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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

aztrex said:
Or perhaps the graphical touches such as that haven't been added yet and that explains it?
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Yup. So nothing is spoiled. Traditionally, the MP maps tie in loosely with SP settings.
 
I really don't have much beef with the Warthog as it is...it definitely breaks it up a little and allows people to use vehicles, if the Warthog wasn't as powerful as it is, snipers would rule Valhalla, and I really don't want to see the game turn into that again. Hell it does sometimes even with vehicles :P The missle pod is your best bet for the Hog in my experience...just lay low until they have to drive into an open area, then mancannon your ass out of there and spray those missles :lol
 
I'm on now getting a game going with some Select Buttoners, but it's slim pickings with them tonight, too. GT is anohako if you want to combine forces!
 
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
So where the hell is everyone? I checked my friends list and only 5 people are online and none are playing the beta.

Seeing how BTB is back, we need to schedule some times for GAF games.
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Add me to your FL. My tag is Charsace.

My look sensitivity is 9.
 
I enjoyed the Beta for a while, but I got really bored of it. Don't get me wrong, it is fun. The weapons are pretty awesome and the new controls were done right, but I just simply got tired of it. I'm sure that the reason being was playing MVP on Snowbound all of the damn time.

It is a great game, but I think that I overplayed it with Halo 2. It just feels like more of the same. The Jump from Halo 1 MP to Halo 2 MP was awesome, xbox live aside, because of all of the new stuff added. The ability to duel wield really changed the game and boarding is awesome. Halo 3, so far, only has new weapons, maps, and equipment. Don't get me wrong, the equipment stuff is cool, but it doesn't feel like that big of a jump. However, seeing how Bungie likes to keep secrets, they are probably hiding something big. If not, the single player better kick butt.


/end rant.
 
Ramirez said:
Dual wielding set the MP back if anything...I still wish they would have totally removed it from 3.
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What really set the multiplayer back were those bs lunging melees. It would piss me off all the time when someone with an smg meleed me from 20 feet away.
 
Ramirez said:
Dual wielding set the MP back if anything...I still wish they would have totally removed it from 3.
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As implemented in Halo 2, it was a problem. I think it's a well balanced and viable short-range tactic now. (And even mid-range with Spiker Rifles.)
 
I didn't have too big a problem with dual weilding, except on smaller maps. I think it was more of a weapon balance issue, more than anything else. There just weren't enough options.
 
SailorDaravon said:
What? I thought I remember you being alright. And Ramirez is always in Rumble Pit and never accepts our invites :lol We'd probably drag you down anyway honestly :(
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Wha? I've only seen one invite from you, I always play with Urk/Dopey...trust me, I don't care who I play with, as long as they're not douchebags.
 
Ramirez said:
Speaking of which, we haven't played in a while, always laughs going around...particularly with Dopey's screeching and weeping.
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You're never joinable, dude.

SailorDaravon said:
What? I thought I remember you being alright. And Ramirez is always in Rumble Pit and never accepts our invites :lol We'd probably drag you down anyway honestly :(
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Well, I have been playing drunk lately.
 
Ramirez said:
Wha? I've only seen one invite from you, I always play with Urk/Dopey...trust me, I don't care who I play with, as long as they're not douchebags.
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A few times some of us sent you invites but never got a response. We didn't care or anything though, just found it odd. Weird, I wonder if it's a beta bug, because now that you mention it I've had friends say they've sent me invites I never seemed to have gotten and vice versa. Hmm.

urk said:
Well, I have been playing drunk lately.
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Shit, I don't let that stop me!
 
Well, I think I know why you can't join me most of the time, whenever I try to join Ironclad it tells me I have a Strict NAT (least compatible with people is what it says, I have no idea how to change this), and me and him can't even play unless we get a certain person to make a room for us and stay, it's weird.
 
Ramirez said:
Well, I think I know why you can't join me most of the time, whenever I try to join Ironclad it tells me I have a Strict NAT (least compatible with people is what it says, I have no idea how to change this), and me and him can't even play unless we get a certain person to make a room for us and stay, it's weird.
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Yup. I got NAT messages when I tried to join you. Half the time, I can't see your party to tell what you are doing and all that (stalker).

It's an easy fix as long as you can get into your router.

http://portforward.com/english/applications/port_forwarding/XboxLive360/XboxLive360index.htm

Find your router in the list and follow the steps.
 
OK. Let's set up a GAF game for tomorrow sometime around 7 PST. I won't get off work until 6:30 so I won't be able to get on 'til about 7. I'll just start a room and wait for you guys to show up.


btw, my gamertag is pocketfudge for those that don't know.
 
I purchased the Halo3 beta with a free copy of Crackdown for seventy dollars and I'm happy with the value so far.

Three weeks of awesome Halo3 goodness and a free game to boot. I'm giving a big thumbs up to this whole experience.Custom Spartan colours in the beta is icing on the cake.
 
is there a team or 2 or 3 good players that need another guy to play with? it gets annoying after a while being the only person finishing with a positive k/d ratio and playing with people that use no teamwork.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStatsHalo3.aspx?player=DirtyWorm

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dralla said:
is there a team or 2 or 3 good players that need another guy to play with? it gets annoying after a while being the only person finishing with a positive k/d ratio and playing with people that use no teamwork.
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I've been on a losing streak lately...I need a better team, I sent you an invite. My k/d ratio is getting too low.
 
Ramirez said:
I really don't have much beef with the Warthog as it is...it definitely breaks it up a little and allows people to use vehicles, if the Warthog wasn't as powerful as it is, snipers would rule Valhalla, and I really don't want to see the game turn into that again. Hell it does sometimes even with vehicles :P The missle pod is your best bet for the Hog in my experience...just lay low until they have to drive into an open area, then mancannon your ass out of there and spray those missles :lol
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Yup, missile pods are the way to go for the Warthog if your team doesn't have control of the laser. I took out 4 hogs in one game with it...it works well:D
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=3124145&player=GoTDiGGz
 
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Cmon... 18 of the last 25 games I've played are Team Slayer. Keep that shit in it's own playlist or at least make sure it picks something different.
 
I think I just hit the brick wall in rumble training. Got to 15 and got WTFPWNED all night.

I got a question. WHY THE **** DO THE KING OF THE HILL MARKERS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE? LIKE IT ISN'T HARD ENOUGH ALREADY TO SURVIVE IN THERE.

Also, Slayer on Snowbound stinks. And I haven't gotten a shotty/sniper round in a while. It's the only time I get to do Valhalla, someone get on the red phone to Bungie and tell them to increase the chance of shotty/snipers.
 
Sean said:
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Cmon... 18 of the last 25 games I've played are Team Slayer. Keep that shit in it's own playlist or at least make sure it picks something different.
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Yeah, seriously. Almost every BTB round gives you TS on Valhalla, which EVERYONE vetoes, and then gives you TS on Highground. Tweak the percentages, please :(

In all of my rounds tonight we got one 1-flag, one 2-flag, and the rest TS. Last night we got 2 VIP, one neutral bomb, one 1-flag and the rest TS, and these numbers are despite almost universal vetoing of TS.
 
thatbox said:
Yeah, seriously. Almost every BTB round gives you TS on Valhalla, which EVERYONE vetoes, and then gives you TS on Highground. Tweak the percentages, please :(
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The heck? I've never seen anyone veto TS valhalla, and I get it less than 10% of the time
 
pj325is said:
The heck? I've never seen anyone veto TS valhalla, and I get it less than 10% of the time
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Are you playing BTB? That's pretty much all BTB is :(
Everybody (except the people who haven't flown Banshees yet) vetoes it because that's all they've been playing. Sometimes they give you TS on Highground to veto first and then TS on Valhalla, but you can't escape the monotony.
 
RiskyChris said:
Anyone know why sometimes I randomly get a big black screen that knocks me out of a match for a few minutes? I think it's lag.
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I had that twice in the first week of the Beta. I concluded I'd lagged out as well.
 
GhaleonEB said:
I had that twice in the first week of the Beta. I concluded I'd lagged out as well.
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It's happened multiple times in the last 4 or 5 games I've played. I wonder if it's my connection or if it's just the server tonight...
 
RiskyChris said:
Anyone know why sometimes I randomly get a big black screen that knocks me out of a match for a few minutes? I think it's lag.
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Did the names still come up? If you get the black screen + "loading" it means the host dropped out and someone else is taking over. If you get chosen to be the host, you come back earlier than everyone else. Free pickings! :P I came back once to find everyone jumping off the side of Snowbound (guess their input from before the lagout was still registering). Poor suckers. :[
 
Ramirez said:
BTB Slayer owns, who the hell wants to play a 15 minute match of uncoordinated CTF on Valhalla :(
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Is there CTF on Valhalla? I've only gotten Team Slayer, neutral bomb, and VIP. Oh, and Shotty/snipers and KotH, but not in BTB.
 
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