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Well not so much found game as it found all the players and just as we were ready to go it kicked us all from the lobby :laugh: Going to go back and try again though :D

Ahh, I was able to play a game. Not worried about it. It's beta, **** like this is supposed to happen. Rather now than on release.

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Ahh, I was able to play a game. Not worried about it. It's beta, **** like this is supposed to happen. Rather now than on release.

Yeah I tried again and got a few games. Laggy as all hell and I would love to blame laggyness for getting butt raped but I cant, I just suck at this right now :laugh:

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Some quick tips to shorten your wait.

So, yup some stuff is on fire here at the office and if the forums are any indication, we were totally unprepared, don't care about our real fans, and should totally give everyone their zero dollars back with a side of free Xbox LIVE. While none of that's the case, our test team just broke away from an epic struggle with some molten server metal and 600,000 players to deliver us some quick tips to help you get games going a little bit faster.

Don't restart your search, even if load times are long. The initial load for map and game type will take a really long time, which is super lame, but once you've made the connection, the files will be cached to your hard drive and the next time you load to same map/game type, it should be nice and fast.

Don't reboot or reload the beta. It won't help and it will actually clear your cache, making your wait times much longer.

Don't leave your party. Since everybody in the party has to load the same files, your wait is tied to other player's download process as well. Stick with the same crew and things should iron out.

Rest assured that we're working on the issues and as soon as things start to smooth out, we'll let you know. Thanks for your patience.

Source Bungie.net

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Played 6 matches round at mates house (Recovered gamertag :p) Pretty good, Don't like the default controller layout. Recon is the best (makes (b) melee attack and rb throw granade)

The perks are good but some of the weapons have been nerfed massively. I could go head-to-head with someone who has an assault riffle with my pistol and not even be hurt 1/2 shield before they are dead.

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Smashing Pumpkin

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Played 6 matches round at mates house (Recovered gamertag :p) Pretty good, Don't like the default controller layout. Recon is the best (makes (b) melee attack and rb throw granade)

The perks are good but some of the weapons have been nerfed massively. I could go head-to-head with someone who has an assault riffle with my pistol and not even be hurt 1/2 shield before they are dead.

Do you mean switch grenade on rb

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Got a few more games in and am really liking it. Shotgun is back to being ****ing awesome. Not a giant fan of the DMR...yet. I'm going to have to tweak a bunch of settings but overall its a lot of fun.

I agree entirely. It really is a huge improvement over the H3 shotty. I'm quite liking the DMR, it seemed pretty good in the SWAT game I played earlier.

I'm using the Recon control scheme since I'm too used to H3's RB to reload. I gave default a shot for a couple games, but it didn't feel right.

Do you mean switch grenade on rb

With Recon reload is on RB and switch grenade is X.

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I agree entirely. It really is a huge improvement over the H3 shotty. I'm quite liking the DMR, it seemed pretty good in the SWAT game I played earlier.

I'm using the Recon control scheme since I'm too used to H3's RB to reload. I gave default a shot for a couple games, but it didn't feel right.

With Recon reload is on RB and switch grenade is X.

Ahh I knew it wasn't quite right but didn't know how to phrase it without making certain people think I was being a n00b n sarcastically correct me :sleep:

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I think right now if anything was to sway me towards buying a 360 it would be AW due to the fact I prefer that kind of game to FPS, but that's personal preference.??I know what you are saying though and I think there is more chance that Halo would pick up GOTY due to the history that the franchise has.

Ahem... Mass Effect 2

/end of argument

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Ahh I knew it wasn't quite right but didn't know how to phrase it without making certain people think I was being a n00b n sarcastically correct me :sleep:

Incidentally, that wasn't my intention.

Managed to get a few games in a row earlier. Servers seem better than they were before, but still had to wait a while for it to download the playlists.

I really want to get my hands on that Plasma Launcher, must look up where it spawns. It seems whenever I hear that noise I'm dead a few seconds later. :pinch:

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Incidentally, that wasn't my intention.

Managed to get a few games in a row earlier. Servers seem better than they were before, but still had to wait a while for it to download the playlists.

I really want to get my hands on that Plasma Launcher, must look up where it spawns. It seems whenever I hear that noise I'm dead a few seconds later. :pinch:

Oh no not at all mate :)

My mate is raving about the focus rifle, just spraying someone with it n finishing em off with the pistol.

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