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YEs that is the totaly the best. this just the kind of creative ideas bungie lacks BTB WILL NEVER EVER BE THE SAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 11.13.2005 2:21 AM PDT
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Tactics are everything in BTB, taking away the numbers means that fewer tactics can be achieved.
1.Sniper
2.Wrath
3.Rockets
4.Banshee
5/6 warthog
7/8 shotgun/ battle rifle defence

Take away the numbers you take away the tactics. I acheived a proud level 32 in BTB by giving constant communication to my team mates. If the numbers arnt there it wont be the same.
Look at containment with assualt. If 3 or 4 of your team dies on the first run then the team gets scattered and everyone tries to keep rushing to arm the bomb. This will be crazy if you only have 5 or 6 players. You wouldnt see a team skirmish game played on containment.

Do you also belive it will stop quiters? quiters apear in every matchmaking mode. If you DO have 5 players on say containmaent or waterworks and a player leaves. you are effectly playing team skirmish against a 5/6 player team, because you still cant program the game right to match up with even numbers.
This will lead to easy victories due to quiters, BTB is great the way it is have a player quit just strenthgens the team as a whole.

In summery 8 vs 8 is perfect, sort the programing out to match up with even numbers and everyone will remain happy.

Bungie please listen to your fans and do not remove BTB

What were the stats for saturday night? i bet there was an icreasde of players.

  • 11.13.2005 4:08 AM PDT
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Why get rid of BTB? Its really cool and improves team play between parties, and not forgetting the main cause of freinds is BTB. If you should get rid of a Playlist make it one that nobody mentions (eg Head to Head).
You say you are bringing out a new playlist, so how about having Juggernaught on Rumble Pit (but this may not work).

Keep BTB, get rid of HTH

Oh and anyway, since the maps on halo 2 support ALL weapons, why not have a fuel rod cannon. Theyre so much more fun than brute shots and look funny (heh).

I could probably guess what the new game type 'Brutalise' is going to be...

4v4 or rumble or 6v6 or 8v8 slayer
First to 50 in 4v4, 25 in rumble, 75 in 6v6 and 100 in 8v8 (kills that is)
Starter Weapon: Brute Shot or Brute Plasma Rifle
Secondary Weapon: Brute Plasma Rifle or None
Weapons on Map: Brute shots or none
Time Limit: 12 mnis
Vehicles: Yes, Map default, No Banshee
Main Maps: Gemini, Turf, Lockout, Midship, Collosus, and Foundation.
Team Play: 2 teams or 4 teams

this is just my opinion but I think it will be 4 teams of 4 or 3, because then if it was 4v4 then it would turn into a team slayer game.

Sweet like lemons

[Edited on 11/15/2005]

  • 11.13.2005 4:57 AM PDT
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo.....

I am going to go cry in a corner. WHY????????? BUNGIE WHY??????

  • 11.13.2005 7:34 AM PDT
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Big Team Battle is my favorite. I gladly wait the extra 45 seconds for a game to start. It's called patience! Unranked will just be a haven for quitters (the other problem people have with BTB) - so that will get worse. 6v6 isn't a bad idea, but I like the chaos of 8v8. When it works, it's great! And it works 80% of the time. You should've worked on the other 20% (quitters and a better host system to fix lag). Why not leave 8v8 and get rid of the true dead wood - Head to Head and Major Clan? You could still add 6v6 and see what played out as being more popular. Of course I'll play 6v6, I have no choice. But how can you tell which one players like better unless you leave the other ranked list in? I'll never play the 8v8 unranked unless I have a guest (1% of time). Now my favorite list is gone and my highest rank is also. This is the first bad decision I've seen from you guys.

Pay more attention next time to the responses when you ask a question. The response was 50 - 50ish. That means you've seriously pissed off half the people who played BTB - which is alot more than the other dead playlists put together! Didn't any of you take a Stats class in college? Or basic addition and subtraction? I understand you can't make everyone happy all the time, but to kick us in the teeth and then know that we'll keep coming back because of our dedication is an insult.

I'm 31 years old and love Halo 2. I haven't been this excited about a video game since Ms. PacMan came out. Don't screw with popular items. We like it when you update the playlists and we love new gametypes and variations, keep that up. I can't imagine there would be many more playlists you could add at this point.

Get rid of the dead wood. Fix BTB, don't get rid of it!

Love,

A dedicated adult player.

  • 11.13.2005 8:12 AM PDT
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no i love BTB, unranked means more people will mess about, make the new 1 and keep both

  • 11.13.2005 9:19 AM PDT

I am a Floodian

well this post just passed 200 responses bungie, that means you have a problem.

dont get rid of big team, so many people have their rank in that because it is the true test of skill. you have to be able to kill, run, communicate, and grab/arm the entire game.
slayer= kill, yell at people for "stealing your kill" when it is a team game

to remove it means that you think all halo 2 plyayers are just a bunch of people who can only yell "hey you stole my kill, now I gonna betray yu and scwew ova our team"
there is no reason whatsoever to get rid of what makes halo 2 halo 2, chaotic, 16 player games. plz bungie plz dont take our fun and levels away

if people dont like it they shouldnt play it.
so what you are doing is removing peoples fun so people dont have to play a list they dont already play and then you are making it suck with guests, I am okay with having a guest one, but not have a guest one replace it

  • 11.13.2005 9:33 AM PDT
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I liked the MC

  • 11.13.2005 9:55 AM PDT
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Posted by: Mr Megabucks
Posted by: WiDoMaKeR
Posted by: Mad Max 77
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Bungie, you are now known for the biggest -blam!-en idiots ever. Im so -blam!- mad righ tnow that your getting rid of btb for some -blam!- ass -blam!- for guests? Im a -blam!- 39 legit in btb and ive worked had for it. THis is my last night of halo 2 because of your -blam!- stupid actions. You will now notice a large supply of people quitting. How can you be so -blam!- stupid? God damnit im so mad.


BUNGIE -blam!- YOU!



You guys say that this is your favorite playlist yet you haven't played a single game of Big Team Battle for over 3 weeks?! That doesn't make a lot of sense. That is the reason that they are getting rid of it. For most, Big Team Battle is novelty and not taken very seriously. For that reason, why is it not logical to make it unranked and allow guests to boost the number of players. If you really wanted to keep it, I would think you would play it a little bit more to show Bungie that people really love it. Action is stronger than words they say. :)

P.S. If you are only mad because you will lose your *gasp* level 39, then you are pathetic. Play the playlist if you love it, don't just -blam!- on a forum.


wow kid, you just made yourself look like an idiot. JUst think about how hard it is to get games at a 39? WE have to set up games to get them so i cant play btb like you others do with like 600 games. I love btb and your telling me not to stick up for the only playlist i dont get modded or standbyed in? -blam!- you kid. Your pathetic for quoting me saying im pathetic. Get a life -blam!-. And hey if your above a 31 in btb get a party of 5 so i can get closer to my 40 -blam!-.





Dude.....your one of those people who really need to get out more...im not kidding. Halo and all other games are supposed to be fun, not taken like your second life. Oh big whoop, your losing your 39. So what. If your so good then go get it in some other playlist. And by the way, i play in all other playlists and rarely get standbyed or modded. Stop telling bungie they suck too. They might have listened to your whining but since your being irrational they are not even going to take the time to read your post.

Anyway good update Frankie. Can't wait for the new playlists, it was about time for a change.
ok, widowmaker, you really need to get a life. you are acting like its the end of the world. seriously, you need to stop your b^tchin. if bungie never made this game, you would be bored, looking for something to b^tch about. if they never made it, you'd probably be playing some second rate game, like Pong.

  • 11.13.2005 10:02 AM PDT
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finaly combo training for all thoes noobs the 6v6 or 5v5 sounds promising bigteam battel was a waist i have been playing halo since the begining and i mabye played 5 games of big team ..

Keep up the great work bungie

My GT: PlaceYourBetts

  • 11.13.2005 10:58 AM PDT
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i cant see how u can say big team was a waste, its like the best game ever! bungie says they take it out because it is laggy but it never laggs for me, i say, "all those poor noobs need to get better god damn connections" u gotta keep big team its gr8 when u have big team slayer and games like that they are so fun the new 6v6 game will be pathetic compared to big team.

placeyourbetts u need to get shot if u want big team to go u noob!!

keep big team bungie

  • 11.13.2005 11:18 AM PDT
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i know this has nothing to do with anything but "Rome Total War kicks ass!"

  • 11.13.2005 11:34 AM PDT
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Bungie, YOU FAILED ME ONCE AGAIN!!!! NOW EVERYONES GONNA BETRAY IN btb TRAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bungies removing one of the last best playlists. halo wil never be the same.........................

  • 11.13.2005 11:34 AM PDT
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thats my point now big team is gonna be a training game all the noobie kids that play will betray and quit. it eradicates the point of big team. Bungie u dont know how it feels to want to play big team but having to play with quiters and betrayers just coz some people cant afford good connections as i say again "mine never lags" you removing it will not prove anything cos the people that lagg dont play it anyway and the people that do are suffering for it.


its rather selfish if u ask me but then i suppose it is your game but i wont be around if you remove it!!

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  • 11.13.2005 11:39 AM PDT
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Good update, but i'll miss BTB.

WOOT! PAGE 9!!!

  • 11.13.2005 11:47 AM PDT

I am a Floodian

I know everyone says "oh no a few people are going to quit if big team goes away" I wont quit xbox live, but for those of you who do, go ahead, I think it is a good way to show bungie that they need to bring it back, I love big team but not enough to waste $60. though I might not renew the subscription in march on my spring break

  • 11.13.2005 11:49 AM PDT
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Well, am I one of the only ones that does'nt care about my BTB lvl?

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  • 11.13.2005 11:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: Khan
Posted by: Mr Megabucks
Posted by: WiDoMaKeR
Posted by: Mad Max 77
Posted by: WiDoMaKeR
Bungie, you are now known for the biggest -blam!-en idiots ever. Im so -blam!- mad righ tnow that your getting rid of btb for some -blam!- ass -blam!- for guests? Im a -blam!- 39 legit in btb and ive worked had for it. THis is my last night of halo 2 because of your -blam!- stupid actions. You will now notice a large supply of people quitting. How can you be so -blam!- stupid? God damnit im so mad.


BUNGIE -blam!- YOU!



You guys say that this is your favorite playlist yet you haven't played a single game of Big Team Battle for over 3 weeks?! That doesn't make a lot of sense. That is the reason that they are getting rid of it. For most, Big Team Battle is novelty and not taken very seriously. For that reason, why is it not logical to make it unranked and allow guests to boost the number of players. If you really wanted to keep it, I would think you would play it a little bit more to show Bungie that people really love it. Action is stronger than words they say. :)

P.S. If you are only mad because you will lose your *gasp* level 39, then you are pathetic. Play the playlist if you love it, don't just -blam!- on a forum.


wow kid, you just made yourself look like an idiot. JUst think about how hard it is to get games at a 39? WE have to set up games to get them so i cant play btb like you others do with like 600 games. I love btb and your telling me not to stick up for the only playlist i dont get modded or standbyed in? -blam!- you kid. Your pathetic for quoting me saying im pathetic. Get a life -blam!-. And hey if your above a 31 in btb get a party of 5 so i can get closer to my 40 -blam!-.





Dude.....your one of those people who really need to get out more...im not kidding. Halo and all other games are supposed to be fun, not taken like your second life. Oh big whoop, your losing your 39. So what. If your so good then go get it in some other playlist. And by the way, i play in all other playlists and rarely get standbyed or modded. Stop telling bungie they suck too. They might have listened to your whining but since your being irrational they are not even going to take the time to read your post.

Anyway good update Frankie. Can't wait for the new playlists, it was about time for a change.
ok, widowmaker, you really need to get a life. you are acting like its the end of the world. seriously, you need to stop your b^tchin. if bungie never made this game, you would be bored, looking for something to b^tch about. if they never made it, you'd probably be playing some second rate game, like Pong.
Wow.....you're a legit 39...you play halo too much as it is...get a life or something.....

  • 11.13.2005 11:54 AM PDT
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can any one plzzzzzzz TELL me WHAT the HELL, BC means???

  • 11.13.2005 11:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: Th3 Guy her3
can any one plzzzzzzz TELL me WHAT the HELL, BC means???
Backwards Compadible

  • 11.13.2005 11:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: SketchFactor
Not sure what happened to the update but something has clearly gone awry. Not sure what the status is or what the ETA is for getting it fixed. :(

Regarding the BTB stuff.... head over to Optimatch for plenty of threads to celebrate or rage.

And please keep in mind that we haven't finalized this playlist yet. You can't read it now but the update says that - it's NOT final. Based on the scope of the reactions we're getting we will definitely be discussing this again so please don't get too worked up just yet.


alrite guys u made ur point. Big Team Battle going away is not a good idea. But just for the record, BUNGIE SAID THAT THE DECISION WASNT FINAL. they said that on the fourth page of this forum. So simmer down. And stop telling Bungie that they suck.

  • 11.13.2005 12:12 PM PDT
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Good, I hate btb and I love listening to little kids cry sbout their oh so 1337 levels.

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  • 11.13.2005 1:22 PM PDT
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I love having an unranked 6vs6 gametype, but not at the cost of removing "Big Team Battle"!!!

According to you own statistics, there are even fewer players, playing "Head to Head" and "Major Clanmatch", why don't you remove one of them instead?!?!?!?!?

  • 11.13.2005 1:34 PM PDT