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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 8/22/08

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Great update. I wish I could go to PAX, I want one of those shirts.

  • 08.22.2008 3:55 PM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!

That was def a good update. i am a little upset about head to head dissapearing because i put alot of time into acheiving my 46 in it but that playlist should go, it makes me too angry when i play it... squad battle sounds interesting with 6 on 6 play... I AM SO HAPPY about epilogue and boundless. i nearly wet my self when i saw those changes. i hate people who just stand behind the doors and stick you or play the beat down game with you behind them. Much thanks to Bungie for changing those maps around... Also thanks for reducing objective gametypes in doubles... i hate them

  • 08.22.2008 3:55 PM PDT

guys dont play halo 3 on 25th of september as an act of protest . why? so that we can say to bungie that we want to be able to lower weapons in custom games. by we i mean machinima creators. show support

  • 08.22.2008 3:55 PM PDT
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Now that's professional sucking up...

  • 08.22.2008 3:56 PM PDT
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Thank you for keeping the fans in the loop. This is what makes Bungie great. But many questions remain:

Would it be possible to give your reasoning for the removal of Big Team Social? I partially understand why ranked was removed. It was a hard playlist to maintain, and there were flaws with the ranking system. This is ok with me. I also understand the need to coax more people into the DLC playlists, and putting many people's favorite gametype (BTB) there is a good way to do it.

But Halo is first and foremost a social game. My friends and I enjoy competitive gameplay in large groups. At the same time, we are all twenty-somethings and loathe to deal with screaming twelve year olds, so we generally only play with each other on a team and turn on the "team and party only" voice setting. Now with this change every time more than six of us are online we are either forced to play DLC (which gets very repetitive after a while) or we have to ask someone to leave, which is not something anyone is happy about.

As for "squads," half the fun of organized BTB is dividing up your team into little squads with specific tasks. Squad A goes for the flag while B defends, C grabs the power weapons... etc. It doesn't make sense for these tactics to be limited to so few maps, especially when original maps like Valhalla and Sandtrap were designed from the ground up for this purpose. The developers' creations will now not be used to their full potential.

Finally, this change isn't very fair to new players. Now, the eight-man pro teams that were previously occupied with competitive play in ranked matches are going to all be converging onto the social DLC BTB to get their kicks. While getting your butt kicked repeatedly isn't against the rules, a harsher learning curve does deter the further development of the player base. This is an inalienable truth.

All I ask Bungie is a little clarification on your reasoning for these changes and maybe shed a little light on what this means for the future of the game. Is this a test run? Is this only to promote the DLC maps? Will we ever see 8 on 8 matchmaking on Valhalla again?

Gratzi.

  • 08.22.2008 3:57 PM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!

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Now that's professional sucking up...


who are you talking about?? quote the person who professionally sucked up

  • 08.22.2008 3:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: theabomb117
guys dont play halo 3 on 25th of september as an act of protest . why? so that we can say to bungie that we want to be able to lower weapons in custom games. by we i mean machinima creators. show support
Wow, that's smart, you now have to begin telling people online to not play Halo3, and the answer will either be "STFU" or "No."

I bet they are trying to think of something, whether it be in the front or the back of their epic brains, it's there.

[Edited on 08.22.2008 3:59 PM PDT]

  • 08.22.2008 3:58 PM PDT
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can you explain the squad thing a little more please? where is PAX going to take place? and when is assemblly coming out and will it be free?

  • 08.22.2008 3:58 PM PDT

Awwww, I'm very disappointed that I won't be able to get to PAX.

Maybe next year....

:'(

  • 08.22.2008 3:59 PM PDT

p00nany!!!

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WOOT playlist update FTW!!!!!

so with the extinction of social BTB does that mean valhalla and sandtrap will pretty much be outta social, or will DLC big team include those beloved maps?


dlc is downloadable maps, and sandtrap and valhalla aren't downloadable, so i would say no


yes i know but from what i remember awhile back in the Legendary DLC they added the Heroic maps, i know still DLC. But I was just hoping that i'd still be able to play valhalla and sandtrap in social.

  • 08.22.2008 3:59 PM PDT

Posted by: theabomb117
guys dont play halo 3 on 25th of september as an act of protest . why? so that we can say to bungie that we want to be able to lower weapons in custom games. by we i mean machinima creators. show support
You think that if they can take Elephants and Shield doors out, then you think they could at least give us a Custom Game Finder and or be able to put our guns down in Custom games, by only click the down D-Pad.

  • 08.22.2008 3:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: A PURPL3 CR4Y0N
Head to Head:1100 players-Drop it
MLG:4600-keep it
Swat:7500-keep it

Big Team Social:11000 players-You should keep it.
Social Skirmish:2000 players-Not many players but you have to keep it because its the only social objective.
Rumble Pit:10000-Keep it.
Multi Team: 7000 players-Keep it.
Rocket Race: 2000 players-Drop it

Don't make Lone Wolves 8 players!!
-Extra Lagg
-Easier to get achievements(I worked hard for mine)

Overall, I guess a good update. You should have kept Social BTB. Kept Lone Wolves the way it was.


He's right. This pleases everybody.

Or does it?

Saying they should do something implies you are an expert or can do a better job at pleasing millions of people. Which I doubt.

  • 08.22.2008 3:59 PM PDT

answer us about the map editor please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 08.22.2008 3:59 PM PDT

"Our Arrows will Blot out the sun." "Then we will fight in the shade"
This is my favorite line from 300 THAT MOVIE RULEZ ALL

FINALLY I have been waiting for the playlist update

  • 08.22.2008 3:59 PM PDT

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Great update! Assembly, can't wait for that. Shiska, I know there have many threads about it, but I want to ask you about putting Team Snipers into the ranked rotation?

  • 08.22.2008 4:00 PM PDT

Yar-har!

Yay! Assembly will finally be shown! Some one better take pictures.

Also, that Traxus shirt is looking pretty nifty, too bad I can't come. And I live in Kent too, it's only like a 15 minute drive to Seattle. :(

  • 08.22.2008 4:00 PM PDT
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Does this mean that maybe within the year or early next year Legendary map Pack might be free because of DLC BTB only...

  • 08.22.2008 4:00 PM PDT

Owning Noobs Since 05

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Jim Harkins

Damn finally an AWESOME update. Are you guys ever going bring back the bungie store?? I want that red shirt and that black one so freaking bad. I like all the playlist changes can't wait.

[Edited on 08.22.2008 4:02 PM PDT]

  • 08.22.2008 4:01 PM PDT

# Added Epilogue – Epitaph with no Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
# Added Boundless – Snowbound with reduced Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
# Added Sand Tarp – Sandtrap sans Elephants, default team spawns switched in one-sided games. Added alongside default map variant.
# Added Pit Stop – The Pit with inaccessible spawn hives. Added alongside default map variant.

Neat. I'm looking forward to these.
# Ghost Town – No longer appears in any symmetrical gametype.
# Team Slayer – Spawning configuration in default Team Slayer now includes a secondary weapon – the magnum

YES! The Ghost Town fix was absolutely needed! And Magnums in TS= awesomesauce!
Lone Wolves
* Player count increases from six players to 8 players.

Interesting. Maybe I can get overkill finally.
Team Objective
* Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).
Team Doubles
* This playlist now requires ALL content (Cold Storage, Legendary and Heroic maps are being used in Team Doubles)
* Objective Gametypes have had their appearance frequency reduced.
* Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).

Good, good. Hills were a problem.
Ranked Big Team Battle
* This playlist is retired.

Ouch. Time for a H2-esque finale marathon... no, wait, Matriculation exams just the time the update hits! Horrendous timing, I have to say!
Big Team Social
* This playlist is retired.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHH
*gets picked up by the whambulance, but tears overflow and crash the vehicle*
Multi Team
* Rocket Race has been added to the gametypes and set with a low weighting.

Good move - maybe. The removal of ultracasual may be bad...
DLC Big Team
* Eight on eight Social Slayer and Objective action (Gametypes from Big Team Social)
* Focused on DLC content (Requires both Heroic and Legendary Map Packs)

Can has heavies? u promised me i could has!
Team SWAT
* Objective Gametypes, SWATGuns set to skip after veto
* Weighting on all Objective games, SWATGuns and Magnums reduced
* Player Damage Resistance set to 150% (was 200%), players no longer spawn with grenades
* SWAT map variants now have Carbines and grenades available to pick up.

Good.
Head to Head
* This playlist is retired.
Never had time to play that enough...
“Purple Reign,” officially named “Assembly”
LOL

  • 08.22.2008 4:01 PM PDT

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Very nice update. Also I'm kinda bummed about RBTB but that Squad 6v6 sounds cool it'll be useful when that one dude joins our party of 4 and we have to play Social or something.

[Edited on 08.22.2008 4:02 PM PDT]

  • 08.22.2008 4:02 PM PDT

Wow, that's smart, you now have to begin telling people online to not play Halo3, and the answer will either be "STFU" or "No."

well its for a worthy cause. have you tried to watch a serious machinima where the guys have guns pointed at eachother when they are about to die and they are best friends and then take it seriously. the quality is totaly different to that of a machinima that has the weapons lowered. watch this vid and tell me your answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9U7VLZdp44

  • 08.22.2008 4:02 PM PDT
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Glad that there will be some sort of infection rotation going on, though I think this is a gametype with potential and would be pleased to see it more than just on D-EXP weekend but in regular matchmaking in some capacity.

  • 08.22.2008 4:03 PM PDT
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NOOO BIG TEAM SOCIAL OUT, HEAD TO HEAD WAS FUN (OUT) RANKED BTB WAS GREAT (OUT) AND WORST OF ALL MULTI TEAM HAS ROCKET RACE!!! Ultra sad face

  • 08.22.2008 4:04 PM PDT
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love the idea of the no shield doors versions of maps. I love the idea of carbines in swat and I love almost every thing the update will do, BUT I'm sad over BTB.. and I'm sad that there will be no flood and covies to put into custom maps.. but yea overall great update.

  • 08.22.2008 4:04 PM PDT