H2 PC Legacy Playlist Feedback Thread

[YoshinJaa]

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! 

[Knighty Knight]

Oh my its a no brainer. Doublkes and Hardcore!!!!

[YoshinJaa]

Updated poll with MLG FFA playlist, because I know you guys want it

[II Havok II]

That's sick!

[Nokt]

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

[Bus7er]

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.

[YoshinJaa]

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. 

[LiFeCrusheR]

Hardcore ftw!

[VeNoMz]

 

Fucking everything!!!

[AkaDemiK]

this is amazing

[JetLethal]

Team hardcore and skirmish

[JetLethal]

Team hardcore and skirmish

[logan]

I voted for errythn

[logan]

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 :')

[KurtiZ]

Fucking A! MLG baby see yous there!

[II CasTLe]

Great work mate

[Zejik]

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.

[Ruiner]

Hardcore

Doubles

FFA

 

Looking forward to the closed beta.

[Delementary]

Early Christmas is coming early 

 

Hardcore all dayyy

[logan]

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

[YoshinJaa]

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

[Frenzy]

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

[joemac89]

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?

[YoshinJaa]

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. 

[logan]

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?