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Subject: Weekly What's Update: Massive Attack!
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DOES THE AUTOUPDATE STOP PEOPLE FROM LEAVING A GAME WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PLAY IT? I CANT BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THE AUTOUPDATE HAS BEEN MENTIONED SO MANY PEOPLE START A GAME THEN JUST LEAVE? I ALSO CANT BELIEVE AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BETRAYING EACH OTHER NOW BECAUSE THE WORD AUTOUPDATE AND REFRESH RANKING HAS BEEN MENTIONED NOW I CAN DEAL WITH ANY GLITCH ON THE GAME APART FROM STANDBY AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT ANNOYS ME IS PEOPLE QUITTING THE TEAM AND BETRAYING THESE ARE REAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS BUNGIE SO PLEASE CAN YOU SORT OUT THE REAL PROBLEMS AND NOT MINOR GLITCHES THE AMMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE HEARD TALKING ABOUT HOW BORING THE AUTOUPDATE IS GOING TO MAKE THIS GAME IS UNREAL HEY YOU CAN KILL THE DUMMY IN THE DUMMY GLITCH BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT PEOPLE THAT LEAVE A GAME??? ITS NOT FAIR WHEN THERE ARE THREE ON YOUR TEAM AND EIGHT ON THE OTHER TEAM AND THE OTHER TEAM ARE CAMPING THE DAMN BOMB?!?! I MEAN WHY DID THEY EVEN NEED TO CAMP THE BOMB THERE WAS THREE OF US AND EIGHT OF THEM WHAT IM SAYING BUNGIE IS THE PROBLEMS YOU ARE ADDRESSING ARE NOT THAT BAD ALSO I FIND THAT FLAG GRABS THROUGH THE WALL ARE OK THE POINT IS IF THE FLAG GOES MISSING FROM A WALL OR FLOOR GRAB THEN ITS YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT FOR NOT DEFENDING THE WHOLE AREA AFTER ALL IN A WARZONE IM SURE THE MILITARY ONLY CHECK THREE QUARTERS OF A BASE YOU KNOW LOL IN MILITARY TERMS I THOUGHT DEFEND A BASE MEANT THE WHOLE BASE INSIDE AND OUT UPSIDE AND DOWNSIDE THE REALITY IS IF PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSEDLY DEFENDING THEN EVEN FLOOR AND WALL GRABS WILL BE COUNTER ATTACKED

  • 04.16.2005 9:05 AM PDT
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Wow, that was a great update. Lots of great facts to everything. I have to agree with all the new fixes and changes made so far. I think it might make it a little harder for some people that already had a hard time killing people but I think they will find they wont be getting killed so easy from a distance they didn't even know where it came from and if they start using the melee attack more they will be more happy with the results. Resetting of the stats? I always thought they should have anyways but after reading the update I agree even more so now. This should make for an excitting new change to online playing with friends and others. The time has come and now is here. Thanks Bungie, good bye cheaters :)

  • 04.16.2005 9:07 AM PDT
Subject: Thanks Bungie
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OMG stop complaining about the no map info thing! Bungie is giving a major update and most of you are just complaining about the maps! They have said before that the maps will shortly follow the AU

Thank you very much Bungie. Most games just come out and then the company that made it just says deal with it but no you give us new maps an AU fixing cheating and glitches and eventually the maps will be free due to THE DEW

BUNGIE RULES!!!

  • 04.16.2005 9:08 AM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update: Massive Attack!
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WTH!!!!!

The melee power increase is stupid, the extra grenade power makes the game more noobish, anyone who wants thier freaking rank reset obviously sucks and has a 10 or something for their best rank, the dual wield power is reduced so that swords are more invincible, and on top of all that, all its really going to accomplish is somehow making the game more enjoyable?

Good freaking job Bungie, you screwed this one up like letting standby go as long as it did.

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  • 04.16.2005 9:08 AM PDT
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im wondering cuz "super jump" isnt really cheating its more of a glitch than anything will that be banned cuz i lik to "super jump" just for the hell of well "super jumping"

  • 04.16.2005 9:09 AM PDT
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ur a -blam!- and i think the updates will make the game better cuz i have thrown grenades at ppl and got mad cuz they will beat me with a friggen pistol and it sucks

  • 04.16.2005 9:11 AM PDT
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What about vehicles? Can we expect new vehicle downloads, like the maps?

  • 04.16.2005 9:17 AM PDT
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One thing I don't understand is why Bungie is essentially nerfing the magnum/plasma rifle combo when the plasma pistol/assault rifle is the quickest kill, and by far the easiest to pull off. At least with the duel-wielding combinations you have to aim, anyone can use the plasma pistol assault rifle combo. I think it's ridiculous that a fully charged plasma blast can remove the overshield, when a fully loaded pistol + SMG can't even bring it down. If you're going to make some of the weapons "balanced" you should make the others ones, too.

  • 04.16.2005 9:23 AM PDT
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Overlord Maniacal Spider here for the clan Duelist Kings. On behalf of my clan we thank you for the updates and for the detailed info on this update, we hate cheaters and can't stand people who do cheat. Halo is the best game ever. hopefully one day soon our clan can have a go at a Humpday challenge


Doesn't matter what your level is, it's what you do fo your team..

Maniacal Spider

  • 04.16.2005 9:27 AM PDT
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Frankie I love to play at local H2 tourneys and would love to experiance the new update when playing at a Halo2 lan. Is it possible for Bungie to release the update for the players that will be playing Halo2 offline?

  • 04.16.2005 9:27 AM PDT
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Wait, wait, wait. So...bungie is 100% for sure going to reset the stats on monday? If they don't I'm gonna be pissed like nobody's buisness. I just screwed my level up so bad last night because I thought the stats are reseting. They BETTER reset or I'm gonna get jumped by like 5 people...-.-;;;

  • 04.16.2005 9:28 AM PDT
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I really am down with the fixing stand by and the rank re-start but I was expecting Bungie to do something about the Plasma Pistol-Battle Rifle combo. I think its something that has needed to be fixed for a very long period of time. I mean, even Bungie got jacked by those Japanese players.

  • 04.16.2005 9:30 AM PDT
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Thanks Bungie! update appreciated. But I would like to know if you are ever going to address the Plasma Pistol. If you wanna talk about a weapon that creates unbalance in the game.........I could talk about the "Green Goblin" all day.

  • 04.16.2005 9:30 AM PDT

Halo 2 is by far the best game I have ever played...But then there came bridgers and modders.

I LOVE THE UPDATES! I hope the maps come out at the same time. And it doesn't matter what any of these people say about clearing the rank because if they are really any good, they will be able to get them back. I think reseting the ranks is a GREAT idea. Good job Bungie! You have once again made me a proud owner of Halo 2!

  • 04.16.2005 9:50 AM PDT
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2 thing annoy me about this update first im a level 19 who worked hard to get that level and now thats just wasted time basicly and secondly i was horrible a halo CE so these tweaks are just gona make me worse at this game and my time was wasted people just say get your 19 back but i really dont feel like it now because bungie just wasted a whole bunch of my time and the people who say i dont care if they take my rank away your a bunch of noobs who invested no time and are probably like level 10

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  • 04.16.2005 9:51 AM PDT
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In this new auto update, will there be a female player ? I'm a girl and don't like looking at my player as a man.

  • 04.16.2005 9:54 AM PDT

Halo 2 is by far the best game I have ever played...But then there came bridgers and modders.

By the way these guys do have a point about the plasma pistol, battle rifle combo. Especially at Colossus, that seems to me to be the most uneven map on the game. I say U take out the sniper rifle and the plasma pistols altogether and put a rocket launcher in the sniper spot. I think that makes for a much more interesting game for Colossus. Anyways thats the only problem I have on any matchmaking games for team slayer.

  • 04.16.2005 9:55 AM PDT
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You said the update would come out in different places at different time, what will happen if somebody who has downloaded the update is playing someone that the update hasn't come out in the city? Won't this mess up gameplay?


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  • 04.16.2005 9:57 AM PDT
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just wanted to say something to frankie and the x-box crew...

Please eat my ass for not making the smg, and magnum more powerful.
outright, eat my ass. those guns SUCK and they do not do any damage. period. so, thanks for -blam!- over anyone who spawns with someone standing next to them, thanks to the new weakened smg. once again, eat my ass you spawn-killing losers.
if you really wanted to make the game better, you'd spawn with a battle rifle, like you did in the first. spawn-killing by lamers like you is what is wrong with this game.

  • 04.16.2005 9:57 AM PDT

Halo 2 is by far the best game I have ever played...But then there came bridgers and modders.

This message is to Jimmy Keaver. I'm an 18 and I can't wait for them to reset the ranks. That means U won't have to worry about being matched with noobs who are like level 20's and will just stand by the whole game. And U won't have to back out every fricking time worrying about being host.

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  • 04.16.2005 10:00 AM PDT

Halo 2 is by far the best game I have ever played...But then there came bridgers and modders.

O yea by the way Bungie. I was wondering if U were fixing the weird advantages that the host have?

  • 04.16.2005 10:01 AM PDT
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Can we still do glitching in custom game? Like the rocket-sword, butterfly sword, or sword cancel?

  • 04.16.2005 10:12 AM PDT
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It's just hilarious to see what some people are writing, it's like they skimmed over the update are half the people posting are mad for things that aren't even gonna change. This guy's mad and says the smg magnum combo already sucks when it's the one thing I use to kill people with battle rifle plasma pistol combo. If you can aim well the smg pistol combo can defeat every other combo in the game.(unless you're battling over a some distance then the battle rifle green ball combo kills) It is kinda stupid to make it weaker, but I didn't even know about the auto aim thing, cuz AUTO AIM IS FOR NOOBS anyways. The magnum was fine where it was, even though everyone would rather have the pistol from CE. The pistol in CE was just cheap, i know it dominated but can u explain how a scope on a pistol would even work? I know it's just a video game, but how would it even be possible to use a scope, would you hold the pistol up to your face?

My second point, HALO IS A GAME YOU MORONS. I love all these people saying they worked so hard for their level (first off cuz most of the people complaining aren't higher than a 13). I PLAY halo, it's not work for me, it's a game, supposed to be fun. If you consider playing halo to be hard work then maybe you need to think about why you're even playing the game. Resetting the ranks will be fun. You'll have good competitive games, games where you dominate (which are always fun), and then games where you get owned by the former 22's (which is good cuz 8's will get to see some more advanced strategies). I can have some sympathy for the guys who are legit 20's, but I'm pretty sure they'll rise to top quickly anyways. And just think, if you're a legit 20 now, you'll be way higher than that in month cuz you won't get burned by cheaters and you'll level up quicker for dominating.

  • 04.16.2005 10:13 AM PDT
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Update stated:

"Other slight reductions include the softening of the Plasma Rifle and SMG combo, to bring it in line with other combos. Experts will notice the difference."


You stated Plasma Rifle/SMG combo??? Or is it instead the Plasma pistol/SMG combo that got watered down?

  • 04.16.2005 10:18 AM PDT
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How about fixing the Shot gun and sword glitches, you know the ones where you can shoot someone like five times in the face with the shotgun and then run away and have a guy shoot at me from a mile away with the same gun and kill me in one hit. The randomness of the damage for the shot gun is way to great and it needs to be fixed. As for the sword did you fix the bug where you fly through people when you lunge???

Ok and now to adress this issue: Feelz Good there is no reason you should patronise someone just because there iq level looks like it took a dive off a steep cliff. As far as him asking how would a pistol work with a scope. Many many hand guns in real life have scopes on them

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  • 04.16.2005 10:19 AM PDT