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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

Drakken said:
I rented Crackdown to get in on the beta while I still can. Just played a game, and I feel so out of sorts with all these new weapons and grenade types.

Could someone explain to a Halo 2 vet the significant changes?

Also, is it possible for me to set up a custom game by myself so I can get acquainted with the new maps without being killed?
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Oddball and other objects: one melee kill

Assault rifle is now starting weapon. More powerful than SMG. Takes whole clip to kill somebody. Has longer distance than SMG. Pulse fire is best.

Shotgun is more powerful and reliable.

Sword is nerfed. Has battery, only ten kills. Less distance.

Pistol has five shot headshot kills, no scope, slow rate of fire.

Carbine more powerful, same rate of fire, longer distance, larger clip.

Battle rifle is exactly the same.

Sniper rifle has more recoil, longer wait in between shots, less aim assist.

Beam rifle is same except less aim assist and less shots. Only ten shots in beam.

Rockets don't lock on, have smaller splash area.

Laser is your friend. Takes five seconds to charge up but instant kill on all vehicles and people.

SMG more powerful up close. Brute Spiker is very powerful up close. Use both in close combat dual wielding.

Brute shot actually sends people flying. Doesn't bounce, has more rounds, more powerful.

Plasma and frag are same if not a little less powerful. Brute grenade sticks to anything, shoots spikes out.

Glowing blue ball is power drainer. It drains shields of anybody near and will kill them.

Octagon glowing orange thing is trip mine, destroys all vehicles and people who touch it or get near it after deployed.

Glowing purple thing is a grav lift. Deploy it to be able to fly up higher and get over obstacles.

Long round silver thing is bubble shield. Deploy it to put an impregnable shield around you. But vehicles and people can come through.

Needler is more powerful and has faster rate of fire.

I think that's about it.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Oddball and other objects: one melee kill

Assault rifle is now starting weapon. More powerful than SMG. Takes whole clip to kill somebody. Has longer distance than SMG. Pulse fire is best.

Shotgun is more powerful and reliable.

Sword is nerfed. Has battery, only ten kills. Less distance.

Pistol has five shot headshot kills, no scope, slow rate of fire.

Carbine more powerful, same rate of fire, longer distance, larger clip.

Battle rifle is exactly the same.

Sniper rifle has more recoil, longer wait in between shots, less aim assist.

Beam rifle is same except less aim assist and less shots. Only ten shots in beam.

Rockets don't lock on, have smaller splash area.

Laser is your friend. Takes five seconds to charge up but instant kill on all vehicles and people.

SMG more powerful up close. Brute Spiker is very powerful up close. Use both in close combat dual wielding.

Brute shot actually sends people flying. Doesn't bounce, has more rounds, more powerful.

Plasma and frag are same if not a little less powerful. Brute grenade sticks to anything, shoots spikes out.

Glowing blue ball is power drainer. It drains shields of anybody near and will kill them.

Octagon glowing orange thing is trip mine, destroys all vehicles and people who touch it or get near it after deployed.

Glowing purple thing is a grav lift. Deploy it to be able to fly up higher and get over obstacles.

Long round silver thing is bubble shield. Deploy it to put an impregnable shield around you. But vehicles and people can come through.

Needler is more powerful and has faster rate of fire.

I think that's about it.
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Are you certain about that Mr. Jedi Archives?
 
Drakken said:
Could someone explain to a Halo 2 vet the significant changes?
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The warthog is now an indestructible killing machine. If you here one winding your way, run. Run like the wind.
 
Looking at the Chopper, it looks like it doesn't completely hover like the Ghost. The front end looks like it rolls across the ground (probably due to the weight of chassis and armor) and the back end hovers.

Am I right about that?

I think the airborne one is simply getting air of a dune or something...

At any rate, this is the best vehicle we've seen so far and I'm definitely interested in it and in Shrine. "Desert Brigade" anyone? Vehicle apocalypse has always been in my "Top Five Ways the World Should End" theorem so this works out very well.
 
urk said:
The warthog is now an indestructible killing machine. If you here one winding your way, run. Run like the wind.
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QFT

Last night (thanks to my awesome driving skills), Uno Ill Nino racked up around a +75 in just three matches on Valhalla with the Warty Chaingun.
 
Because I use a mic when playing with random people, oh wait...I can't even tell if you're being serious though. I've just played way too many games lately with 2-3 people AFK the whole match,etc. Why even join the que if you're going to be AFK?
 
siamesedreamer said:
QFT

Last night (thanks to my awesome driving skills), Uno Ill Nino racked up around a +75 in just three matches on Valhalla with the Warty Chaingun.
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I just take it out with a few, well-placed AR rounds.
 
Ramirez said:
I've just played way too many games lately with 2-3 people AFK the whole match,etc. Why even join the que if you're going to be AFK?
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They're busy in the rep menu, complaining about your trash talking or whatever.

And no, dude, I'm not serious. :)
 
JdFoX187 said:
This post sucks.
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I think you should carefully re-read my post.

anchorman.jpg
 
anyone playing right now? im playing slayer by myself and i keep getting paired with people who are horrible. im lvl 28. anyone feel like playing :[
 
JdFoX187 said:
Probably. But that still doesn't change the fact Anchorman is one of the worst movies I have ever had the sad misfortune of watching.
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You're so wise. You're like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair.
 
Ramirez said:
Ranked BTB is so ****ing AWFUL, my teammates are really ****ing retarded.
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Really retarded, afk, and/or quitters. I think I'm done with btb. :lol It's fun and tense when you can get two really good teams going, but that's only the case 1 out of 20 matches. I think I'm just gonna go to slayer for a while. I was never a big slayer fan because I like team based and objective filled games, but it's nice not having to worry about the rest of your team being full of retards or quitters. You don't have to depend on people to win...'cept oddball and KotH. People are still stupid about meeting objectives rather than just killing. Luckily, you can exploit their retardation for wins. ;b

Nino said:
You in California? I hear you guys are supercool to the homeless.
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:lol
 
For those who are able to play Custom Games, the next time you're using a Pistol, can you try B-Crouch-R, as in, Melee, Crouch, Headshot? I just read that this kills immediately like BXR...

If it works, it's something to pass onto the boys at Bungie...
 
GhaleonEB said:
The Halo 3 cover will force me to buy an issue of that magazine. I feel so dirty.

Anything that hasn't been reported?
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Just descriptions/pics of a few levels not in the Beta. All of which (pics) include Spartans with various custom suit combinations.

Everything else is pretty much been covered.

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Oh, and remade Zanzibar is among those maps as well. Plus they mention something about the shotgun being the sword counter... and that it "blasts you out of your pounce attack". Not sure it they meant like it always did. Or that it actually stops the attack now (which would be awesome).
 
raYne said:
Just descriptions/pics of a few levels not in the Beta. All of which (pics) include Spartans with various custom suit combinations.

Everything else is pretty much been covered.

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Oh, and remade Zanzibar is among those maps as well. Plus they mention something about the shotgun being the sword counter... and that it "blasts you out of your pounce attack". Not sure it they meant like it always did. Or that it actually stops the attack now (which would be awesome).
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Just as long as there is one sword and one shotgun. I'd hate to have a sword and then try to jump everybody and they all have shotguns.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Just as long as there is one sword and one shotgun. I'd hate to have a sword and then try to jump everybody and they all have shotguns.
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Tweaked or not, sword users deserve death by a thousand shotgun shells.

In any case, I've had multiple times in the Beta where more than one of normally singular weapons would show up on the map at one time. Multiple snipers, lasers, shotguns etc. If I recall, someone at Bungie said the same would be true in the full game. That they're trying different ways to minimize the weapon hoarding aspect of the MP game.

edit:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3155227
Yeah, that.
 
raYne said:
Tweaked or not, sword users deserve death by a thousand shotgun shells.

In any case, I've had multiple times in the Beta where more than one of normally singular weapons would show up on the map at one time. Multiple snipers, lasers, shotguns etc. If I recall, someone at Bungie said the same would be true in the full game. That they're trying different ways to minimize the weapon hoarding aspect of the MP game.

edit:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3155227
Yeah, that.
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I've used the sword a lot in Halo 2. I don't buy into all the talk that it's a cheap weapon. If anything, the people that teabag me and call me a sword whore, then pick it up themselves are the ones who deserve the death by a thousand shotgun shells. It was overpowered in Halo 2 but was still defeatable.
 
JdFoX187 said:
I've used the sword a lot in Halo 2.
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That leading to,

JdFoX187 said:
I don't buy into all the talk that it's a cheap weapon.
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Isn't surprising in the least.

If it wasn't cheap it would be exactly the same in 3 as it was in 2. But lets not get into old arguments.
 
raYne said:
That leading to,


Isn't surprising in the least.

If it wasn't cheap it would be exactly the same in 3 as it was in 2. But lets not get into old arguments.
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I don't mind old arguments, but I'll only say that the sword is like the shotgun, except aiming is easier and you get a one hit kill a much higher percentage of the time.
 
raYne said:
That leading to,


Isn't surprising in the least.

If it wasn't cheap it would be exactly the same in 3 as it was in 2. But lets not get into old arguments.
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All of the weapons, with the exception of the battle rifle, were tweaked somewhat going from Halo 2 to Halo 3. It was overpowered, but I would hardly call it cheap. Players can make it cheap by camping in areas all the time and just using it like that. But I was always on the go with it and usually carried a battle rifle on me, only using the sword when I was up close. There were counters to it. If anything, I'd call snipers more cheap than sword. Camp at the other side of the map, away from danger and just kill people.
 
It should definitely feel less like a blindside now that you can see the sword before it's out and ready to use. I think it did break that "rock, paper, scissors" feel Halo has going in the multiplayer arena when used by a skilled player.
 
urk said:
It should definitely feel less like a blindside now that you can see the sword before it's out and ready to use. I think it did break that "rock, paper, scissors" feel Halo has going in the multiplayer arena when used by a skilled player.
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Yes, I do like how they have your secondary weapon visible now. And you also have to wait a moment between pulling out the sword and using it. That should cut down on a lot of people killing others with the sword as soon as they happen onto them.
 
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