| Joe Martin 2004-11-24, 9:46 am |
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"bobby" <nom@il.thanks> wrote in message
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> I've been playing H2 online over the past few nights, so I'm not expert on
> the whole thing yet, but is it just me that thinks the whole online setup
> stinks?
I've heard people complaining about it a lot. I for one, don't find it bad
at all. In fact, I think Bungie's implementation of Halo 2 on XBOX live is
awesome. Clans, voice messages, just the pure ease of getting friends
together makes a great experience.
quote:
> Firstly, what's the difference between a Clan and a Party?
A clan is a group of 100 Live users. They can only be part of one clan at
one time. Basically, you can have any number of your members competing in
different clan matches at one time.
A party is a group of your friends that can either play a custom made game
with options of your choice, or enter into matchmaking with Bungie's
playlists. Basically, Bungie created the "party" to recreate the couch
experience in playing halo. Once again, I think this implementation works
great. Its easy as hell to get friends that are logged on together for a
game.
quote:
> Why cant I play the exact game I want to play? Why does the Lobby throw me
> into a CTF game, when I may just want to play an Assault game.
You can play exactly what game you want! Only thing is, that it would be
against friends on your list. You would have to create a "party" invite
those friends in and play whatever the heck you want. This game would be
unranked in Bungie's view. Think about it. If Bungie allowed you to select
exactly what map, type of game and options you want it would be unfair to
other players. Joe Blow may practice a map, know all the secrets and
glitches etc. and whoop everyone's XXX in it. Its a way of keeping the game
fair, and forces everyone to be an average player on all levels. Also,
Bungie automatically selects the best host for speeds etc. If every tom dick
and harry was hosting their own games, everyone would be complaining about
lag and how shitty Halo 2 is. Think of it as a way of keeping the game
experience great.
quote:
> Why cant I JUST play against my friends?
You most certainly can play against "just your friends". Create a party,
invite them in and play whatever map.options you choose. Game would be
unranked...but who cares!
quote:
> Why are the instructions on how to play each game awful at best, or
> typically non-existant?
They give you a small run down of the options before the game starts. If you
are unsure, ask someone in the room. Someone will always pipe up and explain
the rules to you.
quote:
> If there is a way to achieve some of those mentioned above, please let me
> know.. I don't profess to being a H2 wiz, but I've spend nights trying to
> find out how to accomplish the above, and can't find it 
>
> Burnout 3 is the other main online game I play, and whilst EA servers may
> be ropey at best, the way you setup each race/crash can't be faulted.
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