Flawless Cowboy

Nice work mate... kinda makes me want to make one now lol

Damn, D3STROYER... you really are impassioned about this, arn't you. I can respect your opinion on this, because at the end of the day, it is just an opinion For my part, I liked the Halo 3 ranking system. Even though I found it hard to progress (because i'm not that good at MP), it was still a challenge & somthing to fight towards. However, I didn't really like the constant feeling of unease if I gave the opposition too many kills, which would lead to me feeling like I had let my mates down. Which meant I found myself spending more & more of my games in a state of paranoia! Now, I also like the ranking system in Reach. While a lot of players feel let down by the lack of constant challenge, I found it to be a relief, & could play my game in my own way. The addition of Firefight contributing towards your rank is also a bonus for me. What I lose out in MP, I can gain in FF. Also, to draw a comparison between the two games... When Halo 3 launched, we had an official ranked global ranking system, & xp points for the social side of the games. As time went on, the rankings split to full global ranked, & social ranked. Where you could achieve you rank 50 in social by means of attrition, rather than just relying on the often disheartening global rank. I can only assume that this social ranking proved to be popular, & that could well be one of the reasons why Bungie decided to use this system in Reach. I'd like to think that there'd be enough room in Halo 4 to support everyone's preferences. Maybe not to the degree that we'd all like, but at least enough for us to be able to accept it without too much belly aching. Another thing to bear in mind, is that games are made to appeal to EVERYONE, & not just a minority. So I would imagine that the ranking system in Halo 4 could well reflect this. But like I said... I hope we can all get a little bit of what we'd like from Halo 4, at least

I have to admit... that particular flavour of MP armour they're showing looks utter ****e! But at least we'll have options

I think it should be x-platform as well. I've actually learnt to hate my xbox after the last dash up date. I hate having to endure all the crap on there, just so I can play my games. So if i'm offered an option for an out & still be able to play my fave games, then i'm going to take it.

Yup, I earned my Recon via the vidmasters as well. But tbh, I really don't mind if it's going to become available for everyone that wants it now. I mean, it's been around for a fair time now, & Halo 3 has long since passed from the bright spotlight it used to occupy. So, it's not like we havn't had good mileage from our exclusivity. Besides, if they make it available for the masses, then it might encourage a few more gamers back to one of the best fps MP's out there. This can only be a good thing in that respect imo

Hi... welcome to the boards

Is mine... with the legendary flames

In Reach I liked the DMR, in H3 the Carbine

Colenel G3... I have enough xp to be a General G2, but I suck at MP lol

Noble

Do you guys do the glitch to farm credits on gold? Basically, choose Hydra as your map, Geth as your foe, & put it on bronze. Rinse through to wave ten, & hope you get the four upload devices (if you don't get the uploads, then just do it til you do). Complete the uploads, then die... All four of you will now be back in the lobby. So, change the difficulty to gold, & swap your characters for four Infiltrators. Take note of who is host, this is important. Start a new game with the setting on gold, your Infiltrators, & on the same map. As soon as the game starts & everyone is in the game (about three seconds), the host must quit out. For the remaining three players, you'll be offered the option of the "B" button... ignore this, & it will return you to the game with a new host. So, complete the objectives, then die (wait for the ex-host to rejoin the game before you complete the last upload). Now rinse & repeat as many times as you like... just be sure to remember who is host in the lobby, as this is the person that'll need to quit out. When I do it, it usually just swaps between me & one other person. For the host that quit out of the game... soon as you hit the lobby, press your blue "X" button (not the guide button) for the party options, then hit it again to join session in progress. This is an easy 40,000 cr every three or four minutes So.. for this to work, you'll ideally be in party chat. This makes rejoining the game you just quit out of much easier

Good stuff, I look forward to seeing some more of your work

A couple more i've found time to do...

Thank you very much for the kind comments I don't really do tutorials... mainly because i'm not very good at them! I tend to over complicate things! lol Here's a link to my PSD folder on deviantART. All psd's in that folder are fully labelled (except one), & will open in CS (photoshop) & GIMP. LINK

Nice gallery mate, you have some pretty good work here. Are you on deviantART? If you're not a member of Sig-Labs, feel by to drop by anytime I'll not post link in your thread, I wouldn't want to poach... but there is a link for SL on my profile

I guess I know what i'll be doing this weekend then! Thanks for the post

Yup... I wouldn't say that this is a 343i issue, more of a fundamental issue on how the system works as a whole. By that, I mean host based games. Even if lag isn't noticeable in the graphics & gameplay of the game your you're in, chances are that you're still going to fall victim to it at some stage. After all, your game will only be as good as the worst player's connection to the game. If your shots arn't registering as hits, or you're getting taken out while you're in cover, then this will be down to somone's poor/sub-standard connection to the game. Seeing as the signal from the host xbox has to travel to all boxes concerned & back again, this is where the issue is... the person with the poorest connection to the game is going to hold up the data transfer signal for everyone, even if it's very minor, it'll cause issues with shots not counting, & you getting taken out, even when you feel that you shouldn't have been. As the previous poster has said, pretty much the only decent fix for this would be dedicated servers...

& a few more

Title says it all really... here are some of the tags that i've put together over time. Enjoy

Cheers for the greets guys

Arterial Skyway by Bifftech (me) Link to fileshare: http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=24521098&player=BiffTech A medium sized map that's ideal for Slayer (team/ffa), all modes of CTF, Assault, HeadHunter, KotH, Juggernaut, but not Infection... there would be too much falling off of the map for that I think! lol Power weapons & AA's are loaded throughout the map, as are nades... to try & ensure that no one team has an advantage over their opposition.

Yup... if the Indoctrination theory is true, then this stands to go from the biggest let down of an ending, ever... to probably the best ending to a game of all time! Just saying...

Hello... What can I say... I enjoy gaming when I can. I like to dabble with photo shop. I've been a fan of Halo from the get-go... urm... If you want to know more, feel free to ask