As all of you Halo fans know by now, the second title update for Halo 3 went live a little while back. There have been some technical behind-the-scenes tweaks that none of us need to know about, so we can just take Bungie’s word for it. They have also added new Achievements for everyone to fanatically go fire up some Social Slayer and take the easy road to get. Aside from all of that, we would like to break down the most interesting change: the addition of playlist specific experience points and military rankings.
Basically, what Bungie has done was add experience points and military rankings to each of the game’s playlists. Nothing is being taken away or reset, so there is no need to fret, folks. Each playlist will have a military ranking based purely on experience points instead of a Trueskill rating. So, let’s say you have a Colonel rank in the global ranking system with “X” number of experience points. Now, you enter into your Lone Wolves playlist for the first time and place in the top half. That will gain one experience point for that playlist and one for your global experience along with the normal military ranking.
In the end, each playlist has it’s own experience point and military ranking, it’s that simple! If you don’t believe us, just go check out bungie.net for a much more in depth explanation. In the meantime, I am going to go work on my Lightswitch Achievement.
Great rundown, Tyler.
Good explanation. One thing I really hate is why they made your secondary weapon the pistol, this sucks when you drop your main weapon and then realize that your secondary is a pistol! Grrrrrr
I liked the old ranking system better. It was the only one that was really based solely on your skill and not how many games you’ve played
If anyone wants to take me 1 on 1 or any type of clan i fight ill take you and your clan on… But dont cry when you lose Gamertag: lukem93
can anyone tell me why im not going up every time i play a game of snipers i either get the mvp or second best and i stay at a stupid nine sergeant please message me back oh and ill 1v1 you lukem 93 Gamertag:Ax1e R1P
I think I could help you in snipers, I’ve only played it twice, but I think I can keep up with most kinds of games. I’ll send you a friend request.