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Subject: Can somebody PLEASE explain the weapon respawn system to me.
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I just can't seem to make sense of it. I have checked what the spawn times are on the internet ( non-MLG settings ) and then I have gone into custom games, picked a weapon up, and started the countdown. The problem is, the weapons NEVER seem to respawn on time, and it seems that they respawn almost randomly. The sniper rifle on The Pit is apparently on a 2 minute respawn. I pick it up at 11:00, so it should respawn at 9:00. But it respawned somewhere in between 7:00 and 8:00. Why is this? And I have tried emptying all the ammo out of the weapon, it is still spawning at odd times. How exactly does the system work?

  • 11.29.2010 10:27 PM PDT
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you cannot compare Halo 3 to Reach, Reach is not a game, its a disc in a plastic green case called pure fail.

Got it? good.

Are you holding onto the empty weapons? Most maps I think have a limit of many of the same weapon can be on the map at one time. Also if you pick up a weapon in a mlg map (like rockets) before it hits the ground you dirty the respawn time.

  • 11.30.2010 12:18 AM PDT
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if ud be playing pit and ud pick up the snipe. itl spawn 2 mins later as soon u stood still for 3 sec's or died with it.(explained fast) u can try it if u feel like ;o dont think allota ppl know that

  • 11.30.2010 3:16 AM PDT
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Posted by: da mlg wannab
if ud be playing pit and ud pick up the snipe. itl spawn 2 mins later as soon u stood still for 3 sec's or died with it.(explained fast) u can try it if u feel like ;o dont think allota ppl know that


Hows H3 goin? Still findin matches?

  • 11.30.2010 3:20 AM PDT
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im zilver cause apparently i cant use american gold codes on my acc anymore lol. but ive been finding games easy on a difrent tag.

  • 11.30.2010 3:29 AM PDT
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I play games for gameplay, not silly gimmicks

H3 MM warrior

Reach S7, 8 and 9 arena warrior.

H4 MM legend

Nice, hey I cant get to my xbox atm but maybe I can use my bros. If your account isnt a 50 then I could probably get on his and we could stat whore a bit.... Whats ur new GT ill send you a message later

  • 11.30.2010 3:33 AM PDT
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twinstarz mj its my friend's first acc its like a 46 brig grade 2 atm lol

  • 11.30.2010 3:40 AM PDT
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I play games for gameplay, not silly gimmicks

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Reach S7, 8 and 9 arena warrior.

H4 MM legend

I smell easy TS xp

  • 11.30.2010 4:21 AM PDT

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I would guess the settings you looked up are old, go into forge and look at the weapon times by pressing x on the weapon. Now pick the weapon up and wait. If you pick a weapon up just as it spawns you can run around with it and "dirty" it where the weapon respawn timer wont start until you stop moving so you could pick the sniper up at 11:00 on a 2 minuet respawn and say run around for 24 seconds before you stop moving then it would respawn 2 minuets from when you stopped moving at 8:36. Hope this helped.

  • 11.30.2010 6:43 AM PDT