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Subject: Man I miss Halo 3.

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

Dude, Halo 3 isn't dead, or even close to it. What's there to miss? Double EXP, maybe, but it's still alive. It's fine if you want to play other games, but it's not dead.

  • 11.06.2012 7:41 AM PDT

Different Perspective


Posted by: swvjdirector
Dude, Halo 3 isn't dead, or even close to it. What's there to miss? Double EXP, maybe, but it's still alive. It's fine if you want to play other games, but it's not dead.


C'mon be honest. It doesn't feel the same as prime at all. The most competitive playlists are plagued with cheating and long search times. Lag is more rampant because of less players in your local region. The community doesn't call out even at high levels. I liked playing with you director because you are one of the few players that actually plays right. Searching alone though even at 50 high, it feels pretty dead.

I will play Halo 3 till the day it turns offline. However, the game could use an update to combine playlists and remove search restrictions.

-sd42isbk

[Edited on 11.06.2012 9:50 AM PST]

  • 11.06.2012 9:43 AM PDT
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Halo 3 isn't dead the only playlists I think are dead is swat,snipers,skirmish and action sack(depending on time) and...thats it really. Social/team slayer and team doubles/multiteam takes less than 30 seconds to find for me atleast. Lonewolves and rumble pit and social big team take around 1 to 3 minutes to find a game.

It hasn't died yet plenty of time yet it's still like 29000 people after halo 4 released today.

You guys played halo 2 matchmaking 2009/2010 it was dead as hell. Barely holded 2000 people. It was like everybody knew everybody in the population those days...

  • 11.06.2012 11:16 AM PDT

Guide to immortality : Sleep with Life

I had a pretty big time thread once.

Here's me bragging about it.


Posted by: Mythical Wolf

Posted by: GoldenEagle29
If Halo 3 had nearly 30,000 on a night wouldn't it be top 5 on the xbox live activity chart?


You call that a high population?
Meant 15....

  • 11.06.2012 5:29 PM PDT

If you can read this, that means I'm not a Shaolin monk...

yet.

Back before Reach, Halo 3 just felt so alive. There were customs, Machinimas, and everybody was playing it.

Good times.

  • 11.07.2012 5:17 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: Altered Vista

Posted by: swvjdirector
Dude, Halo 3 isn't dead, or even close to it. What's there to miss? Double EXP, maybe, but it's still alive. It's fine if you want to play other games, but it's not dead.


C'mon be honest. It doesn't feel the same as prime at all. The most competitive playlists are plagued with cheating and long search times. Lag is more rampant because of less players in your local region. The community doesn't call out even at high levels. I liked playing with you director because you are one of the few players that actually plays right. Searching alone though even at 50 high, it feels pretty dead.

I will play Halo 3 till the day it turns offline. However, the game could use an update to combine playlists and remove search restrictions.

-sd42isbk


I'm not going to lie; you have some valid points. The game isn't gone forever or anything, but it's true that competitive playlists are dead. I hope there's an update for H3 as well, but I can't see that happening now, even to consolidate playlists. I hope H4 gets strong support then, but I'll undoubtedly go to Halo 3 in a few months, just like always. :)

  • 11.07.2012 8:20 AM PDT

Different Perspective

Slightly off topic, but has reference to missing Halo 3

Halo 4 is better that Reach in some ways: the guns and the maps, but even worse in a couple others: camping with camo, camping in general.

I think the problem is I'm playing regular Infinity Slayer which has the small maps, but Camping is unbelievably rampant. It seems that everyone has this SAW gun and just sits in a corner with it.

Overall I can tell I won't be able to stat pad like Reach because Rushing around the map alone is going to get you owned by campers. So my KDR is likely to below 4 in this game :( but I've heard a few players who's KDs have risen to 7.5-9 KDR so maybe I'm just not used to it.

Also, I already miss Halo 3 a little although Halo 4's campaign is turning out amazing and just right in difficulty.

Halo 4 is a decent game, but overall it doesn't feel like Halo 2 or 3. The guns do and the maps are ok, but AA + camping = me hate.

  • 11.08.2012 1:06 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: Altered Vista
Slightly off topic, but has reference to missing Halo 3

Halo 4 is better that Reach in some ways: the guns and the maps, but even worse in a couple others: camping with camo, camping in general.

I think the problem is I'm playing regular Infinity Slayer which has the small maps, but Camping is unbelievably rampant. It seems that everyone has this SAW gun and just sits in a corner with it.

Overall I can tell I won't be able to stat pad like Reach because Rushing around the map alone is going to get you owned by campers. So my KDR is likely to below 4 in this game :( but I've heard a few players who's KDs have risen to 7.5-9 KDR so maybe I'm just not used to it.

Also, I already miss Halo 3 a little although Halo 4's campaign is turning out amazing and just right in difficulty.

Halo 4 is a decent game, but overall it doesn't feel like Halo 2 or 3. The guns do and the maps are ok, but AA + camping = me hate.


I agree. I enjoy playing it and look forward to the 1-50 ranking system, but it's not the same as Halo 3, and I'm sure I'll come back to it after a month or two.

  • 11.08.2012 5:50 AM PDT

BrAdLeY

Im glad to see people see it my way, Halo 3 is and always will be the best game bungie created, Along with Halo 2 ofc!

  • 12.07.2012 12:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: killingfrenzy11

Posted by: Mythical Wolf

Posted by: KaneXX12


The ingame population counter is bust and has been like that since the 2009 Xbox update.
It's still easy to notice that the only playable playlists at any given time is Team Slayer and Social Slayer. Most are dead, some are dead depending on what time it is.


At low ranks, perhaps. 50 high you get matches in everything except for MLG.

  • 12.08.2012 4:52 PM PDT

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