Halo 3 Impressions

[Trick_]

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hey fellas i'm back online after 11 months of hiatus. hit me up for some games (2am-6am EST is usually when i'm on)

gt: AznJaqhamr

[windseer90]

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After a long time of not playing this, I've recently been playing it with some friends. Its definitely more fun with friends since you can talk about how it seems you always get screwed while playing. Its boring getting frustrated in Lone Wolves. I need company lol.

[Miles_Yuhas]

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Any word on when we can expect the auto-update?

[DDO15]

Re: Got my copy of Halo 3 Today

This is my favorite game I love playing this I always wear the Hayabusa and Odst armor. I wish I recon and flaming helmet but Bungie has it only.

[Flawless]

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Bungie is such a tease.

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[Blzer]

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They really better kick it up a notch if they're making a Halo 4. And I mean really.

[Flawless]

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They really better kick it up a notch if they're making a Halo 4. And I mean really.

Bungie isn't making Halo 4 and the video is teasing about new Halo 3 multiplayer content that will be shown off at PAX.

[Blzer]

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Oh, okay. Hmm, guess I just can't understand any of this subliminal... ness.

[sportsdude]

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Bungie is such a tease.

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an extra mission perhaps? But how will it fit into Halo 3, and where? And it better be either free or extremely cheap.

[in mid air]

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Wonder what the new content is. I think it will probably be a new map and something else HUGE!

[sportsdude]

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Wonder what the new content is. I think it will probably be a new map and something else HUGE!

well if you listen at the end, the dude says "you finished the fight, but the fight is not over." That leads me to believe that maybe it's something extra single player content in addition to some multiplayer stuff.

[Flawless]

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Bungie Weekly Update

In recent weeks we’ve released a pair of machinima-based awards acceptance speeches. In both cases, astute fans noticed some hints and chicanery associated with both of these videos (if you’ve somehow missed them, watch them in the Bungie Media Player now). Additionally, in both cases overly zealous, froth-filled fans bathed in excitement, undoubtedly quivering at things they are looking at with a far-too strong microscope.

There will be no insertion of Campaign objects, enemies or friendlies via the Forge as folks have speculated. There will be no “bots” added to the game. The “set” on Rat’s Nest was designed to appear like a backlot of a film set, a holding area, not some depiction of a brand-new feature that implements Campaign objects into multiplayer. Do consider this issue a closed one. Calm yourselves down, pump the brakes, and take a breath.

We’ve of course heard the gums flapping on the Internet that Bungie is making more Halo stuff. We’ve never said that we’re finished with Halo 3; in the Edge acceptance video, we confirmed that the ride isn’t over. Ever since our independence last year and taking control of our destiny, we've been pretty open about the fact that we have three distinct projects underway within Bungie and they aren't all Halo related.

The September Playlist update is going to be a bit different than previous months. First, the Playlist update will not be implemented until September 16. Before the bitter tears splash gently on your keyboard, we’re holding the September update until the 16th to coincide with Title Update 2, which releases on that very same day. The September playlist update is arguably the meatiest update Halo 3 has seen and something Shishka has been working on various aspects of throughout the summer months.

Snowbound and Epitaph have long been the source of much discussion and curiosity with e-folks wondering “What if there were no Shield Doors?” on this pair of maps. Admittedly, we were curious, too. Jon Cable, one of our Sandbox Engineers, rejiggered an internal-use-only (as in, this will NEVER be available to folks, because it’s cagey, primitive and inelegant for public consumption, yet perfectly acceptable for our internal purposes) version of Forge that allowed Shield Doors to be deleted.

Epilogue and Boundless are the products of these tweaks that players can look forward to next month. Epilogue is the Shield Door-free version of Epitaph and it has seen some tweaks and knob-turns to the weapon layout, as well.

Unlock Epilogue, Boundless isn’t entirely sans Shield Doors. In both High and Low base, there are two entrances from the top middle portion of the map – those Shield doors remain. The others (at Shotgun, in the ice tunnels and out the back doors of both High and Low Base) have been removed. Like Epilogue, Boundless has its own series of weapon layout changes.

Epilogue and Boundless will not be replacing Epitaph and Snowbound in matchmaking, but rather they will exist side by side with the other maps – the focus in the short-term is to prioritize these revisions over the existing maps, so you should see Epilogue and Boundless more than Epitaph and Snowbound.

A new, Elephant-less version of Sandtrap, called Sand Tarp, will also appear in Matchmaking. In one-sided games Shishka has also flipped the attacking and defending side of the map – so instead of having to pull the flag out of the impenetrable crypt, the attacking team will spawn in the crypts and have to work their way to the downed Pelican side of the map.

Before we drill into the playlist specific changes, here’s the list of changes that will affect all of matchmaking.

• Added Epilogue – Epitaph with no Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
• Added Boundless – Snowbound with reduced Shield Doors. Added alongside default variant.
• Added Sand Tarp – Sandtrap sans Elephants, default team spawns switched in one-sided games. Added alongside default map variant.
• Added Pit Stop – The Pit with inaccessible spawn hives. Added alongside default map variant.
• Ghost Town – No longer appears in any symmetrical gametype.
• Team Slayer – Spawning configuration in default Team Slayer now includes a secondary weapon – the magnum
• Shishka is shuffling up the existing suite of playlists, moving things around, deleting others and adding some new playlists.

Ranked Playlists

Lone Wolves

• Player count increases from six players to 8 players.

Team Objective

• Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).

Team Doubles

• This playlist now requires ALL content (Cold Storage, Legendary and Heroic maps are being used in Team Doubles)
• Objective Gametypes have had their appearance frequency reduced.
• Crazy King Hill times increased to one minute. Hill Movement set to Sequence (was Random).

Ranked Big Team Battle

• This playlist is retired.

Introducing Squad Battle

• Squad Battle is a Ranked six on six Playlist designed to fill some of the void left by excising Ranked Big Team Battle from the Halo 3 Playlists. Squad Battle gametypes are focused on Slayer and Capture the Flag and this playlist currently requires the Heroic Map Pack.

Social Playlists

Big Team Social

• This playlist is retired.

Rocket Race

• This playlist is retired.

Multi Team

• Rocket Race has been added to the gametypes and set with a low weighting.

DLC Playlists

Since Big Team was cut from Social, eight on eight action is reborn in the overhauled DLC playlists section of Matchmaking. DLC Slayer and Objective are both retired. These playlists require Halo 3 Downloadable Content (at least up through Legendary, but in the case of FFA, it requires all DLC) to participate.

DLC FFA

• This is an eight-player Free For All hopper focused on DLC content. The gametypes contained herein are a mix of Slayer, Objective and Infection modes.

DLC Big Team

• Eight on eight Social Slayer and Objective action (Gametypes from Big Team Social)
• Focused on DLC content (Requires both Heroic and Legendary Map Packs)

Hardcore Playlists

Team SWAT

• Objective Gametypes, SWATGuns set to skip after veto
• Weighting on all Objective games, SWATGuns and Magnums reduced
• Player Damage Resistance set to 150% (was 200%), players no longer spawn with grenades
• SWAT map variants now have Carbines and grenades available to pick up.

Head to Head

• This playlist is retired.

The Penny Arcade Expo is just a week away and we’re scrambling to put the finishing touches on what should be a sweet experience in our swanky Bungie booth (#752). I mentioned before that we would have some new multiplayer content and today I can confirm what many of you have already surmised – “Purple Reign,” officially named “Assembly,” will be available to play. This Covenant themed map is a symmetrical battleground, not too unlike Midship but a bit larger. (NOTE: This is NOT Midship nor is it meant to be a remake of Midship, it’s purple, but otherwise it’s all new and awesome).

[Flawless]

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PAX 08: Bungie showing (part of) Halo 3 “Mythic” map pack

Live from the floor of PAX 08: Bungie is demoing a new Halo 3 map called Assembly; the picture above shows the title “Halo 3 Mythic,” which the Bungie guy said was just a placeholder name for the map pack. He said he “doesn’t know how it’s going to manifest itself to the public,” whatever that means.

More on this as we get it.

Assembly

[sportsdude]

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PAX 08: Bungie showing (part of) Halo 3 “Mythic” map pack






Assembly

wow those screens look incredible. Is this the only map in the mythic map pack?

[chadskee]

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Ok two things guys...

No there isn't only one map in the map pack, the only map they will show at PAX is Assembly. They have two other maps that still are being called by their codenames.

Second the trailer that was released talks about the community, and how they won the award for the best community involvement. They say it's their biggest thanks ever to their creative fans and at the very end he is standing on what looks like a completely black floor with blue grid lines and one building corner piece behind him. Then "Wait, we can't show you this year!" follows and the trailer stops.

This leads us to believe it's more of a map editor past the whole forge options based on the kind of award they won, and the way they talked about the creative community.