Absolute Dog

I have heard from legitimate sources that the Halo 3 game will stay up for a long time. Fact is, the Halo 2 game should be brought back. There should always be a choice of playing each game. We have put billions of dollars into each one, especially H2 and H3, and deserve the opportunity to go back and play them. Don't quote me any numbers, I just don't care about that fact. Of course I still believe my first girl friend should let me call her late at night for a "booty call" too! lol!

I have heard of numerous stories of this. It usually will give you the stats back.

I typically just say "Make sure Nancy doesn't get it". She is a female friend who is unbelievably good with it, for that matter, she is just plain good.

Where I truly so seldom "rage", the one I can remember is playing with some butt toucher in Arena Doubles with the gamer tag "I Betray For Snipe" and he lived up to his gamer tag, repeatedly. I dealt with it by giving him a positive rating and ended up playing with him a lot. He would take damage in a fight and I would simply give him a few more shots in the head and finish him off giving the other team the kill. Yeah it was counter productive, but I did it any way.

I still use the Bungie name plate out of respect for the creator of our beloved game. I do like the Marathon one though because it matches a tatoo on my back.

Sounds like something that could end up in a weekend playlist like Griffball used to originally in H3. May not last very long due to the fact this is a FPS game, but hey, who knows.

Good point!

....where the sun doesn't shine....

Katham I see what you are talking about and also agree with Jester. Check out my OP in the H4 forum on "The New Infection" and let me know what an avid player thinks of those ideas.

A reply to all. You would have the choice of playing the Elite or the Human. You choose your type and wait for other to fill the lobby. Will apply to the OP. Thanks all!

I agree Decree. I have an OP that eludes to this in this forum. I liked earning my rank through playing and winning. It encourages a player, at least in "ranked", to improve their game and learn all the weapons, not just sit with a shotty or blow out a clip with the neddler! Nice OP.

I like the way you refer to Reach as a "tribute band". That is a nice way to put it. Appreciate the post Braver.

You and I seem to see the game the same way. Obviously I was never a big fan of Reach, but I bought and played and complained. Thanks for the post. Is this the old Decree 117?

I stare a my big toe a lot! It is a really nice big toe too!

A while back eliteultra and I were kicking some ideas around in a forum and his love of Elites brought up a topic idea. Have a slayer variant that is 4 x 4 that pits the Elites against the Humans. Your initial load out would be weapons specific for each species. Humans getting only human weapons for load out and Elites getting only the Covenant weapons. This would put a new twist on slayer and let those who truly love Elites play in a real slayer mode against the Humans, the epic and classic battle! There could be an AA list available for each species that is original to them. Sprint, jetpack, hologram would be for the humans and invisibility, armor lock and evade for the Elites. In addition, you would pre-choose your species, be it Human or Elite and wait for lobby to fill. There are more than enough players who love playing as Elites for this to work. What do you think? If you would like an additional vote question, let me know.

It never got too easy for me, I still work hard to keep a streak going. And still........the music!

Welcome Diego! Glad to see you here. There is an "Introduction and Hello" area in here as well to introduce yourself.

eliteultra what ever happened to the post of elites versus spartans as a slayer variant? I will run with it if you haven't!

batou not sure about the reference to the "forum fan boys", but this would just be a single play list, or maybe two if objective was added, and no one would force you to play it. The idea was originally conceived as a way to have the "old school" feel on the Reach engine. It does not mean you hate Reach or have wasted you money if you play it, just something different. Appreciate your thoughts.

Spectral I can feel the love man! These are all great updates and should be greatly appreciated by the community. Remember our discussion on the "Classic" play list when you guys make the changes to it. There were some good points made in it and they seemed well liked by those who responded. Please read Coopd's new thread "No Love For Snipers" on the Reach forum. It is a playlist that has gone relatively untouched and needs some TLC. As always, good work and thanks again for the input and update.

I agree with you Coopd there needs to be some love baby. I have forged and continue to for maps for all game types. I currently have two classic sniper maps and a few others that can be used for snipers. They need to take a look at some of the existing forge maps that are already in use as well as some new ones being made just for this game type. If you or anyone else is interested, send a friend request or message to my gamer tag. Absolute Dog. I keep a pretty full list of friends, but will add as I can, and share my maps. When time permits I will put them in my file share for download.

Bullet I appreciate the input. The idea of having achievements to unlock a particular armor is meant to encourage a player to use a weapon and become good with it. Lets say you are bad at sniping like I used to be, I mean I got owned by it and when using it. By repeatedly picking it up an using it and along with advice from friends and other players, I am considered a threat with it now. The sniper armor would only unlock after "x" amount of sniper kills, something repeated use would unlock. The upgraded version of armor would be for those would attain "x" amount of sprees of "Headshot Honchos" and so on with each achievable armor. This encourages use of different weapons initially and rewards the player who is very good with it. This can be applied to all armors unlocked by a weapon achievements. Yes, the "flaming sword", "glowing or flaming body" would be temporary, losing the perk when you died and like you said would draw attention to the player on a streak that needed to be dealt with, which in and of itself, would make streaks a little harder to attain. The flaming sword would not have any more power or damage capability, it would be purely cosmetic as would the lingering flames left on the dead body. The same would be true with the "streak" flames the player would have had attained with the necessary spree or frenzy. The idea, in a nutshell, is to encourage the use of different weapons. Remember also the social ranking that I mention. These armors and upgrades would be unlockable in the less competitive environment of social play as well where the competition is usually easier. A new thought here: The sniper variant could have a different look when attained in social as compared to ranked play as would the upgrades. This might encourage the casual player, once he or she acquired the social version and hopefully improved their skill, move into the more competitive ranked arena. It may be hard for some to remember and for new players to accept who want it all made easy, but when I played match making in Halo 2 I mainly played Skirmish, which is now Objective. This seemed to be an easier game type for me to learn how to kill because I would stay near the objective and players came to me giving me more chances to kill. Later on I moved into slayer, then onto "ranked" slayer, doubles and FFA. I wanted to be good at the game, if only to kick my nephews butts who repeatedly owned me. I took the time to learn the game and ranks and armors meant nothing in the beginning. Consider this, achievement unlocks give a longer life and a continuous challenge. There are still those who I know that go back to H3 to try and unlock a particular armor.

I do not see any problem with any of them, just simply don't!

????? Think you are in the wrong topic or need to reread it. Believe you wanted the "Flood in Firefight" OP in Halo CEA forum.

I get it. Don't play COD. It was just an idea though. If it gets more negatives I will update by popular demand. Thank you.