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Subject: Halo 3 Title Update
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yay! if only i could play it...

  • 09.23.2008 11:58 AM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 TU2 and the affect on unlocking the Security Helmet and Kata...

you laugh and i cry my controller disconnected again and i dont know why!

wow i thought the update was great.. but what the heck... i logged in to play some matchmakeing to see my special rank in a ranked match.. well to my dismay i find out i dont have a rank at all!!

didnt bungie say you keep your exp then add your skill to get your new rank in the spicific playlist? where the hell did this (team slayer etc. exp = 0) come from! this makes no god damn sense!

where the hell is my rank i had in this playlist? i have a skill of say 10 in team swat... and have over 300 exp total. shouldnt i have a rank of Lieutenant grade four? not a zero?

bungie where did you explain that we had to re earn our experience in each and every god dang playlist? you said total exp and skill in that playlist makes up our rank. so as i said before. why did you do this?

now i feel i need to make my rank all the way back up AGAIN in team slayer. this is just as bad as resetting the ranks if not worse! im not going to play over 6000 games in team slayer just to get the freaking rank of general again if i had that rank in that playlist!

i understand the need for individual exp but not in this fassion. it should be total exp plus exp from this playlist to equal the rank you have. EVERYONE RE-EARN YOUR EXP is what i believe you are saying.

i feel very riped off because of this update.. not includeing the achevements

  • 09.23.2008 12:00 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Title Update

Posted by: Stormray
Posted by: Claire Petrelli
My biggest problem with the update is that it doesn't address the real problems with Halo 3 that we all face aside from better detecting cheaters. These problems make some of us not want to play Halo 3 as much. Adding new achievements and playlist ratings won't bring people back.

It is good that the update can better detect cheaters. I think that is important. But the other problems are not being addressed and things are being added to the game that is pretty much pointless.

I'll continue to support the Halo franchise but that doesn't mean I have to be happen when things like this happen. Heck I'd be happy with the Halo 2 BR and nothing else. Or at least let me reload the weapon without having to do so again 2 or 3 times because of that reload glitch.


Let's not forget to mention the fact that some players can run around, tap their standby button on their modem, kill everyone and rinse and repeat.

What's being done about it? Nothing. I send reports on these people all the time and yet I still see them online.

The BR simply does not shoot straight.

The AR is too strong. Seriously, what skill does it take to blindly run at someone holding down R then mashing B?

The lag has gotten out of hand.

Maps aren't/take forever to load on matchmaking. (I have a perfect disk)

The melee system is -blam!- up. Whoever has the best connection wins.

Somehow kids have managed an aimbot and godmode hack.

What's being done about this?


I agree. There are bigger problems that should be addressed.

  • 09.23.2008 12:00 PM PDT

Listen to the rhythm. Breathe deep into your soul and illuminate the universe. Paint the rainbow of eternity as it manifests our dreams. Redefine tomorrow by rejoicing in today. Let the celebration ignite the flame of hope. Surrender your soul to the music… and believe.

My former Halo figure collection for your viewing pleasure:

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... now in my brother's capable hands

Thank you Bungie!
Thank you so very much for staying on top of your game (pun intended) and re-sparking interest in Halo 3. It's awesome to see you stay committed to your baby (as well as future endeavors) for all of us to benefit. Thanks for not just cashing in at completion of the disc and counting your cash! As long as you stay with it, so will we. Keep rocking!

  • 09.23.2008 12:01 PM PDT

Every dog has his day but dont make me put you down....

get a job its not that expensive so please stop whining. the price it costs you to woof down a burger and fires can be traded for maps and achievements plus its helathier for you.

MAKKE on MIES:
Posted by: TorchmanX
*sigh* why change the map req for team doubles? Sry bungie im not buying your crappy map pack now or ever.


Same here... You get used games for same money than the map pack...


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  • 09.23.2008 12:02 PM PDT
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im guessing if u unlock the vid master achievements u get the recon armor!
...bungie must have made themselves a even sweeter and better armor perm.

  • 09.23.2008 12:09 PM PDT
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what happened to the maps without shield doors?
Almost forgot to thank you guys for just being awesome.

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  • 09.23.2008 12:10 PM PDT
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I lol at humans.

The fact that people can spend so much time and effort arguing about something that doesn't actually matter intrigues me. Why not do something worthwhile?

  • 09.23.2008 12:12 PM PDT

Only The Strongest Will Survive

6th Page!!!

  • 09.23.2008 12:13 PM PDT

Translation :

BUNGIE this great truth but in my particular I would like to reset my mind that neither game that continues for more locked, and I do not won consecutive rises, but with a losing me down. is unfair

My profile is: tlozlink

if you make me a favor and reset


español idioma original:
la verdad BUNGIE esta genial pero a mi en lo particular me gustaria que reseteen mi cuenta por que ni por mas que juego sigue trabada, gano consecutivamente y no me sube, pero con una ke pierda me bajan es injusto

mi perfil es: tlozlink

si me hacen el favor de resetear

  • 09.23.2008 12:15 PM PDT

Aon Apocalypse:

That might be because you need to reset your system's cache. Bungie mentioned you might have this problem here (second paragraph). Hopefully that'll help.

Oh and also, with the '7 on 7' achievement, do we have to earn 7 exp on the day or can we just turn up with 7 exp? Sorry the wording confused me a little. :S

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  • 09.23.2008 12:16 PM PDT

GT: schuttle

"Alas, Poor Yorick" nice Hamlet reference (Shakespeare)


[Edited on 09.23.2008 12:19 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2008 12:19 PM PDT

There are those who said this day would never come, What are they to say now?

I want more info on the "Vidmaster Challenge: Annual".

  • 09.23.2008 12:19 PM PDT

i like chickens!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

yea me 2

  • 09.23.2008 12:21 PM PDT

KEEP IT CLEAN

  • 09.23.2008 12:22 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 TU2 and the affect on unlocking the Security Helmet and Kata...

s3x on the flag

Posted by: CommanderFluffy
wow i thought the update was great.. but what the heck... i logged in to play some matchmakeing to see my special rank in a ranked match.. well to my dismay i find out i dont have a rank at all!!

didnt bungie say you keep your exp then add your skill to get your new rank in the spicific playlist? where the hell did this (team slayer etc. exp = 0) come from! this makes no god damn sense!

where the hell is my rank i had in this playlist? i have a skill of say 10 in team swat... and have over 300 exp total. shouldnt i have a rank of Lieutenant grade four? not a zero?

bungie where did you explain that we had to re earn our experience in each and every god dang playlist? you said total exp and skill in that playlist makes up our rank. so as i said before. why did you do this?

now i feel i need to make my rank all the way back up AGAIN in team slayer. this is just as bad as resetting the ranks if not worse! im not going to play over 6000 games in team slayer just to get the freaking rank of general again if i had that rank in that playlist!

i understand the need for individual exp but not in this fassion. it should be total exp plus exp from this playlist to equal the rank you have. EVERYONE RE-EARN YOUR EXP is what i believe you are saying.

i feel very riped off because of this update.. not includeing the achevements

Just curious - how long have you had your head up your buttocks? You should take time to read the weekly update, where this has been explained at least 3 times now, instead of simply posting inane junk on the forums.

Anyway, Bungie was not keeping track of your experience per playlist before, which is why everyone's playlist ranking starts at 'Recruit'.

Thanks and have a nice day.

  • 09.23.2008 12:24 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Title Update
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I went home and played during my lunch break from work. Feedback below-

Cons:

Epitaph & Snowbound without shield doors are terrible. Of the three games I played two were objective (King of the Hill & Oddball). 8 ppl FFA oddball on SNOWCRAP (I can't remember what you're calling it but this name seems to fit) is the most pointless game I've played in Halo thus far.....It was like trying to run the olympic torch through Afganistan.

I'm sure playing lonewolves with 8 ppl is really fun if you're ranked under say 40 and still working your way up....but trying to play 45's and up with 8 ppl in a room is just too many. My first impression is something like this:

60% of the time you spawn you are getting shot. 50% of that time you are being shot by more than one person and therefore you will die (even you amazing players will die quickly when being shot by two ppl) before being able to even aim a grenade for that hopeful "kill from the grave". Some consideration should be given to setting it back to 6 ppl, at least in ranked.

Pros:

I DO LIKE the new ranking, I think that was the best idea since Halo 3. (Halo 3 is the best idea since sliced bread so I see no point in making the old bread reference). I think this ranking system will give players the desire to play multiple gametypes and not just focus all their time & attention into trying to get a 50 in one gametype. So thank you for giving the game more "playability" as that's what makes online gaming so great. Well, that and the competition of course.

All things considered the good out-weighs the bad so I say "Thank you". Besides, what we're all really waiting for are the new map (or maps) and Recon. You sneaky top secret devils just love keeping us on the edge of our seats, lucky for me I use a recliner.

  • 09.23.2008 12:25 PM PDT
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this update is horribile!!!

now it will take longer for people to get a general so they will have to buy more subsciptions for live,,,thts the only reason why they did the matchmaking update in my opinon.

im seriously thinking about quitting halo and going to [u]call of duty[u].

  • 09.23.2008 12:28 PM PDT
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Am I the only person who thinks this update is just FAIL?
Getting rid of Big Team?! What we're they thinking? I can't believe it, this new rating thing sucks ass aswell.

  • 09.23.2008 12:30 PM PDT
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Taking Head to Head out must have been the crappiest thing Bungie could have done.
I played that so much I was a 49.. a couple games away from my 50.
I worked too hard for that playlist.

I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS UPSET SINCE HALO 3's CRAPPY BR.

  • 09.23.2008 12:36 PM PDT
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You ppl that don't understand the 7 on 7 achievement are cracking me up. In the most simple and shortest way possible I'll explain:

You have different exp points for each playlist. If you have won 5 team slayer games today you will have 5 exp in team slayer. If you have not yet played or won a lonewolves game you will have 0 exp in lonewolves. All you have to do is not go past 7 exp points in ONE playlist. On October 7th play a game in the playlist that you have 7 exp points in.
Done

Example: I'm not going to play SWAT until October 7th. On October 7th I will play until I have 7 or more EXP in SWAT. That will unlock the achievement. =)

ALSO - THOSE WHO ARE MAD ABOUT THE RANKING:

Most of you are so far off about the ranking that it's sick. Most ppl will be able to become a general in at least one playlist now. But the real deal is that the rank really doesn't matter. Trying to get to a general and trying to get to a 50 used to be the same thing. Now it is not. Everyone's main goal will be trying to get to skill level 50, the only difference is now you can still make it to general without getting to a 50.

Basically it comes down to this:
If you're pretty good at a playlist you'll get to 50.
If you play a playlist a lot you will get to a general.

Those of you who are confused just need to realize the fine line between the two.

Hope that helps some of you with the confusion!



[Edited on 09.23.2008 12:50 PM PDT]

  • 09.23.2008 12:41 PM PDT
Subject: Halo 3 Title Update SUCKS
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dear bungie this update -blam!- BLOWS GUYS what the hell i really hate how you guys just decided that hey i know its your game and all but i just started to play today 9/23/08 and i got really raped what the -blam!- have you changed NOTHING the signal for the matchmaking still SUCKS BALLS YOU RETARDS what the hell and all these -blam!- new achivmkents are -blam!- retarded what the hell you halo killing bastards.
YOU GUYS SUCK MAJOR OWNAGE BALLS

  • 09.23.2008 12:41 PM PDT
Subject: halo 3 tu2

-blam!- you. -blam!- me. -blam!- the world.

u guys did say there were maps didnt you? i downloaded it but there are no new maps!

  • 09.23.2008 12:44 PM PDT
Subject: Bad update
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Posted by: boxmander
Nobody has answered this question yet, is it possible that it really has no benefits?

"Don't get me wrong, I like the new update, and us gamers (noobs, and skilled alike) are lucky that bugie is still updating halo 3, however can someone please explain to me the potential benefits/advantages to decoupling the Symbol ranking from the True Skill level. I am not exactly sure what great benefits it has, or for that matter why they thought that this idea was good enough to be a part of the update. Just wanting to hear what people think, also congrats to bungie and the update its great."


I think they did it to remove some of the motivation for cheating. For anyone with half a brain they know that the 50 (which will still be there for the ranked playlists) means more than the symbol. The miliraty ranks became a status thing and trueskill is meant to keep the games competitive. By decoupling the symbol and trueskill they can reduce some of the trueskill manipulation that was taking place just to get a shiny symbol.

  • 09.23.2008 12:44 PM PDT

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This is a lot quieter during school hours...

  • 09.23.2008 12:48 PM PDT