Halo 3 online mutiplayer beta.

[Briareos]

I know it's not ideal, but to tell what team i'm on i just do a melee attack and then you can see what colour your arms are, saves taking your aim off...

[Soi]

Then hooked up with Soi and Boris for some team action. The genesis of E45 'only for external use' was witnessed!

Boris is certainly for external use only, as far as I am concerned.

[Crisp_Rapper]

that's what i do/// i sometimes have to do it several times throughout the match.

yesterday we were playing assault and attacking and the bomb was planted at the enemy base. i saunter in and see a guy (nige) stood over the bomb and think nothing of it. i stand and watch him for a second and then the bomb disarms and he comes over and shoots me in the face.

[bignige]

is there not the indicator in the bottom right of the hud anymore?

Yup it's still there.

[RustyS Badge]

Yup it's still there.

so whats the problem?

[dataDave]

so whats the problem?

I'm a gayer.

[wheelaa]

Finally managed to get on this last night after a long day at the office.

Really enjoyed it tbfh. Great new weapons, pretty solid graphics (without being jaw dropping admitedly), and just so much fun! I only played 2 games with a bunch of randoms, can't wait to get on it with NTSCers!

What really clinched it for me was the jump. Didn't use it much in Halo, and in Halo 2 it was the bane of my life. I couldn't aim/kill when jumping myself, or kill other when they were jumping. And I always seems to die from other jumpers. But now the jump just seems so right for my playing style! Get in.

[Simmy]

I hate you all for having so much time with this, I think I've managed 4 random games so far Off on hols now so no Halo for a week, hope to grab some games with you guys when I get back !

[bignige]

so whats the problem?

None for me, I'm not a spactard!

[Crisp_Rapper]

as above. spacked.

[1P_King]

Some more opinions from a noob.

High Ground is my favorite map so far, only got to play Valhalla once but both maps scream Halo, any map set outside in the sunshine and has a shoreline/stream is a winner for me.

Found out last night that in skermish I can rank up a decent score of around 16-18 kills a round and for me thats amazing but tried out a few of the team modes and I couldn't shoot a dried turd in the grass.

Something about the teams modes that has me thinking 'what should I do' the fact that I play with randoms and never use a strategy doesn't help and in the end I just run off and get myself killed.

Would be good to read a few posts on exactly how organised and tactical some of you guys make the matches.

[PeteJ]

Regarding teams - it tells you which colour you are before the game starts. Lists every player and their team. Exactly the same as Halo2 from what I can see.

I only played three matches last night (post pub!) and despite selecting for proper team games it picked Slayer on Snowbound every time. The map is ok but deathmatch isn't really what Halo's all about. One of them was Team Slayer which was pretty good.

I've played hundreds of hours of Halo and Halo2 multiplayer so when Bungie announced all the little changes (in particular the items) I was expecting a fairly different experience. To my surprise however the game feels almost exactly the same, and the tweaks haven't had a huge impact at all. The changes have all slotted in nicely to the Halo mechanic and they are all welcome. Anyone who didn't like Halo before will still not like Halo.

I'm struggling with the controls a little - feels weird using a different button to pickup weapons in particular. It's a good change though, can see why they did it. The items are awesome and using The Shield (how appropriate!) introduces a new level of depth. Laser weapon is fun to use and not completely overpowered like I was expecting, though I'm sure with practice the balance issue will appear. All the old weapons are nicely improved too.

I feel it's harder to spot what you've picked up and when to pick something up, and also the video recorder was extremely buggy, though it was 1am and I had drunk a few.

[GODZOOKI]

Im **** at this game, i need to put some hours into this one as i ****ing love it!

[Mardigan8]

I also think it aint easy to spot what you have picked up but after a few more games and we start recognising the symbols that will sort itself out. Also, the video recording stuff is a brilliant addition... limited at the moment interms of what you can do but it is going to be amazing when the full functionality is available in the final game... it is still good watching your games again though, makes you appreciate some of the sweeter kills you get, like 3 SPARTAN laser kills in a row HIGH FIVE!!

[GODZOOKI]

The stat tracking on Bungie.net is really good - being able to view who you were playing against for several matches, and the stats for those matches is a neat feature.

Holy ****, the stat tracking is awsome, never seen it before. A really cool feature, man i wish other games done the same.