What will be Halo 2's online flaw?

[Carlucci]

After being under development for such a long time, should we dare hope that none of these problems will surface?

 

My fear is the dreaded DDE. This won't really be bungie's fault, of course, but it seems that some games definitely suffer this worse than others. I really hope Halo 2 is not one of them.

 

Carlos.

[Chris F]

Myself, I'm worried about the new item on Lik-Sang they're selling that will allow use of a keyboard and a mouse with an Xbox. It could really provide an unfair advantage to mouse / keyboard users if it actually work decently.

[Guest Bryan]

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[JTello]

Glitches!

 

Snipers shooting down from the sky! :?

That one blew in the first game! :x

[Failsafe]

Michael could take care of that for all of us, however.

Be prepared to spend a lot of sleepless nights at work, my friend. We've had a taste of a T1 connection and we find it suits us. :green:

[General Zot]

I vote for everything perfect. Not that I believe it, but I have hope...

[Calvin]

Originally posted by Ruffneck@Oct 4 2004, 01:11 PM

Myself, I'm worried about the new item on Lik-Sang they're selling that will allow use of a keyboard and a mouse with an Xbox. It could really provide an unfair advantage to mouse / keyboard users if it actually work decently.

This has me worried as well.Hopefully we can keep that from happening here.

Otherwise it should be okay.

 

It had better... :?

[Ricky G]

Hackers find a way to ruin public online play.

 

Hackers suck, and usually do find a way to screw things up.

[Covak]

I'm just afraid of that SmartJoy FRAG.

[cane corso]

I am not too worried about any of it.....as long as I am playing with people in this forum. I would hope we wouldn't take advantage of any glitches, hacks, etc.

 

I am sure I can help with the lag issues.

[Guest Bryan]

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[Sam P]

There's always something. Bungie are only human, right?

 

But as long as they rectify whatever it is in a patch, all will be well.

[AnthonyVolpe]

You folks are the only people I'm willing to play halo or any other XBox Live game online with. Let the hackers do whatever they want. Preferrably shoving bowling balls up their asses.

[Peter O]

Voted hackers.

 

But with this being MS's flagship game, I'm sure they'll keep it patched regularly if there are any glitches.

[foogledricks]

A flaw doesn't have to be a bug or a security issue. It can be something like in MechAssault where people didn't like the lobby. I wonder how responsive Bungie will be to things that aren't necessarily flaws, but that (if changed) could make the game more fun? I bet that Bungie.net, and the configuration of statistics, will be the most highly modified components of Halo 2 in response to gamer recommendations.

[Carlucci]

Well, some glitching is already starting to surface.

 

Apparently, you sit in the passenger seat of the Warthog, with the Sword, and "lock" it on someone, holding down the trigger. Then you wait for them to move away, and exit the warthog while looking up in the direction you want to fly.

 

And fly you will! Here's a Movie with it in action on single player. They are saying it works in multiplayer too.

 

So someone with a sword and a sniper rifle could get to a really high position on some maps and have their way with you while out of range of most other weapons.

 

It's spreading through the internet now. Just be aware in case you play with the unwashed masses and you see a dude flying through the air.

 

Carlos.

[Starhawk]

Wow. I wonder if they can patch this. It's funny how that slipped through Quality Control!

[JTello]

That's pretty cool, .....for a glitch that I'm sure will soon be pissing us off online as we get sniped from the heavens. :? Doh!

 

Imagine the reaction of the person who first found that glitch when they first came across it. I bet their jaw dropped and then they must have been laughing thier ass off.

[Covak]

Originally posted by JTello@Nov 16 2004, 07:58 PM

That's pretty cool, .....for a glitch that I'm sure will soon be pissing us off online as we get sniped from the heavens. :? Doh!

I wouldn't worry about it much. You need to get the sword and a sniper rifle, and then a warthog with a driver. And an enemy to lock. And then you actually need somewhere good to fly. I just don't see it happening much. If people actually waste time trying to do that in the fast-paced matchmade games they'll probably hurt their team more then help them.

 

And besides, you can already snipe from the heavens if you want, thanks to banshees. Heck, you can even get high up in the mountains around Coagulation with ghosts