*bangs head on wall* No public custom games in Halo 3

[michaels]

WTF :| This was my big gripe with multiplayer on part 2

 

[RandomFool]

public who whats?

 

[blurredvision]

Ya, I'm not understanding what you're talking about either.

 

[purbeast0]

He's referring to the fact that there will be no public server list to select from.

However there are going to be more options in picking custom games than in Halo 2. I remember hearing that you can basically pick a few criteria and select search, and it will return a list of games as such. But I don't remember where I read that, and I know it wasn't officially confirmed by Bungie either.

 

[michaels]

I read just a few months ago they were in, but now they arenot because
it would take people away from matchmaking...well duh people would rather make their own.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
He's referring to the fact that there will be no public server list to select from.

Hell, that's a good thing! Everybody, including myself, griped when we found out Halo 2 was going to be using this new party system and not a server list. After using it, though, it's greatly superior. I don't understand why you'd want the hassle of looking through a list of servers. Set up the parameters of what you want to play, and let the system match you with other people looking for the same gameplay and good ping.

The only time a public server list is ideal is when a game becomes older, and very few people actively play. Shouldn't be a problem with Halo 3 for a few years, since hundreds of thousands of people still play on a daily basis 3 years after it's release.

 

[tatteredpotato]

Ya, I really do think Matchmaking is usually superior. The only gripe I have is you can't play some of the more creative game types.

 

[Auryg]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: purbeast0
He's referring to the fact that there will be no public server list to select from.

Hell, that's a good thing! Everybody, including myself, griped when we found out Halo 2 was going to be using this new party system and not a server list. After using it, though, it's greatly superior. I don't understand why you'd want the hassle of looking through a list of servers. Set up the parameters of what you want to play, and let the system match you with other people looking for the same gameplay and good ping.

The only time a public server list is ideal is when a game becomes older, and very few people actively play. Shouldn't be a problem with Halo 3 for a few years, since hundreds of thousands of people still play on a daily basis 3 years after it's release.

If Halo 2 would have only had a public server list there would have been next to no cheating.

I pray to god they make the ranks invisible this time around, but I doubt it.

 

[FP]

Can you organize a private game for you and your friends?

 

[tatteredpotato]

Originally posted by: binister
Can you organize a private game for you and your friends?

Yes

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: purbeast0
He's referring to the fact that there will be no public server list to select from.

Hell, that's a good thing! Everybody, including myself, griped when we found out Halo 2 was going to be using this new party system and not a server list. After using it, though, it's greatly superior. I don't understand why you'd want the hassle of looking through a list of servers. Set up the parameters of what you want to play, and let the system match you with other people looking for the same gameplay and good ping.

The only time a public server list is ideal is when a game becomes older, and very few people actively play. Shouldn't be a problem with Halo 3 for a few years, since hundreds of thousands of people still play on a daily basis 3 years after it's release.

If Halo 2 would have only had a public server list there would have been next to no cheating.

I pray to god they make the ranks invisible this time around, but I doubt it.

Um, ranks weren't invisible in the beta. Why would they be invisible?

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: Auryg

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: purbeast0
He's referring to the fact that there will be no public server list to select from.

Hell, that's a good thing! Everybody, including myself, griped when we found out Halo 2 was going to be using this new party system and not a server list. After using it, though, it's greatly superior. I don't understand why you'd want the hassle of looking through a list of servers. Set up the parameters of what you want to play, and let the system match you with other people looking for the same gameplay and good ping.

The only time a public server list is ideal is when a game becomes older, and very few people actively play. Shouldn't be a problem with Halo 3 for a few years, since hundreds of thousands of people still play on a daily basis 3 years after it's release.

If Halo 2 would have only had a public server list there would have been next to no cheating.

I pray to god they make the ranks invisible this time around, but I doubt it.

because that would stop the cheaters.........how?

halo 2 has one of the best matchmaking and party systems out there, if not the flat out best. i'll take that over lists and whatever else any day.

 

[tatteredpotato]

I like how they added the Veto system at least, that way if a map comes up that no one want to play you can skip it.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: ObscureCaucasian
Ya, I really do think Matchmaking is usually superior. The only gripe I have is you can't play some of the more creative game types.

Ya, this was my issue with it. That plus I wanted to be able to play nothing but CTF games back to back. You can't do that with their matchmaking game types.