XBOX GAMING THREAD | PHIL TRUE 4K

[putting in work]

My only downside of halo 3 was that I got stuck on lvl 45 and was never able to get to 50 no matter how hard I tried. Gave up after 3 years. F halo in that regard

Yeah I got stuck on 46 I think it was Brigadier and couldn't move from that... that was from Lone Wolves because you needed a team to make a Team Slayer 50 and I was dolo in that.

My high in Team Slayer I think was a 42-45 but I was running solo and it was hard to get to a 50 without at least another person that ran with you.

 

[djyoung08]

Hopefully kinect sports rivals gets cheap soon.

My family wants to play it.

And low key so do i..

but I aint paying no $60 for it

 

[blakep267]

My only downside of halo 3 was that I got stuck on lvl 45 and was never able to get to 50 no matter how hard I tried. Gave up after 3 years. F halo in that regard

SHOULDN'T THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING? THAT'S MEANS YOU AREN'T A LEVEL 50. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE RANKING SYSTEM. TO PUT YOU WHERE YOU SHOULD BE. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE A 50 IF YOU DON'T TRULY EARN THE 50?

YOU GET TO BE A 50 BECAUSE YOU HAVE:

- NATURAL TALENT
- WORKED YOUR DAMN BUTT OFF 10 TIMES MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE
- OR RAN WITH A TEAM THAT HAD GOD LIKE PLAYERS

EMBRACE THAT 45 AND BE THE BEST 45 YOU CAN BE

Nah that's not it. I'm saying it's a glitch. I could win 20 straight matches and get 20 kills each and still not rank up

 

[antidope]

Honestly if you can make it to 45 solo in a playlist, you can get to a 50 in that playlist. Getting a 45 to me says that you have at least one of the aspects needed to get to a 50, whether it be the aim, awarness, teamwork etc etc.

If you guys made new accounts and had fresh trueskill you probably would have made it there, definitely would have gotten higher than the rank that you were locked in at. I got rank locked in Snipers (Deservingly so I am not a great sniper) and it was a pain to climb out of, had to go on crazy win streaks of 10+ games to move up one rank in Snipers.

Then in a playlist like Valentines day where everyone had fresh trueskill I got that 50 in like 60 games and double ranked from 48 to 50

Lone Wolves was one of the last 50s I got and for good reason, that playlist was a disaster. FFA Objective gametypes . I got my Lone Wolves 50 in a Swords game.

My only downside of halo 3 was that I got stuck on lvl 45 and was never able to get to 50 no matter how hard I tried. Gave up after 3 years. F halo in that regard

SHOULDN'T THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING? THAT'S MEANS YOU AREN'T A LEVEL 50. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE RANKING SYSTEM. TO PUT YOU WHERE YOU SHOULD BE. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE A 50 IF YOU DON'T TRULY EARN THE 50?


YOU GET TO BE A 50 BECAUSE YOU HAVE:


- NATURAL TALENT

- WORKED YOUR DAMN BUTT OFF 10 TIMES MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE

- OR RAN WITH A TEAM THAT HAD GOD LIKE PLAYERS


EMBRACE THAT 45 AND BE THE BEST 45 YOU CAN BE

Nah that's not it. I'm saying it's a glitch. I could win 20 straight matches and get 20 kills each and still not rank up

Thats how Trueskill was intended to work.

There was a huge thread on Bungie.net that explained how it worked, but the jist of it is, the more games you play in a playlist, the less each win means for you. So if you played 2000 games of Team Slayer and just kept going win lose win lose win lose, when you start reeling off win streaks they wont mean as much. It aslo works the same way for ranking down once you reach 50. I could lose 50 straight games of Team Slayer right now and I probably wouldnt rank down. It was also strictly win/loss for halo stats meant nothing.


Once that thread came about everyone figured out how to boost accounts, cause playing with a teammate who has a terrible trueskill record in that playlist and winning gives you more trueskill points.

 

[blakep267]

Honestly if you can make it to 45 solo in a playlist, you can get to a 50 in that playlist. Getting a 45 to me says that you have at least one of the aspects needed to get to a 50, whether it be the aim, awarness, teamwork etc etc.

If you guys made new accounts and had fresh trueskill you probably would have made it there, definitely would have gotten higher than the rank that you were locked in at. I got rank locked in Snipers (Deservingly so I am not a great sniper) and it was a pain to climb out of, had to go on crazy win streaks of 10+ games to move up one rank in Snipers.

Then in a playlist like Valentines day where everyone had fresh trueskill I got that 50 in like 60 games and double ranked from 48 to 50

Lone Wolves was one of the last 50s I got and for good reason, that playlist was a disaster. FFA Objective gametypes . I got my Lone Wolves 50 in a Swords game.

My only downside of halo 3 was that I got stuck on lvl 45 and was never able to get to 50 no matter how hard I tried. Gave up after 3 years. F halo in that regard

SHOULDN'T THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING? THAT'S MEANS YOU AREN'T A LEVEL 50. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE RANKING SYSTEM. TO PUT YOU WHERE YOU SHOULD BE. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE A 50 IF YOU DON'T TRULY EARN THE 50?


YOU GET TO BE A 50 BECAUSE YOU HAVE:


- NATURAL TALENT

- WORKED YOUR DAMN BUTT OFF 10 TIMES MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE

- OR RAN WITH A TEAM THAT HAD GOD LIKE PLAYERS


EMBRACE THAT 45 AND BE THE BEST 45 YOU CAN BE

Nah that's not it. I'm saying it's a glitch. I could win 20 straight matches and get 20 kills each and still not rank up

Thats how Trueskill was intended to work.

There was a huge thread on Bungie.net that explained how it worked, but the jist of it is, the more games you play in a playlist, the less each win means for you. So if you played 2000 games of Team Slayer and just kept going win lose win lose win lose, when you start reeling off win streaks they wont mean as much. It aslo works the same way for ranking down once you reach 50. I could lose 50 straight games of Team Slayer right now and I probably wouldnt rank down. It was also strictly win/loss for halo stats meant nothing.


Once that thread came about everyone figured out how to boost accounts, cause playing with a teammate who has a terrible trueskill record in that playlist and winning gives you more trueskill points.

ok that makes sense. All I really played was team slayer and I became godly at it. I used to crush generals and the eclipse symbol players. Yet no change.

And yea. I could've gotten general and 50 in like no time of I would've started another account but for some teason I thought that would mean having to pay for love again and I wasn't having that

 

[blastercombo]

Getting a 50 on halo 3 was much easier than in 2. On 2 you could lose one game and drop 2 ranks once you're on the symbols depending on who you're playing against. Nerve wrecking moments

 

[carver]

The struggle was real in 2 I hate saying it over and over but got damb the matchmaking system was perfect. Like you actually felt accomplished leveling up.

 

[antidope]

Cracking 40 in H2 was basically like getting a H3 50 if not harder. Once you got to the 40s it was a madhouse. Even if they found a way to curve all the cheating that was going on in the mid-high 40s there wouldnt have been a lot of H2 50s. I think I saw two people with legit H2 50s and they were pro players.

I actually preferred the H3 system in that regard because you could actually make it to the top. In H2 I probably would have topped out at 43-45 but in H3 I had a 50 in 8 playlists. Its better that way when people can actually feasibly reach the highest rank and at the end of the day less than 5% of the people that played Halo even cracked 40.

 

[kickhead23]

Hopefully kinect sports rivals gets cheap soon.

My family wants to play it.

And low key so do i..

but I aint paying no $60 for it

My sentiments EXACTLY

 

[blastercombo]

Cracking 40 in H2 was basically like getting a H3 50 if not harder. Once you got to the 40s it was a madhouse. Even if they found a way to curve all the cheating that was going on in the mid-high 40s there wouldnt have been a lot of H2 50s. I think I saw two people with legit H2 50s and they were pro players.

I actually preferred the H3 system in that regard because you could actually make it to the top. In H2 I probably would have topped out at 43-45 but in H3 I had a 50 in 8 playlists. Its better that way when people can actually feasibly reach the highest rank and at the end of the day less than 5% of the people that played Halo even cracked 40.

Naw man, I liked chasing the rabbit so to speak. Could you get a 50 on h2? Probably not, but how long did you try? Lol, like Bain said about the jail, giving them hope was the worst thing about the jail lol.

 

[antidope]

Nah not me, I dont like feeling like I suck at things, especially when it comes to the game that I'm best at. The chase was a lot of the reason I went after 50s in other playlists, it is half the thrill, but you gotta feel like you're chasing something that you're going to catch. I always knew I wasnt going to get a 50 in H2, just felt like it was pointless in a sense.

 

[blastercombo]

Nah not me, I dont like feeling like I suck at things, especially when it comes to the game that I'm best at. The chase was a lot of the reason I went after 50s in other playlists, it is half the thrill, but you gotta feel like you're chasing something that you're going to catch. I always knew I wasnt going to get a 50 in H2, just felt like it was pointless in a sense.

H3 50 was so easy it felt like I've accomplished nothing IMO. Roll with a squad of 4 on slayer and you WILL get a 50.

 

[deleted]

Am I the only person that looks forward to Halo for the story?

At this point in my life, I'd rather see Destiny be more Borderlands than Halo.

 

[ralphsody]

View media item 903350Finally!
Never opened for $450
I purchased rivals because it was on sale and will be picking up two games on Wednesday.
I know I want 2k14 but don't know if I should pick up titanfall or ryse...

 

[antidope]

Am I the only person that looks forward to Halo for the story?

At this point in my life, I'd rather see Destiny be more Borderlands than Halo.

The Halo story is whatever to me. It feels so predictable but I have been paying attention to it since the beginning so I wont just flat out ignore it. I would lose zero sleep if they just ended it and made a multiplayer game though. Shooting game campaigns are good for like one playthrough every two years and thats it.

 

[kevenmayne]

DOING THE SAME WHEN I GET HOME.

A HALO 2 OR 3 REMAKE ON XB1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

DID THEY EVER GIVE A REASON AS TO WHY THE WIN/LOSE VISIBLE RANKS WERE TAKEN OUT AND THE SKILL BASED MATCHMAKING CHANGED?

Ranks got taken out due to cheaters/modders. I'm sure i've posted this before, but I was a former competitive halo player and went to multiple MLG events for it. I want halo back more than anyone in here most likely. What you guys need to realize is that change has to happen, and 343 has no idea what they are doing, so it's not good. With that said, 343 hired halo pros to help work on the new halo game(s), so hopefully they can help make the game good. I've heard multiple rumors from people who know those guys that they have been testing h2 multiplayer, but with nothing confirmed, who knows.

And for the record, reach with no bloom no sprint>h3. But h2 will always be the greatest game to me. h3 was awful to me, online was not fun at all with that ****** br if you didnt have a godlike connection.

Also, sprint does NOT belong in halo period, allows for dumbass plays and randomness. If they come out with a new halo they need to just keep the ranks like how they were in h2, I didn't really play h3 and got a 50 in mlg easily. I was able to get to 44 in h2 without dropping a game and would get dozens of 2month trials to 40+'s. But I was never able to get a 50 in h2, because that's how sick the ranking system was , highest I got was 47.

 

[nelson999]

I know I want 2k14 but don't know if I should pick up titanfall or ryse...

TITANFALL!

 

[antidope]

DOING THE SAME WHEN I GET HOME.


A HALO 2 OR 3 REMAKE ON XB1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


DID THEY EVER GIVE A REASON AS TO WHY THE WIN/LOSE VISIBLE RANKS WERE TAKEN OUT AND THE SKILL BASED MATCHMAKING CHANGED?

Ranks got taken out due to cheaters/modders. I'm sure i've posted this before, but I was a former competitive halo player and went to multiple MLG events for it. I want halo back more than anyone in here most likely. What you guys need to realize is that change has to happen, and 343 has no idea what they are doing, so it's not good. With that said, 343 hired halo pros to help work on the new halo game(s), so hopefully they can help make the game good. I've heard multiple rumors from people who know those guys that they have been testing h2 multiplayer, but with nothing confirmed, who knows.


And for the record, reach with no bloom no sprint>h3. But h2 will always be the greatest game to me. h3 was awful to me, online was not fun at all with that ****** br if you didnt have a godlike connection.

Also, sprint does NOT belong in halo period, allows for dumbass plays and randomness. If they come out with a new halo they need to just keep the ranks like how they were in h2, I didn't really play h3 and got a 50 in mlg easily. I was able to get to 44 in h2 without dropping a game and would get dozens of 2month trials to 40+'s. But I was never able to get a 50 in h2, because that's how sick the ranking system was , highest I got was 47.

Post patch Reach was still not good to me. The nades still froze you in your place when you got hit by them, the jump height couldnt be saved unless you set it to like 130% and then you just jumped and floated in the air forever.

MLG made the best of it, but it still wasnt all that good.

H3> Reach no matter what they did. I didnt mind the non-hitscan BR, it made some maps easier to move around on, the DMR was the perfect example of what hitscan weapons should not be like. It had way too much range, and then when the no bloom patch came out it was just madness.

Speaking of cheaters and modders, people are STILL cheating in H3 and its hilarious. Dudes with the auto aim and increased speed and jump mods just flying around the map headshotting people . I get booted every once in a while too. I dont understand who still wants to cheat in a 7.5 year old game man it makes no sense.

Sprint definitely needs to go, it makes charging a legit strategy. You could make it back to the one shot guy that just killed you on maps like Zealot before they got all their sheilds back with sprint.

If they brought the H2 rankings to the game nowadays it would be a disaster. Everyone remembers how hard it was, and it would just give them incentive to cheat. Cheating all through the high 30s and up. The tools needed to cheat are too commonplace now.

 

[djyoung08]

I know I want 2k14 but don't know if I should pick up titanfall or ryse...

If you buy ryse, buy it used so you can return it after you finish the 6 hour (srs) campaign.

Then you can buy Titanfall

 

[blakep267]

I know I want 2k14 but don't know if I should pick up titanfall or ryse...

If you buy ryse, buy it used so you can return it after you finish the 6 hour (srs) campaign.

Then you can buy Titanfall

Gamefly has ryse for $25. I like it at that price.

 

[djyoung08]

Gamefly has ryse for $25. I like it at that price.

That really isn't bad at all.

I'll still take free over $25

 

[MambaMentality824]

Too me, this Halo discussion going on in this thread exemplifies exactly why the resolution wars and all that junk is BS. Basically every Halo fan, prefers H2 over every single version of the game despite the fact that it was on the original Xbox with trash graphics When it comes down to it, straight gameplay reigns supreme over everything. If we can enjoy with **** graphics like Halo 2 THAT much than there is no reason for people to act like the world is over with the graphics we have on these consoles these days. Give us a game that PLAYS great and make it look as pretty as you can, I'll be a happy camper

 

[djyoung08]

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[jayfiend]

 

[deleted]

I like Halo 3 more than Halo 2.

I always have.