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Subject: Halo 3; Your Least favorite, and Most favorite things.

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Is the best game ever, except when you get lopsided matches like This. Why matchmaking would pair up a 41 with three 50's makes no sense to me, but it's whatever.

My favorite part about it, is that it's almost gimmick free. No AA's, or other tacky things like that.

ITT, discuss your least, and most favorite things about H3.

  • 06.22.2012 4:15 PM PDT

Likes: ranking system

Dislikes: foreign host.

[Edited on 06.22.2012 4:18 PM PDT]

  • 06.22.2012 4:18 PM PDT
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Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
global warming isn't proven and won't be - it's more of a political play for funding for "research"

lol

  • 06.22.2012 4:26 PM PDT

Gamertag: Altered Vista

OP talking to himself???

  • 06.22.2012 6:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
global warming isn't proven and won't be - it's more of a political play for funding for "research"

Posted by: OMG Im Dan
OP talking to himself???

Yep

lol

  • 06.22.2012 6:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: Clone
Posted by: OMG Im Dan
OP talking to himself???

Yep

lol


Why, just because we have the same name? That's a very common name ;)

  • 06.22.2012 7:33 PM PDT
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Sometimes, I dream about cheese.

least favourite: the AR and pistol suck!, no point denying it. cant decide which one is more useless

most favourite: improved cortana's breasts, you couldn't make out her nipples in Halo 2

  • 06.22.2012 9:37 PM PDT

50 in MLG,LW,TS,TD,TSN,TSW
Awesome sig done by Smyf

LiFe ChEcK kids

Also, for mac KiDzzz

least favorite - connection connection connection, bad maps, AR starts, equipment

everything else is good I guess

  • 06.23.2012 12:39 AM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!


Posted by: Steve
Likes: ranking system

Dislikes: foreign host.


this, foreign host pisses me off so much

  • 06.23.2012 2:14 AM PDT

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."

Favorite: Ranking System

Least Favorite: The random spread and lack of hitscan for the BR (Yes, I can be petty, but there's not much to hate in this game)

  • 06.23.2012 6:33 AM PDT

Why not stop by my File Share while you're here?

~Long Live Halo 2
Only regret is I didn't play more of it.

If you haven't noticed by now, I'm sort of a jerk.

Least favorite: The horrible netcode is at the top pf the list.

Mostly everything but the netcode, and a handful of the maps (Orbital, Isolation, default Narrows, High Ground, Epitaph/Epilogue, Snowbound, most of the Foundry variants in MM) was pretty good.

  • 06.23.2012 7:46 AM PDT

Least favorite: Netcode. Orbital. SWAT Magnums should be illegal.

Favorite: Ranking system I love so dearly, and actually has some good default maps.

  • 06.23.2012 8:37 AM PDT

Gamertag: Altered Vista

I'm going to appear like a troll if I don't explain myself. There are many things that are unpopular that I like about Halo 3 and a few popular things that needed work. Despite my criticisms, I doubt many of you like Halo 3 as much as me. I am one of the few who started with Halo 2, but strongly prefers Halo 3.

#1 Flaws of the ranking system

The ranking system had flaws, just as much as Halo 2 did. I posted several threads in the halo 4 forums about possible solutions.

Halo 3 and Halo 2's ranking system both sucked IMO. It shouldn't be impossible to get a 50. 50s are not meant to be worshiped. The point of a leveling system is to play with and against similarly ranked players. Halo 3 made it too easy to get a 50 where boosters would sell them to 10 year olds. Arena was complete fail and I don't know many people who went to it. Most people I know who were good at Halo 2 or 3 just went on to MW2, Black Ops, MW3, ect.

The ideal system would both lower the effectiveness of boosting and remove level skipping. It would still give good players a shot at getting a 50 and be a consistent system that a player could track his personal progress. Imagine a combination system with leveling based on winning, but an exp bar. This exp bar would not start at zero after you level up like halo 2, but instead start at 50/100. That is, every time you level up or down your exp bar goes to the middle of that level. This median system would eliminate ranking down just after ranking up.

Winning will still mean everything. You can't rank up if you lose or rank down if you win. However, if you lose, but have good KD you barely rank down the exp bar. If you win and go negative you barely get up while the player who carried you gets a bigger bonus for his kd spread.

The exp bar would not bleed through and the maximum increase per game could be 25 meaning so it would take at least 100 games to get a 50. This could be adjusted per playlist for a smaller or larger skill gap if needed. This slower system would make it more about your body of work rather than a race to cheat the system with boosting.

Also, I had an idea that only positive games would count towards your exp bar for the first 10 ranks to give everyone a basic training period for each playlist. This would encourage players to give it a shot as well as help very bad casual players have fun ranking up. It would keep KD boosters out of the low levels.

End of my ideal ranking system

This is how I would like to see ranking work in a future halo game. However, after saying all this I don't care if Halo 4's ranking system is just a credit based system. Ranking system isn't why I like Halo 3. That's a bit shallow if you only like a game for its ranking system.

  • 06.23.2012 11:25 AM PDT

"What are we holding on to, Sam?"
"That there's some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."


Posted by: OMG Im Dan
I'm going to appear like a troll if I don't explain myself. There are many things that are unpopular that I like about Halo 3 and a few popular things that needed work. Despite my criticisms, I doubt many of you like Halo 3 as much as me. I am one of the few who started with Halo 2, but strongly prefers Halo 3.

#1 Flaws of the ranking system

The ranking system had flaws, just as much as Halo 2 did. I posted several threads in the halo 4 forums about possible solutions.

Halo 3 and Halo 2's ranking system both sucked IMO. It shouldn't be impossible to get a 50. 50s are not meant to be worshiped. The point of a leveling system is to play with and against similarly ranked players. Halo 3 made it too easy to get a 50 where boosters would sell them to 10 year olds. Arena was complete fail and I don't know many people who went to it. Most people I know who were good at Halo 2 or 3 just went on to MW2, Black Ops, MW3, ect.

The ideal system would both lower the effectiveness of boosting and remove level skipping. It would still give good players a shot at getting a 50 and be a consistent system that a player could track his personal progress. Imagine a combination system with leveling based on winning, but an exp bar. This exp bar would not start at zero after you level up like halo 2, but instead start at 50/100. That is, every time you level up or down your exp bar goes to the middle of that level. This median system would eliminate ranking down just after ranking up.

Winning will still mean everything. You can't rank up if you lose or rank down if you win. However, if you lose, but have good KD you barely rank down the exp bar. If you win and go negative you barely get up while the player who carried you gets a bigger bonus for his kd spread.

The exp bar would not bleed through and the maximum increase per game could be 25 meaning so it would take at least 100 games to get a 50. This could be adjusted per playlist for a smaller or larger skill gap if needed. This slower system would make it more about your body of work rather than a race to cheat the system with boosting.

Also, I had an idea that only positive games would count towards your exp bar for the first 10 ranks to give everyone a basic training period for each playlist. This would encourage players to give it a shot as well as help very bad casual players have fun ranking up. It would keep KD boosters out of the low levels.

End of my ideal ranking system

This is how I would like to see ranking work in a future halo game. However, after saying all this I don't care if Halo 4's ranking system is just a credit based system. Ranking system isn't why I like Halo 3. That's a bit shallow if you only like a game for its ranking system.


I'm not so sure that Halo 2 and 3 sucked as far as attaining a 50. Getting a 50 is one of my proudest gaming accomplishments; I agree that 50 isn't meant to be worshipped, but it doesn't have to be to earn one. Honestly, it's nice that bad kids will never earn a 50, preventing me from having to play with them and listen to "dood imma beeest at dis game sho come @ me dawg yo u suck" from inexperienced players who think they're good because they reached a rank that's made easier to attain. I like the system you proposed, I'm just saying; 50 is special because your first one is hard to earn. Taking that away might not help so much.

  • 06.23.2012 12:50 PM PDT

Most Favorite: Matchmaking

Least Favorite: It dying

  • 06.23.2012 2:13 PM PDT

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space." -Johnny Cash

Most favorite: Matchmaking.

Least favorite: Alternate accounts.

  • 06.23.2012 3:51 PM PDT


Posted by: Lobster Fish 2
Most Favorite: Matchmaking

Least Favorite: It dying

  • 06.23.2012 3:57 PM PDT

I ♥ Bungie!

Likes: Almost everything.

Dislikes: The Magnum.

  • 06.23.2012 7:16 PM PDT

Posted by: militaryguns
I'm sorry America is busy helping others in the world and actually making a difference.

Something Canada will never do.

Favorite: Team Slayer

Least Favorite: dirty foreigners

  • 06.23.2012 8:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


Skype: au-simon

Posted by: Screamo
Favorite: Team Slayer

Least Favorite: dirty foreigners

  • 06.24.2012 12:17 AM PDT

Favorite: Ranked matchmaking (the good ole' days)

The bad: Everyone went to derp reach because they sucked at Halo 3

  • 06.25.2012 5:39 PM PDT

youtube

disregard video games

favorite: everyone on my friends list that made the game enjoyable. (some of them are ITT)

least favorite: cheaters. whats the point of paying for XBL and fast internet if i am just going to get cheated by people who use a coat hanger stuck into a wet potato for a router?

[Edited on 06.25.2012 5:58 PM PDT]

  • 06.25.2012 5:58 PM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!

Favorite: social
least: ranked

  • 06.25.2012 10:46 PM PDT