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the new update sucks... social slayer is not so "social" anymore... its one hell of a crappy turning point in halo... its actually turning me away from halo... whats so exciting about the new "global" rating system? this blows.


- At0micPickel

  • 09.23.2008 10:43 PM PDT

Posted by: cidster
What if they are adding campaign levels as well as multiplayer levels. When has there ever been skulls on multiplayer maps?(haha not including oddball a$$3s)Think about it... find skulls.. hmmmm


If you check out the description for the new achievement "Vidmaster Challenge: Brainpan", it says "Find all the hidden skulls on the Mythic maps." I highly doubt they would add campaign levels. :P

  • 09.23.2008 10:46 PM PDT

Posted by: At0micPickel
the new update sucks... social slayer is not so "social" anymore... its one hell of a crappy turning point in halo... its actually turning me away from halo... whats so exciting about the new "global" rating system? this blows.
- At0micPickel


Lol, social slayer is TOO social. Played a match earlier and I had to mute everyone (including my own team).

As a relatively new player, I wouldn't expect you to think the new ratings system is the least bit interesting. You've been playing since what? 1/14/2008? I've played nearly 5 times the amount of games you have, and I also have nearly 6 times the amount of total exp you've got. Play as much and as long as I have, then MAYBE you'll appreciate this update a bit more. -.-

  • 09.23.2008 10:53 PM PDT
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This is drivin me nuts. If you see a general in a playlist you will know that person knows what they're in that game type. If you see the general in their service record then you'll know that they cant be too terribly bad (although i've seen a few that weren't too good). There is a huge difference between the 2. So if you see a "playlist general" and not a skill general and dont like it then go to another playlist and take along your glass of get over yerselves...


edit: meant to quote 'Johnny Mc Nubs' first post on page 14...

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  • 09.23.2008 10:57 PM PDT
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okay buddy... i do believe that 1/14/08 is when i joined the "bungie" team to have that little "cool" emblem by my name... but i'ven been playing halo "3" since its been out and haven't seen anything so disappointing than this.

  • 09.23.2008 10:57 PM PDT
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This update is the most retarded thing bungie has done since halo 2. i do love halo though so dont get me wrong. but this has ruined team doubles and most important to me lone wolves. just adding 2 people to lone wolves has destroyed the idea of actually using skill to win. all it has become is a crowded nade fest. i know im not the only one who feels this way and dont understand why it needed to be changed. it was fine just the way it was. thanks for reading.

  • 09.23.2008 10:59 PM PDT
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the only reason why youve played the triple amount of games that i have is because you are still trying to reach your fourty five and it took you a very long time. i have a higer rank than you and played 3 times the amount of games than you... i dont give a -blam!- about how many more games you played, the game play has changed and no one likes it that has a higer rank and is used to the ways of halo3

  • 09.23.2008 11:00 PM PDT
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the updates blow, and i hope someone who checks the blogs realizes how -blam!- the updates are and will relay it to the PR's of bungie and let them know that this is horrid. i wont play halo until this -blam!- is fixed

  • 09.23.2008 11:02 PM PDT

If you're still having trouble downloading the update, go to your dashboard. Go all the way to the far right blade of options. Go to 'memory'. Select it. You should now see your storage device. Select it. From here, press X, X, RB, LB, X, X. It will ask you if you want to perform maintanence (sp?). Say, yes and when finished, load Halo3. It should update. Voila!

  • 09.23.2008 11:17 PM PDT

'7 exp on the 7th of the month'

This is referring to October, right?

  • 09.23.2008 11:28 PM PDT
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wow thats retarded my friend just got the katana for getting 3 assassinations rather than getting an overkill in my opinion you should have to get the original ones to unlock it and if not give us new armor at 59, 69 and 79 achievements, unless thats what you are doing with vidmaster.

  • 09.23.2008 11:30 PM PDT
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who appreciates this update. Hopefully the update will erase camping behind shield doors, boosting to level 50, stand-bys and it will create something new that all players can achieve, ie. the new achievements.

I think it was very clever for them to hint at the new maps in the achievements. It has everyone talking about it and everyone is curious about them, Bungie always keep us on edge.

If you don't like the new changes, play something else. No one will miss you complaining in the pre-game lobby about how much this update blows.

  • 09.23.2008 11:34 PM PDT
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i agree with slip stream aaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way
this was his statement:


"How are they suffering exacly? they still have their rank.... And i think your confusing rank with fun. I have fun playing online no matter what rank i am. So if just playing the game to have fun means i have issues, then i dont wanna be normal."

  • 09.23.2008 11:35 PM PDT
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new update is cool. I just don't like the new ranking system; kinda weak

  • 09.23.2008 11:38 PM PDT
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put big team battle up!!!! please???????????? that was fun =[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

  • 09.23.2008 11:49 PM PDT

Awesome Update, Bungie. I love this new ranking system, keep it up!
Like everyone else, I'm insanely curious about the vid-master "pot of gold" and the mysterious "Mythic" maps.

And to Skyhax, there's a play list called Big Team DLC that you should find useful.

  • 09.24.2008 12:04 AM PDT

Amen, and well said! Now watch as I get flamed; being called a suck up! ^_^

  • 09.24.2008 12:43 AM PDT
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the new rateing system is ok i guess, keeping the global rateing and adding additional rateings to all of the playlists was something i didn't mind and i'm actually happy about but the scrapping of some of the playlists is a huge let down in my honest opinion eg. every now and then me and my two best mates get together with our xbox's, tv's and play MM for a day, with Big team social gorn all we have left is teh DLC maps for DLC big team, so CTF on sandtrap is something only for customs now, no more rocket race (my mates favourite, not mine) all the playlists seemed ranked and social are two much allike almost like exact copys of eachother, theres no more exotic matchmakeing.

Probably the best thing that happened today was when we got hammerzeit on construct and it was really fun, everything else was generic we constantly got juggernaut and oddball on epithath (i know probably wrong spelling) and snowbound. it was crap! we didn't get sandtrap or anything we used to.

so IMO new rateings are ok but the scrapping of the playlists was a big mistake sorry.

hopefully the new maps that are comeing out will meld with the new line up of playlists and fill the void the scraped playlists have left.

  • 09.24.2008 12:44 AM PDT
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Posted by: Aquanis
'7 exp on the 7th of the month'

This is referring to October, right?


well it'll start on the 7th of october but it can be any month i allready got 7xp in the rumble pit and stoppe dplaying ready to grab that achievement.

  • 09.24.2008 12:49 AM PDT
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Posted by: Racholobo
I'm glad I'm not the only one who appreciates this update. Hopefully the update will erase camping behind shield doors, boosting to level 50, stand-bys and it will create something new that all players can achieve, ie. the new achievements.

I think it was very clever for them to hint at the new maps in the achievements. It has everyone talking about it and everyone is curious about them, Bungie always keep us on edge.

If you don't like the new changes, play something else. No one will miss you complaining in the pre-game lobby about how much this update blows.


AAHHHAHAHHA!!!!! i got a dam overkill today, and didn't get the katana, first time i'v been able to play in a while and the day after the update i didn't get the dam thing!! sorry but i'm just aggrovated, dose this mean they changed the limit for certan achievements eg the security helm, katana and stuff like that?, i recon thats -BLAM- sorry bungie but i was looking forward to this and its a slap in the face.

a loyal fan here whos just a bit dissapointed.

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  • 09.24.2008 12:53 AM PDT
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anyone else here who is just dissapointed?

i was really looking forward to these updates, a guy (seanz0r) on the forum even gave me a free one month live subscription so i could play the update coz i dun get paid untill tomoz and couldn't play the update (thanks again BTW) and its just like....dam this sucks not getting angry really just really dissapointed, like halo 3 is still really cool but not really fun just makes ya fell unenthused about playing MM anymore.

Doubt ill play by myself anymore really, most likely keep doin halo days with my mates just for the fun of having my mates with me and betraying them lol (well only the ones that can't kick my @$$)

i'm to much of a halo freak to quit all together i'm just hankering for the new maps now :D so looking forward to them now, i really want these to be awesome!

  • 09.24.2008 1:02 AM PDT
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I don't like this update at all :@
everyone is just a recruit or something and that means for me that the fun is away.

if u added the exp u received BEFORE this update, it would be nice.

now I am a apprantice with rank 28 on Lone Wolves but I should be like a captian at least.

I'm sorry, but I don't like this update at all, it takes all the fun away :@

  • 09.24.2008 1:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: BLEACH50
Posted by: Racholobo
I'm glad I'm not the only one who appreciates this update. Hopefully the update will erase camping behind shield doors, boosting to level 50, stand-bys and it will create something new that all players can achieve, ie. the new achievements.

I think it was very clever for them to hint at the new maps in the achievements. It has everyone talking about it and everyone is curious about them, Bungie always keep us on edge.

If you don't like the new changes, play something else. No one will miss you complaining in the pre-game lobby about how much this update blows.


AAHHHAHAHHA!!!!! i got a dam overkill today, and didn't get the katana, first time i'v been able to play in a while and the day after the update i didn't get the dam thing!! sorry but i'm just aggrovated, dose this mean they changed the limit for certan achievements eg the security helm, katana and stuff like that?, i recon thats -BLAM- sorry bungie but i was looking forward to this and its a slap in the face.

a loyal fan here whos just a bit dissapointed.


There shouldn't be any changes to getting your katana.
You need to have 1000 GS to get the katana, so maybe there are some achievements you have missed along the way. As far as I know none of the new achievements affect armor.

  • 09.24.2008 1:12 AM PDT
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well if bungie just chucks up a notice confirming what ya just said with the "none of the new achievements affect armor" i'd be allot happier.

anyway, what do you think about the other stuff i said?
Posted by: Racholobo

Posted by: BLEACH50
Posted by: Racholobo
I'm glad I'm not the only one who appreciates this update. Hopefully the update will erase camping behind shield doors, boosting to level 50, stand-bys and it will create something new that all players can achieve, ie. the new achievements.

I think it was very clever for them to hint at the new maps in the achievements. It has everyone talking about it and everyone is curious about them, Bungie always keep us on edge.

If you don't like the new changes, play something else. No one will miss you complaining in the pre-game lobby about how much this update blows.


AAHHHAHAHHA!!!!! i got a dam overkill today, and didn't get the katana, first time i'v been able to play in a while and the day after the update i didn't get the dam thing!! sorry but i'm just aggrovated, dose this mean they changed the limit for certan achievements eg the security helm, katana and stuff like that?, i recon thats -BLAM- sorry bungie but i was looking forward to this and its a slap in the face.

a loyal fan here whos just a bit dissapointed.


There shouldn't be any changes to getting your katana.
You need to have 1000 GS to get the katana, so maybe there are some achievements you have missed along the way. As far as I know none of the new achievements affect armor.

  • 09.24.2008 1:21 AM PDT

is it jus me or is the dlc big team not putting the legendary maps bekus ive played like 9 times and avalanche hasnt came out it suks

  • 09.24.2008 1:31 AM PDT