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Subject: Matchmaking Update!
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wow this is gonna totally rock for me and suck for allthose people who had no skill and had to resort to suck -blam!- tactics u rock bungie

  • 05.04.2005 7:52 AM PDT
Subject: Removing Sudden Death
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Since Sudden Death was removed from Assualt, why remove the banshee from the maps? You can't grief anymore!

Thanks

ACE

  • 05.04.2005 7:53 AM PDT
Subject: Spectre issues
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PLEASE say you didnt include the Spectre in CTF, Oddball, and Assault variants on Containment. It will ruin the fun when you end up being on red team. Dont believe me? Just wait and see.

  • 05.04.2005 7:55 AM PDT
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So.... how long do we have to wait to not have to pay for the new maps and new playlist

Damnit i'm broke

  • 05.04.2005 8:02 AM PDT
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YES! NO MORE NOOB COMBO!

  • 05.04.2005 8:05 AM PDT
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Glad to see the updates, but I wish:

1. You hadn't killed the radar in h-t-h;
2. You had left the weapons as they were in Colossus and Beaver Creek;
3. You had set the sword to wear down like it does in Campaign mode;
4. The other two maps were free.

Thanks for putting in the 2x2. That should be cool.

I'm new to the online thing; what the heck is "griefing" ??? Serious question.

Thanks,
BuYou

[Edited on 5/4/2005]

  • 05.04.2005 8:06 AM PDT
Subject: stats
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stats still have not been reset?

  • 05.04.2005 8:08 AM PDT
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Not sure what Lv. you have to be to not be called a "NOOB" anymore but, it seems more Lv. 10-16 players using the "NOOB COMBO" more than players below Lv.9

  • 05.04.2005 8:10 AM PDT
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keep up the good work boys. you guys have made adjustments, finally took out 99% of cheating, and created new maps, I just want to say thank you. this is just the begining, you have officially created a monster (the all around best video game ever).
a quick comment on something i am sure you already know, there are a lot of people that complain just to complain..........also how do you guys deal with all these pre-puberty kids with nothing better to do, you must get some of the most stupid comments.
also like in anything else that is very popular you have to get more noobies to try your product. you will always have the die hard halo soldiers, the die hards always will be there.
however the new halo players the best appeal I see to them (actually got like ten of my friends on line now 12 Guage Mafia) would be getting a strangle hold on cheating (which your doing ) and every six months have something new come out, something sexy.
you guys ever notice new is sexy even if it isn't as good as advertised.

  • 05.04.2005 8:10 AM PDT
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SWEET! I cant wait for the new changes. Keep up the good work Bungie! I cant wait to get back and play some 2vs2 wich is AWSOME!! I love you bungie!

[Edited on 5/4/2005]

  • 05.04.2005 8:12 AM PDT
Subject: Spectre issues
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Posted by: WaRpZoNe
PLEASE say you didnt include the Spectre in CTF, Oddball, and Assault variants on Containment. It will ruin the fun when you end up being on red team. Dont believe me? Just wait and see.


No, I don't believe you. Know why? Because Containment is symetrical. Thanks for playing.

  • 05.04.2005 8:13 AM PDT
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DUDE, the spectre can get on top of red base easily, even a banshee can do it, containment is easy to get on top of!!!

  • 05.04.2005 8:21 AM PDT
Subject: Matchmaking Update!
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Bungie, The only reason the PP/BR is exploited in the first place is b/c you made MC on the Legendary Campaign so impossibly weak that we all had to learn that trick. If you're going to complain about the Plasma Pistol/Battle Rifle combo you might as well complain about Plasma Pistol + anything combo because the only rational, useful, or sane reason to even pick up a plasma pistol is to overcharge it.

Covenant weapons in general suck. I think I speak for the majority when I say we want more human weapons. If there were more human weapons no one would even pick up a covenant weapon. If you want to remove any weapon, remove the sword.

But I am really glad about the battle rifle start and I hope there will be more variety in the team lists like territories and king! And Double Team is a great idea!

[Edited on 5/4/2005]

  • 05.04.2005 8:23 AM PDT
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i was playing this morning at around 6am eastern time and my stats werent reset

whats wrong with that do i have to download something

  • 05.04.2005 8:26 AM PDT
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Posted by: BuYou
Glad to see the updates, but I wish:

1. You hadn't killed the radar in h-t-h;
2. You had left the weapons as they were in Colossus and Beaver Creek;
3. You had set the sword to wear down like it does in Campaign mode;
4. The other two maps were free.

I'm new to the online thing; what the heck is "griefing" ??? Serious question.

Thanks,
BuYou


Okay, quick replies to your 4 complaints:

1. I agree, the radar was one of the tools you could use to find the guy running around the level weapon whoring. Not having this makes their consistent hiding even easier than before. Bad move.
2. I agree and disagree. I like the fact that the noob combo isn't there, but I realize that there are going to be others now. Not to mention the fact that the sniper rifle is now even harder to take down. If they were going to take away the noob combo, they needed to add more options to the map. A rocket launcher and/or sword, for example.....
3. I've heard the wear down idea before, and I'm kinda half-half on that. I don't like it when someone whores the sword, but for team games, it's really not that much leverage. In FFA games, sword wear-down would have been a good idea.
4. I'm sure you're already aware of this, but Bungie has no control over the sale of maps. They can negotiate for their "freedom", but that's about it. MS gets to make that call. I think it's still being handled smartly, however, by the pay-to-get maps not being in the regular playlists. Their overall demand is pretty low as a result.

To the question about griefing: Griefing is commonly described as the actions of online gamers to simply annoy or piss off other players. They commonly use exploits, cheat, or do other silly and stupid things just to piss off their teammates/opponents. Good examples would include:
1. Taking a bomb on Assault, and hiding behind the level on Burial Mounds for about an hour, waiting for the other team to quit.
2. Matchmaking by yourself, get put on a team of 4, grab the rocket launcher, call your team to base in an emergency, and with one well-placed rocket, kill the 3 of them, allowing the other team to easily score.
3. Consistently fire upon your teammates without killing them, so you don't get booted, but keep shooting them, keeping their shields down. This usually results in them killing you in retaliation, and you boot them for betraying you.

It's been more common ever since Bungie gave word about the stat reset. A lot of my friends decided to do this -blam!-, and they're not friends anymore.

  • 05.04.2005 8:27 AM PDT
Subject: Spectre issues
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WTF?!

When I click Read More I get an error ={(

  • 05.04.2005 8:29 AM PDT
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Posted by: Vashasm
WTF?!

When I click Read More I get an error ={(


look through some of the first pages of this topic. You aren't the first one, and some have posted the update in this discussion for you.

  • 05.04.2005 8:33 AM PDT

Posted by: Vashasm
WTF?!

When I click Read More I get an error ={(


Same here, my friend. While, seeing Grunts in a hard hat is all well and good, I WANT SOME BUNGIE GOODNESS!!!

  • 05.04.2005 8:35 AM PDT
Subject: Matchmaking Update!
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What exact time will it come out.

Posted by: Fatty024
IM THE FIRST TO POST O YEAH! GREAT UPDATE! MY GRUNT IS DANCING WITH JOY!

  • 05.04.2005 8:42 AM PDT
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when is it coming out, i thought it was mid morning,,,,,its 11:45 nothing still

  • 05.04.2005 8:47 AM PDT
Subject: Blah blah blah
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Assualt variants suck anyway. CTF and Bomb are for chumps. Slayer is where it's at.

  • 05.04.2005 8:47 AM PDT
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"…especially since we've removed Banshee from CTF and Assault games on Ascension and Headlong. Why? Because griefers will surf the bomb to unreachable places anyway, just to be jackasses."

When was there ever CTF or Assault on Ascension???

  • 05.04.2005 8:50 AM PDT
Subject: Spectre issues
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Yeah it is.

  • 05.04.2005 8:51 AM PDT