**OFFICIAL** Halo 3 thread.

[mugs]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: Wildog
So who's going to try these tonight?

Amazing New Halo 3 Jumps

So what's the deal with those? A lot of them looked like they simply had gravity turned down....is it supposed to be a glitch, or did they actually just have the gravity modified? The game speed was definitely turned up, though.

Most of those jumps were pointless, but some got a player to places that could make multiplayer start sucking a little bit. And I'm sure there were a few things that weren't shown so these two guys can get outside the map and start glitching, which would ruin multiplayer completely.

Exactly what I was thinking. The maps are pretty well-designed, but I don't think the game would be as much fun with pussies camping in places they were (most likely) never intended to get to.

 

[mugs]

Woohoo! Finally made it to Captain.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: mugs
Woohoo! Finally made it to Captain.

Aye aye, sir.

 

[mugs]

I've had pretty good luck with my teammates and opponents in matchmaking so far, but I encountered my first two real jackasses today.


This guy: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Ha...aspx?player=OUTLAW4489 just started shooting me out of the blue. Turned out he had 3 betrayals before he was booted, and he has a lifetime total of 65 betrayals in ~200 games. :thumbsdown: I have 11 betrayals in 360 games; most of those are because I got a little overzealous on the Ghost, and even if I kill a few of my teammates I do well enough on the Ghost that we come out ahead in the end. 65 betrayals in 200 games is a LOT of intentional betrayals.

Then this jackhole: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Ha...ayer=RATED%20R%20T0xiC was whining about having to play on High Ground, then when we vetoed it he whined even more that we had to play on Construct. He's the first person I ever submitted negative feedback for BEFORE the game started (for communication). I muted him shortly after the game started because he got even more annoying. I guess he really didn't feel like playing on Construct, because he quit pretty quickly. Too bad I couldn't give him a second negative for that. 68 early quits... he must have the worst ISP ever.

MS needs to start banning these people who degrade the enjoyability of the game - not just cheaters.




This guy: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Ha...ayer=RATED%20R%20T0xiC was whining like a little girl in the lobby because the map that was selected was High Ground. So we vetoed it, and the next map was Construct. He whined some more, then we got into the game and I saw him just sitting there. I went right up to him, face to face and he didn't move. I left, saw that he died shortly thereafter, and then he quit. He's quit 68 times! WTF?! I had already gave him a negative feedback before the game started for communication because he was so damn annoying (and I muted him shortly after the game started because he was getting more annoying). Too bad I couldn't neg him again for quitting early.


Another thing that pisses me off is when I'm going for something in the beginning of a game (a weapon or vehicle or active camo or whatever) and one of my teammates who doesn't have a headset shoots me (not kills me, just shoots me). You know, if you put a fucking headset on and SAY you want the needler, I'll let you have it. If you shoot me intentionally, you get a negative feedback.

Side note - I wish it was possible to limit your teammates to people with headsets. I hate getting stuck on a team where we can't work together because half the team doesn't have headsets. It comes with the damn premium system!

 

[indamixx99]

Ok I haven't really followed the Halo 1/2 storyline but in Halo 3, who is that chick that keeps popping up throughout the game? You know, the screen gets distorted and this girl in blue appears, says something, then disappears.
Thanks

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: indamixx99
Ok I haven't really followed the Halo 1/2 storyline but in Halo 3, who is that chick that keeps popping up throughout the game? You know, the screen gets distorted and this girl in blue appears, says something, then disappears.
Thanks

That's Cortana. She is a super advanced AI that helps the Master Chief through the game. She typically either resides within his armor, being able to communicate directly to him. She is considered highly important to the survival of the human race, because she knows all of the human's secrets.

It goes a little deeper than that, of course, and I may not have done the best job of explaining it.

 

[mugs]

Sticky grenades are way overrated. I've played against a bunch of guys who always bring the stickies out as their FIRST attack, and they almost always lose.

Two things can happen when you throw a sticky first.
1. You hit me. You've also given me enough time to start shooting you and possibly kill you, or at least bring your shields down so one of my teammates can take you out easily. And if I can get close to you before the grenade blows, you die too.
2. You miss me. You're pretty much dead, because you gave up time that you could have been shooting me to try to sticky me. Your only hope is to run around like a chicken with its head cut off hoping I'll miss you enough times and run out of ammo. Good luck.

I'd say my k/d ratio against these guys is well over 1. It's not effective against people who don't suck (and I'm not even very good).

Grow a set of balls, come at me with a gun! I hate pussies who spend the whole game throwing grenades. Use them as a tactical weapon, not your primary weapon.

 

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: mugs
Sticky grenades are way overrated. I've played against a bunch of guys who always bring the stickies out as their FIRST attack, and they almost always lose.

Two things can happen when you throw a sticky first.
1. You hit me. You've also given me enough time to start shooting you and possibly kill you, or at least bring your shields down so one of my teammates can take you out easily. And if I can get close to you before the grenade blows, you die too.
2. You miss me. You're pretty much dead, because you gave up time that you could have been shooting me to try to sticky me. Your only hope is to run around like a chicken with its head cut off hoping I'll miss you enough times and run out of ammo. Good luck.

I'd say my k/d ratio against these guys is well over 1. It's not effective against people who don't suck (and I'm not even very good).

Grow a set of balls, come at me with a gun! I hate pussies who spend the whole game throwing grenades. Use them as a tactical weapon, not your primary weapon.

It depends on what I'm doing if I'm going to use a sticky grenade first. If I'm using a short range weapon and see someone long range I'm going to go for a stick. Also, if I don't have a quick kill weapon and I want to catch someone by surprise I'll go for a sticky. It's not as if I use stickies all the time though; I seem to be averaging one sticky every two games. There are just certain times where I'll use them before attempting anything else.

 

[foghorn67]

Not sure if this was posted, but check out the secret vehicle in the campaign.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ajXoQFdV7t8

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
Not sure if this was posted, but check out the secret vehicle in the campaign.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ajXoQFdV7t8

we tried this last night, you need two people and you need to hit jump at the same time, or give the controller to the other to make it easier and have someone hitting the buttons at the same time.

 

[azazyel]

People have way too much time on their hands. I'm too lazy to go get the terminals or the +15 per level.

4 more games and I'm a Commander!

 

[Queasy]

Heh...just realized I have two negative experience points because of games I 'dropped' out of. Kind of bogus because I couldn't even play them to begin with. Both sessions hung on me when the map was loading. On one, I could hear everybody chatting and playing but all I saw was the load screen.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Heh...just realized I have two negative experience points because of games I 'dropped' out of. Kind of bogus because I couldn't even play them to begin with. Both sessions hung on me when the map was loading. On one, I could hear everybody chatting and playing but all I saw was the load screen.

i have -10 or so from random disconnects happening

 

[R Nilla]

Originally posted by: azazyel
People have way too much time on their hands. I'm too lazy to go get the terminals or the +15 per level.

4 more games and I'm a Commander!

Oddly enough those achievements don't take nearly as long to get as a rank of Commander.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: purbeast0

Originally posted by: Queasy
Heh...just realized I have two negative experience points because of games I 'dropped' out of. Kind of bogus because I couldn't even play them to begin with. Both sessions hung on me when the map was loading. On one, I could hear everybody chatting and playing but all I saw was the load screen.

i have -10 or so from random disconnects happening

Same for me, my internet goes down often and I can't remember how many games I have dropped because of this.

I also got a few betrayals today as a result of a close quarters rocket match.

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: R Nilla

Originally posted by: azazyel
People have way too much time on their hands. I'm too lazy to go get the terminals or the +15 per level.

4 more games and I'm a Commander!

Oddly enough those achievements don't take nearly as long to get as a rank of Commander.

True, but a lot less thinking and more killing to get Commander. I also got my Mongoose Mowdown last night. I couldn't believe I actually got it. Two guys were fighting and I ran into one of them and SPLATTER! I only have a few more left but at the level I'm at it's going to be really hard to get the overkill and the Killing Frenzy. The only chance I have at getting the Killing Frenzy is to throw a game. The way people are getting it now is to wait until they get a KotH on the Pit. They grab the sniper and post up on the tower. They just snipe people going for the middle hill and since it's KotH no one bothers to try to kill them. So all they need to do is snipe 10 guys and they go the achievement.


Am I the highest rank here?

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: R Nilla

Originally posted by: azazyel
People have way too much time on their hands. I'm too lazy to go get the terminals or the +15 per level.

4 more games and I'm a Commander!

Oddly enough those achievements don't take nearly as long to get as a rank of Commander.

True, but a lot less thinking and more killing to get Commander. I also got my Mongoose Mowdown last night. I couldn't believe I actually got it. Two guys were fighting and I ran into one of them and SPLATTER! I only have a few more left but at the level I'm at it's going to be really hard to get the overkill and the Killing Frenzy. The only chance I have at getting the Killing Frenzy is to throw a game. The way people are getting it now is to wait until they get a KotH on the Pit. They grab the sniper and post up on the tower. They just snipe people going for the middle hill and since it's KotH no one bothers to try to kill them. So all they need to do is snipe 10 guys and they go the achievement.


Am I the highest rank here?

possibly, but the fact that your k/d ratio is not that great and that the BR isn't one of your top 3 killing weapons tells me that I could probably get up to 36 pretty easily

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: purbeast0


possibly, but the fact that your k/d ratio is not that great and that the BR isn't one of your top 3 killing weapons tells me that I could probably get up to 36 pretty easily

Well I got my 35 in Lonewolf which is usually pretty upclose and personal. But I guess if you just hang back the BR might be a good choice but it's kind of hard to do that when everyone on the map wants to kill you. But if you on a map like Contstruct with big hallways it comes in handy. And I know some people call it 'cheap' but I'm darn good on the ghost. High Ground is my favorite map for the ghost.

 

[bucwylde23]

For some reason I can't get over 30-31 skill ranking. I don't think I play THAT bad... I know for a fact that some people who are 35+ have a worse k/d ratio than I do.

What is the secret to making skill go up?

Originally posted by: purbeast0
possibly, but the fact that your k/d ratio is not that great and that the BR isn't one of your top 3 killing weapons tells me that I could probably get up to 36 pretty easily

Yeah man the BR is awesome. I didn't realize this right away, but within the last 3 weeks the BR has gone from almost at the bottom of my list to the #4 spot. Within a day or so it will be at the #3 spot.
The BR is the reason I got a heck of a lot better when I play on Isolation. Love that map now

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: chrisg22
For some reason I can't get over 30-31 skill ranking. I don't think I play THAT bad... I know for a fact that some people who are 35+ have a worse k/d ratio than I do.

What is the secret to making skill go up?

In what game? Lonewolves?

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: chrisg22
For some reason I can't get over 30-31 skill ranking. I don't think I play THAT bad... I know for a fact that some people who are 35+ have a worse k/d ratio than I do.

What is the secret to making skill go up?

In what game? Lonewolves?

I'm still working on my lone wolves skill, i'm a 11 or 12 in that at the moment, but I haven't played it all that much. Maybe i'll be able to get a higher skill in lone wolves easier.
I'm a 30 right now in Team slayer.

 

[parsley007]

Originally posted by: chrisg22

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: chrisg22
For some reason I can't get over 30-31 skill ranking. I don't think I play THAT bad... I know for a fact that some people who are 35+ have a worse k/d ratio than I do.

What is the secret to making skill go up?

In what game? Lonewolves?

I'm still working on my lone wolves skill, i'm a 11 or 12 in that at the moment, but I haven't played it all that much. Maybe i'll be able to get a higher skill in lone wolves easier.
I'm a 30 right now in Team slayer.

In Team Slayer the trick seems to me is to have good teammates (obviously), and to try to go positive every game.

It seems the ranking doesn't care as much on your win/loss as your k/d ratio.

Could be wrong though

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: parsley007

Originally posted by: chrisg22

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: chrisg22
For some reason I can't get over 30-31 skill ranking. I don't think I play THAT bad... I know for a fact that some people who are 35+ have a worse k/d ratio than I do.

What is the secret to making skill go up?

In what game? Lonewolves?

I'm still working on my lone wolves skill, i'm a 11 or 12 in that at the moment, but I haven't played it all that much. Maybe i'll be able to get a higher skill in lone wolves easier.
I'm a 30 right now in Team slayer.

In Team Slayer the trick seems to me is to have good teammates (obviously), and to try to go positive every game.

It seems the ranking doesn't care as much on your win/loss as your k/d ratio.

Could be wrong though

Yeah a good team is key. And k/d is a small part of it. The main thing is who you are playing with and against. If you're against 35-40 and win you're going to jump up ranks pretty quickly.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: parsley007

In Team Slayer the trick seems to me is to have good teammates (obviously), and to try to go positive every game.

It seems the ranking doesn't care as much on your win/loss as your k/d ratio.

Could be wrong though

It's a mystery to me... I've had my rating go down after a game where my team got beaten pretty badly (i.e. 50-38) but I had a good k/d (+5 or more).

Having a good team helps a lot, because when you work together well you all benefit. I've been on teams where every member of the team went up several rating points over the course of our time playing together.

 

[Queasy]

MLG: Top 5 Maps We Would Love to See in Halo 3

Decent list. It sounds like Bungie is making new maps for now though.