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Halo series - Crimson Map Pack out now!
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blazer787
Smash Journeyman
why did they take out btb social. now where will i deystoy large numbers of people at once on santrap and valhalla
I didn't even noticed BTB Social was gone until you guys just pointed it out. I completely understood that BTB Ranked was gone, but Social? 
There's really no reason to remove any social playlists... except Rocket Race.
There's really no reason to remove any social playlists... except Rocket Race.
smashman90
Smash Lord
You still have the squad battles thing, which is like BTB but less laggy and slightly less people.
blazer787
Smash Journeyman
lag was rarly an issue in btb. those 4 people will make the difference.
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
I'm gonna miss ranked and social BTB because less people means less chaos going around the map. I've always enjoyed playing ranked or social BTB and seeing everyone firing at each other and dying.
AU2 looks good. Some neat features like progress bars on your rankings now.
But where's the BR spread fix? I'm not a die-hard about this like some are, but seriously... come on. Why intentionally make people's shots random like that?
I understand random spreads on guns like the AR or SMG, because that's how they were meant to work. But the BR is supposed to be a skilled precision weapon.
Oh well.
But where's the BR spread fix? I'm not a die-hard about this like some are, but seriously... come on. Why intentionally make people's shots random like that?
I understand random spreads on guns like the AR or SMG, because that's how they were meant to work. But the BR is supposed to be a skilled precision weapon.
Oh well.
MASAHIROx
Smash Lord
alt - you and me were both on and you did not invite me
my feelings are hurt.
my feelings are hurt.
You were with a group of friends! Besides, I invited you a couple of times previously but you didn't come. I thought YOU didn't like ME...
But srsly... Team Smashboards reunite.
But srsly... Team Smashboards reunite.
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
I'm not looking towards the AU2 personally. Halo 3 is fine the way it is right now IMO.
smashman90
Smash Lord
Well, I am suppose to get my 360 back tomorrow. And hopefully we shall reunite...No Johns. *runs off*You were with a group of friends! Besides, I invited you a couple of times previously but you didn't come. I thought YOU didn't like ME...
But srsly... Team Smashboards reunite.
Nothing is changing gameplay-wise, it's all just behind the scenes rank stuff.
If I could make any changes to Halo 3, I'd change the AR to be made much more inaccurate (ala Halo 1), remove the spread from the BR (ala Halo 2), change dual wielding back to its former Halo 2 glory (where you stood a great chance against someone with a power weapon if you were dual wielding) and lastly, add the magnetism back to trip mines from the Halo 3 beta.
Halo 3 would then be perfect.
I never played the beta, what did trip mines used to do?
Also, I would like to see some non-******** equipment. The ones in existence are either too powerful, inherently campy, or just stupid.
Also, I would like to see some non-******** equipment. The ones in existence are either too powerful, inherently campy, or just stupid.
In the beta, the trip mine would magnetize to vehicles. If you dropped it onto a vehicle (with nobody in it), it'd snap to the underside of it. The Trip Mine was also a lot more powerful, able to destroy an untouched Warthog. In the final game, the Trip Mine will destroy a Warthog that is moderately damaged, but otherwise, you seem to be able to just drive over the things, roll a couple times, and keep on truckin'. Anyhoo, Trip Mines were on beta Valhalla, so you could toss them off the Man Cannon at incoming Banshees, or Warthogs that were lingering at the base of the hill. It was pretty awesome and the map played a LOT better with each base having Trip Mines spawn on them instead of Power Drainers (which spawned at the Pelican, where the Regen is in the final game).
That does sound pretty awesome. Perhaps they were concerned with there being too many counters to vehicles?
Plasma Pistols, SPlasers, Rockets, Missile Pods, Power Drainers, Stickies (to a certain extent), and even Brute Shots can be used to take down vehicles.
Though you never see more than 2 or 3 of these on a map at a single time...
Plasma Pistols, SPlasers, Rockets, Missile Pods, Power Drainers, Stickies (to a certain extent), and even Brute Shots can be used to take down vehicles.
Though you never see more than 2 or 3 of these on a map at a single time...
Wreckless
Smash Journeyman
I can't beleive i found a halo 3 thread on smashboards.
But yeah add me I BeRzErKK cuzz i don't play smash anymore...its been more than a year.
Just wanted to see if i can find any smash players that are good in halo.
If any of you guys need to get a 50 just hit me up. Its pretty easy and since they change the system of ranking recently.
But yeah add me I BeRzErKK cuzz i don't play smash anymore...its been more than a year.
Just wanted to see if i can find any smash players that are good in halo.
If any of you guys need to get a 50 just hit me up. Its pretty easy and since they change the system of ranking recently.
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
Sorry if this has been said before, but do elites have different hitboxes in Halo 3? Cause last week when I was playing RBTB on Last Resort, an elite got onto one of the turrets and I happened to be at the bottom of the sniper tower with the sniper rifle. So l line up my reticle to his head and i fire a shot, nothing happens, im like "wtf y no he die?" so i fire another shot at his head, nothing happens again so then i fire the other 2 shots remaining in my clip at his body and he dies. and no the game was not lagging and im 100% sure that i shot at his head.
What's your 50 in? Oh and ill add you. :D
smashman90
Smash Lord
Elites have the same hitboxes that the Spartan's have. It's just difficult to kill an elite with a headshot. That's why alot of people play as elites in SWAT. Also, I should be getting my xbox soon. w00t!
The hitboxes are the same, but the character models aren't (obviously).
So technically speaking, Elites are just as easy to hit as a Spartan, but the Elite's model is misleading. Their head hitbox isn't anywhere near where their head is shown as being.
So technically speaking, Elites are just as easy to hit as a Spartan, but the Elite's model is misleading. Their head hitbox isn't anywhere near where their head is shown as being.
smashman90
Smash Lord
w00t! Got my 360 back!
Mky762
Smash Journeyman
is it just me or do can spartans crosshair turn red faster than an elites? cause my friend had a sword and so did i, he was able to lunge to me when i could not, we were on even ground too. was it lag or do spartans have a "longer reach".
Wreckless
Smash Journeyman
Its in TS and TD
From Joystiq:
"As part of their Penny Arcade Expo presence, team Bungie lifted the mysterious curtain on their latest Halo 3 multiplayer map called Purple Reign Assembly, giving PAX attendees a new map to frolic about in. But knowing that it isn't a Midship, Gemini or any other Halo map remake, the big question is whether or not Assembly plays splendidly or if it is any fun at all. And we're pleased to tell you that, yes, it's an unbelievably well designed map that ranks high among our Halo 3 favorites. Impressions after the break.
First, let's get a few Assembly informative bits out of the way. Bungie did not and refused to talk about any specifics regarding Assembly including how it'll be released, when it'll be released or even if it's paid content. Knowing that info, let's jump into our hands-on impressions.
Assembly is a medium, medium-large sized space with plenty of room for 4v4 multiplayer matches of Slayer, Oddball, CTF or even King of the Hill matches making it a very versatile map. As far as cosmetics are concerned, Assembly is a true Covenant looking map with plenty of reflective purple walls to navigate through, greenish yellow grav lifts to launch you towards the heavens and gray walkways to ... uhhh, walk on. The coolest part of the map's look is the Covenant Cruiser that hovers overhead and is seemingly assembling some kind of Covenant structure. Hence the map's name.
Taking a look at the map layout itself, the best way we can describe its unqiue characteristics is by comparing it to a few other Halo maps even though it was made very clear that Assembly is NOT a remake or inspiration map. To us though, Assembly is a bit like Midship, Ascension and Gridlock combined. It's a circular multi-level Covenant map (Midship) that uses a central multi-tiered focused layout (Gridlock) where players call fall off the outer ledge or jump from outer platform to outer platform (Ascension). Collectively speaking, it's a medium sized circular experience with numerous nooks and crannies on the outside, ramps and lifts on the inner rim, a few towers on the sides and a central structure where the action seems to always be focused towards.
After playing a few rounds, we were intrigued by some of the map's "features" including the central most lower part of the map that houses the Gravity Hammer. It's an interesting location because the Hammer is surrounded by four explosive fusion cores and a few times we saw players toss in a grenade or two on an unsuspecting Hammer-***** which only resulted in a severely weakened Hammer-*****. Speaking of Assembly's central location, on the upper most level players will spot active camouflage floating in some sort of super charged light beam. This too is a perfect place to chuck grenades into to rack up a few double (or triple) kills. We also loved the map's outer towers where jumping along the wall and navigating up towards the platforms is encouraged and those who make it up alive will be treated with rockets. Explosively useful rockets at that.
Now you ask, how does it play? Surprisingly enough, Assembly may be our favorite Halo 3 multiplayer map yet. It's a nice mix of close quarters combat, open long range combat and risk versus reward scenarios that you don't see too much in other maps. At times it's chaotic, other times you'll feel like you're stalking your prey and at other times you'll wonder why you can't walk ten feet without being loaded full of BR bullets. Honestly, Assembly is a very well designed map."
Pictures!:
When I saw the screens in the Weekly Update on friday, I was a bit underwhelmed. Being as the map is a Covenant structure, it was hard to get a feel for how large the map was. Thanks to the videos from PAX though, it seems to be much larger of a map than the pictures indicate. Joystiq's impressions of the map have me very excited, and I can't wait for this map to drop. Now, Bungie, show us some Moonbase Alpha and Spacemap! Then get this **** Mythic Map Pack on the Marketplace!
"As part of their Penny Arcade Expo presence, team Bungie lifted the mysterious curtain on their latest Halo 3 multiplayer map called Purple Reign Assembly, giving PAX attendees a new map to frolic about in. But knowing that it isn't a Midship, Gemini or any other Halo map remake, the big question is whether or not Assembly plays splendidly or if it is any fun at all. And we're pleased to tell you that, yes, it's an unbelievably well designed map that ranks high among our Halo 3 favorites. Impressions after the break.
First, let's get a few Assembly informative bits out of the way. Bungie did not and refused to talk about any specifics regarding Assembly including how it'll be released, when it'll be released or even if it's paid content. Knowing that info, let's jump into our hands-on impressions.
Assembly is a medium, medium-large sized space with plenty of room for 4v4 multiplayer matches of Slayer, Oddball, CTF or even King of the Hill matches making it a very versatile map. As far as cosmetics are concerned, Assembly is a true Covenant looking map with plenty of reflective purple walls to navigate through, greenish yellow grav lifts to launch you towards the heavens and gray walkways to ... uhhh, walk on. The coolest part of the map's look is the Covenant Cruiser that hovers overhead and is seemingly assembling some kind of Covenant structure. Hence the map's name.
Taking a look at the map layout itself, the best way we can describe its unqiue characteristics is by comparing it to a few other Halo maps even though it was made very clear that Assembly is NOT a remake or inspiration map. To us though, Assembly is a bit like Midship, Ascension and Gridlock combined. It's a circular multi-level Covenant map (Midship) that uses a central multi-tiered focused layout (Gridlock) where players call fall off the outer ledge or jump from outer platform to outer platform (Ascension). Collectively speaking, it's a medium sized circular experience with numerous nooks and crannies on the outside, ramps and lifts on the inner rim, a few towers on the sides and a central structure where the action seems to always be focused towards.
After playing a few rounds, we were intrigued by some of the map's "features" including the central most lower part of the map that houses the Gravity Hammer. It's an interesting location because the Hammer is surrounded by four explosive fusion cores and a few times we saw players toss in a grenade or two on an unsuspecting Hammer-***** which only resulted in a severely weakened Hammer-*****. Speaking of Assembly's central location, on the upper most level players will spot active camouflage floating in some sort of super charged light beam. This too is a perfect place to chuck grenades into to rack up a few double (or triple) kills. We also loved the map's outer towers where jumping along the wall and navigating up towards the platforms is encouraged and those who make it up alive will be treated with rockets. Explosively useful rockets at that.
Now you ask, how does it play? Surprisingly enough, Assembly may be our favorite Halo 3 multiplayer map yet. It's a nice mix of close quarters combat, open long range combat and risk versus reward scenarios that you don't see too much in other maps. At times it's chaotic, other times you'll feel like you're stalking your prey and at other times you'll wonder why you can't walk ten feet without being loaded full of BR bullets. Honestly, Assembly is a very well designed map."
Pictures!:
When I saw the screens in the Weekly Update on friday, I was a bit underwhelmed. Being as the map is a Covenant structure, it was hard to get a feel for how large the map was. Thanks to the videos from PAX though, it seems to be much larger of a map than the pictures indicate. Joystiq's impressions of the map have me very excited, and I can't wait for this map to drop. Now, Bungie, show us some Moonbase Alpha and Spacemap! Then get this **** Mythic Map Pack on the Marketplace!
Zero Beat
Cognitive Scientist
Cool find. It does look a lot like Midship, especially the first screen.
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
Sorry if this has been asked before, but is it true that you still take damage when people fire at your katana? I also heard that people can stick the katana and you die because of that. I have every single achievement in Halo 3 but I've read alot of people claiming that they got stuck with a plasma grenade on their katana and they died and this makes me not want to wear it.
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
Yea and if your opponents might see the katana sticking out behind a wall or ledge so yeah...
but im still reading alot of people debating over if the katana can be hit.
GAW is correct, different armor permutations don't have different hitboxes, so it can't be stuck or shot. If it looks like it's stuck or shot, it's lag showing the plasma grenade someone other than it really is, like when you see a plasma grenade floating behind someone and it says they were stuck when they eventually blow up.
blazer787
Smash Journeyman
yay!! my speed runs are up at HighSpeedHalo
youtube won't let me upload my covanet runs because they are more than 10 min. but here is my sierra 117 5:53 run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZCvE8hjzCg
youtube won't let me upload my covanet runs because they are more than 10 min. but here is my sierra 117 5:53 run http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZCvE8hjzCg
F8AL
Banned via Warnings
Rumor: The Mythic Map Pack (when it is released) may add on 30 additional achievements and totaling in additional 750 GS (1750 total GS for Halo 3 because they said 250 additional GS per map-pack and since this will be the third one (Heroic, Legendary and followed by the Mythic map-pack))
Source : http://forums.ascendantjustice.com/index.php?showtopic=2071&st=40&p=9239511&#entry9239511
List of additional achievements:
Heretic Skull
25gs
Citadel Skull
25gs
Assembly Skull
25gs
Sandbox Skull
25gs
Orbital Skull
25gs
Longshore Skull
25gs
Tank Dropper
25gs
Zombie Repeller
25gs
Delicious Brains
25gs
Save This Film
25gs
Have Fun Respawning
25gs
Killtacular
25pt
Awww, Too Bad
25gs
... Get the Horns
25gs
Post Mortem
25gs
Ghost Patrol
25gs
Blades of Fury
25gs
Pull
25gs
Hammer Time
25gs
Look Both Ways
50gs
Road Rage
25gs
Flag Dropped
25gs
Defend This
50gs
Came... From... Behind...
50gs
Alas, Poor Yorick
25gs
Double Double
25g
Vidmaster Challenge: Brainpan
25gs
Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7
0gs
Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch
0gs
Vidmaster Challenge: Annual
0gs
A few explanations of some of the achievements:
Double Double
On a Legendary map, got two Double Kills during a ranked or social match.
Came... From... Behind
On a Legendary map, got three assassinations during a ranked or social match.
Look Both Ways
On a Legendary map, got a Splatter Spree during a ranked or social match
Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7
Entered into a ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
Vidmaster Challenge: Annual
After 9/25/08, completed Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
Pictures:
Source : http://forums.ascendantjustice.com/index.php?showtopic=2071&st=40&p=9239511&#entry9239511
List of additional achievements:
Heretic Skull
25gs
Citadel Skull
25gs
Assembly Skull
25gs
Sandbox Skull
25gs
Orbital Skull
25gs
Longshore Skull
25gs
Tank Dropper
25gs
Zombie Repeller
25gs
Delicious Brains
25gs
Save This Film
25gs
Have Fun Respawning
25gs
Killtacular
25pt
Awww, Too Bad
25gs
... Get the Horns
25gs
Post Mortem
25gs
Ghost Patrol
25gs
Blades of Fury
25gs
Pull
25gs
Hammer Time
25gs
Look Both Ways
50gs
Road Rage
25gs
Flag Dropped
25gs
Defend This
50gs
Came... From... Behind...
50gs
Alas, Poor Yorick
25gs
Double Double
25g
Vidmaster Challenge: Brainpan
25gs
Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7
0gs
Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch
0gs
Vidmaster Challenge: Annual
0gs
A few explanations of some of the achievements:
Double Double
On a Legendary map, got two Double Kills during a ranked or social match.
Came... From... Behind
On a Legendary map, got three assassinations during a ranked or social match.
Look Both Ways
On a Legendary map, got a Splatter Spree during a ranked or social match
Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7
Entered into a ranked or social playlist with 7 EXP on the 7th of the month.
Vidmaster Challenge: Annual
After 9/25/08, completed Halo on 4-player Legendary LIVE co-op, with Iron, and everyone in Ghosts.
Pictures:
smashman90
Smash Lord
I think it would be cool if it's true, but I got a feeling that it's a fake.
Achievements would be one of the things to get me to play Halo religiously again. Four player co-op over Live with the Iron skull turned on AND everyone in Ghosts? And it's worth 0 points? I'm ****ing game. Who wants to join me?
MASAHIROx
Smash Lord
so ive been meaning to do this for a while but i really want to establish a solid 4 to 6 man squad to be the official team smashboards.
i reallly want to do this for at least Team Slayer and MLG. we have the talent but we just are not organized.
players i would recommend would be: zero, alt, cashed, leo, bjdavis, l0zr and me of course.
lets do this guys. come on.
i reallly want to do this for at least Team Slayer and MLG. we have the talent but we just are not organized.
players i would recommend would be: zero, alt, cashed, leo, bjdavis, l0zr and me of course.
lets do this guys. come on.
smashman90
Smash Lord
Cashed, I would join ya in that 4 player co-op with iron and on ghosts because that would be very fun (and difficult probably). And Mas, you left me out...*sobs* Oh well.
MASAHIROx
Smash Lord
o **** my bad
smashman90
Smash Lord
It appears that the new achievement rumors were true: http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=15422
The "we can't talk about any of the other achievements" comment adds fuel to the fire that there's going to be something like an actual expansion to Halo 3.
But oh man, so can't wait to do the finish the game with Iron on and everyone in Ghosts achievement.
But oh man, so can't wait to do the finish the game with Iron on and everyone in Ghosts achievement.