Halo franchise

No problem. I had been playing with bugturtles and a friend of mine before. bugturtles then had to leave and I saw you on, so I just checked to see if you wanted to play =)


My Halo 3 night started out with bugturtles showing me around Sandtrap Heavy in a custom game. We then went into RBTB together (1Flag CTF), but the other team was just better and we had a guy leave.
My friend (Freshsoul PT) came on then and we went for another RBTB game (One Bomb ). Well, he's an 18 in it, so we got some pretty tough competition, but still managed to tie.
We decided to go into Social Slayer after that, since Freshsoul is like 36 in ranked TS which would be way too much for me and bug, only to have our party split. My team won, but Freshsoul's and bug's also had a guy just standing there, doing nothing.
Next, we go into Social Skirmish (Multi-Flag) and once again our party gets split up. This time, bug's with me, while Freshsoul's in the other team, which proceeds to trash us. Everyone from our team also left =(
Tired of getting split up, we all head into Big Team Social where we kicked asses and took names. It was still a close game (100-98 ), although I didn't really notice that because of how well it was going for me. Nearer the end, the other team had the Hog (and also the laser) and started trashing us, but we still came out on top.
bug then had to leave, so me and Freshsoul went for another match in Social Skirmish (One Bomb ), only to have everyone in our team leave and we eventually decided to drop out as well.
For the final match of the night, we went back to RBTB and had a Multi Flag CTF game on Valhalla. Again, we got tough competition and the other team was clearly better. A guy in a Banshee decimated our team for a while, but it was still somewhat of a close game, although we ended up loosing 2-3.
Lots of rumors going around that microsoft made a money printing machine.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/902/902774p1.html
Ehh, I really wouldn't put it past them. But Microsoft, counterfieting? Nah I don't believe it.
(Aug. 27, 2008  7:08 PM)James Wrote: Ehh, I really wouldn't put it past them. But Microsoft, counterfieting? Nah I don't believe it.

Uhh...Click the link...
^ lol

I wonder how Halo 4 without Bungie would be...


http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/Halo_3/...yal/716196

I was playing some Big Team Social with a friend some days ago. As the game starts, I head for the laser on our side. I spot the enemy teams Hog approaching, along with a Chopper and get the laser ready to fire. As I blast their hog to hell, my own teams hog gets caught in the way and I end up with a double kill, triple betrayal (yeah, the idiots were carrying a passenger), which I get booted for lol
(Aug. 27, 2008  10:14 PM)King of Darkness Wrote: ^ lol

I wonder how Halo 4 without Bungie would be...


http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/Halo_3/...yal/716196

I was playing some Big Team Social with a friend some days ago. As the game starts, I head for the laser on our side. I spot the enemy teams Hog approaching, along with a Chopper and get the laser ready to fire. As I blast their hog to hell, my own teams hog gets caught in the way and I end up with a double kill, triple betrayal (yeah, the idiots were carrying a passenger), which I get booted for lol

heh. that happened to me on the same level except I was shooting down a banshee my team mate was trying to take. That is why you need the missle pod quick =P
This weeks BWU, with pictures of the new map Assembly (formerly known as Purple Reign), which is playable at PAX:

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?...&cid=15366

Some videos:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/29/pax...-assembly/

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/userm...59133.html
(Aug. 27, 2008  10:14 PM)King of Darkness Wrote: http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/Halo_3/...yal/716196

haha fuuuck. i dont remember watching that video, damn thats unlucky.


new map reminds me of a map off halo 2. i never owned that game, so i cant remember the name of it.
took place inside a covenant ship.
personally i'd love to see a new map the size of valhalla, or snowbound, rather then all these close quarter maps.

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Weekly...inline.jpg
this guys drawing was actually pretty accurate, lol
(Aug. 30, 2008  2:33 PM)Guitar_Legend Wrote: http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Weekly...inline.jpg
this guys drawing was actually pretty accurate, lol

haha yeah, it looked like a big mess back at the time, but looks accurate now. Well, the map also looks messy though, but we aren't familiar with it yet.

I read that it's bigger than it appears in these pictures, but still suited mainly for TS and FFA.
With Squad Battle and DLC Big Team coming, I think they'll eventually release more large maps.


Another Assembly video, Recon Challenge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-CW4KVtnwU&fmt=18
Anyone heard of the rumored Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack/Disc? There seem to be new achievements on the way as well:

http://forums.ascendantjustice.com/index...try9239511

Hmm....dunno about these. Look at how much gamerscore you win from some of those like "Came... From... Behind", which is worth 50g and doesn't seem hard to accomplish when compared to something like "Two for One" which was only 5g and like, the toughest achievement in Halo 3 so far, etc. Also, all of these combined go up to 750g, which seems like a lot for DLC stuff.

I'm excited at the new rumored "foundry" like map (could be Sandbox, going by the name).


Did anyone play on last weeks Living Dead Double Exp weekend? Here's a little video of me as a zombie taking on a ghost in a Save one Bullet match on Club Dead (Highground):

http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/Halo_3/...ost/771836

My fellow zombies were getting demolished by the ghost. I was hiding behind the rock, then saw the Elite coming and went for the ghost. He missed the splatter and I got him =)
I did that before in another match too, I mean, mowing down zombies with the ghost at the beach. I was on a Splatter Spree, with 6 straight kills, but then an active cammoed zombie killed me.

Also, anyone ever played Braaaains on the Haunted Manor Foundry map variant? It carp sucks for the zombies there. Braaaains is bad enough for the zombies already, but in the map, the humans completely dominate. Besides the 2 turrets mounted up on the roof of the house (plus another one they usually carry up there), they even go to the zombie respawn area and just spawn-camp them. That happened to me before in 2 games. As soon as I spawned, I was dead. Last time, some guy even got a Killtrocity + Hells Janitor along with 27 total kills =/


EDIT: Ok, this weeks BWU seems to confirm some of the new achievements to come as well as having more info on auto update 2/title update 2:

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?...&cid=15422
New Halo 3 campaign expansion teaser

Don't own Halo 3, or a 360, but this should be cool. It may be released on January 9th, 2009 if the date in the teaser means anything.
I had no idea wtf I was watching when I first saw the teaser earlier today, but from what I've been reading everywhere now seems it'll really be some campaign expansion where you'll play an ODST guy. Sounds cool, but I hope to see more of it soon.


Here's something funny that happened a few days ago to my opponent in a H2H Sword Duel match:

http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/Halo_3/...all/922216


Btw, anyone up for getting the Vidmaster Challenge: Annual achievement (Halo level on Legendary difficulty, XBOX Live 4 player co-op, Iron skull turned on and everyone finishing the level in ghosts) sometime soon?
oh yay another halo game, bungie has truly proven themselves as having a multifaceted set of ideas
i want that all-black ODST armor that the NPCs have on that one desert-sniping level Unhappy
(Sep. 25, 2008  10:27 PM)Bey Brad Wrote: oh yay another halo game, bungie has truly proven themselves as having a multifaceted set of ideas

It's not a new game, it's just supposed to be an expansion pack/new DLC for Halo 3.


(Sep. 26, 2008  8:29 PM)bugturtles Wrote: i want that all-black ODST armor that the NPCs have on that one desert-sniping level Unhappy

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Oh yeah
I'm hoping for a squad based campaign, it would really fit with the ODST theme, but from what I've read the drop pods aren't ODST. They look more like the Life Pods from Halo 1
(Oct. 03, 2008  1:41 AM)Evan Wrote: I'm hoping for a squad based campaign, it would really fit with the ODST theme, but from what I've read the drop pods aren't ODST. They look more like the Life Pods from Halo 1

Same here.

And they may also be Elite drop pods, but I couldn't get a close look at 'em from the trailer so I'm only going off speculation.
Finally revealed a few days ago at the TGS:

Halo 3: Recon

Questions and answers on Halo 3: Recon

Not squad based, but you will be playing and an ODST during events that took place in Halo 2. It'll be a standalone disk, but still count as an expansion to Halo 3. All new Campaign, same multiplayer components from Halo 3 and it'll include the Mythic Maps, which will also be released as DLC on XBL early next year (carp, I was hopping for a release in time for x-mas...). It'll have 4 player co-op Smile It's not known right now if it'll cost the same as a full price game since it's an expansion pack.

From the trailer, it seems the SI will be helping you throughout the game, I guess giving hints telling you where to go next, etc, kinda like Cortana.
I loved the Phantom showing up and the pack of Brutes the ODST sees, looking really cool IMO.
Too bad about it only being released in Fall 2009 =(