Halo: MULTI/FIREFIGHT|MetaTag: A PA Reachmulti|Think Before Posting.

EvilBadman

This thread is for Halo 3 and Reach Multiplayer Discussion only. Firefight is included in this thread, please do not spoil where the Firefight maps exist in the Campaign. To talk about anything related to the Campaign or Forge, please refer to Fyre's Thread.

THE BEES KNEES

Established November 9, 2004

I threw out the old OP because most of it was rehash, obvious or outdated. Herein lie your thread guidelines:

1. Level-headed people wanting to have a good time playing Halo and dicking around, or posting stupid screen shots and movies feel free to add A PA ReachMulti to your friends list.

2. Do you feel the ever constant need to brag about kill/death ratio and how awesome you are? Here's the MLG FORUMS for Reach. Therein you can complain to your silly goose heart's content about how awesome MLG is and you can have no less than 72 virgins to be your personal Yesmen. Stop shitting this thread up with it. We're casuals for the most part and don't care.


CURRENT MATCHMAKING PLAYLISTS
*indicates a map variant of Forge World

Cooperative

FIREFIGHT
1 team of 4 takes on the standard Firefight experience.
Team Size: 2-4
Max Party Size: 4
Max Local Players: 2

Gametypes
Firefight
Rocketfight
Sniperfight
Generator Defense

Maps
Overlook
Courtyard
Waterfront
Corvette
Beachhead
Outpost
Holdout

SCORE ATTACK
Put your friends to shame with a high leaderboard score in this Firefight playlist.
Team SIze: 1
Max Party Size: 1
Max Local Players: 1

Gametypes
Score Attack
Sniper Attack
Gruntpocalypse
Crashsite

Maps
Overlook
Courtyard
Waterfront
Corvette
Beachhead
Outpost
Holdout

Competitive

RUMBLE PIT
Free For All Slayer with a side of Objective.
Max Party Size: 8
Max Local Players: 4

Gametypes
Slayer
Slayer Pro
Slayer DMRs
Classic Slayer
Elite Slayer
Headhunter
Headhunter Pro
Oddball
Infection
Safe Havens
Race
Rally

Maps
Asylum*
Boardwalk
Countdown
Pinnacle*
Powerhouse
Reflection
Sword Base
The Cage*
Zealot
Spire (Race/Rally only)
Paradiso* (Race/Rally only)
Boneyard (Race/Rally only)
Hemorrhage* (Race/Rally only)

TEAM SLAYER
4 on 4 Team Slayer.
Team Size: 3-4
Max Party Size: 8
Max Local Players: 4

Gametypes
Slayer
Slayer Pro
Slayer DMRs
Classic Slayer
Elite Slayer
Snipers
SWAT

Maps
Asylum*
Boardwalk
Countdown
Hemorrhage*
Paradiso*
Pinnacle*
Powerhouse
Reflection
Sword Base
The Cage*
Zealot

TEAM OBJECTIVE
4 on 4 Team Objective.
Team Size: 3-4
Max Party SIze: 8
Max Local Players: 4

Gametypes
1 Flag CTF
1 Flag Pro
1 Flag Classic
Multiflag CTF
2 Flag Pro
2 Flag Classic
Neutral Bomb
1 Bomb Assault
Headhunter Pro
Team Headhunter
Oddball
Team Hot Potato
Stockpile
Stockpile Pro
3 Plots
Territories

Maps
Asylum*
Boardwalk
Countdown
Hemorrhage*
Pinnacle*
Powerhouse
Reflection
Sword Base
The Cage*
Zealot

MULTI TEAM
Slayer and Objective games pitting 6 teams of 2 against each other.
Team SIze: 2
Max Party Size: 12
Max Local Players: 4

Gametypes
Slayer
Classic Slayer
Elite Slayer
SWAT
Oddball
Team Headhunter

Maps
Asylum*
Boardwalk
Boneyard
Countdown
Hemorrhage*
Paradiso*
Pinnacle*
Powerhouse
Reflection
Spire
Sword Base
The Cage*
Zealot

BIG TEAM BATTLE
8 on 8 Big Team Slayer and Objective action.
Team Size: 6-8
Max Party Size: 16
Max Local Players: 2

Gametypes
Big Team Slayer
BTB Classic
BTB Snipers
Elite Slayer
Team SWAT
Team Headhunter
1 Flag CTF
Multiflag CTF
Stockpile
Territories

Maps
Boardwalk
Boneyard
Countdown
Hemorrhage*
Paradiso*
Spire

INVASION
6 on 6 Spartans vs. Elites featuring Invasion and Invasion Slayer.
Team SIze: 6
Max Party Size: 12
Max Local Players: 4

Gametypes
Invasion
Invasion Slayer

Maps
Boneyard
Hemorrhage*
Paradiso*
Spire

Arena

TEAM ARENA
2 teams of 4 square off in the Arena.
Team Size: 4
Max Party SIze: 4
Max Local Players: 2
(Available 9.14.10)

Gametypes
Slayer Pro
Slayer DMRs

Maps
Asylum*
Boardwalk
Countdown
Pinnacle*
Powerhouse
Reflection
Sword Base
The Cage*
Zealot

DOUBLES ARENA
2 teams of 2 put their skill to the test.
Team Size: 2
Max Party Size: 2
Max Local Players: 2
(Available 9.14.10)

Gametypes
Slayer Pro
Slayer DMRs

Maps
Asylum*
Boardwalk
Countdown
Pinnacle*
Powerhouse
Reflection
Sword Base
The Cage*
Zealot

PLAYLIST CHANGES
Coming October 5

This changelist is subject to change between now and when the update is deployed, tentatively scheduled for October 5th, 2010.


PLAYLISTS

Rumble Pit
* Added Crazy King
* Added Juggernaut
* Removed Oddball on Asylum

Team Slayer
* Removed SWAT
* Removed Classic
* Weights adjusted based on voting data

Team SWAT (New!)
* Based on existing Team Slayer SWAT offering
* Removed Hemorrhage
* Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant

Team Objective
* Added Crazy King
* Added several gametypes on Powerhouse (CTF, Assault, Stockpile, Crazy King, 3 Plots)
* Removed heavy vehicles from all 4v4 Team Objective gametypes

Big Team Battle
* Added Crazy King
* Removed SWAT
* Removed Snipers from Boneyard
* Weights adjusted based on voting data

Doubles Arena
* Removed Slayer Pro for Season 2
* Removed Boardwalk
* Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant

Team Arena
* Removed Slayer Pro for Season 2
* Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant



MAPS

Arena Zealot (New!)
* Added a softkill zone to the space area
* Modified initial spawns so enemies cannot see each other

Zealot
* Objects can no longer be dropped into the boot_base

Asylum
* Removed multiple duplicate Headhunter score zones

Boneyard
* Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand
* Objects can no longer come to rest on the out of bounds cliff behind the scaffolding where the Invasion core is captured
* Players can no longer sit in the out of bounds area under the ship scaffolding

Pinnacle
* Health Packs should not respawn after 15 seconds

Hemorrhage
* Landmine removed from Red team's west cliff
* Respawn time for all Mongoose vehicles is now 45 seconds
* Scorpions replaced with Wraiths (4 minute respawn)

Paradiso
* Respawn timer for Concussion Rifle at Red base is now 30 seconds to match Concussion Rifle at Blue base

Reflection
* Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand

Boardwalk
* Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand

Powerhouse
* Respawn timer for all Needler weapons is now 45 seconds


GAMETYPES

Global Changes
* Slayer DMR now has motion tracker enabled
* Evade has replaced Hologram for all gametypes in which players can hold objects (CTF, Assault, Stockpile, Oddball)
* Evade has replaced Dropshield for gametypes which create concentrated gameplay in specific areas (Crazy King, Territories, Oddball)
* All Classic gametypes should now include Sprint as default equipment

King of the Hill
* Teams are now always able to correctly score points
* Players standing in the hill no longer receive extra points upon returning from a host migration

Rocket Race
* Players now attached to vehicles after being on foot for 10 seconds
* Flipped vehicles will be detected to prevent players from attaching to a non-upright vehicle
* Added functionality for tracking and reporting rotations
* Fountain of Mongeese should no longer be possible (don't ask)
* Players are no longer able to jack another teams Mongoose
* Players are no longer forced into a specific role of driver or gunner
* All players start with a Rocket Launcher
* Players move at 50% speed, do dignificantly reduced damage and are marked with a nav icon
* Players on foot are now able to score points in Rocket Race

Juggernaut
* The Juggernaut no longer sees other players as allies upon returning from a host migration
* New clients after a host migration will no longer lose their Juggernaut status

Territories
* All teams now have separate capture timers for each territory
* Locked territories will no longer prevent players from using equipment
* The flag in the territory is now attached if the territory is a flag stand object
* Added a HUD_Widget to display contested status to players inside a territory
* The progress bar for a territory will now show as full when that territory is being contested (capture progress is saved and will appear again once the territory is no longer contested)
* Random flag clothes will no longer disappear after a round transition

Oddball
* Bombs in Hot Potato now properly report carry time
* Multiple hot potato bombs will no longer spawn in the same location
* The carry time reported stat will now always be correct after a host migration has occurred
* Players carrying the oddball during a host migration will no longer receive extra points

Stockpile
* All stockpile flags are now attached to their spawn location if it is a flag stand

Invasion
* The game score is now set per frame tick based off of the current phase
* A failsafe game end timer has been added to catch any possible bad cases of Invasion games not ending properly

Invasion: Boneyard
* The core will now reset whenever it is thrown through a shield door into a spawning location in Phase 3

Invasion (Assault) and Assault
* Added sudden death to Invasion (Assault) and Assault gametypes

Race
* Players who die before the first checkpoint will no longer spawn in a random location on the map

DarkPrimus

CAPTAIN GET. 8-)

ronzo

Almost done with WO Grade 2!

also what the hell is crashsite firefight?

GalagaGalaxian

This is gonna sound reaaaaallly stupid. But can someone explain to me what Griffball is? I haven't played Multiplayer Halo since a month or two after Halo 3 released.

It looks like some weird sport/bomb game, but the one video I saw was so chaotic I wasn't sure how it was playing. It looked amusing however.

EvilBadman

GalagaGalaxian wrote: »

This is gonna sound reaaaaallly stupid. But can someone explain to me what Griffball is? I haven't played Multiplayer Halo since a month or two after Halo 3 released.

It looks like some weird sport/bomb game, but the one video I saw was so chaotic I wasn't sure how it was playing. It looked amusing however.

Grifball is from the Red Vs Blue folks. It's 4 on 4 assault with Swords and Hammers. The bombcarrier becomes Orange, like Grif from the series, and gains a speed boost and over shielding. Each of the 5 rounds starts with the bomb in the center the arena. The arm time on the bomb is instant.

CATCH THE FEVER.

Ratsult2

ronzo wrote: »

Almost done with WO Grade 2!

also what the hell is crashsite firefight?

One generator to defend, one life. You have the ability to lock the generator (for 30 seconds at a time) so it doesn't take damage. After 30 seconds, it unlocks and can take damage for about 5 seconds. On the plus side, they give you an overshield and infinite ammo. Most of the time I end up using a jetpack and a fuel rod cannon.

DarkPrimus

GalagaGalaxian wrote: »

This is gonna sound reaaaaallly stupid. But can someone explain to me what Griffball is? I haven't played Multiplayer Halo since a month or two after Halo 3 released.

It looks like some weird sport/bomb game, but the one video I saw was so chaotic I wasn't sure how it was playing. It looked amusing however.

It's a gametype created by the community, taking the name and basic concept from a joke in a Red vs Blue PSA.

Two teams of 4, armed with gravity hammers and swords. The playing field is completely clear of anything but a neutral bomb in the center and an arm point behind each team's spawn points. When you pick up the bomb, you get an overshield and faster movement speed. Object of the game is to plant the bomb (instant detonation time) to score a point.

Yes, it's very chaotic. It can also be a lot of fun.

ronzo

Basically, everyone starts out with hammer/Swords and have next to no shields or health.

There's a ball in the middle of the court, whoever grabs it gets 150% move speed and shields

the goal is to plant the ball in the opposing teams goal, where the bomb will arm and detonate instantly

It's really hard and all around hilarious trying to score

GalagaGalaxian

Thanks for the explanation guys. A bit of google searching found this too:

Looks fun, Jetpack Ball

Arrath

Hm. Now I want to see a griffball where the arming platform is in the air but the carrier can't jetpack. Thus relying on his teammates to launch him into it. It would be horrible.

BradicusMaximus

Arrath wrote: »

Hm. Now I want to see a griffball where the arming platform is in the air but the carrier can't jetpack. Thus relying on his teammates to launch him into it. It would be horrible.

With Halo's awesome betrayal system, I can only imagine how much raging that would induce.

Arrath

BradicusMaximus wrote: »

Arrath wrote: »

Hm. Now I want to see a griffball where the arming platform is in the air but the carrier can't jetpack. Thus relying on his teammates to launch him into it. It would be horrible.

With Halo's awesome betrayal system, I can only imagine how much raging that would induce.

It was a fairly valid tactic in Halo 3 griffball! Pretty frustrating watching the bomb carrier sail over us, let me tell you.

ShimSham

I finally hit Major tonight. Got my new duds on, and in my exhaustion decided to play one more game before I called it a night. SWAT comes up.

I get off to a rough start, and this one dude starts tea bagging me like nonstop after a routine kill. Like it was a big deal.

Oh but it didn't end well for him. I ended up killing him for the next 5 or 6 times we encountered, including one being an assassination. I completely decimated his corpse with excess bullets and teabags every.single.time. We won by about 10 kills on top of that.

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

PaperLuigi44

Mmm, new thread, fresh out of the oven.

Sorry about ignoring you invite josh, I was grinding out the kills challenge and was doing fairly decent in that match I was in.

And hotdamn if I don't enjoy backing up behind a corner and pegging someone who was chasing me with the shotgun.

ShimSham

GalagaGalaxian wrote: »

Thanks for the explanation guys. A bit of google searching found this too:

Looks fun, Jetpack Ball

As a ridiculous Grifball fan, this is the best thing ever and I hope there comes a permanent Grifball playlist.

FyreWulff

happy third birthday halo 3

wear your halo 3 nameplate today

joshgotro

3 years from now people still BR KingXXXX.

BradicusMaximus

Arrath wrote: »

BradicusMaximus wrote: »

Arrath wrote: »

Hm. Now I want to see a griffball where the arming platform is in the air but the carrier can't jetpack. Thus relying on his teammates to launch him into it. It would be horrible.

With Halo's awesome betrayal system, I can only imagine how much raging that would induce.

It was a fairly valid tactic in Halo 3 griffball! Pretty frustrating watching the bomb carrier sail over us, let me tell you.

Yeah, I loved doing that at the start of each round. Funniest way to reach the bomb first. Especially when you did it to someone unsuspecting.

Malakaius

Pretty fun games tonight, Need soooo many more credits for the EVA helmet. Also jacking a Banshee that is trying to splatter you and using it to kill the entire enemy team never gets old.

Leitner

BradicusMaximus wrote: »

Arrath wrote: »

BradicusMaximus wrote: »

Arrath wrote: »

Hm. Now I want to see a griffball where the arming platform is in the air but the carrier can't jetpack. Thus relying on his teammates to launch him into it. It would be horrible.

With Halo's awesome betrayal system, I can only imagine how much raging that would induce.

It was a fairly valid tactic in Halo 3 griffball! Pretty frustrating watching the bomb carrier sail over us, let me tell you.

Yeah, I loved doing that at the start of each round. Funniest way to reach the bomb first. Especially when you did it to someone unsuspecting.

It was the greatest thing on the version with low gravity for the bomb carrier. You could get launched literally like a hundred meters into the air and land in the opposing goal.

Joolander

I just looked up the cR totals, and I really dont understand why WO3->Captain is about twice as long as anything else

Xagar

Guys have you noticed that if you get killed while activating an AA it keeps going even while you're dead? I've held the AL button, and the EMP burst pops out around my corpse. Also holding the Jetpack button will make your corpse fly up into the air. Unfortunately I only did it for a second; I was pretty surprised.

PaperLuigi44

Did some Score Attack grinding to get the 400 FF kills, I may just pull myself out of the Warrant Officer ranks yet.

On that note, holy hell is Sniper Attack fun. Unlimited ammo meant I could tear through enemies with the Sniper Rifle, and picking up enemy Fuel Rod Cannons and Gravity Hammers made it even more ridiculous.

Evade is also a very fun ability.

Jelly Jiggler

EvilBadman wrote: »

Game Variants Additions

King of the Hill (multiple Playlists, including Arena*)
Rocket Race
Juggernaut (Rumble Pit Playlist)
*King of the Hill not included in Arena

FUCK YES!!!!!!8-)

Blurbl

I only just realised that Armour Lock has an animation before you're invincible, like the Bubble Shield. I'm an idiot.

Uncle_Balsamic

Hopefully I won't get SWAT games one after the other today.

Tomanta

Just sent a friend request to the metatag and will be looking to play some Reach over the weekend (in between trying to beat Shattered Dimensions so I can send it back and cancel gamefly).

Halo is so much better with a group.

sPider817

Finished my challenges, will be back on for whatever after I shower and eat. Hopefully the rain will let up so driving to the liquor store won't be a hassle.

Fizban140

This game sure is fun.

Xagar

"MLG Chat: Go To MLG Forum"

from the thread title

please.

FyreWulff

Headhunter Pro is so slow.

Fizban140

I will be on later if anyone wants to play.

Joolander

The one thing I don't like about headhunter is that my team mates always seem to think its straight up slayer

tastydonuts

sPider817 wrote: »

Finished my challenges, will be back on for whatever after I shower and eat. Hopefully the rain will let up so driving to the liquor store won't be a hassle.

Halo and liquor, combat evolved? :^:

Gonna start the challenges for today later. I didn't even bother with the orbital one from yesterday...

I wish the challenges were individualized.

Kor

Has anyone actually seen Juggernaut in Rumble Pit yet? I remember enjoying it tremendously in the Beta, but I've never seen it as an option since release.

heckels

Kor wrote: »

Has anyone actually seen Juggernaut in Rumble Pit yet? I remember enjoying it tremendously in the Beta, but I've never seen it as an option since release.

I thought it wasn't getting added untill the update in Oct.

TheUnsane1

Multiteam headhunter is a pretty damn fun time. So chaotic.

Work Safe

What I love about headhunter is most people don't know all the intricacies, even the captains. One game i just racked up 15 kills without even concerning myself with scoring skulls (for a challenge), and then i proceeded to score skulls and win the game

LordNibbler

Today will be a day of rest from Halo. Mostly cause I'm busy and the challenges are lame do-overs.

FyreWulff

But it's the easiest day of challenges ever!

Also I am contemplating buying more misc armory stuff or buying that blue visor, since I have to wait to be able to buy Mark V anyway due to rank.

FyreWulff

FyreWulff and Ohstam: Elite Forklift Detachment (fun in Firefight VS)



Love how the Elites actually fit themselves into the various vehicles now