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Subject: A small idea to make a big difference (lobby minigame)
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It's simple, a little mini-game to play while searching for players. Kind of like what FIFA did with the lobby when waiting for the game to load where you take shots at the goal, just youand the keeper.

Could have a few different options:
Weapon training at a UNSC base with pop up targets, or vehicle testing around a track for example, maybe an Octagon style map with the people in your party, or even bots.

Just include a small bar at the bottom of your HUD which can show the amount of players found, and a pop up to show the map and veto option.

The one thing I hate most about Halo 3 is the unbearable amount of waiting you have to do before getting into a game. Whether it be searching for players, loading a DLC map, waiting for it to get veto'd, loading another map.

Yes? No?

[Edited on 10.26.2009 9:38 AM PDT]

  • 10.26.2009 8:04 AM PDT
Subject: The smallest thing I want to see in Reach.
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Good idea. But Halo 3's loading times arn't nearly as bad as Halo 2's, I have a feeling Halo: Reach's will be even quicker...

  • 10.26.2009 8:07 AM PDT
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Given, the loading times are not too bad, excluding the DLC maps which take absolutely ages.
Searching for a game can be tedious in lower populated playlists, especially as a group of 4.

I'm tempted to spend an hour on halo, searching for a game as soon as I get out, and seeing how much time is actually wasted doing nothing.

  • 10.26.2009 8:10 AM PDT

i am the last

I think that would be cool.

  • 10.26.2009 8:11 AM PDT

They're trolling her.......then they're gonna troll me.......ZOMGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!11111one!!11

or the Warthog grenade jump game that was on one of the dvds for the legendary and heroic editions for halo 3 :D :D :D

  • 10.26.2009 8:32 AM PDT

Steven

I made a thread about this a while back. I completely agree. A minigame would work perfectly. Or, atleast make it possible to forge/whatch films while waiting. Sometimes the search goes really quick, but sometimes, like in Big Team, it takes several minutes to find a game.

  • 10.26.2009 9:11 AM PDT

I'm just a guy like you that plays halo.

Halo's matchmaking is super fast. With over a million players playing it daily it won't be hard to find a game. And reach's will have an even larger crowd.

But i like this idea, could be entertaining just as a small game of it's own.

  • 10.26.2009 9:15 AM PDT