a podcast coming this week? But anyway, the ranking thing sounds cool, those people whining about it, well, it really won't make any difference to your rank or skill level, or to the actual game at all, so there's really nothing to whine about.

I can't wait to see what the bigger changes are!

  • 08.02.2008 4:41 AM PDT

I knew you were gonna read my sig.

I'll reserve judgment till after the AU has happened but so far it's rather intriguing !!

  • 08.02.2008 4:46 AM PDT
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i think this will be awesome, i was never the sort of person to worry about ranks or skill levels but it will be fun ranking up all over again

  • 08.02.2008 4:47 AM PDT

''Halo'' 4 the win

I think the original rank also should be showed behind your GT. omg even a First lieutenant could be a general :S , its to confusing.

[Edited on 08.02.2008 4:51 AM PDT]

  • 08.02.2008 4:50 AM PDT
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Another completely useless update by Bungie. Let's not fix the BR spread, the unregistering sniper headshots or the netcode that actually REFUNDS bullets because even it knows how much people sponge bullets, let's just cater to the total nublets in the game that probably play once every week. Us generals now need to re-do EVERYTHING we've done already? I worked for my general, other people worked for their generals, and in one swift move Bungie un-do all that work. We don't care if it shows on our service record lukems, people very rarely look there.

I reached prestige 10, 55 in cod4 so quickly, and actually left the game because there was nothing else to do. I came back to halo, got my 50 and tried for 50's in other playlists. A general is a status symbol - You can out play many people and have put up with the awful flaws in the game, such as having to PERFECTLY 6 shot somebody with a BR off-host.

Sure, it'll stop the "I played 15 games and didn't go up" threads. But now we'll get, "I'd rather play 15 games and not rank-up than have to play 600games AND WIN just for a general in that playlist; which I'll probably never play again since I need a general in 20 other playlists." If people would do some research on how the trueskill rating works, these threads wouldn't be everywhere, but no - Bungie want to keep their fanboys happy and give them the easy option. Now we'll have level 15's giving us 50's grief in playlist because we're a 50 captain, and they're an oh-so-mighty level 15 general in social slayer.

Well done bungie, you've destroyed you're ranking system - you've employed a World of Warcraft style of leveling. Grind, grind, grind. If you grind enough you might hit general. Press ranked, change playlist and grind, grind grind. Level 50 now means nothing, all of our work gone - just because bungie wants to keep their "oh bungie you can do no wrong i love you, im an AR pro" community happy. God, if it wasn't for MLG - halo would be dead. Bungie are actively trying to kill their own game; sabotage it if you will. Thank god for customs - MM is a disgrace.

Bungie I cannot even begin to imagine the warped sense of gaming that you seem to think when implemented will improve a game that is inferior to halo 2. Halo on the PC and halo 2 were just incredible. They worked, people knew the worked. But you have strayed far off the path with halo 3. It's just...not the same - all the little things ruin it. The BR spread, the textures on walls which make your grenades bounce back and hit you, the pathetically small radius of rockets and explosions, no REAL pistol, the awful way in which the game picks host....I only have 7,000 characters left so I'll not list all the faults. Bungie Fanboys - you're pathetic for letting your "Gods", if you will - continue their reign of destruction on this game.

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  • 08.02.2008 4:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Raptor TH
I think the original rank still should be showed behind your GT. omg even a First lieutenant could be a general :S , its to confusing.

Alot of people can't wrap their heads around this, your RANK (I`m not talking about SKILL level) in a certain playlist will not be your overall RANK, and your overall RANK will work the same way as it does now, same as the overall SKILL level works now.

Even if you become a General in one playlist, that`s right a General (which is only an EXP measurement, sort of COD4-style), not a 50, it will still not make you an overall General unless you get a SKILL level of 50 in that playlist.

Your RANKS, (once again I`m not talking about SKILL level) in certain playlists have nothing to do with your actual, overall rank, so don`t worry about that. This new system just basically shows what playlists you have more EXP in, and how much of that EXP you have in the respective playlists. That`s it.

  • 08.02.2008 4:58 AM PDT

Some say art is wonderful some does not.

lukmes when is the auto update live

  • 08.02.2008 5:03 AM PDT
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Posted by: RhythmKiller
Does anybody else not grasp the point of this new system?

I mean sure, I can't see anything bad about it.... but what benefit will this have? Honestly I don't see why they'd spend their time making this happen.


I agree. I don't see what this will change. I already don't give a rats a55 about my rank and if ranking up is still linked to "winning", then the same problems will arise as before. Crappy players will just party up with good ones and be back up there in no time. I don't see why they spent so much time doing this. It feels completely useless.

[Edited on 08.02.2008 5:19 AM PDT]

  • 08.02.2008 5:19 AM PDT
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is this gonna work the same as it did in h2 cause i think it would be a good idea if it was but if its just getting so much "experience" then any recruit with a high skill of 2 can get general and then all the good players will leave matchmaking altogether

  • 08.02.2008 5:40 AM PDT

Why don't you (Bungie) actually fix something thats broken for once.

Fix the netcode. Fix whatever it is that causes sniper rounds to go through people and not damage them. Fix whatever it is that causes plasma grenades that have stuck someone disappear.

  • 08.02.2008 5:57 AM PDT
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i dont like the idea about the experience and i think its a terrible decision to take blackout out of MLG

  • 08.02.2008 5:59 AM PDT
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im done with this game. if they're only gonna listen to nubs and idiots im done. this game is officially the biggest let down ever. bungie always builds hype then -blam!-s us over. im done

  • 08.02.2008 6:03 AM PDT

This is the update? You guys are really stretching it, even for summer. You could announce bans and playlist changes any day of the week...when can we get something useful and new?

  • 08.02.2008 6:09 AM PDT

I guess this means I won't be playing with as many second accounters.
That's good.

  • 08.02.2008 6:13 AM PDT

My YouTube Channel

My Home

Typical Halo nerd. Move along.

So, people who have pictures of naughty stuff they made in Forge will be banned? FINALLY!!! It's about time you guys are cracking down on the pervs! I can't tell you how many time I look at someones Fileshare, and seeing all that stuff. 'Bout time Bungie!

  • 08.02.2008 6:19 AM PDT

Is playing modded content in custom games on LIVE a bannable offense?

  • 08.02.2008 6:23 AM PDT

wow... i sort of feel bad for whoever had modded pix in their file share. I think some of my friends had those... bummer. BTW, bungie said they put up a warning on this site... dont they realize that not everyone comes to this site? Just trying to defend my friends BTW, I DONT HAVE ANY MODDED PIX!

  • 08.02.2008 6:25 AM PDT
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Team Doubles

ADDED Oddball
ADDED King of the Hill
ADDED 2 Flag on the Pit
ADDED 1 Flag on Blackout


Objectives on team doubles?

That's -blam!- stupid.

Same applies for this.

MLG

REMOVED MLG Blackout

:(

  • 08.02.2008 6:34 AM PDT

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I wanna be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

Posted by: xTr1GGeR HaPPYx
Why don't you (Bungie) actually fix something thats broken for once.

Fix the netcode. Fix whatever it is that causes sniper rounds to go through people and not damage them. Fix whatever it is that causes plasma grenades that have stuck someone disappear.



Lag?

  • 08.02.2008 6:38 AM PDT