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Subject: starting to play halo 2 on xbox live

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i still have to download the map packs that may take awhile. i whould like to have advice about changing from h3 back to h2 beacuse i have never played on xbl.

  • 09.14.2008 11:24 AM PDT

Any problem on Earth can be solved with the careful application of explosives. The trick is to not be around when they go off....

ok thanks i will send you a FR once i download all of the maps

  • 09.14.2008 11:48 AM PDT

Thats some good info ZeroBaka thanx my son and i will start playing H2, my 360 got RROD so i had to bust out the old orginal xbox.i didn't get live till i bought the 360 so H2 will be like a whole new game again. plus i was starting to get tired of all the drama on H3.

I've heard there was alot of cheating in H2 during is prime, is that still true?

HC

  • 09.15.2008 11:25 AM PDT

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Posted by: handcannon44
Thats some good info ZeroBaka thanx my son and i will start playing H2, my 360 got RROD so i had to bust out the old orginal xbox.i didn't get live till i bought the 360 so H2 will be like a whole new game again. plus i was starting to get tired of all the drama on H3.

I've heard there was alot of cheating in H2 during is prime, is that still true?

HC


There was, but it's nearly all gone now.

Halo 2 is a great game. I think you'll find it a lot more fun than Halo 3. The only populated ranked playlists left are Team Slayer, Team Snipers, and sometimes Hardcore. You shouldn't have a problem finding a game in any unranked lists though.

  • 09.15.2008 3:23 PM PDT
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i still have to download the map packs that may take awhile. i whould like to have advice about changing from h3 back to h2 beacuse i have never played on xbl.
Yea me too I had Halo 2 but never played it on LIVE until this June. Oh be sure to bounce on Headlong, Lockout, Ascension and other maps. It gets the other team PISSED send me an FR and we could play some customs, MM but I only get on at weekends :(, I hate school work. Also I have not been modded and neithe has anyone in the past months but there are still some host-booters. Sniping is hard to get used to (don't lead shots when the recticle is red!) Learn the button combos. They are very handy.

  • 09.15.2008 7:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: ZeroBaka
It'll take a while to get used to. First, it'll take a bit longer to find a game, since hardly anyone plays anymore. I recommend the Hardcore or Team Slayer playlists.

The melee system is pretty different. You won't be able to melee as far or as accurately, so that takes some practice.

The BR spread is much tighter, resulting in easier 4-shots and long-distance BRing. And of course, the button layout is different, so if you play on Bumper Jumper or something, you'll have to get used to H2 controls again.

Welcome to Halo 2. Enjoy the very small amount of lag and immature 12-year-olds. Send me a friend request if you want to play some games later. I don't have a mic.

are you talking about H2 or H3 because if your talking about Halo 2 most of that stuff is wrong

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Posted by: handcannon44
Thats some good info ZeroBaka thanx my son and i will start playing H2, my 360 got RROD so i had to bust out the old orginal xbox.i didn't get live till i bought the 360 so H2 will be like a whole new game again. plus i was starting to get tired of all the drama on H3.

I've heard there was alot of cheating in H2 during is prime, is that still true?

HC

There's mainly button glitches now. If you've never heard of them, they are:

BXB: A player can melee (B button), then cancel that melee animation with the X button, and melee again, resulting in an instant kill.

BXR: Basically the same thing as BXB, except the last button is the right trigger, since their shields will be down from the first melee.

I'm not too sure of the other cheating in the game. I'm sure there is some sort of cheating going on. After all, people believe they can get away with it now that Bungie has turned their attention to Halo 3.

The other button combos are

RRBX
RRXYYRRX
BXRRBX

and button combos aren't cheating :)


[Edited on 09.16.2008 7:34 AM PDT]

  • 09.16.2008 7:31 AM PDT

Posted by: ZeroBaka
It'll take a while to get used to. First, it'll take a bit longer to find a game, since hardly anyone plays anymore. I recommend the Hardcore or Team Slayer playlists.

The melee system is pretty different. You won't be able to melee as far or as accurately, so that takes some practice.

The BR spread is much tighter, resulting in easier 4-shots and long-distance BRing. And of course, the button layout is different, so if you play on Bumper Jumper or something, you'll have to get used to H2 controls again.


Welcome to Halo 2. Enjoy the very small amount of lag and immature 12-year-olds. Send me a friend request if you want to play some games later. I don't have a mic.


Most of this information is false.




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  • 09.16.2008 11:36 AM PDT
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You can melee farther in Halo 2 than 3

The BR spread is bigger which makes it easier to kill someone in 4 shots and its hard at long distances

there's a lot less lag in Halo 2 than 3 and it has a very small amount of immature 12-year-olds since they all went to Halo 3

[Edited on 09.16.2008 5:17 PM PDT]

  • 09.16.2008 5:14 PM PDT

Posted by: tnt287287
You can melee farther in Halo 2 than 3

The BR spread is bigger which makes it easier to kill someone in 4 shots and its hard at long distances

there's a lot less lag in Halo 2 than 3 and it has a very small amount of immature 12-year-olds since they all went to Halo 3


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  • 09.17.2008 5:53 PM PDT

Posted by: tnt287287
You can melee farther in Halo 2 than 3

The BR spread is bigger which makes it easier to kill someone in 4 shots and its hard at long distances

there's a lot less lag in Halo 2 than 3 and it has a very small amount of immature 12-year-olds since they all went to Halo 3


The br spread is actually tighter

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Yeah, I also just started playing the other day. It's great to be back...!

  • 09.18.2008 2:49 AM PDT

Im a BTB fan so i jumped into one 2 nights ago as soon as the game started over half my team quit is that common or did i just get a bad game?

  • 09.18.2008 9:12 AM PDT

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  • 09.18.2008 11:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: handcannon44
Im a BTB fan so i jumped into one 2 nights ago as soon as the game started over half my team quit is that common or did i just get a bad game?

It depends I can go into team training alone and have everyone quit out, but when I went in team training with 2 legit 50 in snipers and me (legit 48) and got KOTH snipers, we were killing them a lot and they stayed in the whole time.

Game

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  • 09.18.2008 1:00 PM PDT