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Bungie Weekly Update: 8/01/08

Look today is a Palindrome! [url=/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=14994] click for full story [/url]

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  • is this gonna work the same as it did in h2 cause i think it would be a good idea if it was but if its just getting so much "experience" then any recruit with a high skill of 2 can get general and then all the good players will leave matchmaking altogether

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RhythmKiller Does anybody else not grasp the [i]point[/i] of this new system? I mean sure, I can't see anything bad about it.... but what benefit will this have? Honestly I don't see why they'd spend their time making this happen.[/quote] I agree. I don't see what this will change. I already don't give a rats a55 about my rank and if ranking up is still linked to "winning", then the same problems will arise as before. Crappy players will just party up with good ones and be back up there in no time. I don't see why they spent so much time doing this. It feels completely useless. [Edited on 08.02.2008 5:19 AM PDT]

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  • lukmes when is the auto update live

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Raptor TH I think the original rank still should be showed behind your GT. omg even a First lieutenant could be a general :S , its to confusing.[/quote] Alot of people can't wrap their heads around this, your RANK (I`m not talking about SKILL level) in a certain playlist will not be your overall RANK, and your overall RANK will work the same way as it does now, same as the overall SKILL level works now. Even if you become a General in one playlist, that`s right a General (which is only an EXP measurement, sort of COD4-style), not a 50, it will still not make you an overall General unless you get a SKILL level of 50 in that playlist. Your RANKS, (once again I`m not talking about SKILL level) in certain playlists have nothing to do with your actual, overall rank, so don`t worry about that. This new system just basically shows what playlists you have more EXP in, and how much of that EXP you have in the respective playlists. That`s it.

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  • Another completely useless update by Bungie. Let's not fix the BR spread, the unregistering sniper headshots or the netcode that actually REFUNDS bullets because even it knows how much people sponge bullets, let's just cater to the total nublets in the game that probably play once every week. Us generals now need to re-do EVERYTHING we've done already? I worked for my general, other people worked for their generals, and in one swift move Bungie un-do all that work. We don't care if it shows on our service record lukems, people very rarely look there. I reached prestige 10, 55 in cod4 so quickly, and actually left the game because there was nothing else to do. I came back to halo, got my 50 and tried for 50's in other playlists. A general is a status symbol - You can out play many people and have put up with the awful flaws in the game, such as having to PERFECTLY 6 shot somebody with a BR off-host. Sure, it'll stop the "I played 15 games and didn't go up" threads. But now we'll get, "I'd rather play 15 games and not rank-up than have to play 600games AND WIN just for a general in that playlist; which I'll probably never play again since I need a general in 20 other playlists." If people would do some research on how the trueskill rating works, these threads wouldn't be everywhere, but no - Bungie want to keep their fanboys happy and give them the easy option. Now we'll have level 15's giving us 50's grief in playlist because we're a 50 captain, and they're an oh-so-mighty level 15 general in social slayer. Well done bungie, you've destroyed you're ranking system - you've employed a World of Warcraft style of leveling. Grind, grind, grind. If you grind enough you might hit general. Press ranked, change playlist and grind, grind grind. Level 50 now means nothing, all of our work gone - just because bungie wants to keep their "oh bungie you can do no wrong i love you, im an AR pro" community happy. God, if it wasn't for MLG - halo would be dead. Bungie are actively trying to kill their own game; sabotage it if you will. Thank god for customs - MM is a disgrace. Bungie I cannot even begin to imagine the warped sense of gaming that you seem to think when implemented will improve a game that is inferior to halo 2. Halo on the PC and halo 2 were just incredible. They worked, people knew the worked. But you have strayed far off the path with halo 3. It's just...not the same - all the little things ruin it. The BR spread, the textures on walls which make your grenades bounce back and hit you, the pathetically small radius of rockets and explosions, no REAL pistol, the awful way in which the game picks host....I only have 7,000 characters left so I'll not list all the faults. Bungie Fanboys - you're pathetic for letting your "Gods", if you will - continue their reign of destruction on this game. [Edited on 08.02.2008 5:09 AM PDT]

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  • I think the original rank also should be showed behind your GT. omg even a First lieutenant could be a general :S , its to confusing. [Edited on 08.02.2008 4:51 AM PDT]

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  • i think this will be awesome, i was never the sort of person to worry about ranks or skill levels but it will be fun ranking up all over again

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  • I'll reserve judgment till after the AU has happened but so far it's rather intriguing !!

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  • Wasn't there supposed to be a podcast coming this week? But anyway, the ranking thing sounds cool, those people whining about it, well, it really won't make any difference to your rank or skill level, or to the actual game at all, so there's really nothing to whine about. I can't wait to see what the bigger changes are!

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  • Ugh, figured we'd see purple reign after the "sketch."

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  • Does anybody else not grasp the [i]point[/i] of this new system? I mean sure, I can't see anything bad about it.... but what benefit will this have? Honestly I don't see why they'd spend their time making this happen.

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  • So is that it? Are those the "big" changes? I couldnt give a rats a55 about my rank.

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  • I hope that those are not the "major" changes you've been talking about.

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  • You spelled lollollollol wrong >:( Living Dead is coming!

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  • thats it i have officially retired from matchmaking. like hell im going to play that playlist again and again just to get my rank to show up as a commander -blam!- this -blam!-. And another thing my rank better be the same in custom games

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  • Ok, i'd like to ask a question, so if you went on my service record it would say im a colonol grade 2 with 40 skill but if i went on team slayer it would say, 32 skill, but i would be an apprentice, correct? if so im really looking foward to this, i'd love to start over =]

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  • hmmm AU2... I seriously dont see the added value of how much exp you earned per playlist. If it was up to me it'd be like this: take out all the seperate skill levels for each playlist and just use a general skill level for each player/playlist. I just hate it to go skill down because I get teamed up with lower skill level players that actually are 10 skillpoints higher as highest skill in their service record. It just doesnt seem fair that way and it severely slows down the other players to go skill up.

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  • Nice update, althoughI would like to have read some info on the webcam activities including bungie's own unit of unsc marines with a spartan. I will enjoy the new found ability to humble others with my rocket race prowess. at least I'll be a general something....

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  • When will this update take place?

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  • What i make of the Auto update is that each playlist will have its own rank. I.e you can be a general in lone wolves, but maybe only a commander in team slayer. And any experience that you make in, say team slayer wont just go towards team slayer, but your [i]overall[/i] experience aswell. I think its just a way of breaking it down so you can see how good people are in certain playlists. And also i think that when the update takes place your rank wont go by you [i] skill [/i] number but experience instead. So it doesnt really matter if your a 50 now... ...But then that kind of ruins the purpose of [i] social [/i] and [i] ranked [/i] playlists...? [Edited on 08.02.2008 3:03 AM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] D3ADLY SQUIRREL [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] A sIxtY nInEr NO NO NO! Your OVERALL rank AND exp WILL STAY! Each playlist has it's own mini-rank/xp system to match up better.[/quote] Ye my overall rank will stay, but i had 47 in 3 playlists. Its gna reset those playlist ranks to 1 right? That means if I ever want to get my 50 its going to take forEVER?[/quote] Your skill level is going to stay the same the new ranks are based only on EXP

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  • this ahas to be the stupides idea u guys have had yet this will mess every thing up and geven if u reach general u wont really be one plus ur gona get a hole load of stupid noobs saying im a -blam!- general

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  • I know this is off topic but I really wish that Marty would return to score bungie's next game. He was really good at what he did and I believe that he would really enjoy the challenge of creating a completely different score for a completely different project (if it is completely different).

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] A sIxtY nInEr NO NO NO! Your OVERALL rank AND exp WILL STAY! Each playlist has it's own mini-rank/xp system to match up better.[/quote] Ye my overall rank will stay, but i had 47 in 3 playlists. Its gna reset those playlist ranks to 1 right? That means if I ever want to get my 50 its going to take forEVER?

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Robbie Beast Cool instead of fixing my disappearing bullets and lack of midship, they decided to make leveling different. Awesome you can level differently now.. that game still need massive amounts of work. Once again.... what the -blam!- bung.[/quote] oh yeah, bullet registration! If Bungie wants any proof of this I can provide them with over 10 clips from 5 games where the guy I'm shooting should be dead twice over.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] D3ADLY SQUIRREL Wow, so all the ranks I took forever to get because of the already messed up system will be reset to 1? If so, I might just quit halo.[/quote] NO NO NO! Your OVERALL rank AND exp WILL STAY! Each playlist has it's own mini-rank/xp system to match up better.

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