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plasma pistol battle rifle that combo owns i love that combo i use other guns but i use that when people are being rocket sword -blam!-s and battle rifle combo -blam!-s

  • 04.30.2005 7:35 AM PDT
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I hate when people are garbage and think there good i will own anyone said me a friend request to vin1199 and play me 1v1 i would like to have a good challenge once in a while ill own u all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 04.30.2005 7:37 AM PDT
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so is there going to be a 2v2 still?

  • 04.30.2005 8:00 AM PDT
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Posted by: vin1191
I hate when people are garbage and think there good i will own anyone said me a friend request to vin1199 and play me 1v1 i would like to have a good challenge once in a while ill own u all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

man your not as good as you sound look at your games played to wins?!?

  • 04.30.2005 8:03 AM PDT
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awesome update! I love that those damn combo whores are finally done for. I only ever use it when the other team won't use any other weapons and i kill them at it! It really doesn't require any skill. If you can use that same BR and take down my sheild and then get the head shot before I kill you, I applaud your skill and will admit that you're better than me. but using a half assed combination so I don't have the time to even toss a nade, you need to grow some skill.

The playlists are sounding better and better. however, taking away the radar for 1 on 1 sounds like a better way for the campers to hide. Not that it bothers me cause I can find those camping noobs anyway :D. Hiding is only a lagitimate tactic for those that can't face their opponent. If you can be out in the open with no cover and come out victorious, then you are the better player. But if you have to hide in a confined room for 5 minutes for your oppponent to walk up point blank to your shotgun barrel, you have patience but no skill. Try hunting down your same foe with the shotgun by meeting them head on or chasing them. Its a lot more rewarding and takes way more skill.

AzPaTriX raises a good point but I still don't agree with him. yes you should be able to kill your opponent no matter what, but when people keep all the one shot kill weapons for themselves it makes it more difficult and less fun for people with less skill. and believe me I have a lot of friends with less skill. I don't think this update was about making it 100% even for everyone but making it more balanced for the people that are profficient with many different weapons. which is exactly what you're talking about. They're not taking away the powerful weapons just trying to weed out the the people that are trying to make this game a one weapon game (the BR/PP combo).

  • 04.30.2005 8:04 AM PDT
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Thanks alot Nedus for being so considerate. i hope the problem gets fixed soon

  • 04.30.2005 8:05 AM PDT
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The only thing I'm wooried about is that removing the plasma pistol from Beaver Creek means that there is absolutely no defence against someone who gets the sniper AND the rocket (usually after the first kill). The PP/BR or the PP/Magnum combos were the only defence to the tactic. If you are going to remove the PP/BR combo which is: charge,aim in their general direction, shoot, switch weapon, aim at their head, shoot, if he doesn't die shoot a few more times. Now that is 6-7 steps compared to the rocket: aim in their general direction, shoot, if he doesn't die shoot again. 2-3 steps and you kill the other guy. If the plasma pistol is to be removed from slayer games, remove the rocket as it is "1/4 the skill, 4 times the kill" as the PP/BR.

  • 04.30.2005 8:15 AM PDT
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I can't read the update. There's an error, please fix.

  • 04.30.2005 8:16 AM PDT
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vin1191 uve just been woffling on sayin u hate people that think they can own any one but uve just sed u wud own the people who have u a 1vs1? so u hate ur self for thinkin u can own any 1? u got issues for hating ur self :o(

  • 04.30.2005 8:25 AM PDT
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Banned? for not trying?

in the weekly what's update frankie has said that screwing around in matchmaking can get you banned.. when me and my friends get bored sometimes we go into matchmaking with a full party and lose on purpose... like by commiting suicide for every kill we get... or not shooting at the other team... or hiding in corners until the game's over... (not in slayer of course) but I don't think it's fair for people to be banned from matchmaking by losing a game on purpose bungie shouldn't have the right to dictate how you play halo during matchmaking and if you want to throw grenades at the ground with your buddies why can't you? the only person you will hurt is yourself and you'll make one random teams day by giving them a free win whoo hoo... now if they could just get 10 more they could level up?

Suicide banning = unfair

  • 04.30.2005 8:40 AM PDT
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What would Mister Chief look like if we droped him into Brothers in Arms?

  • 04.30.2005 8:44 AM PDT
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ummm the update isn't coming up on my screen it keeps giving me error messages. can anyone copy it and send it to me in a private message?

  • 04.30.2005 8:47 AM PDT
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For everybody who can't access the update, somebody considerate enough(not me) pasted it in page 6 of the forums.

  • 04.30.2005 9:02 AM PDT
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I don't mean to creat a fuss but on head to head having a radar was a good thing. It shows more skill when you have to creep around. It shows skills in stealth.

  • 04.30.2005 9:16 AM PDT
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ok have eny of you noticed that when you start up halo 2 and at the main screen at the bottem right hant corner that there is a number? mine says 1.1, and my friends says 1.3...im wondering if this is the type of xbox set up like 1.1to1.6...but do you no whut it realy is...oh and i just noticed it after i downloaded the new content

  • 04.30.2005 9:18 AM PDT
Subject: Weekly What's Update
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I am so glad that there isn't goign to be anymore Plasma Pistol/Battle Rifle ownage on Beaver Creek and especially on Collosus

  • 04.30.2005 9:22 AM PDT
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This link appears to be broken can someone tell me when the matchmaking update is coming ?

  • 04.30.2005 9:51 AM PDT
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I love that the update is going to make those pp noobs actually lift a finger for once. but on beaver creek, if you take off covie weapons, that means no plasma rifle!!! I love plasma rifle! maybe if you let the person start with an smg and pr, that would make me feel better. Also, you said no banshees on CTF for asention and headlong, why CTF? They are just going to get sniped anyway!

  • 04.30.2005 10:06 AM PDT
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that new reward you thought of is pretty cool

  • 04.30.2005 10:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: BasPilot
The link is not down. Go buy a better computer... I just read it and my brother did too (yes we're in two different places for all you cynics)


I'm a network admin for cisco, I have a nice compouter, the link is down

  • 04.30.2005 10:22 AM PDT
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hey you know how some people have been waiting for the maps to come out....some of the partys i have joined have said stuff like the new maps suck so F@C#ing bad and they are the same people who said and I quote I WANT NEW MAPS BUNGIE....now they say they suck......and one of my friends whom is not my friend any more said that HALO 2 is a waste of time and the new maps are just old maps from Halo 1 .......so i kicked him from the party and removed him from my friends list....you no who you are.....by the way bungie is da best damn bizzness there is and every other online game licks bowls...

  • 04.30.2005 10:34 AM PDT

Turn my headphones up! Turn them -blam!-s up!

Terminal, Multi-Team Slayer BR
50-30-28-17
Score: 39 Spree: 16 Deaths: 8 Medals:17 (8 Doubles, 2 Triples, 1 Killtackular, 4 Sprees, 1 Riot, 1 Rampage) Accuracy: 46% Head Shots: 9
Moral of the story: Gauss Hog for President.

One argument for PPBR combo especially on Colossus, is that it is the only weapon/combination that can effectively take on a sniper. Yes people will say, everybody shoot at him with a BR, but what if your team is tied up, or they have already been picked off. PPBR added balance to Colossus because you could win even if you didn't have the Snipe. I don't think this should have been change. And why didn't they think about taking out the Rocket on Beaver Creek, it is just as unbalanced as PPBR. It is especially easy to use if you just sit where the Rocket spawns and keep firing down at everyone. I understand that the PPBR was way too prevalent in these maps, but now that they are gone, there will be no way to succeed against that bundle-of-sticks that grabs the Overshield and then the Snipe/Rocket.

  • 04.30.2005 10:36 AM PDT
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Thanks for posting the update.

  • 04.30.2005 10:37 AM PDT
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yep so you guys know anything about the 5 newer maps that are sopposed to come out during the summer?

  • 04.30.2005 10:40 AM PDT