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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 8/01/08

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I like the new updates, specially the new banhammer, I've seen plenty of illegal content out there. Good thing i have none of it. =]

  • 08.02.2008 9:32 AM PDT

The thought of the huge upcoming change to matchmaking makes me wet my pants

  • 08.02.2008 9:36 AM PDT

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I think this new ranking system will take some getting used to. Now I'll have the unnecessary need to get an acceptable rank in all of the playlists. But why make getting the highest rank so easily obtainable now?

  • 08.02.2008 9:36 AM PDT

Posted by: Lobster Fish 2
awesome, when is the august update taking effect?
In august

  • 08.02.2008 9:38 AM PDT

KSI Darth Vader

of course it sounds good to you. your probaly a major. and you suck

  • 08.02.2008 9:41 AM PDT

And WHEN IS THAT?

  • 08.02.2008 9:45 AM PDT

I tried to sign my signature here but the pen busted off in my screen.
:(

I'm totally confused by the following statements because they seem to be conflicting. Are we going to be matched by "Rank" or "Skill" value???

Rank is still being used to determine who you will face because we want the matches to be as fair as possible.
andActually, we'll still be matching by Skill value the same way we have all along. At the playlist level, you'll still be matched against similarly skilled players, we're not resetting those numbers.



[Edited on 08.02.2008 10:29 AM PDT]

  • 08.02.2008 9:47 AM PDT

I tried to sign my signature here but the pen busted off in my screen.
:(

I know I can save them if I happen to play them in Matchmaking but is there a place where we can download the "Heavy" maps? I'd like to get them on my 360 for my LAN party today.

Update:
After some extreme luck, I found this thread for downloading Official Bungie Map and Gametype Variations


[Edited on 08.02.2008 11:44 AM PDT]

  • 08.02.2008 9:53 AM PDT

MM

Thank you for cracking down on the file shares!

  • 08.02.2008 9:55 AM PDT

KSI Darth Vader

i wanted to say again how incredibaly horrible this update sounds. i've worked really hard to get 50 in lone wolvees and doubles. and i was going to start working on team slayer. but never mind cause bungie is screwing generals over. im sure people who love the assault rifle is happy. beceause honesltly if you like the AR, i beat you suck really bad. but now i have to play 600 games in lone wolves/ doubles. just to get my symbol again. you can forget that. i will wait to see how much this sucks. and then take halo3 back to gamestop and get something were the game devoloper actually cares about their players. but just remember Generals BUNGIE HATES YOU

  • 08.02.2008 9:59 AM PDT

Posted by: Plaayer Found
Well... I must say this update was interesting. The new ranking system is ideal.

*However!!

I do believe that your current rank in each individual playlist should populate a milatry rank automatically. This meaning; a lvl 30 in team slay is a major, 35 a commander...
I'm trying to imagine winning enough games in lone wolves for instance to actually become anything more then a gun srgt. You see bungie, I'm kind of stuck as it is in certain playlists...


I agree with this this even though I will never acheive general status

  • 08.02.2008 10:04 AM PDT

Its funny watching and reading everyone response to the new system, ohhh i worked so hard to get my general ohhh i did this or i did that?? Your still going to be a general overall, even tho someone may a general in one playlist under the new system they are going to have to play alot of games still to get there!!! 600 exp in one playlist requires you to play at least 900 games which will take you some time!! (only put 900 as an average amount - everyones different)

The fact that people think they are going to be losing their ranks, you WONT be you will still be a general!!

  • 08.02.2008 10:05 AM PDT
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Posted by: BTB x FurY
I just wasted months get all my 50's and 5 star general AWESOME FREAKING UPDATE!

No you wasted months boosting.

[Edited on 08.02.2008 10:09 AM PDT]

  • 08.02.2008 10:08 AM PDT
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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.



Netcode could be part of the "smoothing", sniper rounds going through people might be part of the smoothing (or too integrated into the game to fix), and the plasma grenades unsticking is a latency/packet loss issue that can't be fixed.

They haven't even announced a date that this will happen yet, why would they announce every little thing? Or have you ever thought that those things might not be possible for them to fix in a reasonable amount of time? If it costs more money to fix than any possible revenue they can get - it's not worth it. (equivalent to fixing the hit canceling in halo 2)

It is possible to reproduce the sniper bloodsplat on lan, but the scarcity of it on lan means it's a latency issue first and foremost.

  • 08.02.2008 10:12 AM PDT

Oh yeah, Halo 3 back on top in XBL. We are the chosen ones, faithful and totally badass!

  • 08.02.2008 10:12 AM PDT

Yeah soooo..... this update totally blows! I don't give a rats @$$ about what rank I have, The only thing that matters now is the skill that I have, because being a level 10 general doesn't mean -blam!-, It just doesn't make sense. NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE RANKS as in GENERALS, BRIGADIERS, ETC. ETC. except people that suck at this game. GIVE US A FRICKING UPDATE ON THE GAMEPLAY, BR NEEDS TO BE FIX , SNIPER NEEDS TO BE FIXED AS WELL AS THE MELEES. People want the sniper to kill in ONE headshot not 2 lag shots and 1 registered shot making of total of 3 headshots if you cant count, and when I hear the melee punch the other guy it better hurt him like it should because I have a lot of times meleed a guy, heard the sound of my guy punching him and it did nothing!!, then I died. FIX THE HOST CONNECTION TOO. God damn I have NO LAG on Shadowrun what so ever....want to know why?!?!?!? BECAUSE THEY DID THE RIGHT THING BY PICKING WHO EVER HAS THE FASTEST INTERNET SPEED TO BE HOST. I repeat the ...RIGHT.... thing to do. They didn't base it off of "OK this guy has 768k DSL and this guy has 5Mb Cable, we'll pick the DSL guy because its more consistent, screw consistency, faster inconsistent cable does a better job than DSL. I would know, when I host on Gears of War it doesn't lag want to know why??? oh just a little thing I like to call 5Mbps Cable, when my friend hosts, whom by the way has 768k DSL(this is where I got my examples from in the above sentences) its a bit more laggy on his host. Wow I can't wait for the next update.

EDIT: Hold on I'm not done yet, I forgot all about the MM playlist, why on earth make Team Doubles objective now? like a person said before "IF I WANTED OBJECTIVE I WOULD GO TO TEAM OBJECTIVE!!!!!!!" and why take MLG Blackout out of MLG, even though Blackout got screwed up I still liked it in the MLG playlist.

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  • 08.02.2008 10:12 AM PDT
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Doesn't bungie realize that this is only going to get more people made fun of? Imagine being a level 20 "general"...

  • 08.02.2008 10:13 AM PDT

If you are going to insist on playlist ranks How about displaying both ranks your overall real serivce rank and the playlist ranks that way everyone wins

  • 08.02.2008 10:23 AM PDT

Posted by: MasterChief8946
i wanted to say again how incredibaly horrible this update sounds. i've worked really hard to get 50 in lone wolvees and doubles. and i was going to start working on team slayer. but never mind cause bungie is screwing generals over. im sure people who love the assault rifle is happy. beceause honesltly if you like the AR, i beat you suck really bad. but now i have to play 600 games in lone wolves/ doubles. just to get my symbol again. you can forget that. i will wait to see how much this sucks. and then take halo3 back to gamestop and get something were the game devoloper actually cares about their players. but just remember Generals BUNGIE HATES YOU


Uh, your 50 isn't going anywhere.

  • 08.02.2008 10:27 AM PDT

Posted by: Locc4
God, if it wasn't for MLG - halo would be dead.



lololololololololol

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  • 08.02.2008 10:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: silent screamss
Doesn't bungie realize that this is only going to get more people made fun of? Imagine being a level 20 "general"...


Being a 20 general would take a miracle... or a very persistent person.... 600 wins would probably get you at least a level 35 unless you lose 2 for every game you play....

edit: As of the last halo3.junk.ws update I had 367 team slayer games with 206 wins which is a 56% win rate (close to win one lose one) and I had 45 in it.

[Edited on 08.02.2008 10:37 AM PDT]

  • 08.02.2008 10:31 AM PDT

So, basically bungie you're giving all the casual gamers (aka noobs) that cant get past level 35 and are mad cuz they cant get a general the ablility to be something they're not.

Congratulations on making a "competitive game", youve already given the "casual" gamers all the things they need to be noobs (bubble shield, regenerator, gravity hammer) but just cuz they lack the skill needed to get to level 50 is no reason to give a level 30 major grade 2 the ability to be a general.

The system is fine the way it is, if you arent good enough to get to a level 50 youre not good enough to be a general. Im not just saying this cuz im a 50, it took me forever to get it and i feel all the "casual" crowd's pain.

I think bunige needs to stop babysitting the noobs and make a real competitive game

  • 08.02.2008 10:34 AM PDT

Posted By: Lukems
Uh, your 50 isn't going anywhere.


Yeah he obviously knows this, see there you go with another prime example of being a smartass "UH YOUR 50 ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE..." no $hi7 sherlock, hes talking about his general symbol not his level.

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  • 08.02.2008 10:38 AM PDT
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I don't understand why the system thinks that when you change the name of a screenshot it should also change the maker of it; it shouldn't. If you want to stop the problem with unappropriate screenshots on file shares then get rid of the picture by getting rid of the source and not punishing the kids that don't know any better than to download it. If you keep banning everyone that downloads it and then uploads it to their file share with a different name then you'll be chopping the amount of matchmaking players in half, and I'm sure bungie doesn't want to see that now do they? I would hope not, since they made this new ranking system to make Halo 3 like Call of Duty 4. Great idea there bungie, make it so that the worst, and I mean worst, players on the game are able to eventually play enough games to where they can achieve the general rank. Just like Call of Duty 4 where if you play the game enough you'll eventually make it to the top.

  • 08.02.2008 10:39 AM PDT
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C... Can I see some of these said nudes? I mean, I just want to know what kind of things... I mean...

gimme the pr0n!

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  • 08.02.2008 10:43 AM PDT