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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 03/27/09

Is render to video dead? :_:

  • 03.27.2009 10:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: GobTheGnomeKing
Is render to video dead? :_:


Nope.

  • 03.27.2009 10:40 PM PDT
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hey lol any one know where that mappack comes out in market place an trate my pics thanks

  • 03.27.2009 10:50 PM PDT

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Posted by: GobTheGnomeKing
Is render to video dead? :_:


Nope.


Thanks for responding. At least I have hopes yet.

  • 03.27.2009 10:51 PM PDT

We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero.

All I have to say after reading this weeks update is Forerunner Tank. I still want to see that. Maybe we can have some Forerunner Tank in ODST? I think that would be cause enough for any ensuing awesomeness.

  • 03.28.2009 12:19 AM PDT

FIRST!!! Reading now.

: )

Ehh, 800 points or Legendary Halo Wars Edition... I think I'll pay the 800 points and buy the normal Halo Wars edition.

And does that mean the next update will be ginormous?

  • 03.28.2009 12:43 AM PDT

Posted by: Gaiden
That map needs to be re-thought. The fundamental problem with Narrows is that if one team takes initiative and stays solid on the high bridge, it's hard for the other to come back. But the team always has a chance because there's a relatively accessible low bridge as well as a lift for escape and regrouping. From what I can see, this custom Sandbox map does not. Given Bungie's previous record of starting players without decent weapons, I don't see the map becoming popular except in hardcore setups like the Snipers, MLG, or SWAT playlists. Just an educated guess.

Not to be stereotypical but this is what I don't like about you guys. Some people want BXR back so that "Even if you don't get the first shot, you still have a chance at winning." And you want a BR to start with so you have a chance of fighting back against a spawn camp, stopping a flag run in Objective, etc. But if you give yourself the advantage, don't you deserve it? If your team takes control of Narrows, then don't they deserve to win? If your team is better than the other you'll win regardless what the map is. If you find starting with Assault Rifles unfair, well it's an equal "disadvantage." Both teams start with the same thing.

And on the BR spread and that type of stuff, the magical thing about Halo's sandbox is that every thing's balanced. Warthog on Standoff? Laser in the middle, an abundance of sticky grenades, two rockets, two brute shots, two power drains, two plasma pistols, three or more teammates, etc. So the BR spread allows the BR to be a useful mid-long range weapon but if you're using it to fire across Sandtrap, it shouldn't do any damage, that just wouldn't be fair. The BR isn't supposed to be an all powerful weapon and it's not, so people should stop whining about it. The Assault Rifle is the perfect starting weapon and should be used for all "non-hardcore" game types.

Note that this is just my opinion and I don't mean to offend anyone. Sorry for quoting you Gaiden, I have nothing against you and I'm not even sure if you're one of these "Hardcore" people that get on my nerves, I just needed an excuse to say this.

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The fact that Guardians were designed to that extent and then cut makes me sick. Why were they cut, I wonder?

  • 03.28.2009 3:14 AM PDT

I got to Set 6, Round 2, Wave 5 on Heroic GETTING ME RECON! ;)

when will you be linking these epic matchmaking worth maps?! why feature them if we cant even get a good look at them?

  • 03.28.2009 4:55 AM PDT
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good update...can wait till i can download the new packs

  • 03.28.2009 5:18 AM PDT

Blackness Confirmed. You've got soul.


The Ultimate Opinion.

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  • 03.28.2009 5:34 AM PDT

"Yeah, I can fight."

I seriously need to buy my Halo 3 back so I can add my awesome screenshots.

  • 03.28.2009 6:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: Marauder Syel
I seriously need to buy my Halo 3 back so I can add my awesome screenshots.


You sold your halo 3? Blasphemy my friend....


That third Hunter shot was epic. I think im going to try the contest this week and hopefully get lucky.

  • 03.28.2009 6:54 AM PDT

Not to be stereotypical but this is what I don't like about you guys. Some people want BXR back so that "Even if you don't get the first shot, you still have a chance at winning." And you want a BR to start with so you have a chance of fighting back against a spawn camp, stopping a flag run in Objective, etc. But if you give yourself the advantage, don't you deserve it? If your team takes control of Narrows, then don't they deserve to win? If your team is better than the other you'll win regardless what the map is. If you find starting with Assault Rifles unfair, well it's an equal "disadvantage." Both teams start with the same thing.

And on the BR spread and that type of stuff, the magical thing about Halo's sandbox is that every thing's balanced. Warthog on Standoff? Laser in the middle, an abundance of sticky grenades, two rockets, two brute shots, two power drains, two plasma pistols, three or more teammates, etc. So the BR spread allows the BR to be a useful mid-long range weapon but if you're using it to fire across Sandtrap, it shouldn't do any damage, that just wouldn't be fair. The BR isn't supposed to be an all powerful weapon and it's not, so people should stop whining about it. The Assault Rifle is the perfect starting weapon and should be used for all "non-hardcore" game types.

I'm one person. Not "you guys." I never said anything about BXR; I am glad it wasn't included in Halo 3. I also did not address the BR spread. While I think the BR's mid-range accuracy is less than what it should be, we both agree that it should not be as formidable a long-range weapon as it was in Halo 2. But your case against the BR does nothing to persuade me that the AR is the "perfect starting weapon and should be used for all 'non-hardcore' game types." I've always thought that players should start with both an AR and a BR; I've set up quite a few custom games where players spawn with four of every weapon surrounding them and let the teams fight over custom powerups. It's fun and there's nothing particularly hardcore about it except the players themselves. But I digress from the core issue; map balance.

You say that a team that fights to get an advantage deserves to win. That's usually true. But my measure of map balance, and I think most people who think about this kind of thing can agree, is how much skill it takes to obtain the leg up vs how much skill it takes to overcome the opponent. Simply put, it doesn't take much skill for a team to get to the top in Narrows and post there. It's mostly communication and blitzing. Weigh that against how hard it is for the other team to come back from the advance, and you have what I, a fairly reasonable person, would consider to be an unbalanced map. Of course I don't rant against Narrows, and I still play on it. The map imbalance isn't that significant. It's just there. Most people don't even take advantage of it. From what I can see from Vessel, however, is that it takes the worst (most imbalanced) parts of Narrows and amplifies them by not adding a lift or a low ground that can easily be ducked into soon after spawning. What's more pronounced is the fact that it seems players can't help but to rush the middle (unless they want to get naded out of existence in the tunnel). I'm pretty confident that for the average gamer (those who aren't 'hardcore,' but still care whether they win or lose), it would stop being fun after the third or fourth game.

Which is why I appeal now in the best and most persuasive way I can, when someone from Bungie just might read this and think "Hey, that guy has a good point."

...Nah.

[Edited on 03.28.2009 8:01 AM PDT]

  • 03.28.2009 7:38 AM PDT

Get WorkPLaced!!

Nice update, thanks for once again filling my brain with up to date information on Bungie and the Halo 3 community.

  • 03.28.2009 8:08 AM PDT

As a proud owner of Sandbox something i would love to see is a playlist of only user created maps on sandbox...this would be amazing!

Anyway love the update... thank you

  • 03.28.2009 9:25 AM PDT
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im sorry but the company that created the firestorm that is console online gaming can simply just "stop" making content. Granted bungie is so much more than the Halo franchise, it is unfair to stop delivering new content. Halo is online multiplayer. its the most solid, skill driven, fair competition out there and it is Bungie's responsibility to see this through

  • 03.28.2009 2:59 PM PDT

Halo 3: ODST has some stiff competition this fall, hope it holds up to the hype!

  • 03.28.2009 3:14 PM PDT

am i the only one who is miffed that we have to wait 5 weeks after the halo wars limited people get the maps to get them? If I remember right we were told they would be out in weeks, not months after the halo wars. 5 weeks is what 1.25 months with an s, as in more than one. not 1.25 month. so wtf? Not everybody wants to shell out $80 or whatever for one game to get a $10 content for another game, especially when halo wars seems not so good. Seems like a pretty good slap in the face to dedicated fans to delay it this much if it is ready to go just to squeeze more money out of us. you guys are not part of microsoft right? Because this is the kinda stuff they would do. still haven't heard any response to this.

  • 03.28.2009 4:45 PM PDT

We were told that the maps would be out weeks after Halo Wars. Nobody made the claim that they would be out in less than a month. The two are not mutually exclusive.

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  • 03.28.2009 5:59 PM PDT

New Marathon? Thanks Bungie!

can u guys tell us more about other stuff that didnt make it to Halo 3? that Guardian boss sounds really interesting

  • 03.28.2009 6:44 PM PDT

I wonder if were gonna have to wait till Halo3:ODST for Vidmaster Challenge Brainpan or will we get after retrieving the skulls on the mythic maps?

  • 03.28.2009 7:44 PM PDT

Thanks everyone who liked the hunter screen shot pictures. Mine was the "Bubbled Up". Feel free to take a look at my screen shots.


H0m1e D4 Cl0wn

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  • 03.29.2009 1:32 AM PDT
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Nice update, but why do all good things have to be in America : (
Oh well at least I can share my epic brute screenshots. : )
I liked the hunkered down screen shot the most, although they were all pretty epic.
Maybe continuing work on Halo 3 means making brutes playable in matchmaking. Also maybe Sandbox object packs and different ground levels e.g.
Urban object pack, Streets flooring, Snow object pack, Glacier flooring, Unsc/Covenant spaceships object pack, moon flooring etc...
It may not be possible but it would be interesting if it could be implemented.
Thanks
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Yes you still have to wait for Halo3:ODST, because there is only 3 skulls in the new map pack and if you want to know what the other achievements and other maps names go to xbox.com and log into your gamer tag. Then go to games, and halo 3. And it will tell you all the things you need to know.

  • 03.29.2009 2:28 AM PDT