[360] Halo Reach: Ghosts of GFF

Well I finished out with a 1471 for the day. I don't know why but I always can count on playing past 10pm EST to boost whatever horrible games I had earlier. Probably because nobody worth playing is on at midnight.

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Originally Posted by Raptorfox

Well I finished out with a 1471 for the day. I don't know why but I always can count on playing past 10pm EST to boost whatever horrible games I had earlier. Probably because nobody worth playing is on at midnight.

Yea, I haven't done much this season but I tend to do solo arena past 10pm and only on weekdays if I want to do well.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Haha, one of the challenges today is play a level on Normal or higher with Thunderstorm on. Clearly this means we need to assemble a co-op team and play The Package on Legendary.

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Count me in. We can go look at the tribute room while we're there.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Is thunderstorm the one that level ups all the bad guys?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Shin

Also, forgot to mention this the other day but have you actually ever heard Jason Statham? He sounds exactly nothing like Jorge in any film he's ever been in. Jorge is about as un-mockney as you can get. If anything, Jorge sounds like Idris Elba, maybe Timothy Dalton but Jason Statham? Not even similar.

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of "British action hero gruff voice" rather than a direct comparison of voices.

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Originally Posted by russ

Is thunderstorm the one that level ups all the bad guys?

Yup, that's the one.

Additional Spam:
Shake, sorry dude I just can't kill anything today apparently.

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It's all about Kat's voice in FireFight <3

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Hahaha. Sheep, Shin, that Package Legendary run was hilarious. Shin is the best Banshee pilot, I need a pic of that landing.

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Originally Posted by Ramenbetsu

It's all about Kat's voice in FireFight <3

Roll with Auntie Dot for a while; I bought it because several people recommended it to me, and it is hilarious and awesome. She will sometimes call out things like "Jumping" or "gaining altitude" when you jump, and she has good enemy death quips like "vital scans indicate that you are dead."

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I might get a new voice myself. I was using Cortana for a bit, and I liked it at first, but the way she says some things is starting to grate on me now. "Changin' MAGS." Lots of emphasis on mags.

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Noble Map Pack announced. 800 points, 30 November. Looks good. One symmetrical BTB map with a large Forge palette, one symmetrical 2-8 map, and one more Invasion/BTB map.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Today's Daily Challenges include an easy 5100 cR that can be obtained within three rounds of Gruntpocalypse: 250 Firefight kills, 100 Firefight headshots, 30 Firefight grenade kills. If they keep throwing challenges like that up there, I might actually make it to Captain in the next week.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

At some point we gotta get the gang together and do some Firefight Classic (non-mm). I miss those sessions we had with Daravon, Goodhand, Phong and all on ODST trying to see how long we could last.

Also people have been making their own little gametypes for it as well. Elite Golf Madness, Brutepocalypse (lol) Elitealypse (double lol) Hunterpocalypse (why) and some other shit. Sadly there is no Skirmisherpocalypse. Probably because nobody would survive it.

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hell is elite golf madnes?

no homo

Buying map pack day one because I hate most of the ones in the game already. Hopefully they aren't shit. Anchor 9 LOOKS dope as hell though.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

So I go into Rumble Pit to get the assist challenges for the day out of the way, and the add a little variety to what I play. Ended up playing Race for the first time, of course I won. Bitches don't know about my Ridge Racer.

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Originally Posted by Ramenbetsu

Buying map pack day one because I hate most of the ones in the game already. Hopefully they aren't shit.

I'm not sure I follow your logic here Toku:

"Boy Bungie have made some bad maps that I don't enjoy playing. Guess I'll go and buy the new ones they'll be releasing on the off chance these ones aren't terrible."

Suit yourself.

How ya doing, buddy?

Who even cares. Daravon I need you do to me one more tiny favor. I also got it from my perspective but I think the impending doom is much funnier from his point of view.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Blame MW2 for getting away with jacking up the prices on map packs. I'm genuinely surprised they're not putting in one or two Firefight maps and charging 1200 for it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

From 340,000 credits down to a measly 10,000 cR due to shit bought.

Time to grind to Commander to get them chests and helmets.

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Originally Posted by DieSeLFueLeD

I'm surprised there hasn't been (if there has I'm obviously wrong and oops) more discussion of a community playlist, with maps from forge. So far I've had more fun in crazy gametypes (and on maps) made by players.

Didn't they mention something just like that in one of the weekly updates recently?

e: Yep.

Quote:

It’s our goal to roll out a community Forge World playlist that’s a staging ground for all sorts of sweet Forge content before the best of the best gets rolled out into proper matchmaking as appropriate.

[ BWU ]

Also, I'm still saving up for that damn EVA helmet. Curse you, Captain 3 -> Major.

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Weekly Update is up here. New info, and lots more on new Playlist stuff happening Tuesday. tl;dr version:


-When the DLC maps hit on 11/30, they'll be seamlessly integrated into current playlists, but there was also be a dedicated DLC playlist if that's your thing.

-Campaign Co-op Matchmaking playlist is up NOW.

-The 10/19 Playlist changes, bolded what I thought was of particular note. Real good shit, at least on paper this seems to address a good chunk of the current outstanding issues:

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Playlists

* New Playlist: Team Snipers
* New Playlist: Living Dead
* Rumble Pit
o Lineup rebalanced to offer more kill, less frill.
o Removed Infection, Safe Havens, Race, Rally, Headhunter Pro
o Removed “Classic” gametypes
* Team Slayer
o Removed all Snipers gametypes
* Team SWAT
o Added SWAT Magnums gametype
* Team Objective
o Removed 1 Flag Classic
o Removed Headhunter Pro
o Removed the following gametypes from Hemorrhage due to the size of the map with only 8 players:
+ Multiflag Classic
+ 1 Flag CTF
+ 1 Flag Pro
+ 1 Bomb Assault
o Removed Oddball and Hot Potato from Boardwalk
* Multi Team
o Removed SWAT
o Removed Classic gametypes
o Removed The Cage
o Changed weighting for Rocket Race so it does not have a 100% chance to appear in Slot 3
* Big Team Battle
o Removed Multiflag from Boneyard and Spire
* Invasion
o This playlist now offers 3 voting options
* Firefight
o Updated Firefight playlist gametypes to be a full set instead of 1 round. Adjusted skull progression.
o Removed Friendly Fire
* Score Attack
o Removed Crash Site
o Added Mythic Score Attack
o You can no longer pickup other weapons in Sniper Attack


Maps

* Zealot/Arena Zealot
o Arena Zealot is now used for all Slayer gametypes
o Players can no longer stand on the edge of the generators in space and crouch to shoot below the shield
* Asylum
o Softkill zones added to the tops of the Sniper buildings
* Boneyard
o Modified respawn zones for Slayer gametypes
* Hemorrhage
o Modified respawn zones for both bases
o Respawn timers for all Warthogs on Hemorrhage should now be 120 seconds


Gametypes

* CTF
o All CTF gametypes should now have a player respawn of 10 seconds
o All Classic CTF gametypes now feature Flag At Home To Score and Touch Return
o Flag At Home To Score disabled for all non-Classic CTF gametypes
o Modified Flag Return and Flag Reset times:
+ 1 Flag on Small maps use 10 second return and 30 second reset
+ All other CTF gametypes use 30 second return and 45 second reset
* Assault
o Assault gametypes now have a player respawn time of 10 or 15 seconds depending on the map


In addition to the Playlist changes, we’re also introducing two new Forge Map Variants with this update, Cliffhanger and Atom. Atom will be on display in the Team Slayer, Team Snipers, Team Objective, Multi Team, and Big Team Battle Playlists. Cliffhanger will be found in Rumble Pit, Team Slayer, Team SWAT, and Team Objective.

-The Firefight playlists are getting updated. Full listing below, main highlights are bolded (lol'ing forever at the Hunter Bonus Wave in Sniperfight now):

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Score Attack Playlist Updates:

* Score Attack:
o Added Glacier map.
o Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.


* Gruntpocalypse:
o Added Glacier map.
o Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.


* Sniper Attack:
o Added Glacier map.
o Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.
o Weapon pickup is now Disabled.
o Increased Melee Modifier to 150% to match Damage Modifier.


* Mythic Score Attack:
o The same set up as Score Attack but with the Mythic Skull on.



Firefight Playlist Updates:

* Firefight:
o Added Glacier map.
o Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
o Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
o Round 1 has only Tough Luck skull.
o Round 2 has Tough Luck and Catch skulls on.
o Round 3 has Tough Luck, Catch, and Cloud skulls on.
o Friendly Fire is Disabled.
o Betrayal Booting is Disabled.


* Generator Defense:
o Added Glacier map.
o Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
o Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
o Round 1 has only Tough Luck skull.
o Round 2 has Tough Luck and Catch skulls on.
o Round 3 has Tough Luck, Catch, and Cloud skulls on.
o Friendly Fire is Disabled.
o Betrayal Booting is Disabled.


* Rocketfight:
o Added Glacier map.
o Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
o Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
o Friendly Fire is Disabled.
o Betrayal Booting is Disabled.


* Sniperfight:
o Added Glacier map.
o Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
o Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
o Bonus Wave Squad 1 set to Hunters.
o Bonus Wave Squad 2 set to Hunters.
o Bonus Wave Squad 3 set to Hunters.
o Friendly Fire is Disabled.
o Betrayal Booting is Disabled.

-Level cap will be raised when a total of 117 million Daily and Weekly Challenges have been completed. A tracker will go up shortly on the front page of bnet, according to their engineers we're currently on track to hit that number in probably early November.

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No more Race, noooooooooo! No more picking up weapons in Sniper Attack, noooo! Unlimited Fuel Rod gun was hilarious.

The rest of the Firefight changes seem awesome, and good on them for finally fixing the god damn sniper building camping on Asylum.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Oh god, the double or nothing thread (wherein people have been informed if they bitch about a credits ban and are proven to be full of shit, their ban is doubled) is awesome.

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Posted by: cassa360
Dear Bungie members,
I am one of the many who has been banned from earning credits however i do not use any sort of glitch to earn my credits. i realise that i am ranking up faster than almost all of my friends but i do not know why, please could you lift my ban as i am not the cheater you think i am, Gamertag - cassa36
thank you

Inspection of your log reveals the following:

10 syncs for 4500 between 10/14/2010 8:27:34 AM and 10/14/2010 8:31:25 AM

4 syncs for 1500 between 10/12/2010 10:54:37 AM and 10/12/2010 10:56:09 AM

12 syncs for 3000 between 10/11/2010 11:11:25 PM and 10/11/2010 11:20:06 PM

And plenty more as I go deeper. I suspect you are, in fact, the cheater we think you are.

As per the original post, suspension extended.

That post is on this page

This is the start, just look for gold posts and you'll see all the action

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