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  • Subject: Playlist Feedback
Subject: Playlist Feedback

We're nearly finished with the next playlist update and it's just around the corner. As part of the update, we'll be adding a new 2v2 playlist in addition to a number of tweaks to what's already there. We're asking for feedback on what 2v2 gametypes you enjoy and also what you think this new playlist should be called. You can share your opinions in this Forum Thread.

We're also looking for your suggestions and ideas to help improve the existing Head to Head playlist. While plenty of people enjoy it, overall it is the least played and least enjoyed playlist we have. Share your Head to Head ideas in this Forum Thread.

And, if you haven't already, be sure to stop by the Voting Booth Forum to chime in on a number of Halo 2 polls.

  • 03.23.2005 3:27 PM PST
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woot woot! first! sounds good.can't wait to play them

  • 03.23.2005 4:01 PM PST
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i think that their should be 2 on 2 slayer and 2 on 2 skirmish. slayer should be a mix between team slayer and head to head. and the skirmish should play skirmish games.

  • 03.23.2005 4:03 PM PST
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i cant belive its not butter

  • 03.23.2005 4:12 PM PST
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how let the dogs out of the friggen golfcart loser

  • 03.23.2005 4:13 PM PST
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dont call my sister slut

  • 03.23.2005 4:14 PM PST
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  • 03.23.2005 4:15 PM PST
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Have Snipers and Shotguns on Foundation or a small level like that. or have a no shield game

  • 03.23.2005 4:20 PM PST
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What about haveing a Team Slayer option but use 4 teams instead of 2.

  • 03.23.2005 4:20 PM PST
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how bout implementing those battle rifle starts that so many people have been asking for since the beginning.. and that bungie never replied to...???? how bout that because right now matchmaking sucks

  • 03.23.2005 4:30 PM PST

awesome on the 2v2 thats gonna be klutch!!!

  • 03.23.2005 5:01 PM PST
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yeah and try to make almost all levels available to 2 vs 2 head to head, and 2vs 2 skirmish, but only if they work for that type of game.

  • 03.23.2005 5:49 PM PST
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Make it NO time limit (that's where u guys messed up on head to head) and first team to 25 or 30 wins!

  • 03.23.2005 6:01 PM PST
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why

  • 03.23.2005 6:48 PM PST
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why not have a game were you cant get booted for not killing anyone.

  • 03.23.2005 6:51 PM PST
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25 or 30 wins!? with only 2 ppl to kill? that could take 20 mins

  • 03.23.2005 7:10 PM PST
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battle rifles a must...

at least 1 no shilds and amplified damage...

swords match obviously...

maybe an odball type with multiple ballz...

that all i can think of without really puttin any thought into it...

  • 03.23.2005 7:11 PM PST
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Sweet idea, it will be better than Head to Head and Team Slayer, a good name would probably be like "Dual to Dual" or just "Dual Slayer"

  • 03.23.2005 7:30 PM PST
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I would like to see playlists that center around lots of vehicles, i mean as many randomly spawning vehicles as possible including the Scorpion and whatever the hell the alien warthog is called.

whats the point in putting in two vehicles and not include them in optimatch?

2ndly i know this is odd but how bout limited lives? you know make people sweat the deaths once and a while....

3rd and lastly on the small maps BigTeamBattle with objectives (CTF/Assault), nice cramped bloodbaths!!!

  • 03.23.2005 10:08 PM PST
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What about compatibility issues with the old version of halo 2?

Will people with the update be able to play with people without the update in the normal system link? I'm at college so there are lots of games going on here. Since the tech department has blockers up for xbox live, and i found a way through it, my roomate's box and my box will have the updates but no one else in the building will.

I would have a serious problem with this if i cant play with my friends here and play online with others.

I would be able to update their box's, but their is NO WAY they would let me do it with the sword lunge taken out.

You shouldn't make the sword lunge affect regular system link games, or anything else that can make the 2 versions not compatable.

~Migit

  • 03.23.2005 10:23 PM PST

Counter Strike FY Map Pack --> in my file share

For 2 vs 2:

A Battle Rifle start would be really nice… or Covenant Carbine for the levels where you normally start us with Plasma Rifle (though this is something I would like to see on all the playlists). A 2 vs 2 is going to be about weapon and map control, but with a BR or CC start, one team wont get too much of an advantage at any given time.

In general I would say focus most games on generic Slayer but definitely throw in some other game types such as Oddball, King of the Hill, and maybe even some Land Grabs.

A rotating offense defense CTF game would be nice. But don’t make it round based, simply switch offence and defense every few minuets. It adds a little chaos to a relatively small group of people that are playing.

If you are going to do some sort of 2 vs 2 assault, please make the guy carrying the bomb move at a normal speed. That way the pace of the game is a little quicker, and teammates will actually be able to stay close to each other. With that said, I think the assault game type is a bad idea for 2 vs 2.

Please don’t put rocket ammo on any of the maps for 2 vs 2 games. Too much focus is on controlling the RL as it is. Or if you are going to put rocket ammo on the maps, then please make the RL spawn at some kind of regular interval (if you don’t want us using timers, fine, than make the interval random… but please spawn another RL). That way, even if one team gets control of the RL, the other team could still pick it up too. Currently, once someone get the RL, that is it, it won’t respawn again so long as someone is holding a RL.

The same goes for Sniper Rifle or Energy Beam. Please spawn them on some kind of interval. Currently if one team gets control of the both Snipers, then that is it, so long as they hold them, they wont respawn. This is BAD! These weapons very powerful and can completely lob side a game if only one team controls them. They simply have to respawn to keep the game balanced. Currently the game is too much about controlling weapons and camping. The game should be about who are the better players with the best teamwork… not about who gets to the weapons first and camps.

Also, please but a battery on the Sword. It is powerful enough as it is… unlimited ammo is a touch too powerful.

For 1 vs 1:
Make campers explode!!! If people stay in a general area for too long, then blow them up! I have yet to even play a 1 vs 1 because I hear terrible stories of people getting one… maybe two kills, then hiding until the end of the game. The day I hear that campers are exploding… is the day I start playing 1 vs 1.

As for the name… how about ‘Pair of Deuces’.

  • 03.24.2005 12:56 AM PST
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"so you can play 2 vs 2 games on larger maps, "

worst idea ever

  • 03.24.2005 1:31 AM PST
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2v2 sounds great! I hope to get it by next week. You can't never go wrong on a 2v2.

Now, about the head to head. I think besides, standby, what makes head to head suck is the fact that people start to hide everytime they know they can get away with it and win. For example, if im in a head to head match and the score is 8 to 7, and there is like 2 minutes left, the person with the higher score will start to hide, this way when the time runs out they win. This for me is the worst part of head to head.

  • 03.24.2005 5:10 AM PST