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[Deepblue]

It's still tabulating, but the stuff on top in correct.

What's the RP needed for Captain BTW?

Echo Eagle Combat Stats: Career Kills: 3837
SPARTAN - A68
Lieutenant - Grade 1 Games: 388
Last Played: 6/9/2007 4:08:24 PM Career Deaths: 3577
Pwnage Score: 60 Games Checked: 74
Games Cataloged: 388 Kill/Death Ratio: 1.0727
Career Assists: 1548

Tool of Distruction:
Magnum - M6G Pistol 179

Melee 116
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 102
M90 Shotgun 83
Brute Spike Grenade 44
Covenant Energy Sword 44
Fragmentation Grenade 42
M41 Rocket Launcher 38
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 31
Carbine 29
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 28
Classified 27
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 23
Needler 18
M7 Sub Machine Gun 14
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 13
Brute Shot 12
Particle Beam Rifle 6
Turret 6
Warthog - Gunner 4
Plasma Rifle 4
Banshee 1
UNSC Missile Pod 1
Plasma Grenade 1
Ghost 1

 

[Wollan]

Any final word in regards to LE packaging being in the Helmet package?

 

[GhaleonEB]

Any final word in regards to LE packaging being in the Helmet package?

Check this weeks update over at http://www.bungie.net

 

[Wollan]

Wth, they designed this so you would need to pickup both Legendary and CE editions if you want all.
Edit: Legendary it is though.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Wth, they designed this so you would need to pickup both Legendary and CE editions if you want all.
Edit: Legendary it is though.

No. Legendary has everything the CE has. The art book is interactive and much larger than the CE version in the LE. The CE package is pretty awesome, though.

 

[Wollan]

A tin case and hardcover book would be nice. Though the Legendary box is definitely not shabby at all.

 

[GhaleonEB]

A tin case and hardcover book would be nice. Though the Legendary box is definitely not shabby at all.

The discs are housed inside the base of the helmet in the Legendary set, though we don't know what will hold the discs. I do hope we get official shots of that case and helmet in detail soon. We have official PR shots of the regular cover and CE cover and contents. I want more details on what my $130 is getting. :lol

 

[Striker]

I'd love to see more visuals of Shrine.

 

[FunkyMunkey]

NEW MAP? CHILL

?????????

New chillout? OMG!!!!!

 

[GhaleonEB]

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/GameStatsHalo3.aspx?gameid=7061983&player=GhaleonEB

I actually felt bad for those guys. They were just uncoordinated. (Note my K/D spread versus everyone else on my team. I suck, but I play with teh gods.)

 

[Ramirez]

Man, I would have liked to hit General before it ended, but it seems about impossible to level up now...I won about 10 out of 12 Rumble Pit matches tonight and only gained a level, taking me to 46

Not gonna be able to play tomorrow I don't believe, so...roll on Sept.!! :lol

 

[Striker]

NEW MAP? CHILL

New chillout? OMG!!!!!

Too bad the small image is of High Ground.

I rather them re-make Damnation than Chillout.

 

[Ramirez]

What we really need is a Chiron TL34 remake...am i rite? I played that map the other day on the PC and I had a hard time wrapping my mind around how much it sucked

 

[AllGamer]

My Stats. I didn't play so much, neither saw the Sword nor the Pistol -.-

cwAllGamer
SPARTAN - V40

Sergeant - Grade 1

Pwnage Score: 42

Games: 56
Career Kills: 589
Career Deaths: 541
Kill/Death Ratio: 1.0887
Career Assists: 265

Tool of Destruction:

Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS : 218
Melee : 80
Fragmentation Grenade: 54
Classified : 32
M41 Rocket Launcher : 28
SRS99D Sniper Rifle : 27
Warthog - Gunner : 25
Turret : 20
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) : 19
M90 Shotgun : 17
Brute Spike Grenade : 13
Plasma Grenade : 11
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 9
M7 Sub Machine Gun : 8
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle : 7
UNSC Missile Pod : 6
Explosion : 5
Carbine : 4
Ghost : 3
Brute Shot : 3
Needler : 3
Banshee : 1


Top Medal:

: 62 |

: 39 |

: 29 |

: 21 |

: 18 |

: 15 |

: 14 |

: 9 |

: 7 |

: 6 |

: 3 |

: 2 |

: 1

 

[RPS37]

NEW MAP? CHILL

[Images]

New chillout? OMG!!!!!

Custom Games are currently disabled. Switch the mode the Matchmaking.

Huh?

 

[Nutter]

Oh c'mon, you know that you'll have trouble playing anything else for the following three or so months after the beta ends.

Can you really go that long without tossing a spike grenade at someone? God knows I can't...

You guys can harp on Cerrius for having a negative tone on stuff. God knows i don't agree with him on stuff too; but to say that you guys wont be able to play anything else is just uhm silly. I hate to keep saying this.. but I played H2 very regularly for the past almost 3 years. And even i do not think the beta was all that. I obviously as you can see got tired of the same old three maps. I went from having played more games played on H2 from GAF (well maybe a few have more than me) to having only played a total of 170 games across my old and new Gamer Tag. With that said I say bring on Sept. But for now i think H2 will do nicely. And no its not harder to go back in fact its easier to play H2 after H3.

 

[Ramirez]

Yikes...that came out too long :lol

- 1189

-949

-834

-825

-612

-381

-348

-314

-203

-81

-32

-16

-8

-2

-2

I shall miss thee!

And I'm done with Halo 2, button combos, much too powerful grenades, auto aim out the ass, noob combo, SMG start, etc. etc. Three maps completely destroyed a complete game, good show Bungie. Guess I'll get around the taking the wrapping off of Shadowrun...

 

[FunkyMunkey]

Custom Games are currently disabled. Switch the mode the Matchmaking.

Huh?

It's set to a map that isn't included in the beta. It can't play it :lol .

And that's also why the picture is still Highground.

 

[GhaleonEB]

And I'm done with Halo 2, button combos, much too powerful grenades, auto aim out the ass, noob combo, SMG start, etc. etc. Three maps completely destroyed a complete game, good show Bungie.

That's how I feel as well. I am going to head back for a session of Halo 2 MP, if only for some context. But I know from the jolt that was the first time I played the Beta that it won't be pleasant. The Beta was instantly more fun than Halo 2 ever was. It had me thinking of this lately:

"Even the [Halo 2] multiplayer experience is a pale shadow of what it could and should have been if we got the timing of our schedule right. It's astounding to me. I ****ing cannot play Halo2 multiplayer. I cannot do it. And thats why I know Halo 3 will be so much better."

It's from the Edge Bungie article that went up a few months ago. I've gone back and read it several times since then, and each time some of the stuff Bungie said takes on a new context. I think in this case, I now know what Chris was saying, because I will not be able to play Halo 2 multiplayer after experiencing Halo 3. I just will not be able to ****ing do it.

 

[Pudding Tame]

One of my last games was pretty fun, Multi Flag on Valhalla. I swiped the enemy flag whacking one guy before I man cannon out of their base. I get over the rise in the middle of the map and the enemy flag carrier is right there walking right torward me. So I whack him too on my way back to base.

I usually don't get a lot of kills on Valhalla as I'm content to drive the Warthog, so when I checked my stats, I was suprised to see that my tool of destruction in the stats was listed as THE FLAG!

Gave me a chuckle.

Anybody else have most of their kills in a game with an unusual weapon?

Note to self: If we play together, let Ramirez have the sniper rifle.

 

[Truelize]

So are a bunch of you all gathering tomorrow evening? I would love to have a couple of GAF games before this is over. I've really been either too busy or too tied up with other games this past week to get any Halo3 in, but knowing that it's going away for 3 months brings a tear to my eye.

So hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

 

[godhandiscen]

That's how I feel as well. I am going to head back for a session of Halo 2 MP, if only for some context. But I know from the jolt that was the first time I played the Beta that it won't be pleasant. The Beta was instantly more fun than Halo 2 ever was. It had me thinking of this lately:
It's from the Edge Bungie article that went up a few months ago. I've gone back and read it several times since then, and each time some of the stuff Bungie said takes on a new context. I think in this case, I now know what Chris was saying, because I will not be able to play Halo 2 multiplayer after experiencing Halo 3. I just will not be able to ****ing do it.

I feel the same. However, what leaves me out in the cold is that for 2 years, I thought that Halo 2 was perfect. I just couldnt see how the game which I had happily played for hundreds of hours could be bested. Now, I am scared of going back to Halo 2. So many people have bashed Halo 2 and I defended it with my heart in my hand, but now I dont know if I could do it anymore. What is worse is that now I just dont want to play any other shooter. There is no reason to do it. Maybe I will play Shadowrun (because I dont want to feel like I wasted $60) but once Halo 3 arrives, there will be no other game for me, wheter it is on PC or any other console. I am quitting hardcore gaming and just playing Halo 3, at least for a year or so.

 

[cluto]

Best ATV Splatter ever?

 

[Cipher]

Razgriz Three
SPARTAN - R24

Gunnery Sergeant - Grade 2

Games: 166
Last Played: 6/10/2007 1:53:17 AM

Pwnage Score: 313

Career Kills: 2579
Career Deaths: 1721
Kill/Death Ratio: 1.4985
Career Assists: 816

Tool of Distruction:
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS - 724
Melee - 434
Fragmentation Grenade - 362
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle - 240
SRS99D Sniper Rifle - 200
Carbine - 185
Classified - 153
Brute Spike Grenade - 148
M90 Shotgun - 127
M41 Rocket Launcher - 120
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR - 87
Needler - 71
Plasma Grenade - 62
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) - 50
Warthog - Gunner - 38
UNSC Missile Pod - 38
Turret - 29
M7 Sub Machine Gun - 22
Plasma Rifle - 21
Brute Shot - 17
Tripmine - 17
Explosion - 16
Banshee - 16
Particle Beam Rifle - 15
Bomb - 11
Ball - 11
Ghost - 4
Flag - 3

 

[Mr Vociferous]

NEW MAP? CHILL
New chillout? OMG!!!!!

We covered this about fifty pages back and then revisited it about fifteen pages ago...

 

[got2bekidding]

One of my last games was pretty fun, Multi Flag on Valhalla. I swiped the enemy flag whacking one guy before I man cannon out of their base. I get over the rise in the middle of the map and the enemy flag carrier is right there walking right torward me. So I whack him too on my way back to base.

I usually don't get a lot of kills on Valhalla as I'm content to drive the Warthog, so when I checked my stats, I was suprised to see that my tool of destruction in the stats was listed as THE FLAG!

Gave me a chuckle.

Anybody else have most of their kills in a game with an unusual weapon?

I wouldn't say this is totally unusual but I've had double digit kills multiple times and my tool of destruction has been the brute spike grenades....mainly b/c I'll run around trying to stick people instead of shooting them if I can.

Speaking of which, that would be an awesome gameplay mode, no guns, just sticks kill people....make it happen!

 

[Chittagong]

Will the "Avoid Player" lists stay over to the full game? I have marked down a ton of quitters, non-team players and too good players I really don't want to get into same game with.

 

[Nino]

Will the "Avoid Player" lists stay over to the full game? I have marked down a ton of quitters, non-team players and too good players I really don't want to get into same game with.

Isn't that list for the whole Xbox Live network and not just for specific games?

 

[Chittagong]

Isn't that list for the whole Xbox Live network and not just for specific games?

Yeah and it doesn't work anyway. I just marked down this one guy who got 25 kills in Team Slayer while everybody else got 7-9 kills. My next game, he's there again against me, and (again) owns everybody. So, the "avoid" function isn't worth shit.

 

[Nino]

Yeah and it doesn't work anyway. I just marked down this one guy who got 25 kills in Team Slayer while everybody else got 7-9 kills. My next game, he's there again against me, and (again) owns everybody. So, the "avoid" function isn't worth shit.

Weird, I don't pay much attention to the results of my Avoids (I usually pay with friends anyway) but sucks to hear that it isn't working. Complaints seem to work however, we got that 'Ethnic Cleanser' douche banned.

 

[Tieno]

Tieno360 Combat Stats: Career Kills: 685
SPARTAN - T01
Gunnery Sergeant - Grade 1 Games: 125
Last Played: 5/22/2007 9:30:16 AM Career Deaths: 1370
Pwnage Score: 5 Games Checked: 125
Games Cataloged: 125 Kill/Death Ratio: 0.5
Career Assists: 469

Tool of Distruction:
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 132

Melee 87
Turret 61
Fragmentation Grenade 52
Classified 38
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 38
M41 Rocket Launcher 38
Warthog - Gunner 34
Brute Spike Grenade 33
UNSC Missile Pod 31
M90 Shotgun 26
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 25
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 25
Plasma Grenade 17
Carbine 13
M7 Sub Machine Gun 12
Tripmine 11
Plasma Rifle 7
Needler 7
Explosion 6
Ghost 4
Brute Shot 3
Banshee 3
Flag 2
Warthog - Driver 2
Particle Beam Rifle 1
M274 Mongoose 1
Ball 1
Bomb 1
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 1

 

[Chittagong]

Weird, I don't pay much attention to the results of my Avoids (I usually pay with friends anyway) but sucks to hear that it isn't working. Complaints seem to work however, we got that 'Ethnic Cleanser' douche banned.

Yeah, well, I don't want to complain because he was playing a fair game, he was just so much beyond anybody else. Not really his fault, but would be cool if the system somehow would facilitate getting those guys play eachother.

 

[Nino]

Yeah, well, I don't want to complain because he was playing a fair game, he was just so much beyond anybody else. Not really his fault, but would be cool if the system somehow would facilitate getting those guys play eachother.

Yeah I can see how that's a problem.

Tieno, mind if I add you on XBL?

 

[Sean]

Shadow540 Combat Stats: Career Kills: 3879
SPARTAN - S54
Lieutenant - Grade 2 Games: 329
Last Played: 6/10/2007 6:17:11 AM Career Deaths: 2623
Pwnage Score: 178
Games Checked: 320 Games Cataloged: 329
Kill/Death Ratio: 1.4788
Career Assists: 1361

Tool of Distruction:
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 771
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 439
Melee 421
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 336
Carbine 257
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 256
Fragmentation Grenade 238
Classified 171
Brute Spike Grenade 146
Warthog - Gunner 102
M90 Shotgun 86
M41 Rocket Launcher 78
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 64
Turret 61
Needler 54
M7 Sub Machine Gun 52
Plasma Grenade 47
Banshee 45
Tripmine 39
UNSC Missile Pod 35
Brute Shot 34
Explosion 29
Ghost 23
Ball 18
Flag 10
Magnum - M6G Pistol 8
Covenant Energy Sword 6
Bomb 5
Particle Beam Rifle 5
Warthog - Driver 3
Plasma Rifle 2
M274 Mongoose 1


I wanna know what classified is. It can't be the trip mine or chaingun turret, since those are already listed. And you can't get a kill with the shield bubble obviously.. and the power drainer, no way i got 171 kills with that thing. Got no idea what it could be.

 

[Uno Ill Nino]

Uno Ill Nino Combat Stats: Career Kills: 2834
SPARTAN - A80
Lieutenant - Grade 1 Games: 218
Last Played: 6/8/2007 6:47:39 AM Career Deaths: 2016
Pwnage Score: 205 Games Checked: 175
Games Cataloged: 218 Kill/Death Ratio: 1.4058
Career Assists: 1124

Tool of Distruction:
Assault Rifle - MA5C ICWS 417


Melee 331
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 272
Fragmentation Grenade 206
Warthog - Gunner 147
BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 145
M41 Rocket Launcher 114
Carbine 107
Classified 101
M90 Shotgun 98
Needler 92
Spartan Laser - WAV M6 GGNR 67
Brute Spike Grenade 52
Turret 40
UNSC Missile Pod 38
Plasma Grenade 28
Brute Shot 26
Particle Beam Rifle 24
M7 Sub Machine Gun 14
Explosion 11
Tripmine 9
Brute Spiker - (Type-25 Carbine) 7
Ball 5
Banshee 2
Warthog - Driver 2
Flag 1
Ghost 1
Bomb 1
M274 Mongoose 1

 

[Rorschach]

Bah I couldn't get that stat site to work

Bungie should track that stuff on the official site. :\

 

[Chittagong]

Bungie needs to do a stats Widget for OSX

 

[siamesedreamer]

The Beta was instantly more fun than Halo 2 ever was.

This sentence sums up the beta for me.

I think it takes a special kind of company to actually admit to themselves that they could do better. Most (if not all) would have just rested on the fact that Halo 2 sold ~5 million copies and was the most popular XBL game for months and months and months. They would have just copied the core gameplay mechanics and repackaged them with prettier graphics and newer maps.

The idea that Bungie basically went back to the drawing board is truly astounding considering the success of Halo 2.

 

[ice cream]

Bungie needs to do a stats Widget for OSX

Like that'll ever happen.
More likely on Vista.

 

[urk]

Bungie needs to do a stats Widget for OSX

http://widgets.yahoo.com/gallery/view.php?widget=41370

Mac and Windows, but it's not coded by Bungie and it's only for Halo 2. I'm sure they're will be some drummed of for Halo 3.

 

[scarybore]

Bollocks, last day of the beta and my 360 decides the normal colour scheme just isn't good enough. Probably the graphics chip crapped up, here comes 360 #5!



On a positive note, I'm glad it waited till the last day to mess up as the beta has probably been the best period of gaming I've had on Live for a long time.

 

[urk]

"Optics, totally fried."

 

[TDG]

Team Rockets needs to be first to 50 wins, not first to 25 wins. It's over WAY to quickly at 25.

 

[Virtua Ben]

Bungie needs to do a stats Widget for OSX

I concur.

RIP Halo 3 Beta (whenever it dies later today).

 

[GhaleonEB]

The idea that Bungie basically went back to the drawing board is truly astounding considering the success of Halo 2.

I agree. I think it's unusual to have a studio so self-critical making such a popular franchise (that's sold nearly nine million copies ). In the day of rapid fire annual installments of hit games (GRAW jumps to mind) it really is refreshing to see Bungie take the time to take their game to the next level. And some credit to Microsoft, for not pushing them to crank it out after two years.

I went back and read Luke Smith's "Broken Halo: Five Ways Bungie Can Fix Halo 2" article about the flaws in Halo 2's multiplayer game the other day. Much of the praise Halo 3's combat has gotten reads like a checklist of the flaws Halo 2 had. What takes Bungie to the next level, in my mind, is that they didn't stop there, and added stuff I didn't know I wanted.

I had a great game of VIP last night, and one encounter came down to my perfect deployment of the Bubble Shield. We had their VIP pinned up against the rocks on Snowbound, but he was fully shielded and taking our guys out at range. I did a little damage to him, but my shield dropped fast (he had a Carbine against my Assault Rifle from about 100 feet away). Down goes the Bubble Shield. I could see him firing like mad into it - but he couldn't tag me, and couldn't come out of cover or he'd be exposed. Another team mate gets a few shots in, my shield recharges and I emerge when the VIP makes a break for it - his shield was down. And soon, so was he. The whole encounter was over in less than ten seconds, but every game I play in punctuated by those awesome moments (on both sides).

Stuff like that really takes Halo's gameplay to the next level. (Side note: Playing the Shadowrun and Day of Victory demos the other day just made me appreciate Halo 3's combat that much more, and made me realize how hard it is to get this stuff right.)

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Sp4ceman Sp1ff
SPARTAN - X49
Gunnery Sergeant - Grade 1

Games: 158
Last Played: 6/6/2007 10:52:37 PM

Combat Stats:
Career Kills: 1519
Career Deaths: 1577
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.9632
Career Assists: 662

Pwnage Score: 110

Games Checked: 258
Games Cataloged: 258


Tool of Destruction:

BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 504

Assault Rifle- MA5C ICWS 377
Fragmentation Grenade 205
Brute Spike Grenade 172
Melee 157
M90 Shotgun 143
Carbine 120
M41 Rocket Launcher 95
Classified 73
UNSC Missile Pod 57
Turret 56
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 50
Plasma Grenade 46
Brute Shot 35
Spartan Laser- WAV M6 GGNR 34
Warthog - Gunner 28
Needler 20
Explosion 15
Tripmine 12
Brute Spiker- (Type-25 Carbine) 9
M7 Sub Machine Gun 3
Banshee 2
Flag 2
Particle Beam Rifle 1
Ghost 1

Hard to believe that after today, the Beta plug will be pulled and then we'll be in the cold and dark until September. But I'm glad Bungie was kind enough to let us enjoy it while we could-- for a few extra days even! To those who said they had more fun with the Beta than they did with Halo 2, I agree wholeheartedly. It became clear to me within a few minutes of my first match that Halo 3 just feels better-- more solid and weighted than H2 ever was and somewhat reminiscent of the first game. I know that I'll never be able to go back. And this is with a limited selection of maps and features; I genuinely fear for what the final game will do to my health and well-being come September.

I've got nothing better to do today, so if anyone wants to play, I'll be on later this afternoon and all the way until midnight when we're finally cut off from the food nipple. Then the real wait begins...

 

[Stinkles]

Sp4ceman Sp1ff
SPARTAN - X49
Gunnery Sergeant - Grade 1

Games: 158
Last Played: 6/6/2007 10:52:37 PM

Combat Stats:
Career Kills: 1519
Career Deaths: 1577
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.9632
Career Assists: 662

Pwnage Score: 110

Games Checked: 258
Games Cataloged: 258


Tool of Destruction:

BR55HB SR Battle Rifle 504

Assault Rifle- MA5C ICWS 377
Fragmentation Grenade 205
Brute Spike Grenade 172
Melee 157
M90 Shotgun 143
Carbine 120
M41 Rocket Launcher 95
Classified 73
UNSC Missile Pod 57
Turret 56
SRS99D Sniper Rifle 50
Plasma Grenade 46
Brute Shot 35
Spartan Laser- WAV M6 GGNR 34
Warthog - Gunner 28
Needler 20
Explosion 15
Tripmine 12
Brute Spiker- (Type-25 Carbine) 9
M7 Sub Machine Gun 3
Banshee 2
Flag 2
Particle Beam Rifle 1
Ghost 1

Hard to believe that after today, the Beta plug will be pulled and then we'll be in the cold and dark until September. But I'm glad Bungie was kind enough to let us enjoy it while we could-- for a few extra days even! To those who said they had more fun with the Beta than they did with Halo 2, I agree wholeheartedly. It became clear to me within a few minutes of my first match that Halo 3 just feels better-- more solid and weighted than H2 ever was and somewhat reminiscent of the first game. I know that I'll never be able to go back. And this is with a limited selection of maps and features; I genuinely fear for what the final game will do to my health and well-being come September.

I've got nothing better to do today, so if anyone wants to play, I'll be on later this afternoon and all the way until midnight when we're finally cut off from the food nipple. Then the real wait begins...

Me and Luke will be on around 6pm getting in some last games. If Vociferous and you and Ghaleon and Ramirez and Skil and anyone else is on, look us up.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Me and Luke will be on around 6pm getting in some last games. If Vociferous and you and Ghaleon and Ramirez and Skil and anyone else is on, look us up.

I'll be there.

 

[Tieno]

Damn it. I wish I could have been there too. Have fun!

I'm bawling here

 

[Truelize]

Me and Luke will be on around 6pm getting in some last games. If Vociferous and you and Ghaleon and Ramirez and Skil and anyone else is on, look us up.

I'll be looking for you guys too. Send the beta off right.