performance bonus's are next to nothing though.

even if you get +100 credits over everyone... its just nowhere near enough.

 

NEW MAP PACK WOOOOOOO

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.a...news&cid=29224

ANCHOR 9
Within the confines of this low orbit dry-dock, UNSC craft undergo rapid repair and rearmament in support of the enduring war effort. But for the small squads of infantry who now fight over the mirrored interior hallways and open central hangar bay, this platform no longer provides any safe harbor whatsoever – whether the close quarters combat is occurring inside or out of its artificial gravitational field.






TEMPEST
This abandoned shoreline facility bends both sea and sky to an unnatural purpose, but the ground itself has quickly become another all too familiar battlefield. Though the two opposing symmetrical bases may never reveal their ancient purpose, both now offer makeshift shelter and access to strategic routes perfectly suited for small and large scale skirmishes alike.








BREAKPOINT
Atop this icy precipice, the Invasion continues. These modular archaeological labs were never intended to withstand such a large scale onslaught of Covenant military power, but the information being extracted here may prove vital to humanity’s survival. In response to the imminent Covenant threat, UNSC ground and air assets have been deployed to bolster entrenched Spartan countermeasures. This site must yield salvation, or it will become a grave.

 

wow, that was fast.

 

i was kind of dissapointed that more than half of the original maps are just sections of campaign.

these are all original.

2 are Big Team Maps.
1 is more for team slayer.

 

I wasnt really happy with the maps, at all. They feel so boring. And, I havent touched Halo or the 360 since that first night we played.

 

As far as matchmaking goes, all of the guns in COD are pretty well balanced (at least in COD 4 they were). In COD4 the M16 is the gun everyone starts off with and it was my main gun almost the entire time I played the game. I still played with other guns and had plenty of success though.

That's why I hate Halo... if you have a shitty team you're guaranteed to lose. Everyone runs around like chickens with their heads cut off, then they get ganged up on and owned, while the other team takes the sniper rifle, shotgun, sword, and rocket launcher and even the vehicle, if there is one. Good luck then. After a while I only played MLG/SWAT (whatever game mode gives everyone a battle rifle) and then it got boring.

Reach beta vids look really cool and fun, but I'll have to reserve judgment until I borrow a friend's game for a day or two. All I know is that I was glued to my chair with Halo 3.... but as soon as I got COD4 and later MW2, I only touched Halo 4 or 5 times, when my friends basically begged me to play.

 

the guns are SO MUCH more fun to use in COD. ok don't want to turn this into a "halo sucks" thread.

 

You can do some really fun things in Halo though

At least in H3 I remember the epic sword battles.... and there's just something special about sniping the driver of the Warthog.... then the gunner, and then the passenger when he gets out

or sticking a plasma grenade on the tire of a Warthog or a Mongoose. Shit looks hilarious when they're moving.

 

tru dat. I did enjoy the big axe hammer thingy, which reminded me of one of Astaroth's weapons. my friends didnt like it too much tho.. LOL

 

My favorite thing to do is to stick a wart and watch it fly through the air doing flip after flip after flip only to go over a cliff.

 

<-------- sticky king

 

And having the replay system to save it and show your friends.... AWESOME.

Heh, it looks crazy while you're in the Warthog while it's flipping too. All this Halo talk... I might actually get it

 

I'm average with stickies.... but I do have a few videos that were pretty good. On one Halo 3 level (the one with the big yellow elevator on one side of the map) I saw some guy running towards the elevator downstairs... I threw it ALL the way across the level, from the platform on the opposite side, and it went into the elevator, and it stuck to the guy as he went up must have had 4-5 alligator seconds of hangtime before it stuck to him. pure luck.

What I was really good at was making frags blow up near peoples' feet even while jumping on a mancannon. Just one or two BR bursts and they'd be dead after that

 

found me a new group of teamates for big team with about 3 spots to spare... if anyone likes BTB and sees me on, you'll want to get in on this.. we were wrecking shit up last night...

guys are hilarious too..

 

Not sure how I feel about the new maps. I'd give a lot more for some more Halo 2 remakes and a few Halo 3 remakes. Gaurdian, Valhalla, The Pit, Beaver Creek, Burial Mounds, Colossus, Lock Out, Terminal, and Turf.

THEN I'd be a happy camper

 

Dude, I remember that video! that was friggin' awesome.

I remember on Narrows I threw a sticky into the launcher and it stuck to a guy that had launched from the other side.

 

narrows

 

we are doing Halo again Saturday night. will see how it goes, maybe it'll be better the 2nd time.

 

^^^ you need to play online... local gets old quick...

 

not with 4-5 buddies. what got old was, the maps.

it was way better than playing random people online.

 

4-5 i would go insane.

the game physics will change completely when played over live... different strategies... Teams will range from 4-8 players... Big team being 16 players...

i dont know how you guys manage to play any large maps with only a few people... half of the maps are MADE for 8-16 people.

im not saying it will make it your favorite game..

but it will definately eliminate some of the "boring" factor.. each game in matchmaking is a totally different experience from the previous one.

that and they add different game types all the time that you wont get to play unless connected to live.


just sign up for a free "silver" account and play with us a few times..

the fun part of playing on live is playing "with" your friends...

 

hmm.. maybe thats why it wasnt that enjoyable....

hey is it possible for us 4-5 to play online together, with others? I think the answer is no. we are 2-3 players on the same Xbox, playing against 2 guys who are online.

 

yes, you can all play together on one team..

halo allows up to 4 players per console to play online together, and after you sign on, you can join up with the others via live and go into matchmaking games as one unit..

you can even choose a gametype that fits your amount of players so that no strangers play with you..

halo has matchmaking for 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6-8 players per team.

let the bloodshed ensue....

 

cool, will try it tomorrow.

 

I'm down for any team endeavors. I finally got my claw skills down for jetpacking

 

i'm kinda late here with this thread, but...i've always loved halo. i just picked up reach, and am getting used to the differences, but i play online all the time and it'd be cool to do some online matchmaking with some aziners.

iDARKpassenger

^gamertag. use it, know it, hit me up.

 

request sent...

 

i had a good night last night...

i have kind of shifted my favorite gametype to Big Team Battle now.. i seem to be able to "control" the outcome much more than i would have thought with so many people being on the map at once...

i still love swat and team slayer.. but i seem to have really found my strength..

my K/D ratio has gone up and my win % has skyrocketed..

yesterdays games..

 

I haven't been able to play much lately. School keeps getting in the way. My K/D has hung around 1.2. I love me some Big Team Battle. I usually play a game or two of SWAT/rumble pit to warm up, then move over to BTB. If you're good, you can have a huge impact on the outcome of the match. On top of this, it's cool to have so many vehicles running around at once.

 

We should do this, 8PM PST is a little too late for me though.

 

^^ FiftyFiv3 right?

 

I totally agree and give us Headlong too. My goodness Reach sucks online. The maps are so boring and the game types are horrible. Its a shame because Halo 2 and Halo 3 was a much better experience.

 

I want older maps too... But just as many people who want remakes there are just as many who want new material..

People have been asking for blood gulch for years.. And now people are tired of it just 2 months after release lol

 

theres a map on Reach very very similar to blood gulch. so i dont miss that one.

 

It Is blood gulch.. Just a new name... People have been begging for it for over 3 years

 

oh lol. i thought you meant people were asking for it like, now.

 

srika! accept my request!

 

Totally forgot, you were the one that set up the Halo 3 group to begin with, Sly... man it's been a while.

Aw, I remember Narrows too, awesome map. Nice job. I used to try to stick people on the mancannon too, I could never get it for some reason though. The trajectory was different or something.



Sadly, after years of making fun of and laughing at my friends playing World of Warcraft........ I got the game plus Black Ops is coming out tomorrow. I still have yet to try out Reach multiplayer, I should really give it a chance

 

^ yes.

big team or bust.

new maps in 30 days.

 

just did the math for that 1000 multiplayer kills. on average that's 83 games assuming you get 12 kills per.

that's about 54,000 creds total because avg is 650-700 creds per game

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