perezozo Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I've told my friend about how much xp you get, and he says I'm cheating. He claims 343 has said that doing this is cheating and that they can't change the xp amount because they already made the spartan ops missions. Look, If it's open to the public, doesnt require hacking/modding, then I dont see why not. Please share your thoughts on who is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaulting♥Frog Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 How is it cheating exactly? Because you get more XP in a single OP than you do in a War Games match? Its not all that big of a deal really. XP is kind of pointless as anybody can get it. Doesnt mean your a good player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Just a quick question I've never paid attention to spartan ops after I beat it. What is the average xp gain from Spartan ops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandiBunni Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 I've told my friend about how much xp you get, and he says I'm cheating. He claims 343 has said that doing this is cheating and that they can't change the xp amount because they already made the spartan ops missions. Look, If it's open to the public, doesnt require hacking/modding, then I dont see why not. Please share your thoughts on who is right. It isn't cheating. Spartan Ops is a perfectly legitimate way of earning experience and ranking up. Your friend says that 343 Industries said it's cheating and they can't change the XP amount because they made the missions already? Who do you think set the values for how much experience you currently earn to begin with? If it's something that the developers purposefully included within the game then it isn't cheating. Things like hacks, button glitches, and other exploits are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaulting♥Frog Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Just a quick question I've never paid attention to spartan ops after I beat it. What is the average xp gain from Spartan ops? I normally am getting 5950 XP from a single mission doing a matchmade op. If I am solo'ing it or playing in a preset party then you get around the same amount of xp as a war games match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Treason Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Well no its part of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Oracle Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Cheating as defined by XBL terms of service is anything unfair that was not intended or put in the game by the devs so no its not cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanicBagels Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Your friend sounds like he's not the brightest star in the galaxy. It serves that if a game company releases a game with a game mode on it then it would be fine to play that game mode. I think it's more likely that your friend was joking/trolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelegendofJohn117 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Doing spartan ops isn't cheating of course because it's part of the game, but it won't make you any better.. I'm about level 40 and I've played kids that are 130 and killed them multiple times because they aren't used to actually playing multiplayer because they just grind through spartan ops with double xp. So no, its not cheating but rather a quicker way to level up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiQuid BioniX Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 No, it's not cheating, not at all. I think your friend is jealous. That being said, if you venture out into Matchmaking at level 130 and haven't played much Matchmaking at all, you'll get absolutely destroyed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W0LV3RINE420 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 The most xp you get playing solo is 2966. Four player coop you get 5950xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloody Initiate Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Accumulating more of an arbitrary number doesn't constitute cheating. It wasn't cheating in Halo: Reach and it isn't now. The fact that people complained about it was one of the stupidest and most embarrassing things I've experienced from the Halo community. The number was even more pointless in Halo: Reach, where it really did mean NOTHING. At least in Halo 4 you can unlock specializations and stuff. If you prefer Spartan Ops, play Spartan Ops. In Halo 3 the problem with people making new accounts wasn't that they got to 50 fast, even though that's what all the IDIOTS complained about. The problem was all the lower-skill players they crushed along the way whose Halo experience was SUPPOSED to be facing players of equal skill. Instead it was a lot of getting annihilated by higher level players who Trueskill had tried to keep fighting each other. FYI Halo 3, which I regard as the best in the series for multiplayer, is probably also the game that made Halo second in the market. Trueskill did its job, people didn't do theirs, and everyone who wasn't in the upper half of players skill-wise got stomped on way more often than they should have by people wanting to go back and raise that number again. Otherwise getting your rank up fast just doesn't matter that much, and people should learn to mind their own damn business. I wish people's fascination with it would cease though. It's frustrating how the thing that drives people to play is also the thing that drives them to play in ways they shouldn't. No, it's not cheating, not at all. I think your friend is jealous. That being said, if you venture out into Matchmaking at level 130 and haven't played much Matchmaking at all, you'll get absolutely destroyed. Gotta correct this. Matchmaking is still determined by Trueskill NOT your SR. So if he goes into Matchmaking at level 130 he will do just as well as he would have otherwise. You see people in Matchmaking with similar SRs facing each other because people of roughly similar skill who have played similar amounts will have closer Trueskill AND SR. If they get all their SR from Spartan Ops though, their SR will be much higher than most people at their Trueskil level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I wouldn't consider it cheating. I just consider it giving you SR a little boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Its not cheating but I wouldnt recommend Sparton Ops boosting you will then have a high rank and get destroyed when your matched up against players who have high xp from War Games If you use Fast Track and Find game in sparten ops you can get to 7k XP per match but why keep on repeating that just to get raped meh your own choice really but its not cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 heh heh your friends not to sharp no offence its not cheating fast track sparten ops doble xp montin dew 4 players matching fastest way 2 get xp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeosierra616 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Halo 3, which I regard as the WORST in the series for multiplayer there ya go, fixed it for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWNAGENESSS Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I think it's frowned upon when it comes to die hard matchmaking players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi1176 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Your friend is just mad your getting more cause its not cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Oracle Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Like stated its not cheating If you don't like get a job at 343 then do something about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
117 Evan 117 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 I wouldn't say it is cheating as much as it is simply earning xp. Only Spartan Ops gives greater xp. I usually only play spartan ops when a new episode comes out. I don't use spartan ops solely for ranking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzardous7 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 In that case your friend is a total dumbass and is just jealous that ur better than him and a higher rank- he probably does it every second to try get higher than you. He just needs to be good. I earn like 3000 in a war games game and only about 1000 more in a spartan ops mission on legend that takes twice as long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torint Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 The definition of cheating in video games is intentionally modifying the game that helps you in an unfair way that the designers didn't intend. Using a feature in game that the designers put in, is not cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioniablackbird Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 How else are you going to max out those commendations? I have yet to run into a grunt in MM. And yea, dew double xp, fasttrack 6 1/2 min games for 14000 xp is about the best you can do. We had a 4 man group doing speed runs on the same map for 2 hours strait, booooring, yes, lame, yes, holy bajeezus did we rank up, yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vStealthYx Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 not really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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