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The Halo 3 Beta Thread

Tool of Distruction:
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 422
Melee 422
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 383
Fragmentation Grenade 249
Carbine 126
(...)
Ball 1
Explosion 1

1. AR and Melee kills are the same exact number for me :D
2. Ball? Explosion? What?
edit; oh ODD Ball, makes sense.
 
I just signed up for that site, I hope it will index my stats in time... I have 323 games played so it probably won't. Ah well...
 
llTll said:
yeah its sad it will end in 2 days tho. all the talk after that will be way less

Actually, the marketing campaign is going to be ramping up in short order, so there's going to be quite a bit to discuss in the next three months. :)
 
GhaleonEB said:
Tool of Distruction:
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 293
Melee 199
Fragmentation Grenade 91
Classified 56
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 53
Brute Spike Grenade 49
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 42
M90 Shotgun 33
Carbine 29
Turret 27
Plasma Grenade 25
Warthog - Gunner 24
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 20
UNSC Missile Pod 18
Brute Shot 18
Needler 17
M7 Sub Machine Gun 16
Plasma Rifle 9
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 6
M41 Rocket Launcher 5
Tripmine 4
Explosion 4
Bomb 3
Ball 2
Ghost 2
M274 Mongoose 2
Banshee 1
Particle Beam Rifle 1


I like melee and grenades. :lol

Just for comparison...

Tool of Distruction:

Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 1659
Melee 1435
Fragmentation Grenade 753
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 738
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 573
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 550
M41 Rocket Launcher 539
M90 Shotgun 490
Classified 365
Carbine 231
Needler 220
Brute Spike Grenade 199
Turret 185
Plasma Grenade 172
Brute Shot 157
M7 Sub Machine Gun 108
UNSC Missile Pod 100
Banshee 95
Warthog - Gunner 81
Explosion 56
Particle Beam Rifle 53
Ghost 45
Tripmine 41
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 33
Covenant Energy Sword 25
Magnum - M6G Pistol 22
Warthog - Driver 7
Bomb 6
Flag 6
M274 Mongoose 3
Plasma Rifle 3
Ball 2
 
Halo Wars CG renders (taken from CGSociety.org via xboxyde.com)





1154_0001.jpg

1154_0002.jpg
 
Sweet.......they catalogued my games. It looks like that site takes less than 12 hours to do it.

They're not very good, so I'm not gonna post them. :D

What is the "classified" category?
 
Tieno said:

Pretty cool, am I right in saying the Spartan shoulder pads are one of the custom armour options for Halo 3? Look similar from memory.

Still don't like the way the Elites look in Halo Wars, they lost a lot of their predatory elegance. With mentions in the Bungie updates that the Elites went through a redesign, I am a bit worried they look and move a lot like the Halo Wars version.

What is the "classified" category?

Good question, I one did a match in Halo 3 where a friend of mine got a question mark as his tool of destruction which got a few laughs so maybe it's that? Another possiblity is it's a weapon only found in custom games.
 
I don't think its custom game weapons. I've got 41 "classified" kills and I only played maybe 5 custom games. I certainly didn't get 41 kills in those 5 games.........
 
Nope, classified is not just the custom weapons, those show up separately on that stat site and I've seen classified kills in numerous non-custom-games on the Bungie stats pages.
 
siamesedreamer said:
I don't think its custom game weapons. I've got 41 "classified" kills and I only played maybe 5 custom games. I certainly didn't get 41 kills in those 5 games.........

Yeah you are quite right, I haven't played any custom games and I apparently have atleast 18 classified kills. Probably a Fusion Core or a Power Drainer would be my second guess.
 
Deathcraze said:
Pretty cool, am I right in saying the Spartan shoulder pads are one of the custom armour options for Halo 3? Look similar from memory.

Still don't like the way the Elites look in Halo Wars, they lost a lot of their predatory elegance. With mentions in the Bungie updates that the Elites went through a redesign, I am a bit worried they look and move a lot like the Halo Wars version.

Elite upper body = fine, everything from the hips down = bloated and inelegant.
Also the wasp waist is a bit too extreme.
 
Shogmaster said:
i can't believe you guys are still debating this. That thing MC is holding is not a Brute hammer. it looks more like a stinger missile launcher than anything else.

Finally, someone with eyes is looking at the two pictures.
 
Just played a game of Rumble Pit and won 25-8. Maybe it was 25-9. Anyway it was only 4-players and it was on High Ground. Kind of strange but using mostly the Carbine and AR I took home the prize. Might go for my Captain today before the beta ends. Need 18 more wins.
 
Tieno said:
http://images.xboxyde.com/gallery/public/5572/1154_0002.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

HOLY SHIT!! DO LIKE!!! I love the way the Elite looks in that screenshot, they look much much more intimidating there.
 
Combat Stats: Career Kills: 2120
SPARTAN - L10
Gunnery Sergeant - Grade 2 Games: 175
Last Played: 6/9/2007 12:04:54 AM Career Deaths: 1584
Pwnage Score: 189 Games Checked: 295
Games Cataloged: 295 Kill/Death Ratio: 1.3384
Career Assists: 793


Tool of Distruction:
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 481
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 418
Melee 386
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 364
Carbine 285
Fragmentation Grenade 240
Needler 185
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 159
M41 Rocket Launcher 149
Classified 118
M90 Shotgun 95
Warthog - Gunner 85
Brute Spike Grenade 80
Particle Beam Rifle 67
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 65
Brute Shot 51
Plasma Grenade 34
M7 Sub Machine Gun 34
Turret 21
Plasma Rifle 12
Explosion 5
UNSC Missile Pod 5
Ghost 3
Banshee 3
Tripmine 1
Bomb 1
M274 Mongoose 1

Usability on that site is minimal. Information is interesting, though.
 
siamesedreamer said:
I don't think its custom game weapons. I've got 41 "classified" kills and I only played maybe 5 custom games. I certainly didn't get 41 kills in those 5 games.........
Every Power Drainer and Proximity Mine kill I've gotten has been called "Classified".

Thermite said:
HOLY SHIT!! DO LIKE!!! I love the way the Elite looks in that screenshot, they look much much more intimidating there.
It is consistant with the Elite profile on the halo3.com site. Much more animal-like.

Weekly Update said:
The most commonly asked question we get after the initial gasps of delight is, “Will there still be Elite armor?” Well, it would be kind of weird for us to add so much customization for appearance and forget about one of the major MP characters, wouldn’t it? We’ll have more news about the existence or otherwise of an Elite model fairly soon.
Really interested to see how the Elites look in Halo 3. This may be one of the E3 reveals - just as it was for Halo 2.
 
still seems to be going through my games, but:


Shake Appeal Combat Stats:
Lieutenant - Grade 1
Games: 229
Games Checked: 78
Games Cataloged: 229
Career Kills: 3197
Career Deaths: 1981
Career Assists: 1101
Pwnage Score: 52
Kill/Death Ratio: 1.6138

Tool of Distruction [sic]:
Carbine 217
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 207
Melee 139
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 133
Fragmentation Grenade 95
Brute Spike Grenade 72
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 60
M90 Shotgun 51
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 46
Classified 38
Plasma Grenade 25
Particle Beam Rifle 17
Covenant Energy Sword 11
Ball 10
M41 Rocket Launcher 6
Needler 5
Turret 4
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 3
Brute Shot 2
Warthog - Driver 2
Ghost 1
Tripmine 1


carbine/br + grenade whoring confirmed.
 
About a handful of wins from my Captain and I'm taking a short break. Noticing more and more bugs with sticks being classified as suicides, guardians kills etc. Hopefully that'll be shaped up in the final game.
 
I wish that the ammount of assists would be shown.

Also, I hate how nobody wants to drive the Warthog in Team Slayer because they're worried about their K/D ratio apparently. In my last game a dude even went just to sit behind the turret to wait somebody drive. So obnoxious.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
About a handful of wins from my Captain and I'm taking a short break. Noticing more and more bugs with sticks being classified as suicides, guardians kills etc. Hopefully that'll be shaped up in the final game.
I somehow killed myself with dual Plasma Rifles one time. It was AWESOME.

Chittagong said:
I wish that the ammount of assists would be shown.
You're talking about that stat site right? 'Cause if not, it's been in the Beta since the start.
 
Chittagong said:
I wish that the ammount of assists would be shown.

Also, I hate how nobody wants to drive the Warthog in Team Slayer because they're worried about their K/D ratio apparently. In my last game a dude even went just to sit behind the turret to wait somebody drive. So obnoxious.
Assists are taken in account.

I play with someone who always likes driving and doesn't care about his k/d ratio one bit. I don't care about it either. For one, it's a beta. Secondly, I care more about winning than the ratio itself, for example CTF in High Ground. I will always go in the base and more than likely I'll die either attempting to capture the flag or running with it.
 
FUUUUUUUCKKKKKK

Just playing a game of BTB Multiflag. Very tight game. Within the last three minutes I manage to get their flag, bring it through the field. We score a point. Guys from other team quit. Game hangs. No points. No RP. No medals.

Seems like a convenient way out of a game where you are losing, leaving your track record clean. I bet people will use this tactic a lot.

EDIT: People definitely are doing this. Another BTB, now Team Slayer. We are off to a strong start. Players from other team quit. Game hangs. No points. So, if you figure out early on that your team is going to lose, just get the game to hang huh?
 
Chittagong said:
I wish that the ammount of assists would be shown.

Also, I hate how nobody wants to drive the Warthog in Team Slayer because they're worried about their K/D ratio apparently. In my last game a dude even went just to sit behind the turret to wait somebody drive. So obnoxious.

and when you do drive all you get is screamed at for not driving precisely where they want you to go :/
 
I'm going to miss you Halo 3, twas fun. :_(

Combat Stats: Career Kills: 1974
Gunnery Sergeant - Grade 2 Games: 201
Last Played: 6/9/2007 2:05:31 PM Career Deaths: 1748
Pwnage Score: 107 Games Checked: 200
Games Cataloged: 202 Kill/Death Ratio: 1.1236
Career Assists: 1039

Tool of Distruction:
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 404
Melee 301
Fragmentation Grenade 186
Warthog - Gunner 175
M7 Sub Machine Gun 152
M90 Shotgun 112
Classified 110
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 106
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 67
Brute Spike Grenade 63
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 45
Brute Shot 39
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 31
Plasma Grenade 26
M41 Rocket Launcher 24
Needler 23
Banshee 18
Carbine 18
Explosion 16
Turret 15
Tripmine 10
Plasma Rifle 9
UNSC Missile Pod 3
Flag 2
Warthog - Driver 1
Ghost 1
Particle Beam Rifle 1
Bomb 1
 
CreepingDEATH54
SPARTAN - C77
Lieutenant - Grade 1
Last Played: 6/5/2007 8:45:12 PM
Pwnage Score: 281

Combat Stats:
Games: 194
Games Checked: 161
Games Cataloged: 194
Career Kills: 2641
Career Deaths: 1500
Kill/Death Ratio: 1.7607
Career Assists: 868

Tool of Distruction:
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 296
Melee 282
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 268
Fragmentation Grenade 144
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 141
Carbine 136
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 110
M90 Shotgun 98
M41 Rocket Launcher 88
Classified 82
Ghost 77
M7 Sub Machine Gun 59
Brute Shot 57
Needler 51
Brute Spike Grenade 48
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 33
Particle Beam Rifle 31
Warthog - Gunner 31
UNSC Missile Pod 29
Turret 23
Plasma Grenade 22
Banshee 20
Plasma Rifle 11
Magnum - M6G Pistol 9
Explosion 8
Covenant Energy Sword 3
Tripmine 3
Ball 2
Flag 1
Warthog - Driver 1
M274 Mongoose 1
Bomb 1

BR ftw yo. I'm a bit surprised I have more melee's than AR kills though.
 
thechapel
SPARTAN - C65
Lieutenant - Grade 1
Pwnage Score: 207
Last Played: 6/6/2007 9:35:15 PM

Combat Stats:
Career Kills: 3266
Career Deaths: 3244
Kill/Death Ratio: 1.0068
Career Assists: 1409
Games Checked: 374
Games: 374
Games Cataloged: 374

Tool of Distruction:
Melee 597
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 372
M90 Shotgun 276
Fragmentation Grenade 263
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 244
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 209
Carbine 174
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 169
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 163
Classified 155
Turret 154
M41 Rocket Launcher 151
Brute Spike Grenade 143
Warthog - Gunner 113
Plasma Grenade 82
UNSC Missile Pod 47
Ghost 44
M7 Sub Machine Gun 42
Particle Beam Rifle 29
Plasma Rifle 20
Explosion 19
Needler 17
Magnum - M6G Pistol 14
Brute Shot 13
Banshee 12
Tripmine 12
Warthog - Driver 7
Covenant Energy Sword 6
Bomb 5
Ball 2
Flag 1

Gonna miss halo 3.
 
Mongoose kills are the sweetest things in the world. And the AR is literally over a fifth of my kills. Wish there was a way to see AR-Melee kills, as that might be close to a third.
 
Cerrius said:
I'm curious about those who say they can "never go back to Halo 2" after playing the beta. What exactly about the beta has proven to be such a big leap for you guys?

I can still perfectly go back to Halo 2 and have a fun time. Hell, I've been doing just that during the beta. The only problems I've had are with the x button reload :lol

Well, the whole "pull the trigger twice and shoot four times" kinda thing really puts a damper on the fun of Halo 2. Believe it or not, there's people out there doing it. Not to mention annoying shit like: Noob Combo in full effect, Poor Map Rotation in MatchMaking, Most Players at this point are stupid good/hardcore, Superjumping, assorted hacks, etc. Its just old. Halo 3 is the hot new shit. No other way around it.
 
:lol

this is the best one yet. There is this dude in our team who starts to shout in the beginning "everybody to the Warhog, let's get this shit full!!" he goes on "yea everybody in, guys, go go go!" then he starts driving, crashes to a tree, stone, and everything else and flips Warhog over, sending us to our death. He goes on about "let's get these things full!!" throughout the game, driving alone and shouting
 
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