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Subject: Weekly What's Update: Massive Attack!
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Monday, Monday, Monday!

I can't wait to play Halo 2 MP they way it was meant to be played! Finally, starting off with an smg isn't an easy way to get pwned!

I still hope you start with the br in Coagulation though.

  • 04.15.2005 6:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: SageChameleon
It will take months to get my 18 back

No it wont, watch I'll be 20 by the end of the first week.

  • 04.15.2005 6:54 PM PDT
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i heard that all stats are going to be reset

  • 04.15.2005 6:56 PM PDT
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when you say weapons are gonna be slightly different does that mean the battle rifle is gonna be semi-auto? Or they should be at least semi when zoomed (for increased accuracy) because it takes only one bullet from the battle rifle to bring down an unshielded target, this would also conserve ammo.

  • 04.15.2005 7:01 PM PDT
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real glad the grenades are going to be stronger. that was driving me insaine! melee attacks are also stronger? awsome!

whadabout i throw a grenade, and charge through the smoke and smash there skull through with a SMG!

MHUahhahhahh

wait. so if you really good, could you jump up and hit a guy whos lunging at you with a sword before he hits you?

oh, and Frankie, i you read this, can you sometime fix the assasanation trhing where i lunge at someone with the sword, miss somehow, and they assasanate me? it gets annoying.

or, maybe, you have so you have to not shoot first to be able to assananate them, so they cant assasanate someone in the middle of a firefight. it takes no skill, and it ruins it. just wondering. whatever.

oh, and someone mentioned this earlier, but what will happen if someone trys to use the stanby cheat?

finally, i have seen this a few times, and it is a major issue. it is possible, in assault on headlong to get in the banshee with the bomb guy on top, and get him on top of a building. he can then greande jump with the help of a banshee to get on a higher building! he can then walk accross the building till he reaching a otherwise impassible spot. this happened to me, and four hardcore fans and I tried various techneiques intill we finally destroys their banshee by lobbing greanades up top, getting a overshield, getting in the newly spawned banshee and a rocket, and rocket jumping up on the buildings and killing him. During this, he was using a glitch to come down and assanate us constintly! he was even mocking us, and when we said we would report him, he said he had five other x-boxes and accounts, and that he didnt care. the game took 3 hours. his name was alcohalicost, or something to that effect. I didn't spell right, and it was all caps. I know this isnt the cheating thread, but my point is, can you put a time limit on assault, even if you have the bomb?

  • 04.15.2005 7:04 PM PDT
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whats going on with being too close to someone with the shotgun and you fire and it does no damage.

  • 04.15.2005 7:06 PM PDT
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The update is great, but what if you are doing system link with boxes that don't have the update? Will people with the download have the upper hand?

  • 04.15.2005 7:09 PM PDT
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What happens if you LAN with someone that doesn't have the update, while you have it?

  • 04.15.2005 7:10 PM PDT

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Wouldn't the weakened dual combos make th pp/br combo more affective????
And yes u could just blow him up with the new and improved grenades.
WE WANT MAP AND 2v2 INFO DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 04.15.2005 7:19 PM PDT
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just a lil question, if there changing the power of the weapons, then cant they put in fuel rod gun or what not.... that would be pretty sweet........maybe its not too late. :)

  • 04.15.2005 7:20 PM PDT
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Maybe I missed something, but will the rocket/sword glitch be left in? Cause that would totally ruin glitching and a fun aspect of Halo 2 if they took that out. Also, the sword cancel won't be taken out right?

  • 04.15.2005 7:20 PM PDT
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its not a great update! those of us who do glitches for fun not cheating wont be able to have fun anymore

  • 04.15.2005 7:21 PM PDT

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

In all of Bungie's wisdom they still think that the pistol is to powerful. Once again Bungie is going to decrease its power. Man are they dumb! They must just hate that weapon. They should just take it out completely.

Most of the other changes seem to be going in the right direction. That direction being back to the game play of Halo CE. I hope, but have a feeling that this won't make up for the crappy game it is now.


Magnum bullet damage has been slightly reduced to emphasize accurate headshots over a simple dual wielding combo. The auto-accuracy of the Magnum has also been toned down slightly when dual wielding.


I also want to clarify that I am mad about the bullet damage. It is being reduced. Not that they are "toning down" the auto-accuracy. Auto-accuracy? This is just a insult to every Pro out there. Any person that needs Auto Aim, doesn't need to be playing Halo. Bungie why do we have to put up with this crap? Can't we just have a game that is totally based on an individuals skill. If you guys hate the Pistol so much just take it out. Why do you continue to down grade one of the better weapons from Halo CE. I rather remember it as the reliable weapon it use to be, not for the worthless boat anchor it is now. It is just sad to watch this happen.

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  • 04.15.2005 7:21 PM PDT
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GREAT WORK BUNNGIE!! finally us single weapon users are getting respect (BR start in bigger levels would b nice) But people the PP BR combo is by no means a glitch or a cheat. It will not and does not deserve to be fixed. If u dont like it tough testicles, get some cover.( u can stop the PP shot by throwing ur dual weild weapon at the shot if u time it right). I hope that the maps come out monday!

  • 04.15.2005 7:23 PM PDT

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Tis has also happened to me but on burial moundsWTF?!?!?!?






finally, i have seen this a few times, and it is a major issue. it is possible, in assault on headlong to get in the banshee with the bomb guy on top, and get him on top of a building. he can then greande jump with the help of a banshee to get on a higher building! he can then walk accross the building till he reaching a otherwise impassible spot. this happened to me, and four hardcore fans and I tried various techneiques intill we finally destroys their banshee by lobbing greanades up top, getting a overshield, getting in the newly spawned banshee and a rocket, and rocket jumping up on the buildings and killing him. During this, he was using a glitch to come down and assanate us constintly! he was even mocking us, and when we said we would report him, he said he had five other x-boxes and accounts, and that he didnt care. the game took 3 hours. his name was alcohalicost, or something to that effect. I didn't spell right, and it was all caps. I know this isnt the cheating thread, but my point is, can you put a time limit on assault, even if you have the bomb?
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  • 04.15.2005 7:24 PM PDT
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The same thing happened to me on Burial Mounds. We were on defense and it got to sudden death. We constantly killed them for 30 minutes! But we couldn't find the bomb guy. Eventually he planted it, but we had all entrances to the base covered. I have no idea how he planted it.

  • 04.15.2005 7:27 PM PDT
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does this mean no more zanzi superbounce or glitches not used in normal games

  • 04.15.2005 7:27 PM PDT
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So what if you use the hacked profile in custom games, only once or twice, to screw around?

Or you use it in campaign, and you are signed into live?

Is there anything wrong with playing around in campaign?

  • 04.15.2005 7:30 PM PDT
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You say that the leaderboards levels will be changed.Will that mean that the level 7's and 12's and levels near them will go down to.Also when you say go down do you mean like level 1 again.

  • 04.15.2005 7:32 PM PDT
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Thank God for the coming fixes...I had almost decided to abandon Halo 2. With all the cheating going on what was the point in playing the game?

  • 04.15.2005 7:35 PM PDT
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Yo, Is 2 vs 2 included with the update? My best friend and I kill, and sometimes, we lose cuz other ppl are havin a crappy day, and so this is our dream gametype.

  • 04.15.2005 7:37 PM PDT
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Is 2 v 2 included with the AU? Plz oh God let it be in there. =)

  • 04.15.2005 7:38 PM PDT
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And another thing, i think it would be best if bungie didnt display your matchmaking "rank" this is more of skill level not a rank, and people just get too intense about it neway, i feel that they can leave the leader boards up there, cuz then people would still have something to fight for, but comon people its just a number next to your gamertag, why are we smashing our control pads against our heads if our team doesnt play defense? just suck it up and have fun, new maps, no crappy wall glitches, no cheating = alot more fun, and thats why i pay the 50$ a year for live

btw...i would LOOOOOVE to see the Fuel Rod Gun in the next update, if u can change the smg, y cant you change possibly the coolest weapon in the game, this would remove the extreme uncool efectiveness of BANSHEE WHORES!!!!!! people dont often complain about this, but comon, on coag if the other teams got a banshee and the rockets, the game never goes newhere,

NEW MAPS SPLOOOOOOGE TASTIC

  • 04.15.2005 7:38 PM PDT
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Wow, thanks Bungie for hearing the complaints of avid fans and doing something to fix this already great game. The nades were soooooo frustrating sometimes, because hitting people doesn't almost nothing in many cases, making certain weapons combos (and almost anything, really) terribly imbalanced when set against someone with a fresh spawn and no other weapon. Thanks Bungie! You rock! I'm excited to play this great game again.

  • 04.15.2005 7:39 PM PDT
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Awesome stuff Bungie! Finally, the last weekend we have to deal with cheaters :) Glad to see the grenades got some juice, I love spamming those things ;)

  • 04.15.2005 7:41 PM PDT