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2-20-2008 @ 9:58AM
dylan said...
Did they fix the 10 minute matchmaking wait time? Because if they did I'm going to miss being able to go make a pot pie while I wait to play a game.
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2-20-2008 @ 9:59AM
Ethan Rom said...
Cool
Thanks for listening Bungie!
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2-20-2008 @ 10:00AM
Digital Limit said...
So, how is the melee? Is it fixed to everyone's satisfaction? This has been a long time coming and should bring fans back if it done right. I really hope it's fixed well - I may even play Halo again!
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2-20-2008 @ 10:13AM
DjDATZ said...
Bravo Bungie. I read the explanation of the before and after and it seems a lot better now!
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2-20-2008 @ 10:28AM
JLP said...
I tried a match EARLY this morning before coming to work, just to see if I could notice anything. The "simultaneous" melee seems to be different, but i'd have to look at the film.
One BIG change I did notice is that it no longer takes just ONE melee from behind to assassinate someone. It takes at least 2, so this is a big change I think. I can remember melee's where just one hit from behind put them down before!
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2-20-2008 @ 11:46AM
Mr Sauceman said...
Can anyone confirm this statement? That it now takes more than one melee to assassinate someone? How can that be?
2-20-2008 @ 11:59AM
JLP said...
Isn't that crazy Mr. Sauceman?? I'll double check my Halo3 film to make sure. But I swear I was standing behind a guy who appeared to be AFK (or AFC..away from controller) and I whacked him good. I started to run away and then noticed he was still standing and there was no notification of my kill!! So I whacked him again and then he went down. I couldn't believe it either...so like I said I will check my film to make sure I was really behind him. I'll post the film on my Bungie profile too. If I'm wrong I'll gladly retract my statement!
2-20-2008 @ 1:15PM
JSBeckerist said...
Pretty sure I read somewhere that they were going to reduce the "angle of assassination." Meaning you have to hit them more dead-center in the back now for it to be an assassination, otherwise it's just a beatdown.
Also, both people can die if they hit each other within the latency allowance. What a funny concept though (sounds a little Riki-Oh to me!) where two people can punch each other so hard that they both die in the process...... Oh well, it's definitely different!
2-20-2008 @ 11:01AM
Chance Morgan said...
About five of us were still up playing at about 4:00 am central time and we were all booted out of xbox live one at a time to receive our autoupdate. We played several after and...so far...I like the "feel" of the new melee. It didn't make it any easier but it does seem to show more accurately on the screen what actually happened. I noticed that when someone got the jump on me that I never even got my melee off. The reverse was true for me as well. There were a couple of occasions that I never got any advance shots into them and I had to melee them two times to take them down. Which if I remember correctly is similar to the way it was. I never experienced both of us dying at the same time with a simultaneous melee. That will have to be discovered in the future.
One other change that I noticed is that brute grenades no longer stick to bubble shields and energy barriers. They bounce away just like their more rounder counterparts.
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2-20-2008 @ 11:44AM
Tr3y MoNey said...
No More Hyper-Uppercuts? Bout Time.
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2-20-2008 @ 11:58AM
stinger503 said...
As Sir Gallahan: "Gods be praised!"
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2-20-2008 @ 12:34PM
Josh said...
i think i read on bungie.net that they'd also be fixing a BXR-like glitch.. is that the sniper rifle acting almost like a mauler glitch? one can only hope... that isht is annoying
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2-20-2008 @ 12:40PM
MrKniceGuy said...
Does anyone know if the patch has to be downloaded from LIVE every time or will the games update itself? Let me clarify, I play Halo 3 at a local LAN party several times a month and not everyone has internet access and no access at the location. Will the patch auto patch other versions of the game as soon as we hook up? Anyone able to test this?
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2-20-2008 @ 12:46PM
Jason said...
They did say it there was a glitch they fixed before it became prominence, but listed it as a "BXB"? (never heard of it).
I also agree that there's no way they changed the #of hits for an assassination, it will stay as one.
2-20-2008 @ 12:50PM
Jason said...
@ dylan
They didn't fix "10 minute matchmaking". I assume you're talking about Big Team. Bungie said they are working on the fix, but it wouldn't be ready in time for AU1.
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2-20-2008 @ 2:40PM
Digital Limit said...
"One other change that I noticed is that brute grenades no longer stick to bubble shields and energy barriers. They bounce away just like their more rounder counterparts."
Is this true? Can anyone confirm this?
Seems wrong as it's a wholly unnecessary change, and morso because it's a strategy I'm sure many players have developed in the past, and changing it pointless changes how people have to play the game. I know I've had countless kills from throwing a spike grenade onto a shield door as I run through it.
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2-20-2008 @ 2:45PM
dan stabbingworth said...
Then throw it on the ground just before the door. Same thing.
2-20-2008 @ 3:19PM
Chance Morgan said...
They are promoting A betrayal to get the achievement. Not a big deal to me. I agree...people should really lighten up.
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2-20-2008 @ 3:19PM
Chance Morgan said...
They are promoting A betrayal to get the achievement. Not a big deal to me. I agree...people should really lighten up.
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2-20-2008 @ 3:21PM
Chance Morgan said...
Ignore the other two posts...crazy cut and paste issues with roboform. I may actually need to learn how to use it if I am going to use it.
Digital Limit
I can confirm with video...check out "double bubble"
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/FileShare.aspx?gamertag=Johnny%20D%20Bates
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