In brief, the matchmaking update removed Social Doubles, added Rocket Race, added new maps to both Team Slayer and Rumble Pit, Lone Wolves increased to six players and got Swords, and Multi-Team received some newness too. You can read this second matchmaking update's changes in detail after you make the treacherous jump. Happy matchmaking!
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11-14-2007 @ 10:18AM
David W. said...
haha I haven't played Halo in over a month...
I like social doubles though...so one less reason to go back, heh.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:24AM
Jay900 said...
i'm done with halo 3 matchmaking until they fix the bullcrap that comes with it for me its other games and customs with friends
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11-14-2007 @ 10:32AM
thisguyrighthere said...
@1
My feelings exactly. I haven't played in...well, I can't remember the last time I played, but I liked social doubles.
I wasn't planning on playing anytime soon so I guess it's no big deal they removed it.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:33AM
bentheo said...
rocket race is far too much fun
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11-14-2007 @ 10:36AM
iLuvUrOpinion said...
Bungie, FIX COOP MATCHMAKING, YOU RETARDS. Pretty-Please.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:36AM
Matt said...
I like Halo 3 and kind of miss it, but it's been all COD4 for me since November 5.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:39AM
JAKEJAX said...
melee still bites.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:39AM
Scott said...
I am still playing a couple times a week, the matchmaking is great. I don't understand why they would remove social doubles though? What was that hurting?
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11-14-2007 @ 10:44AM
TORO said...
Rocket race is hilarious, stayed up too late yesterday. Removing Social Doubles doesn't really bother me, but my partner and I used to warm up here.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:50AM
Emily said...
Damn that sucks that they got rid of Social Doubles, Rocket Race is okay, but nothing special, it didnt deserve to get it's own playlist.
Hand 'Em High better be on the new list man. I want it! I WANT TO PLAY IT NOW!!
I've been aching to play hang 'em high since the 3rd came out.
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11-14-2007 @ 10:53AM
Justin Chandler said...
Rocket Race is awesome hey if anyone wants to play send rme an GI or a FR my GT is Cict
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11-14-2007 @ 11:14AM
yellow said...
i'll be getting a console this holiday season and i'm kinda sad to see halo mania is already dying down even by the fanbois. i've played multiplayer a few times at a friends ad i like it but ps3 actually has good games coming out. looks like i'll be playing haze and uncharted at my house instead of halo 3 around christmas.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:19AM
dunnypop said...
yeah it's weird how the Halo 3 phase is dying down. everyone on my friend's list is playing COD 4.
I think one of the reasons is that people are way too good at this game, which deters new people from playing. That's why my friends and I stopped playing. I play Halo 3 about once a week, and on avg I see about 400k people online playing.
Good to see they are still doing updates. they need some DLC... and the DLC needs to be free.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:21AM
Josh said...
never played rocket race before last night, and it sure is a fun diversion from the other playlists
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11-14-2007 @ 11:25AM
Lianne said...
There just isn't the excitement of a new game that just came out anymore, people are still playing it all the time. The swords mode in Lone Wolves is extremely fun, and Rocket Race is great when you get tired of the just straight killing.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:26AM
lharmon said...
Well, I still love HALO 3. I play it almost everyday. I can't really get into COD4 multiplayer. It's fun, but I still love halo. I personally liked rainbow six mulitplayer better than COD...
Social doubles was fun! no reason to get rid of that! Oh well.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:29AM
TORO said...
There's still mania, yesterday at 2am I had 8 friends online and I swear everyone was playing H3. Don't make the mistake and go to the darkside yellow! lol
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11-14-2007 @ 11:31AM
NukeAssault said...
Sadly Halo is dieing down a bit even I havent played in over a month. Ive been getting my kill fill via Call Of Duty 4 (well i will be when they fix the damn game).
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11-14-2007 @ 11:31AM
TORO said...
See???? The Halo fanboy nation is speaking, even Dustin will agree. I play Halo about 4 times a week, sorry if owned you and now u hate the game. When new maps comes out it's gonna be awesome.
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11-14-2007 @ 11:35AM
Boff said...
I actually put Halo3 on for the first time in a long while last night. As frustrating as it is for me on multiplayer, it was a whole lot less frustrating than gettign kicked back to the COD4 lobby screen all night long. I paid money for that game aswell. Gutted.
The matchmaking in COD4 is fucked basically. Keeps throwing me out of games and even crashes WHEN PARTYING UP. If we do manage to party up and have 3 or more in a party only 1 or 2 will actually get into the game.
This happens for all of us and it's not much better when joining as a party of 1.
It was SUCH A PLEASURE to put Halo on and know that our party would be able to easily find a game on the first go without any problems.
Can't believe no-one else has had problems with COD4 online. Especially in the UK.
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