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Subject: BattleNet: Service Record, Game Finder, and Stats For Reach and B.net
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What am I getting at? From the title it would seem I am describing the features of Bungie.net and in a way I am. However, I think the concept could become more robust and organic. Let me break down my concept I have in my head.

Take the features of Bungie.net that we already have and expand them.

BattleNet For Halo: Reach

Start up your game, title screen comes up and you can play your game. However, press Start in the Campaign Menu, Matchmaking or what have you. You will see a menu for something called BattleNet. Go into it and you will be flooded with a host of features. I will break down the features.

Information

Inside you will see the basic updates of information that Bungie would post be it an advertisement for new maps, an upcoming Title Update, or for a contest.

Personal Service Record

Take the service record concept on Bungie.net and put it in the game. You would have your Spartan or Elite player model on the screen, separate EXP bars tracking your progress in all of the Halo: Reach mutliplayer playlists, and a tracker showing your wins and losses instead of a K/D Ratio. Also included would be your File Share of screenshots, film clips, maps, and gametypes.

Global Records

Think of Global Records as a Leaderboard. In it are two sections you can click on.

The first is called Halo: Reach Leaderboards, simple know, but ti gets the point across. You will find who is the best EXP wise, rank wise, and who is the best at individual gametypes by the win/loss system similar in the Personal Service Record.

The second is called Team Frontlines, a section that tracks the wins and losses of the Red and Blue teams players find themselves as in MM. Say one day you play on the Red Team in a CTF match, if you win the Reds go up in ranking, if you loss, they go down in ranking. It would take multiple wins or losses to make a difference, but they stack up individually. At the end of the week a message will flash on the screen telling which team was victorious for that week and the war starts again refreshed.

Theater of War

Put simply, you could find games just starting in MM and watch them. You would have the functionality of Halo 3's Theater Mode minus rewinding or fast-forwarding. You can watch the battle from the perspective of a player or by going freecam and roaming the battlefield.


Functionality with Bungie.net

While I am sure Bungie has a plan for Reach stat tracking on Bungie.net, I will detail my idea. The basic concept is similar to the Reach BattleNet, but more open.

Service Record

Simple enough. You have your player model, win/loss, added K/D ration, Tools of Destruction, File Share, and Matchmaking/Campaign History. Here is where it differs.

Campaign Section

The Campaign Section wold have a list of your Campaign Tools of Destruction that is similar to the MM version. You are also provided with a list of mission you previously played. Now, instead of a little section showing how many enemies you have killed and how many allies you have lost, you have a constant stream of individual enemies you killed that constantly streams and updates with every game played. Finally, you have a Campaign Progress Tracker for each difficulty.

Matchmaking Section

Think along the same ideas incorporated in the Campaign Section, but replaced with Matchmaking stats. Interestingly, you would have one special feature, Custom Game Finder.

Custom Gamer Finder

Created in the Matchmaking Section, this will help players find other gamers to play Custom/Matchmaking/Campaign Co-Op games. Once posted it will be transferred to a list on Bungie.net that shows which games are open and still looking for players. Think of it as a more organic version of the Classifieds. This feature could also be access in Halo: Reach.

Updating Stats

Updating Stats are statistic that are constantly updating. They include...

Campaign Kill Count-This ever changing stats is like a timer. Instead of the numbers going down, they go up with each kill of a Covenant enemy or with a death of a Marine ally. You never have to refresh your page because it goes up by itself.

Frontlines Tracker-Remember the Frontlines concept in Reach? Well the wins/losses are tracked here and represented by an ever shifting scale with a Red Spartan on one side and a Blue Spartan on the other.

Games Ended-Not much to understand, just a list of Campaign and Multiplayer games that have ended.


Conclusion

I understand I am thinking big and my idea may never happen, but I just wanted to know what you guys think. Would you like this type of system? Thanks for reading.

  • 10.26.2009 5:53 PM PDT

Isn't there going to be an Xbox 360 thing coming out that pretty much does this already? From the menu or something?

  • 10.26.2009 5:55 PM PDT

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Hylebos is right. This is basically described to be as Halo Waypoint. It is an update for the Dashboard that pretty much described everything you said. But this is a good idea. Except we dont really know if we are going to be playing as Elites for MM characters.

  • 10.26.2009 5:58 PM PDT

Posted by: Hylebos
Isn't there going to be an Xbox 360 thing coming out that pretty much does this already? From the menu or something?


You mean Halo WayPoint,but this fellow's idea is far greater than WayPoint will be.I like it.

  • 10.26.2009 6:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hylebos
Isn't there going to be an Xbox 360 thing coming out that pretty much does this already? From the menu or something?

I am aware of Halo Waypoint, but I wanted to add something to the table. Would my idea be as successful? Maybe, maybe not.

  • 10.26.2009 6:01 PM PDT

I think your idea is great,and if Bungie doesn't at least try to attempt this,then they are really falling short of what they could be.

  • 10.26.2009 6:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Havok417
I think your idea is great,and if Bungie doesn't at least try to attempt this,then they are really falling short of what they could be.

I don't think that is an accurate observation. What I list is, admittedly, complex and I wouldn't blame Bungie for not doing it.

  • 10.26.2009 6:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: Havok417
I think your idea is great,and if Bungie doesn't at least try to attempt this,then they are really falling short of what they could be.

I don't think that is an accurate observation. What I list is, admittedly, complex and I wouldn't blame Bungie for not doing it.


I wouldn't blame them for not pulling it off,but if they don't try I'll be disappointed.

  • 10.26.2009 6:11 PM PDT

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The waypoint team has already said they have no plans for stat tracking; just achievements. I like this idea a lot. Especially getting rid of K/D ratio. Perhaps we could also have an area that tracks our kills with each weapon ? Although the only problem with this is it could take a lot of people away from the site. Most people come here just for the stats, but regardless i still think this is a good idea.

  • 10.26.2009 6:16 PM PDT
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Great idea! It would be an excellent feature to add to the game.

  • 10.26.2009 6:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spartan 90210
The waypoint team has already said they have no plans for stat tracking; just achievements. I like this idea a lot. Especially getting rid of K/D ratio. Perhaps we could also have an area that tracks our kills with each weapon ? Although the only problem with this is it could take a lot of people away from the site. Most people come here just for the stats, but regardless i still think this is a good idea.

I believe the ToD options on Bungie.net would be good enough, but it would be nice on the Personal Service Record.

  • 10.26.2009 6:23 PM PDT
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what is this halo you speak of?

halo waypoint my friend

they said they will be adding more and this will most likely will be more

[Edited on 10.26.2009 6:42 PM PDT]

  • 10.26.2009 6:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Goob0t
halo waypoint my friend

they said they will be adding more and this will most likely will be more

I understand Halo Waypoint, but I was lookign for something more robust if you catch my drift.

  • 10.26.2009 7:14 PM PDT

The theater option could be a problem. What if people were in a party and told each other where the enemies were?

  • 10.26.2009 7:31 PM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

Bungie.net is fine for stats.

Just add Accuracy and Shots Fired.

  • 10.26.2009 7:56 PM PDT