- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Couple of things I am wondering about.
1) Fuzzypuffis asks: If rankings aren't meant to be a trophy, why show people what their rankings are and why have leaderboards? you could keep everybody's rank hidden and still use it to match people up....
Bungie responds: The rankings are designed for the vast majority of players, literally, millions, to be matched against players of similar skill. Leaderboards simply show off the top five or ten most elite players because frankly, people are curious.
I add: You have said that the rankings are not "trophies" (as Fuzzypuffis noted). If they are not trophies then why have them visible? Fuzzy also gave a good way to hide them but have the system itself use them to set up the games so they are equal in experiance. Appears to me that that first question was not answered.
As for the leader boards, you reply that you have them because people are curious?? why not then just admit that they are used as trophies??
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2)Fuzzypuffis asks:put the Banshee into containment for CTF and assault
Bungie replies: Erm, it takes about 30 seconds to run through the central trench on Containment. Or take a Hog. Or play a custom game and put the Banshee in. In practice, they only last a couple of seconds anyway, or until the opposing team gets the rocket launcher
I add: what was the reason for the Banshee's removal (cause it was there orignally, wasnt it??)? was it possible for someone to fly out of the map? If that is the case, why wasnt that checked out before its release? It cant be because it being uneven, since there would be 2 bashee's and 2 RL on the map (if thats the case, might as well remove them from Coagulation...only one RL there)
The thing I'm getting at is in all the other big map games there is more than one vehicle on each side to use (I dont count the slow tank, its faster to walk...) But if people take the hog the first time going to the other teams base, and all riders die, then everyone must walk from that point forward...or at least until it respawns (if not held onto by the opposing team).