Official Halo thread

[carocat]

Simple, just wondering how many people on here still do?

[Dcontrol]

Nope haven't played it for ages and ages nor do I intend to either. Last time I played it nothing had changed from the last time, it was still full of chopsy internet hardmen who sounded about 10 who were only good at trash talking and nothing else. There are a few people on here that still play it though.

[linkofhyrule]

I haven't played it in months because I hate using BC on the 360, and it's really not that good without friends anyway.

I'm just holding out until Halo 3, then I'll have my fill of Halo :)

[Fleeboi]

I plan to just as soon as I get my component cables back, up until now I've been using VGA cables, and since I had to have my 360 replaced I can't download the maps and updates due to the component thing.

Then I'll be back on it regularly, playing customs and what not.

[carocat]

Why do peopel always ignore polls? :p

[Superbean]

yeah i still play halo2 but only if mates are playing? h2 is crap now though!

[Fleeboi]

lol, I was going to go for the first one, but seeing as I don't atm but plan to, I thought I'd leave it. =p

Superbean you lier, I know why you don't play it anymore... lmao.

[Bonzo UK]

A couple of days/weeks back i was back to playing it regulary (almost for about 3-4 hours everyday).
Before that i used to play double team matchmaking with a mate from school all the time, we used to be a pretty beasty double team and it was really funny proberly one of the best times i had on live was playing it with him. After at least 7-8 months of not playing the game regularly i went back to it, bringing a friends list of Xbox 360 owners who didn't play the game anymore.
So at first i started playing unranked FFA MM, got the jist of the game again and moved to play Team hardcore, stumbled alot due to the fact that when i used to play the game i didn't know any button combinations like the double shot, BxB's or BxR's existed.
Aswell as finding it harder to play, i also had nobody to play with, most noticeably my friend who i used to play double team with regulary. I also had to play on American hosts all the time which wasn't fun.
In the past few days i have had connection problems (Broadband supplier without notice sending my service offline for 3+ days, complicated router settings being changed and no longer working) so i havent been playing recently, but if it wasn't for those problems then i would still be playing.
/Essay over

[Fleeboi]

I used to play double team matchmaking with a mate from school all the time, we used to be a pretty beasty double team and it was really funny proberly one of the best times i had on live was playing it with him.

I got into double team for a while with a mate, we got up to 30's at one point, after that it was just hectic.

The most fun on this game has to be customs though, not the typical non-competitive ones though (zombies, glitches etc), but ones that you do play seriously like MLG FFA as it's full of crazy "OMG WTF LOLZ" moments. I hope I can get on a few people off my FL to get back on that game now, I need to start practicing again.

[carocat]

Well, I'll be around to give you some easy kills if you want. :)

I sort of want to go back to playing this every now and then again.

[linkofhyrule]

Why do peopel always ignore polls? :p
Whoops... :p

[Bonzo UK]

Well, I'll be around to give you some easy kills if you want. :)
Your not that easy to kill :p

[just Jam Man]

i'll be playing as soon as i renew my xbox live subscription,
after that i'll be playign all the time until halo 3 comes out
PLANN!!!

justskalez?
lol

[Headshot]

i cant play too oftern becouse i regulary swap hardrives around n it takes games to download all the masp again becouse when u un plug ur harddrive and put it back again u lose all the maps...

[Dvx Uk]

I need some HAlo2 buddies if you want to add me(Y)

Team Snipers is my favourite:D

[just Jam Man]

get on team hardcore dude
it's where the real experience is at
actually old school BTB was teh best.

[Fleeboi]

Hardcore is the best gametype in MM, Team Slayer's alright but later there's far too much cheating later on, but the winning streaks you can get in the earlier levels are unbelievable, like getting from level 1 to 27 without losing a match.

Jam... you know customs beat Hardcore though, unless you have a kick --- 4 man team that communicate properly, doesn't matter which team gets host then, you'd kick ---.

[Wriggy]

I used to before the 360... now I can't be arsed :P

[Headshot]

iv had some amazing LAN custom matches in my house with like 8 people round, but team hardcore online is mint

[Fleeboi]

I'll be back on this soon kicking ---, if any of you guys wanna do some customs, or play some MM hit me up and we'll get some games going occasionally.

Me and Jam Man will be starting a little 2v2 thing soon, so if anyone's up to some skins give us a shout.

[Superbean]

Superbean you lier, I know why you don't play it anymore... lmao.

Yeah your serious lack of skill was putting me off playing halo2 that much i had to quit (Y).

Hardcore is the best gametype in MM, Team Slayer's alright but later there's far too much cheating later on, but the winning streaks you can get in the earlier levels are unbelievable, like getting from level 1 to 27 without losing a match.

Jam... you know customs beat Hardcore though, unless you have a kick --- 4 man team that communicate properly, doesn't matter which team gets host then, you'd kick ---.

and no Multi-Team was the best playlist, hope they bring that abck for halo3


now lets start a war XD

[Joe]

no, never did really :sleepy:

[Fleeboi]

Yeah your serious lack of skill was putting me off playing halo2 that much i had to quit (Y).



and no Multi-Team was the best playlist, hope they bring that abck for halo3


now lets start a war XD

Me and you, 1v1 now!

:halo::fps::halo:

That's me shooting you in the back of the face btw.

[just Jam Man]

Yeah your serious lack of skill was putting me off playing halo2 that much i had to quit (Y).



and no Multi-Team was the best playlist, hope they bring that abck for halo3


now lets start a war XD

OMG multi team?
get out!
go go on your not welcome here
lol oj,
but still
gayest gametype EVER

[Fleeboi]

Multi team was good, I liked it.

[carocat]

It's all about Rumble armory. Say you've just spent a couple hours playing Team Hardcore or whatnot with people, it used to be so much fun just playing a little bit of Rumble Armory.

Especially when it was needlers and we only went for beatdowns. :D

[just Jam Man]

the needler in the halo 3 beta was absolutely ridiculous
was like te best damn weapon ever,
forget the sword or the sniper
just whip out a needler
im sure they'll sort it out though

[Fleeboi]

Everything on Halo 3 is amazing tbh, it's as if they've just made the Spartans weaker, think about it:

Hog
Needler
Shotgun (actually works)
Brute Spikers
Grenades
Carbine

etc

[carocat]

You liked the spikers? I thought they were very weak. Just like the SMG really.

[Dcontrol]

You liked the spikers? I thought they were very weak. Just like the SMG really.

If you dual wielded them they were pretty good at close range but rubbish at any other distance.

[Fleeboi]

Spiker/SMG seriously owns, perhaps more than plasma rifle/SMG.

[carocat]

Spiker/SMG seriously owns, perhaps more than plasma rifle/SMG.
Really? I didn't bother too much with dual wielding on the beta, but I do know how effective SMG/Plasma Rifle can be. I'll have to try that combo on Halo 3.

[just Jam Man]

i never dual wielded either, strange that,
the spiekrs make a bloody sweet orgasmic noise,
i play it back to myself on my ipod (Y)

[carocat]

Haha, that's just wrong.

just818?

[just Jam Man]

you'll seeeeee
start the fight September 2007 :P:P

[Bonzo UK]

Everything on Halo 3 is amazing tbh, it's as if they've just made the Spartans weaker, think about it:

Hog
Needler
Shotgun (actually works)
Brute Spikers
Grenades
Carbine
They haven't made the spartans weaker really, in multiplayer there will be more versions of the warthog than were seen in Halo 2 the most noticeable difference seen on the Halo 3 beta was the wartwog turret which had a significant damage boost.
The Needler recieved a massive damage boost but it's pretty simple to avoid it, you just have to strafe in one direction until the opponent needs to reload (Missing the needles). However if you don't have anywhere to strafe or you don't know where the enemy is and they start shooting at you it's almost impossible to avoid death.
The Shotgun was extremely overpowered, my bet is that they'll tone the damage down before the game will ship. Sword>Shotgun, practically one shot kill with the shotgun really messes the game up IMO.
The Carbines strength will be changed to make it weaker than the Battle Rifle, already reported on Bungie.net.

You liked the spikers? I thought they were very weak. Just like the SMG really.
The spikers are really strong at close range (You only need to fire 1/3 of the clip into an opponent and hit them with a melee to kill them) IMO doing that is much faster and easier than killing someone with them dual wielded.

[Fleeboi]

They haven't made the spartans weaker really, in multiplayer there will be more versions of the warthog than were seen in Halo 2 the most noticeable difference seen on the Halo 3 beta was the wartwog turret which had a significant damage boost.
The Needler recieved a massive damage boost but it's pretty simple to avoid it, you just have to strafe in one direction until the opponent needs to reload (Missing the needles). However if you don't have anywhere to strafe or you don't know where the enemy is and they start shooting at you it's almost impossible to avoid death.
The Shotgun was extremely overpowered, my bet is that they'll tone the damage down before the game will ship. Sword>Shotgun, practically one shot kill with the shotgun really messes the game up IMO.
The Carbines strength will be changed to make it weaker than the Battle Rifle, already reported on Bungie.net.


The spikers are really strong at close range (You only need to fire 1/3 of the clip into an opponent and hit them with a melee to kill them) IMO doing that is much faster and easier than killing someone with them dual wielded.

As if, I didn't say they were, just pointing out that the majority of weapons can now be used effectively, where as in Halo 2, a lot of the weapons were ignored in the hope of getting a more powerful one later.

You only have to look at the melee's and BR's power to notice that Spartans are just as hard as ever. (although the BR is much more accurate long range)

I think the Shotgun should stay the same power wise, with the substantial power gain it's a reliable weapon, not just for host.

[just Jam Man]

omg please dont tell me how to avoid needler needles
shotgun was one shot kill in halo 2 so that point just proved invalid

[Uriel Septim]

Never really got into halo 2 all tho this guy on my freinds list always sends me invites to play it and i told him i do not own it.

[just Jam Man]

i hate that,
it's like when peopel give you invites for stuff like Dead or Alive 4,
doesnt make sense,
who in their right mind still has that game?

[samo8076]

iv recently started playing it again, mainly for practice on Halo 3 when it comes out. Seems to be more cheaters than ever these days.

[just Jam Man]

theres less, especially now you hardly ever see modders,
you might just be playing REALLy good people
because only the hardcore fans still play it,

[carocat]

With Halo it's understandable for that horrible 'invite all online friends' option. That should have never been implemented.

As for other games, yeah, I know what you mean, very annoying and pointless.

[Bonzo UK]

shotgun was one shot kill in halo 2 so that point just proved invalid
Shotgun was one shot kill on Halo 2 - when you shot someone in the head with it, on Halo 3 shoot someone with it in the legs at close range and it kills them. Not overpowered?

[Superbean]

The shotgun has always been overpowerd, but it also has to do with host, if ure host you can get a much easier kill with the shotgun at range than you could without host.

[Superbean]

Whos up for starting an official halo thread, seeing as weve all got plenty to chat about in here.

[carocat]

Or just change the name of this thread to 'Official Halo thread'? :p

I take it everyone in here is going to get Halo 3 on launch day then?

[Superbean]

Or just change the name of this thread to 'Official Halo thread'? :p

Never though of that lol.

I take it everyone in here is going to get Halo 3 on launch day then?

Yeah off course lol!:)

[smileemptysoul]

all the little kids and -------s piss me off i quit playing H2

[Fleeboi]

Shotgun was one shot kill on Halo 2 - when you shot someone in the head with it, on Halo 3 shoot someone with it in the legs at close range and it kills them. Not overpowered?

Doesn't have to be headshot on Halo 2, I've crotch shot many opponents while I'm crouching on host and they drop like a bag of ----.

[Headshot]

i hate that,
it's like when peopel give you invites for stuff like Dead or Alive 4,
doesnt make sense,
who in their right mind still has that game?

i still have it n i play about an hour a day, its a very good game if u get to know ur character n understand the counter system

[Fleeboi]

The counter system on DOA is piss easy.

I'd like to get that game again, I played it ages ago and really enjoyed it, either that or get VF when it comes out because that's awesome as well.

[just Jam Man]

Shotgun was one shot kill on Halo 2 - when you shot someone in the head with it, on Halo 3 shoot someone with it in the legs at close range and it kills them. Not overpowered?

why on earth would you shoot someone in the leg? if you're going to start aiming for anything other than the head you might aswell just quit.
oh and headshot
i thought someone would say that, im glad for you
anyway, cant wait for sept 25th :P
i get to play halo a whole 31 hours before the UK
with my sexy legendary edition
caneeet wait

[just Jam Man]

just in case anybody hasn't checked bungie.net
the new update is out, some good questions asked and some decent answers,
cat it seems liek the female spartan voice is going to be implemented (Y)
defo work a look, might answer some questions you've been wanting to know the answer to

[Headshot]

so is halo getting released 16th or the 26th?

[just Jam Man]

26th for the UK,
25th for australia and the US,
where did you get the idea about it being the 16th?

[carocat]

I'm not too sure on the female spartan voice, have to see what it's really like

How many guys will be using it? lol

[just Jam Man]

fleeboi probably, he's like that sometimes, usually has pink logos and stuff on halo.

[Superbean]

Hell yeah i will be, pink spartan 4TW.

[just Jam Man]

i'm just gutted that you can't have black spartans :(
i thought they'd include that for Halo 3
oh and also
thanks to superbean for this btw, he let me know,
bungie arent including clan support on launch,
and guess who's fault it is?
Microsofts, theyre actually not letting bungie do it,
total tools

[Sean]

I used to play it every single day but now I no longer have it :( maybe I should re-invest.

[just Jam Man]

well if your getting halo 3, then you should probably go through the storyline again so you know whats happening at the start of number 3

[Sean]

It'll probally be easier to catch up on the story online :)

[carocat]

I think it's not too bad that they don't include clan support. I mean I never thought that was too great on Halo 2 anyway.

It's all about finding your own team and scrimming rather than being matched up against randomers IMO.

And most clans that are around now on halo 2 or that have since moved on to 360 games will play as a clan even though they may not have a clan option.

PLus you can change the prefix to something of your clan and have identical symbols, etc.

As for spartan colour, I used to be all crimson with the Mark of shame on a white background for ages, then changed it to the Grunt logo which on Xbox Live kinda makes it look like a cat. Well, with A LOT of imagination anyway!

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7544/halo2emblem14519dcxv0.png

[just Jam Man]

i'm not really bothered about the clans, i agree with the scrimming comment, you could play with your team on MM against anybody so not much point in clans. but i just think its shocking how MS is the one to blame. cheeky bints

[just Jam Man]

ohhhh guys, just found an awesome sticky on bungie.nets forums
it has a list of all the vehicles and weapons and equipment that have been released so far, also has links to a wikipedia page about them
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=12223792

FLARE GRENADEESSSS 4TW

[Dcontrol]

Yeah nice find Jam Man (Y).

http://images1.wikia.com/halo/images/thumb/8/8a/New_Flamer.jpg/300px-New_Flamer.jpg

Thats the picture that they are using for the flamethrower on the wikipedia link :D.

[just Jam Man]

yeah a link that trojan gave in the other thread shows a spartan using it, it looks so good, really detailed and quite realistic looking (not compared to RL flamethrowers)

[just Jam Man]

OMGGGG,
looks what australia is getting (dont know about any other countries)
http://au.gear.ign.com/articles/812/812103p1.html
how cool is that
oh em geeee

[Fleeboi]

I told you about flares ages ago, I knew about those things just after the beta was launched after someone looked through the coding and found it.

Oh, and that Missile Case is a GameStop exclusive, we don't have GameStop over here (yet), so we wont be seeing this as far as I know.

[Fleeboi]

Anyone else heard of the "Halo 3 Epsilon" thing?

Basically, it's a more advanced beta, selected participants have 6 multiplayer maps to choose from, full custom playlists, get to play with Forge and can do the first campaign level in 4 player co-op over live.

They may have the different spartans to choose from aswell though I'm not sure.

Sounds sweet, I'd do anything to get picked... not long now though for the actual game I suppose.

[just Jam Man]

yeah theres a few people playing that,
pretty good idea,
generates more hype

[Fleeboi]

I think it has more to do with testing the networking for co-op, it was released not long after Bungie's announcement.

[carocat]

I'm not too sure the flare grenade is such a great idea. After all Halo is mainly aout open spaces and throwing a flash would blind/deafen you too....

[just Jam Man]

thats what i thought cat, especailly as it isnt grenade, its equipment. so like how do you throw it that far? it could be used as a suicide charg on a base for the flag, then your team follow in behindd you,
the firebomb looks amazing though

[LordDurham]

For me, it's just a old game I won't ever touch again >>

The only game on Xbox I still play is Kotor I just finished.

[just Jam Man]

yee, that was one of the legendary titles that the xbox had, awesome game, never gave it much chance though.
anyway talking about the epsilon, i was in the car today and we went past a street called Epsilon Drive, coincidence :)

[nitrox]

playing halo 2 almost every sunday, but i sure am waiting for HALO 3 to come out !!!! (Y)

[just Jam Man]

some more info has been unveiled, this time a new multiplayer map has been shown.
details hereee
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/813/813197p1.html

it's called Narrows btw :D

[just Jam Man]

Also something that i found quite interesting and rather funny
Halo has gone from this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:First_official_halo_screenshot.jpg
To this- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Halo_3_singleplayer.jpg
LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME

[Fleeboi]

Halol, I think I preferred the original tbh. >.<

[Dvx Uk]

Anyone interested in palying some HALO 2 on Friday?

[just Jam Man]

i'll be up for it, depending on what time like.
if you have msn PM me your address and whenever i'm online we'll see if we can both get on and play.

[Dvx Uk]

good good PM sent!

We need atleast two more to get a decent party going. Team Slayer and Snipers sometime between 6-10pm British Time!:D

[just Jam Man]

how the hell do you expect me to do that like? i'm 7 hours ahead dont forget

[Dvx Uk]

^^^ lol, o yeah forgot. Well if you are ever on i will send you an invite or vice versa(Y)

[Fleeboi]

I'm in, got the maps and everything, so yeah... s'all good.

[carocat]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l273/Bofftness/lukeHalo3.jpg

Desperate much?!

[just Jam Man]

well, if he can get a few pennys (cents) threw at him then he's sorted. so totally worth it.