YoshinJaa Posted August 16, 2014 Hey everyone! The H2 PC ranking system, which follows the ranking and experience system from Halo 2 Xbox, is already completed. This thread is here to collect various feedback on the legacy playlists, playlists inspired by Bungie's H2 ranked matchmaking, and to also help improve these playlists over time. The ranking system and legacy playlists are now live! Go to http://h2pc.org/update and download H2 Shark, a client patching program, required to connect to these ranked servers. Halo 2 Vista Legacy Playlists Inspired by Bungie's Halo 2 Xbox Matchmaking Playlists. Last updated 10/11/2014 Team Hardcore minimum players: 6, maximum players: 8 The Hardcore playlist, also known as MLG, is all about competitive slayer and objective variants. This playlist uses MLG 2007 variants. MLG Team Slayer - Lockout, Midship, Beaver Creek, Warlock MLG TS Sanc - Sanctuary (turrets disabled, map default weapons) MLG CTF - Midship, Warlock MLG CTF Sanc - Sanctuary (turrets disabled, map default weapons, can score flag without flag at home) MLG Ball - Lockout, Midship MLG Neutral Bomb - Midship MLG FFA minimum players: 8, maximum players: 8 MLG FFA is true to Midship only Free For All. Play against the best of the best as you compete for 1st place. MLG FFA - Midship Team Slayer minimum players: 6, maximum players: 8 The classic slayer playlist. 4v4 slayer variants across many maps as well as Tombstone and Desolation, the last 2 Halo 2 Xbox DLC maps. *Note: Tombstone and Desolation custom maps are required in this playlist. You can download these maps from the server or from a player in a custom game Team Slayer - Lockout, Midship, Sanctuary, Turf, Warlock, Beaver Creek, Gemini, Elongation, Ivory Tower, Desolation Team Slayer BR - Zanzibar, Ascension, Burial Mounds, Relic, Terminal, Desolation, Tombstone Team Rifles - Ascension, Colossus, Terminal Double Team minimum players: 4, maximum players: 4 Partner up with a friend and play against 2 other opponents in this classic 2v2 playlist. Slayer and objective oriented. 2v2 Slayer - Beaver Creek, Ivory Tower, Elongation, Lockout, Turf 2v2 Slayer Human - Midship, Warlock 2v2 Slayer BR - Ascension, Sanctuary 2v2 Rifles - Ivory Tower, Lockout, Sanctuary 2v2 CTF Classic - Elongation 2v2 CTF Human - Midship, Warlock 2v2 Team Ball - Elongation, Lockout, Midship, Sanctuary, Warlock 2v2 Crazy King - Beaver Creek, Turf, Warlock Team Skirmish minimum players: 6, maximum players: 8 Play an assortment of various objective gametypes in this objectives-only playlist. *Note: Tombstone and Desolation custom maps are required in this playlist. You can download these maps from the server or from a player in a custom game. Assault - Desolation, Beaver Creek, Midship, Relic, Sanctuary, Terminal, Tombstone, Zanzibar, Warlock Assault BR - Burial Mounds Neutral Bomb BR - Coagulation Neutral BombFast - Warlock, Beaver Creek, Foundation Rapid Assault - Ivory Tower, Lockout, Turf One Flag CTF - Terminal, Zanzibar, Relic, Tombstone, Ascension One Flag CTF BR - Burial Mounds One Flag CTF Fast - Ivory Tower, Lockout, Turf Classic CTF - Elongation, Midship, Warlock MultiFlag CTF - Sanctuary, Desolation Multi Flag Human - Beaver Creek, Colossus Neutral Flag - Sanctuary, Warlock Team Ball - Colossus, Lockout, Sanctuary, Desolation, Tombstone, Turf Three Plots - Terminal, Desolation, Lockout, Sanctuary, Turf, Tombstone, Midship Team CrazyKing - Ascension, Beaver Creek, Desolation, Gemini, Ivory Tower, Sanctuary, Terminal, Tombstone, Turf, Warlock Team Snipers minimum players: 6, maximum players: 8 Work together as a team to snipe down enemy players. Motion sensor disabled. *Note: Tombstone, a custom map, is required in this playlist. You can download this map from the server or from a player in a custom game. Team Snipers - Ascension, Beaver Creek, Burial Mounds, Headlong, Ivory Tower, Lockout, Relic, Sanctuary, Terminal, Tombstone, Turf, Zanzibar Head to Head minimum players: 2, maximum players: 2 The ultimate 1v1 playlist. Outwit your opponent while playing skillfully. 10 kills to win. Slayer Duel - Warlock, Lockout, Midship, Ascension Slayer HumanDuel - Beaver Creek Rifle Duel - Ascension, Beaver Creek, Lockout, Midship Thank you for the feedback! 13 Quote Share this post Link to post
Knighty Knight Posted August 16, 2014 Oh my its a no brainer. Doublkes and Hardcore!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post
YoshinJaa Posted August 16, 2014 Updated poll with MLG FFA playlist, because I know you guys want it 4 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Nokt Posted August 16, 2014 I didn't mean to neg that post. Hardcore Snipes FFA I didn't vote for doubles because I suck at it haha, but I wouldn't mind seeing it 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Bus7er Posted August 16, 2014 Voted solely for FFA, not because the other gametypes aren't good, but because I think Midship FFAs are the most reliable at the moment. People quitting during objective games, or refusing to play a 3v3 and would rather sit in a lobby 4v2 for 30 minutes is too annoying. Quote Share this post Link to post
YoshinJaa Posted August 16, 2014 Voted solely for FFA, not because the other gametypes aren't good, but because I think Midship FFAs are the most reliable at the moment. People quitting during objective games, or refusing to play a 3v3 and would rather sit in a lobby 4v2 for 30 minutes is too annoying. Once the ranking system is live, players who disconnect in game will lose their experience, in free for all or team games, so that should help with the tendency to quit games in progress. Quote Share this post Link to post
logan Posted August 16, 2014 Off topic: When this gets released, this thing needs to be tweeted and retweeted and overall advertised like crazy. If the server can have a solid player base, the time between now and mcc will FLY BY. Good job though :') 3 Quote Share this post Link to post
Zejik Posted August 17, 2014 Voted for FFA right away. I always hated that we never get MLG FFA playlist in any of the games. Or something similar to it. I love the competitive settings in the Halo series. I was just never a good team player, but always excelled at FFA. Could be the whole can't communicate, and play to my full ability at the same time.... LOL. Ok I am not that bad at it. I just like being thrown into the fray with five to eleven other players, and going to town on them. Quote Share this post Link to post
Ruiner Posted August 19, 2014 Hardcore Doubles FFA Looking forward to the closed beta. Quote Share this post Link to post
Delementary Posted August 19, 2014 Early Christmas is coming early Hardcore all dayyy 2 Quote Share this post Link to post
logan Posted August 26, 2014 Hey everyone! The H2 PC ranking system, which follows the ranking and experience system from Halo 2 Xbox, is already completed. Server side implementation is currently be worked on, so I thought it would be a good time to get feedback on what ranked playlists from 2007 Halo 2 matchmaking you would be interested in playing. Simply vote for your favorite playlist in the poll above. Votes here directly influence how many dedicated servers will be up and running once ranks are officially released. Also, in regards to release date, the ranking system will be out towards the end of the month. A closed beta will happen a few days beforehand so that it can be fine tuned. It's getting closer! Is the ranking system still planned for release by the end of the month? :O Quote Share this post Link to post
YoshinJaa Posted August 26, 2014 It's getting closer! Is the ranking system still planned for release by the end of the month? :o We are on track, just implementing some additional features beforehand. Stay tuned 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
Frenzy Posted August 26, 2014 You say by the end of this month. You mean this month as in August right?! like not september but august? like IN A FEW F**KING DAYS AUGUST? lol let me clam down a bit lol. Thats fricken sweet man. Awesome job on the ranks 1 Quote Share this post Link to post
joemac89 Posted August 27, 2014 We are on track, just implementing some additional features beforehand. Stay tun ohh man i just seen this is awesome! wouldnt it be hard to find matches at high lvls since there might not be enough ppl online? Quote Share this post Link to post
YoshinJaa Posted August 27, 2014 You say by the end of this month. You mean this month as in August right?! like not september but august? like IN A FEW F**KING DAYS AUGUST? lol let me clam down a bit lol. Thats fricken sweet man. Awesome job on the ranks Yep, as long as everything goes by smoothly, which it is currently, it should be out at the end of the month. Latest would be in the beginning of September if we have major hold backs. ohh man i just seen this is awesome! wouldnt it be hard to find matches at high lvls since there might not be enough ppl online? We have logged at least 800+ players over the course of last week, and I am sure that once it is released, more people will be active. We only have 8 servers up at the moment, so besides peer hosting/using another server, we are always experiencing high capacity. Quote Share this post Link to post
logan Posted August 27, 2014 Yep, as long as everything goes by smoothly, which it is currently, it should be out at the end of the month. Latest would be in the beginning of September if we have major hold backs. We have logged at least 800+ players over the course of last week, and I am sure that once it is released, more people will be active. We only have 8 servers up at the moment, so besides peer hosting/using another server, we are always experiencing high capacity. So are the playlist going to have several different servers in it? Will the servers be stronger than your average servers? Quote Share this post Link to post