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Subject: Weekly What's Update
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when are the stats getting reset, andybody now?????????????????????????????????????????????????????
please tell me if you now

  • 05.03.2005 2:25 PM PDT
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Alright, let's have no counter to anything then. I mean, we might as not even have a sniper. That way you can bogart rockets and shotgun and win every game. Or how about take away the shotgun in levels with the sword. Haha. If you've not noticed, there's a specific reason that every level with a rocket has a sniper and every level with a sword has a shotgun. Be less stupid, for us all.

  • 05.03.2005 2:42 PM PDT
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P.S. ever heard of the rocket ammo on coag?[/quote]
Post, Post Script: Ever heard of not dying when you have the rocket launcher and hopping in a banshee so that it doesn't respawn? Then have the rest of your team bogart vehicles ans snipers? The best part that it's uncounterable.

  • 05.03.2005 2:46 PM PDT
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I kinda dont want the "noob" combo to go like that one other guy thats -blam!-in.

But the same time i do bcus u die to fast by it.

  • 05.03.2005 2:51 PM PDT
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RE: Colossus sniping complaints and the BR/PP combo elimination...This is quoted from the WWU:

"...Colossus - we now use Human weapon sets for Slayer variants on those two maps"

Maybe I am missing something but doesn't that mean that the Beam Rifle is replaced by the Sniper Rifle as well? That would limit the amount of ammo by 1/2 and make this map more of a contest instead of an exercise in holding down a little corner of the map. Right?

  • 05.03.2005 2:52 PM PDT
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To Bowlby: Any time you get owned by the "newb combo" you should be crying. You're an idiot. I fall for it enough to make myself cry, but you don't hear me crying. I cry on the inside. Anyways, it's your own damn fault for charging into the open when you know (think) they have this combo. Dumb ass.

  • 05.03.2005 2:52 PM PDT
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if yer still wondering redraider, the stats are reseting prob this wednesday or later in the week.



[Edited on 5/3/2005]

  • 05.03.2005 2:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Pro Pain
RE: Colossus sniping complaints and the BR/PP combo elimination...This is quoted from the WWU:

"...Colossus - we now use Human weapon sets for Slayer variants on those two maps"


Which WWU did you read this in?

  • 05.03.2005 3:07 PM PDT
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when do the other 5 maps come out?

  • 05.03.2005 3:08 PM PDT
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Hey, is it just me or is everyone getting an error everytime you try to view the weekly whats update?

  • 05.03.2005 3:09 PM PDT
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Since when is 12 one half of 19? Sniper rifle spawns have 12 shots (8 ammo + 4 in the clip), and bear rifle spawns have 19. Assuming you don't overheat. Also, you aren't thinking. Only lockout has a sniper without a drop respawn (this term meaning it doesn't respawn until you drop it and it vanishes). Chances are, colossus will not. If it's normal respawn time. It's what 1 minute or two before it respawns. Hrmmm. Do the math? The sniper fire will be equivalent, if not more. Not to mention there's no counter to it now, because let's be honest. You can't kill people with BR from half the map unless they are mentally disabled. Don't forget the overshield. Uncounterable now as well. No plasma weapons to even help break shield. I don't know about you guys but I have used full clips of SMG / Pistol and they still had shields. Anyways, put up a decent argument. Or don't and get shot down, like a dumb idiot.

  • 05.03.2005 3:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: GodErnst
Which WWU did you read this in?


The last one, dated 04/29. Here's the whole paragraph, excerpted from the "Lots of folks wonder" question:

"No more Plasma Pistol / Battle Rifle ownage in Slayer games on Beaver Creek or Colossus - we now use Human weapon sets for Slayer variants on those two maps. This will be controversial and we understand there is some small skill required to use the combo, but frankly it has become tiresome on those maps. It takes far more skill to win without that combo. More skill = more fun, right?"

I get the feeling after browsing this board for a while that most of the opinions stated here are based on second hand info, read in other posts. Its fascinating to see how a rumor can spiral out after just a few pages of posts. Even more interesting is that it appears most of these posters don't bother to go back and verify the information they are discussing.

  • 05.03.2005 3:25 PM PDT
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Posted by: Tokeoh
Since when is 12 one half of 19? Sniper rifle spawns have 12 shots (8 ammo + 4 in the clip), and bear rifle spawns have 19. Assuming you don't overheat. Also, you aren't thinking. Only lockout has a sniper without a drop respawn (this term meaning it doesn't respawn until you drop it and it vanishes). Chances are, colossus will not. If it's normal respawn time. It's what 1 minute or two before it respawns.

Ok, not exactly half, but certainly less. They still have to get back to pick up more ammo. Your teammates will also be able to target the sniper somewhat more effectively do to the lingering contrail. It won't be quite as bad, you'll see.

Also, I commend you on the exemplary use of repetition in your put-down...
Or don't and get shot down, like a dumb idiot.
Its not often that we can see someone use such redundancy while expressing a view of someone else's lack of mental prowess!

  • 05.03.2005 3:38 PM PDT
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Posted by:taking out p/shooter in closs is actully making the teamates of the sniper team to actully go and use their skills to actully kill some one.
vegamo is a smart player, you can tell what he was thinking.

Great point. I think most of the worry here is unfounded. Everyone is just going to have to play a few games before they stop freaking out about it. You have to hand it to Bungie, they know how to manage their game. Making that one small change looks like it will fix an otherwise unplayable map. Colossus just isn't that fun to play on as-is.

  • 05.03.2005 3:51 PM PDT
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Ok, add me to the list of inept readers that can't figure out how to access the WWU.

All of my attempts land me at a page with a not found picture and a message that says "Include not Found Message".

What am I missing here? Pro Pain, you are clearly able to read the WWU.

  • 05.03.2005 3:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: GodErnst
Ok, add me to the list of inept readers that can't figure out how to access the WWU.

All of my attempts land me at a page with a not found picture and a message that says "Include not Found Message".

What am I missing here? Pro Pain, you are clearly able to read the WWU.


Man, I just don't know. I click on the cute little grunt pic on bungie's homepage and the WWU pops up for me. I've noticed this site can be quirky at times. Maybe if I post the link?
http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=weeklywhatsapr il29&p=3194652

  • 05.03.2005 4:04 PM PDT
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WOW overshield is gonna kick A$$ on col now. Human weapons=no match for overshield. Ull have ta unload 4 clips of smgs to kill em, thats a bit too much by my standards.. by the way anyone know what will replace the place of the plasma pistols in col and bc?

  • 05.03.2005 4:52 PM PDT
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When should we exspect the levels to be wiped out and the new maps to be added to the mix? I thought I read that it was May 2nd. Is there a new date?

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  • 05.03.2005 4:55 PM PDT
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1. When can we buy the CD with all the new maps on them?

2. The only reason you guys gave us for not having 4-player co-on on the campaign was because, with that manky SPARTAN's, we should be invading the Covenant home planet instead. But anyone remember what happened at Reach? Those 30-some SPARTAN's had anti-tank mines and they lost to a few thousand grunts!

3. One of the tracks on the Halo 2 (volume 1) soundtrack is called "The Last Spartan." Didn't like 4 SPARTANS survive the end of the third Halo novel?
P.S. Exactly what songs will be on the Halo 2 soundtrack Volume 2?

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  • 05.03.2005 5:02 PM PDT
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I suspect the map CD should be coming out after all of the maps have become DLC, which, unfortunately, probably won't be happening for a while. Also, when Bungie says they are taking the PP/BR combo out of Slayer games, I suspect that means Team Slayer as well?

  • 05.03.2005 5:13 PM PDT
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Here this goes to every whining n00b on Halo 2. Also to the staff at Bungie who listerned to the whining n00bs. HOW ABOUT YOU ELIMINATE EVERY -blam!-EN WEAPON!!!! Better yet you're pay cheque....give it to me. I'll jump on you're -blam!-en server and delete this peice of -blam!- you call an AU. Then I'll wonder back home knowing I made a difference and I ripped a hole in my pocket.

  • 05.03.2005 5:20 PM PDT
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You sound like a very angry elf

  • 05.03.2005 5:22 PM PDT
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It's just so frustrating hearing crap players whine about every weapon. Heres a list of each whine I've heard for each weapon (Excluding the Sentinal Beam that thing should be shot); Sword (It doesn't have battery life), Rocket Launcher (It's too powerful), Shotgun (It ownz me when I try to whore the sword), Plasma Pistol (It takes my shield down in one hit...if charged up), SMG (It sprays stuff at my pretty face), Plasma Rifle (It's too rapid), Magnam (It kills me when I get shot in th e head...MORON THATS WHAT HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE), Battle Rifle w/ Plasma Pistol (The Opponents use it to protect there Sniper), Brue Shot (It fires things at me and it kills me). Its not just the fact that every n00b -blam!-es about every weapon. It's the fact that the excuses/whining is getting even more pathetic by the day.

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  • 05.03.2005 5:25 PM PDT