Bad news first. Rynicie727 is being retired from the clan, due to the fact that he moved to start a new life with his girlfriend in Florida or Alabam or something a few months ago. Something he was kind enough to share with me through like a third or fourth source. So, apparently that is why he isn't on. He will be missed, and DAMN IT HE STILL HAS SOME OF MY BORDERLANDS GUNS!
Moving on:
Today is Halloween, which means while playing matchmaking you will see more MIAs then usual, as Children distract your foes whilst you headshot thier unmoving soldier.
Well, the level cap is about to be raised in Reach. 117 million challenges should be done on monday. Level cap increases Tuesday probably.
31x Experience in Gears 2 today. If you are up for it.
Not much else.
Have fun!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Halo Reach Tuesday update
The changes going down next Tuesday:
Playlists
•New Playlist: Team Snipers
•New Playlist: Living Dead
•Rumble Pit
◦Lineup rebalanced to offer more kill, less frill.
◦Removed Infection, Safe Havens, Race, Rally, Headhunter Pro
◦Removed “Classic” gametypes
•Team Slayer
◦Removed all Snipers gametypes
•Team SWAT
◦Added SWAT Magnums gametype
•Team Objective
◦Removed 1 Flag Classic
◦Removed Headhunter Pro
◦Removed the following gametypes from Hemorrhage due to the size of the map with only 8 players:
■ Multiflag Classic
■ 1 Flag CTF
■ 1 Flag Pro
■ 1 Bomb Assault
◦Removed Oddball and Hot Potato from Boardwalk
•Multi Team
◦Removed SWAT
◦Removed Classic gametypes
◦Removed The Cage
◦Changed weighting for Rocket Race so it does not have a 100% chance to appear in Slot 3
•Big Team Battle
◦Removed Multiflag from Boneyard and Spire
•Invasion
◦This playlist now offers 3 voting options
•Firefight
◦Updated Firefight playlist gametypes to be a full set instead of 1 round. Adjusted skull progression (ODST style).
◦Removed Friendly Fire
•Score Attack
◦Removed Crash Site
◦Added Mythic Score Attack
◦You can no longer pickup other weapons in Sniper Attack
Maps
•Zealot/Arena Zealot
◦Arena Zealot is now used for all Slayer gametypes
◦Players can no longer stand on the edge of the generators in space and crouch to shoot below the shield
•Asylum
◦Softkill zones added to the tops of the Sniper buildings
•Boneyard
◦Modified respawn zones for Slayer gametypes
•Hemorrhage
◦Modified respawn zones for both bases
◦Respawn timers for all Warthogs on Hemorrhage should now be 120 seconds
Gametypes
•CTF
◦All CTF gametypes should now have a player respawn of 10 seconds
◦All Classic CTF gametypes now feature Flag At Home To Score and Touch Return
◦Flag At Home To Score disabled for all non-Classic CTF gametypes
◦Modified Flag Return and Flag Reset times:
■1 Flag on Small maps use 10 second return and 30 second reset
■All other CTF gametypes use 30 second return and 45 second reset
•Assault
◦Assault gametypes now have a player respawn time of 10 or 15 seconds depending on the map
2 community Maps are entering Matchmaking.
Score Attack Playlist Updates:
•Score Attack:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.
•Gruntpocalypse:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.
•Sniper Attack:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.
◦Weapon pickup is now Disabled.
◦Increased Melee Modifier to 150% to match Damage Modifier.
•Mythic Score Attack:
◦The same set up as Score Attack but with the Mythic Skull on.
Firefight Playlist Updates:
•Firefight:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Round 1 has only Tough Luck skull.
◦Round 2 has Tough Luck and Catch skulls on.
◦Round 3 has Tough Luck, Catch, and Cloud skulls on.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
•Generator Defense:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦ Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Round 1 has only Tough Luck skull.
◦Round 2 has Tough Luck and Catch skulls on.
◦Round 3 has Tough Luck, Catch, and Cloud skulls on.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
•Rocketfight:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
•Sniperfight:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Bonus Wave Squad 1 set to Hunters.
◦Bonus Wave Squad 2 set to Hunters.
◦Bonus Wave Squad 3 set to Hunters.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
That's A lot!
Edit: Level Cap to be removed when the community hits 117,000,000 combined Daily and Weekly Challenges. Get on it people.
Playlists
•New Playlist: Team Snipers
•New Playlist: Living Dead
•Rumble Pit
◦Lineup rebalanced to offer more kill, less frill.
◦Removed Infection, Safe Havens, Race, Rally, Headhunter Pro
◦Removed “Classic” gametypes
•Team Slayer
◦Removed all Snipers gametypes
•Team SWAT
◦Added SWAT Magnums gametype
•Team Objective
◦Removed 1 Flag Classic
◦Removed Headhunter Pro
◦Removed the following gametypes from Hemorrhage due to the size of the map with only 8 players:
■ Multiflag Classic
■ 1 Flag CTF
■ 1 Flag Pro
■ 1 Bomb Assault
◦Removed Oddball and Hot Potato from Boardwalk
•Multi Team
◦Removed SWAT
◦Removed Classic gametypes
◦Removed The Cage
◦Changed weighting for Rocket Race so it does not have a 100% chance to appear in Slot 3
•Big Team Battle
◦Removed Multiflag from Boneyard and Spire
•Invasion
◦This playlist now offers 3 voting options
•Firefight
◦Updated Firefight playlist gametypes to be a full set instead of 1 round. Adjusted skull progression (ODST style).
◦Removed Friendly Fire
•Score Attack
◦Removed Crash Site
◦Added Mythic Score Attack
◦You can no longer pickup other weapons in Sniper Attack
Maps
•Zealot/Arena Zealot
◦Arena Zealot is now used for all Slayer gametypes
◦Players can no longer stand on the edge of the generators in space and crouch to shoot below the shield
•Asylum
◦Softkill zones added to the tops of the Sniper buildings
•Boneyard
◦Modified respawn zones for Slayer gametypes
•Hemorrhage
◦Modified respawn zones for both bases
◦Respawn timers for all Warthogs on Hemorrhage should now be 120 seconds
Gametypes
•CTF
◦All CTF gametypes should now have a player respawn of 10 seconds
◦All Classic CTF gametypes now feature Flag At Home To Score and Touch Return
◦Flag At Home To Score disabled for all non-Classic CTF gametypes
◦Modified Flag Return and Flag Reset times:
■1 Flag on Small maps use 10 second return and 30 second reset
■All other CTF gametypes use 30 second return and 45 second reset
•Assault
◦Assault gametypes now have a player respawn time of 10 or 15 seconds depending on the map
2 community Maps are entering Matchmaking.
Score Attack Playlist Updates:
•Score Attack:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.
•Gruntpocalypse:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.
•Sniper Attack:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 15 minutes.
◦Weapon pickup is now Disabled.
◦Increased Melee Modifier to 150% to match Damage Modifier.
•Mythic Score Attack:
◦The same set up as Score Attack but with the Mythic Skull on.
Firefight Playlist Updates:
•Firefight:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Round 1 has only Tough Luck skull.
◦Round 2 has Tough Luck and Catch skulls on.
◦Round 3 has Tough Luck, Catch, and Cloud skulls on.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
•Generator Defense:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦ Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Round 1 has only Tough Luck skull.
◦Round 2 has Tough Luck and Catch skulls on.
◦Round 3 has Tough Luck, Catch, and Cloud skulls on.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
•Rocketfight:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
•Sniperfight:
◦Added Glacier map.
◦Increased Time Limit to 30 minutes.
◦Increased Wave Limit to 1 Set.
◦Bonus Wave Squad 1 set to Hunters.
◦Bonus Wave Squad 2 set to Hunters.
◦Bonus Wave Squad 3 set to Hunters.
◦Friendly Fire is Disabled.
◦Betrayal Booting is Disabled.
That's A lot!
Edit: Level Cap to be removed when the community hits 117,000,000 combined Daily and Weekly Challenges. Get on it people.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
WU: Campaign, Map packs, 4x Exp, and Claptraps.
Campaign matchmaking for Halo Reach goes live tomorrow, along with a snipers and infection playlist.
The first map pack for Reach has been announced (November 30th, 800 points) which seems a little early for new maps. I mean, couldn't have this have been thrown in on the disk? Anyway, this map pack will never be free because it adds 250 Gamerscore worth of achievements to Reach. So let's divide the population 2 months into Reach, Bungie. Great Idea.
Anyway, the maps included are Anchor 9 (set in the space station of the same name. 2-8 players, designed for FFa, Team slayer and team objective), Tempest (A big team map that doubles as a "Forge me" map. At least have the decency to make it a different habitat for a forge me map the forge world), and Break point a new Invasion map. (What the hell? no Firefight maps? The dance hall in New Alexandria is almost exactly like Crater from Odst. It begs to be Firefighted!)
4x Exp. Gears 2 is having a 4x Exp event until the 28th. Then, until the 31st, it is having 31x Exp. This will probably be the last Gears 2 event the clan will do. unless they do a 60x Exp event...
The new Borderlands DLC is out. It's currently bugged though so we'll let you know when it is good.
In Halo 3, 7 on the 7th is now a monthly list that resets every month.
Oh, and Gears of War 3 will have dedicated servers. Boo-Yah. No Host bonuses.
The first map pack for Reach has been announced (November 30th, 800 points) which seems a little early for new maps. I mean, couldn't have this have been thrown in on the disk? Anyway, this map pack will never be free because it adds 250 Gamerscore worth of achievements to Reach. So let's divide the population 2 months into Reach, Bungie. Great Idea.
Anyway, the maps included are Anchor 9 (set in the space station of the same name. 2-8 players, designed for FFa, Team slayer and team objective), Tempest (A big team map that doubles as a "Forge me" map. At least have the decency to make it a different habitat for a forge me map the forge world), and Break point a new Invasion map. (What the hell? no Firefight maps? The dance hall in New Alexandria is almost exactly like Crater from Odst. It begs to be Firefighted!)
4x Exp. Gears 2 is having a 4x Exp event until the 28th. Then, until the 31st, it is having 31x Exp. This will probably be the last Gears 2 event the clan will do. unless they do a 60x Exp event...
The new Borderlands DLC is out. It's currently bugged though so we'll let you know when it is good.
In Halo 3, 7 on the 7th is now a monthly list that resets every month.
Oh, and Gears of War 3 will have dedicated servers. Boo-Yah. No Host bonuses.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Halo Reach playlist update going live on Tuesday.
Several Matchmaking changes are going up next Tuesday. Here is what it consists of:
Team Slayer
SWAT is Being removed.
Recorded voting behaviors are adapting the playlist (if it is voted for often it appears more often)
Traditional Slayer's weighting is increased greatly.
Team SWAT
Swat playlist introduced.
Swat removed from all other lists.
Swat on Hemmorrage gone.
Team Objective
Powerhouse is getting 1 flag and stockpile.
Multi Team
Rocket Race is added
Big Team Battle
SWAT and BTB Classic are removed.
Snipers has a reduced weighting.
Arena Doubles
Boardwalk Removed.
Slayer Pro varients removed.
Default Zealot is being replaced with Arena Zealot (has different start spawns and soft kill barrier in space..
Team Arena
Same as Arena Doubles, except Boardwalk is NOT being removed.
Score Attack
Credit earn rates for Gruntpocalypse are being reduced to fall more in line with other modes.
General Matchmaking
Various Tweaks and Bugs are being fixed.
Team Slayer
SWAT is Being removed.
Recorded voting behaviors are adapting the playlist (if it is voted for often it appears more often)
Traditional Slayer's weighting is increased greatly.
Team SWAT
Swat playlist introduced.
Swat removed from all other lists.
Swat on Hemmorrage gone.
Team Objective
Powerhouse is getting 1 flag and stockpile.
Multi Team
Rocket Race is added
Big Team Battle
SWAT and BTB Classic are removed.
Snipers has a reduced weighting.
Arena Doubles
Boardwalk Removed.
Slayer Pro varients removed.
Default Zealot is being replaced with Arena Zealot (has different start spawns and soft kill barrier in space..
Team Arena
Same as Arena Doubles, except Boardwalk is NOT being removed.
Score Attack
Credit earn rates for Gruntpocalypse are being reduced to fall more in line with other modes.
General Matchmaking
Various Tweaks and Bugs are being fixed.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Sacrifices must be made.
Well I'm back and within a week the new l4d 1 & 2 expansions come out. A new campaign called The Sacrifice will be available for both games along with No mercy L4d2 stylized for L4d2.
So several changes are already being made to Reach Matchmaking as everyon has made Bungie VERY much aware. (And yet a topic on the Reach Forums still disappears within 30 seconds of creation).
Playlist Changes
•SWAT Playlist added (SWAT removed from Big Team Battle and Team Slayer)
•Campaign Matchmaking (live on 10/15 – You will be required to have earned the Grade “Corporal” to enter this Playlist)
•Team Slayer rebalanced to highlight default Slayer game variants and include new offerings
•Classic Slayer removed
•Removed “Pro” game variants from the Arena Playlist
•Removed Boardwalk from Arena Team Doubles Playlist
•Added “Return to Battlefield” volume to Space on Zealot in the Arena Playlist
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
General Housekeeping
•Sudden Death will be added to all Assault game variants, including Invasion
•Team Objective will now feature the map Powerhouse
•Replacing Drop Shield with Evade for King of the Hill, Territories, and Oddball
•Replacing Hologram with Evade in Oddball, Capture the Flag, Assault, and Stockpile
•Replacing the Scorpion on Hemorrhage with Wraiths (Hemorrhage Heavies variant, TBD)
Clan Events are not going to be preplanned anymore but a "decide when enough people get on"
Also, Note that Halo Reach IS designed to be played from the HDD, so if you have room, you should totally install it. Helps the loading times a lot.
Also looking for Game types/ maps remade from halo 3 for clan events. We already have grifball. Going to be making Classic infection soon.
Oh, and Gears of war 3 has been delayed to November of 2011. They Have said they COULD get it done by April 2011, But would rather polish it up and release it in the holiday season.
So several changes are already being made to Reach Matchmaking as everyon has made Bungie VERY much aware. (And yet a topic on the Reach Forums still disappears within 30 seconds of creation).
Playlist Changes
•SWAT Playlist added (SWAT removed from Big Team Battle and Team Slayer)
•Campaign Matchmaking (live on 10/15 – You will be required to have earned the Grade “Corporal” to enter this Playlist)
•Team Slayer rebalanced to highlight default Slayer game variants and include new offerings
•Classic Slayer removed
•Removed “Pro” game variants from the Arena Playlist
•Removed Boardwalk from Arena Team Doubles Playlist
•Added “Return to Battlefield” volume to Space on Zealot in the Arena Playlist
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
General Housekeeping
•Sudden Death will be added to all Assault game variants, including Invasion
•Team Objective will now feature the map Powerhouse
•Replacing Drop Shield with Evade for King of the Hill, Territories, and Oddball
•Replacing Hologram with Evade in Oddball, Capture the Flag, Assault, and Stockpile
•Replacing the Scorpion on Hemorrhage with Wraiths (Hemorrhage Heavies variant, TBD)
Clan Events are not going to be preplanned anymore but a "decide when enough people get on"
Also, Note that Halo Reach IS designed to be played from the HDD, so if you have room, you should totally install it. Helps the loading times a lot.
Also looking for Game types/ maps remade from halo 3 for clan events. We already have grifball. Going to be making Classic infection soon.
Oh, and Gears of war 3 has been delayed to November of 2011. They Have said they COULD get it done by April 2011, But would rather polish it up and release it in the holiday season.
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