If you make your way over to Bungie.net for some Halo 3 stats action you may notice a few cosmetic and feature upgrades. And even though Bungie hasn't announced the Service Record updates (look for news in today's Weekly Update) we spotted the changes yesterday, so let's get to 'em.
Heatmaps. Yup, Bungie added a multiplayer Heatmaps tab in the Career Stats section that allows you to look at each multiplayer map and see where you kill and get killed the most. It's what we in the biz call a "hot" feature. Moving along we also noticed some cosmetic changes in the Service Record's header. Rockin' a new honeycomb background the header now displays your rank and experience point details on the left with your rank, pin and campaign completion logos to the right. Back in the Career Stats section, you'll now notice that your Tools of Destruction area is sporting percentages and when you hover over each weapon it'll display a rendered in-game picture of the weapon instead of the blue and white outlined artwork.
There may be other Halo 3 Service Record features or cosmetic updates that we didn't see or stumble across, so hit the comments and speak up if you found something else. Otherwise, the new Heatmaps inclusion and overall cosmetic updates really add to the already feature-rich Halo 3 stats section and it's good to see Bungie is willing to make tweaks. Stats FTW!
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11-09-2007 @ 10:47AM
erivera3 said...
Halo 3 is such a complete package, gotta love the support from Bungie too!
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11-09-2007 @ 10:56AM
JimmyJett said...
Also if you go to edit your bnet profile you'll notice that there's a new option to make your forum avatar the same as your Halo 3 player model. Now you can show off to everyone your sweet Recon armor (or not if Bungie hasn't given it to you yet).
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11-09-2007 @ 11:04AM
Jim Halpert DM said...
Whoo who, it's funny cause you said hot feature and the feature is hot mapping.(Said with a high pitched Indian accent.) Screw you if you don't get the reference.
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11-09-2007 @ 11:08AM
DemonGSides said...
The pop-up always happened, FYI.
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11-09-2007 @ 11:15AM
lharmon said...
It's cool. I don't need props. *sad face, tear rolls down one cheek* I just wanted you to love me dad!
Anyway, I love how extensive they are with this site. Good times, really makes me love the game even more.
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11-09-2007 @ 11:27AM
FunkDaddy said...
So, I guess you need to play a game after the heat map feature is enabled? MIne are all blank...
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11-09-2007 @ 11:51AM
USMC BEANS said...
I also noticed yesterday that the "Classified: We're calling our lawyers" kill now shows a cone flying at a spartan's head.
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11-09-2007 @ 11:54AM
Boff said...
Just checked out the heatmaps, very nice addition.
I checked out my deaths, and was pleasantly surprised to see the whole map WASN'T covered in a big red glow!
But the kills weren't even lukewarm either!!
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11-09-2007 @ 11:59AM
StudleyUK said...
There are also "global heatmaps" (accessible via the drop-down menu at the top: Bungie Online > Global Heatmaps). These are quite cool for finding out general trends for the level. For instance, if you switch it to Kills/Sniper, you can find all the good camping spots ;)
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11-09-2007 @ 12:06PM
Austin said...
@7 What is this "Classified: We're calling our lawyers" kill?
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11-09-2007 @ 12:20PM
WiseGuy said...
This game blows COD4 outta the water!!!!
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11-09-2007 @ 12:57PM
Tim said...
@11 While I enjoy both games and while Halo 3 has more stat tracking options than Halo 3 COD4 holds it own very nicely against Halo 3 IMO. Both are great games and should be enjoyed not pitted against one another!
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11-09-2007 @ 1:03PM
Stephen said...
You guys forgot the best feature of them all! When you play a game it updates within 3 seconds of the completion of your game!
In a nutshell...IT'S HELLA-FAST NOW! We'll see how fast it updates this weekend when everyone is on though.
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11-09-2007 @ 1:46PM
ian said...
I wish they would fix the game first before they add stuff like this, namely the lackluster maps, the boring playlists, and the damn melee system. Halo 3 is so commercialized I can't even play it anymore.
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11-09-2007 @ 4:03PM
burgerbat said...
oh ian you're so cool. you hate halo. now go play okami.
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11-09-2007 @ 5:17PM
Dan said...
did anyone else notice there was an option for the fuel rod gun on the heat map?
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11-09-2007 @ 6:54PM
Ryan j Budke said...
Do you have to play once after logging in before the heatmap data shows up? Mine are all blank...
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11-10-2007 @ 5:53PM
ryan said...
that's cool, but i already knew those places were death traps or that place is a great place to kill. it's called a MEMORY.
it also doesn't really do much for me since the map is usually red in both Death By, Kill Most categories. they both look the SAME.
nice feature, kinda worthless. *moving on*
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11-12-2007 @ 12:06PM
justbiglee said...
check out the text for a flag kill lol
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z279/justbiglee/flag.jpg
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11-13-2007 @ 8:52AM
borandi said...
If you goto Post Game Carnage report, then mouse over a players logo, you get all sorts of info on them too for that round.
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