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The Halo 3 Beta Thread
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Shake Appeal
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stupidly so. when you're holding it inside in High Ground you're basically fighting in a small ring, unable to see outAtomicShroom said:
GhaleonEB said:
I agree with it being deliberate. I guess it just feels a little more one sided for the team holding the hill since if you are in the hill you can't really see out of it. You don't know when people are coming and they can just shoot from a far distance and blow you away.
I do like the idea of it being shield style with an open top so people can toss grenades but can't shoot you directly...that might be cool.
GhaleonEB said:
Yeah I really like that you feel a little clastrophobic when you are inside the hill, but I really, really don't like how the hill changes to blue if your own team has and red if the other team has it. If they are not gonna have it switch to the colour of the team that is in control then make it red and green or something (go/stop). Cause the way it is now makes zero sense.
I hate that ring. Make the ring simple and transparent like Annex in Gears of War. If you drop a bubble shield in that ring you can't see shit even more. The only modes i like right now are Team Slayer, CTF and Territories (on Valhalla). Snowbound and High Ground are too small for Territories.maynerd said:
maynerd said:
They don't. When your team has the hill the hill is blue. When the other team has the hill it is red. But if you are on the red team and your running up the hill and see red you will assume your team has it. But they don't
Come on JdFoX187 you have to agree with me on that.
BrightLoudNoise
Member
Aside from having my entire team sit out a territories match on Valhalla and then yell at me for not quitting, I've had a great time.
Similar thing with the VIP - the icon over the head of the enemy VIP is the same color as the team you are on. I was on Red and thought the red indicator meant he was my team's VIP. I died several times by walking up to him to protect him (underground the overshield obscures their armor color, plus I'm red/green colorblind).Truelize said:
Not really. In the heat of battle, I usually don't pay much attention to what's what. I see my guys in the hill, I know we're taking it. I usually don't even bother with the hill, I just try to keep the other guys out of it. But I can see where that can cause some confusion for people.Truelize said:
GhaleonEB said:
I'm in Oregon as well, and I have no issues whatsoever. My only issue so far is waiting for a game; the beta seems to have trouble finding something sometimes. It's a minor issue, but definitely one worth mentioning. Also, sometimes when it does find a game it drops all the players and kicks me back out to the matchmaking service. It's really irritating. It's also really strange that the game keeps telling me there are only 1000 people online at all times. I find that... hard to believe.
As for the beta itself, I'm finding that it's absolutely full of "OMG" moments. I was just playing a game of team slayer, in which I had the most amazing Halo moment I think I've ever had. I was all by myself in Valhalla, on the far right/left side of the map near the downed plane. I came around on the wall side, only to see that there are THREE reds coming straight for me. I panic. I jump on the plane, where one engages me from the front. I pop him a couple times with the battle rifle, and smack him in the face. He drops. I then proceed to run over a trip mine. I immediately drop it. I get dropped from behind. They both run over the trip mine. My trip mine then kills BOTH of them, from beyond the grave. Amazing.
Spaceman Spiff
Member
Truelize said:
Oh it's in alright. Use RB.
a Master Ninja
Member
Truelize said:
Remember: Right bumper = old X-Button.
:lol Touche!maynerd said:
I don't bother with the hill because my skills are better put to use trying to hold people out o fit as long as possible. It's funny because I'll usually have the most hills in KotH, but there'll be somebody else with hardly any kills, a bunch of deaths and a lot of time will get MVP. Oh well, the win is what matters.
I had the most awesome team slayer match-up on Valhalla last night. All I would do is spawn, grab a trip-mine and dual SMGs, then man-cannon my way to the center with guns blazing.
I laid trip-mines EVERYWHERE. I was basically shouting at my team the whole time - "THERE'S A TRIP-MINE OVER IN THE RIGHT TREES. THERE'S A TRIP-MINE ON THE TOP OF THE BIG HILL, AND ANOTHER ON THE LEFTHAND SIDE OF THE FAR BASE" :lol :lol :lol etc etc etc.
I think I ended up losing like 5 points from betrayals but I still led my team in points at the end.
The BEST though was when I laid this mine, then promptly died. So I'm watching the action by my corpse, and an enemy-filled hog stops RIGHT beside the mine, not tripping it. So a mongoose with MY teammates comes barreling in and sets off the mine, blowing up both vehicles. I killed 5 of the 7 other players in the game with that one mine :lol :lol :lol
I laid trip-mines EVERYWHERE. I was basically shouting at my team the whole time - "THERE'S A TRIP-MINE OVER IN THE RIGHT TREES. THERE'S A TRIP-MINE ON THE TOP OF THE BIG HILL, AND ANOTHER ON THE LEFTHAND SIDE OF THE FAR BASE" :lol :lol :lol etc etc etc.
I think I ended up losing like 5 points from betrayals but I still led my team in points at the end.
The BEST though was when I laid this mine, then promptly died. So I'm watching the action by my corpse, and an enemy-filled hog stops RIGHT beside the mine, not tripping it. So a mongoose with MY teammates comes barreling in and sets off the mine, blowing up both vehicles. I killed 5 of the 7 other players in the game with that one mine :lol :lol :lol
1) What urk said. It's in, and it's awesome. Hold right bumper to board.Mojovonio said:
2) Here's what ferrex (who works for Bungie) said no the matter:
ferrex said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6442372#post6442372
Spaceman Spiff
Member
Truelize said:
Yeah, but only for an hour or so. Coming online now.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
GhaleonEB said:
It IS the most amazing thing ever. EVERY time I've been GhostJacked on the way out I can always hear the guy doing it yell "HOLY SHIT!", fading into the harsh, sunlit air.
ElectricBlue187
Member
Me and my friend Danny were playing last night and we were getting ranks pretty quickly but right after that he had his friend join the party who wasn't very good at Halo and we lost like 6 games straight, teamwork is ultra important in Team Slayer if you're team is of average skill level i guess
JB1981 said:
They don't spawn super-quickly (at the same rate as guns), but I made it my sole mission that map to lay out as many mines as I could. Killing enemies with guns was incidental
So I'd grab a mine, man-cannon to the center, lay it, then hoof it to the far base to grab THEIR mine.
Then... repeat as necessary
Edit: Tieno, I did save the video, but I haven't rewatched it or uploaded it yet. I would imagine it won't be as cool to review because many, many of my kills happened off-screen. So while IN the game it was awesome to see the deaths wrack up from mines, in a replay I would imagine it wouldn't be as cool. Plus, you won't hear me shouting mine locations to my team the whole time.
The only REALLY cool bit is probably the mongoose/warthog explosion... so I'll probably just youtube it so people don't have to watch 5min just to see it.
The mine is awesome. On the Valhalla Assault game I've got uploaded, we landed a last-second first round point thanks to Vociferous' strategy. I grabbed the bomb and he snagged the mine, we loaded up a desperation 'Goose and met another team mate at the base. We barely survived a missed Spartan Laser blast on the way over - hot damn is it exhilarating when that thing just barely misses - and took out the defender in the arming zone. Voc drops the mine right on the bomb, and I try to turn and defend from two guys pouring in the side. I drop, they head to the bomb.....BOOM - Voc gets a double kill.
The other guy we met comes in from the back to guard the bomb FTW.
The bottom half of the round, I get my Stick of Glory, followed by pure Missle Pod ownage. I was ****ing giddy after that game.
The other guy we met comes in from the back to guard the bomb FTW.
The bottom half of the round, I get my Stick of Glory, followed by pure Missle Pod ownage. I was ****ing giddy after that game.
JdFoX187 said:
I don't think they're going to do that. They're trying really hard to be just like Gears, only they added some jaggies and color and some other stuff like that to try and one up CliffyB. I wouldn't doubt it if Luke shows up in an interview with frosted tips and a saucy, come hither pout pasted over his lips.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
My friend came over last night and we played several games split-screen. We only had lag on one of our games, the rest were all pretty smooth.
I saved one of our matches. When I played back the movie, it was also split-screen. However, once during the match I went to check the status screen by pressing start (or back) and then once I came back to the movie my POV was playing on BOTH SCREENS. My friend's POV was just gone. I could never get this fixed unless I started over.
Also, there are NO pistols at all in the beta, right? I haven't seen any.
I saved one of our matches. When I played back the movie, it was also split-screen. However, once during the match I went to check the status screen by pressing start (or back) and then once I came back to the movie my POV was playing on BOTH SCREENS. My friend's POV was just gone. I could never get this fixed unless I started over.
Also, there are NO pistols at all in the beta, right? I haven't seen any.
Francias Castiglione
Banned
JB1981 said:
Only after they've been set off from what I've seen. You can steal the opposition trip mine and hold on to it so you know they can't have one.
ElectricBlue187
Member
Dr. Zoidberg said:
Human pistol isn't in the game yet