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[ubercado]

I am still using 6 until I get really used to it. I just like the ability to slowly follow my target when their back is turned...

I just can't seem to get the hang of it when I am moving. I guess that I am so used to being in a position on the machine that I am having problems adjusting...

[CoffeeJedi]

i play at about 9 usually, i've been doing better since i upped my speed, except for sniping! i used to be able to get a snipe every so often, but not anymore

do you guys actually switch lookspeed in game when you get the S-rifle?

[INCyr]

[Anton P. Nym]

The Weekly Update was just put up (and, miracle of miracles, I could actually read it right away... usually work's firewall blocks all content from bungie.net) and it's a doozy.

The big news; AutoUpdate goes on MONDAY, APRIL 18. It's a phased rollout, so it may take a bit for your Xbox to pick up its availability.

The changes are HUGE. There's a rebalance of weapons in addition to the bugfixes, with a boost to grenades and to melee attacks. (As a result, the Brute Shot gets a double-helping of help... its grenades are stronger now, AND it's a two-hit killer in hand-to-hand.) There's also a bunch of minor tweaks.

-- Steve's looking forward to seeing the changes... could his sux0rsness be partly due to the weapon balance? (Yah, right-o.)

[Tiny]

Well no fucking wonder it took so long. If they told us they were doing all that, no one would have bitched about it taking so long to come out! Lol anyways, I am sooo damned happy about the ressetting of the leader boards and all the changes that are going to be made! By the way, I'm getting a new account here in a day or two, I'll post on here what the gamertag will be. Either BanHammer or Dante The Poet...
Tj-

[thunderclap8]

wow, it'll be like we're all n00bs all over again

P.S. I've heard that Master Chief is on the cover of Library Journal this week, for a feature on gaming at libraries!

edit: here's the article, I haven't had time to read it yet though: http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA516033

[water10]

Wow! So many new things coming up!! I think Brute shot will be huge on Coag! Brute shot + grenades from the roof + melee when you go down the flag room has potential to be a great combo!

I'm a bit concerned that grenades will dominate on team slayer games. We'll see!

[thunderclap8]

I for one am excited for the return of grenade power! They were a major component of my strategy in Halo 1. I think I still subconsciously play with grenades as if they behaved like Halo 1 grenades did... so I'm expecting to improve.

And Waters, your new avatar terrifies me for some reason.

[DreamOfTheRood]

Looks like the first thing we ought to do Monday night is get sixteen people into a map and have the host try to standby. Doing that, we'll be able to figure out what happens and know the signs of secondary standby in BTB.

[water10]

Ok, we had some major cheaters tonight. The first game on Zanzibar was ridiculous! Check the Game Viewer. On their second captures, he killed me somehow aaaallllll the way from the beach!!! The worst part is we were doing great on that game ... It was my best sniping game in a while!

[ubersaurus]

I'm lovin the grenade boost, and the brute shot upgrade. I loves that brute shot as it is, and now it looks like I'll actually have to fight people for it.

And yes, he is on the cover of that magazine. He's holding two plasma pistols, which I swear has to be some sick joke on the part of the editors.

[thebruce]

[ubercado]

They are going to reset the stats...

Thank God! Now, we all know that it is gonna be screwy the first few weeks after but, it should level out again. I support this idea because of all the cheating rank %$#@! will have to actually EARN their ranks. It might just even make them so upset that they will stop playing (hoping against all hope).

And the players that earned them can easily earn them right back.

So...anyone gonna be on tonight or is everyone drawn into JE yet?

[fugitivesoldier]

Someone was secondary standbying us in Team Training last night.

We said to his teammates who were legit that we would ignore him since his life will lose all meaning monday.

[thunderclap8]

what exactly is the difference between standby and secondary standby? I've never been too clear on that.