Halo 3 Big Team Battle goes ranked

by Dustin Burg { Jan 31st 2008 at 4:30PM }

Good news fellow ranked playlist lovers of the Halo 3 world, Big Team Battle is now officially a ranked playlist. W00t, w00t! Big Team Battle has been social since the game's launch, but now with today's ranked change, you'll be able to experience competititve 8v8 gaming. The new Big Team Battle will default players with BRs and Assault Rifles, be weighted towards Slayer gametypes (though CTF, Bomb and Territories are in the mix) and make use of Valhalla, Sandtrap, Standoff, Rat's Next and Last Resort. So, go already. Fill up your ranked medals chest and push towards a 50 rank with seven other pals in the new (and improved) Big Team Battle playlist. Killtastrophe here we come!

[Thanks, Cole Mullenbach]

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Peter @ Jan 31st 2008 4:40PM

I just got back from playing it, and I have to say, Ranked BTB sucks! Everyone is so low a ranks that matchmaking doesn't work. I saw Recruits being matched with Generals! The biggest problem is that it isn't weighted towards Big Team Slayer. I played 5 games, and only one was Big Team Slayer, the rest were all either Multi-Flag or Single-Flag. Bungie should just make a Big Team Slayer hopper.

ericdrum @ Feb 1st 2008 10:19AM

Matchmaking only works after people can be appropriately ranked in that playlist. It will sort itself out quickly. I'm very happy for this as many times have have too many friends online who all want to play together.

Jayslacks @ Jan 31st 2008 4:50PM

Finally. My dreams...My dreams have come true...

dan stabbingworth @ Feb 1st 2008 9:29PM

Yeah, great, now people bring their guests into 5v5 objective. Lame.

NvM @ Jan 31st 2008 4:52PM

Ranked Rocket Race would've been better.

Helloimbob @ Jan 31st 2008 4:59PM

Lies!

Project Ekim @ Jan 31st 2008 4:52PM

i just played it and liked it, it will improve over time and for the person who commented on top of me, this is only happening because everyone is going in with a rank of one and H3 true skill doesnt look at generals and recruits. In a week it will balence out but right now has a highest lvl of 10. Also i played 5 games and 3 of them were slayer one was flag and one territories.

zourskittles @ Jan 31st 2008 5:03PM

CHICKA CHICKA YEAH! THIS WAS MY BEST LEVEL WHEN IT WAS RANKED IN HALO 2. I may finally put Halo 3 back in my 360 for the first time since i got COD4 on christmas.

Van Faulk @ Jan 31st 2008 5:08PM

THANK YOU BUNGIE.

BTB is one of my favourite gametypes for just chilling out and shooting shit. If I want tactical stuf I have team hardcore but BTB is just awesome. Especially since it means more sandtrap.

mcatrage @ Jan 31st 2008 5:09PM

Give me SWAT at least social and I'll start playing Halo3 again.

JakubK666 @ Jan 31st 2008 5:11PM

Isn't hardcore and tactical pretty much the same?

George Arauz @ Jan 31st 2008 5:34PM

Damn.. i havnt played H3 in a long time.. but mite start again

dunnypop @ Jan 31st 2008 6:01PM

do you have to press the d-pad to talk with your team?

BobTheMonkey @ Jan 31st 2008 6:02PM

Where the hell is grifball????

Chris @ Jan 31st 2008 6:47PM

what about people with guests (AKA real like friends), BTB was the best playlist with groups of guests but now it'll be taken over by rank whores

drsilverworm @ Jan 31st 2008 7:01PM

rat's next? rat's next what?

mike @ Jan 31st 2008 8:04PM

its about fing time.I cant believe it took so long for this to happen. Im dissapointed to hear it focuses on team slayer the most however. Team slayer is the only downfall of BTB. I play it so often there in unranked and I cant stand it. Ill get a +35 ratio (hey im playing noobs lol) and my team will still lose by 25 points. the reason I hate slayer is no matter how well you preform, your chances of a loss are still very high because you can get just that one retard who gets a -15 ratio and easily single handedly costs you the game.

Objective is alot better. If Im play a ctf match, that one retard who keeps dying does not drastically effect the outcome of the match much. If Im good enough, I can defend that flag without his help.

Sammy D Kat @ Jan 31st 2008 8:29PM

Maybe this will keep people from quitting early all the time. In one game I was the only left & I refused to quit, so it was me vs. 8 and I was kicking ass!

kerbero9 @ Jan 31st 2008 9:57PM

no TEAM SWAT = i don't fing care

Anticrawl @ Feb 1st 2008 12:53AM

If I still gotta push to talk in BTB ranked then my Halo 3 will stay dusty on the shelf for many many months to come.

killploki @ Feb 1st 2008 9:43AM

good for you, that will show them.

95% of all games usually involve teamates yelling at each other over stealing each others weapon anyways. the voice chat on live is hardly ever used for strategy, and the odd time it is i dont want some kid telling me what i should be doing in a match.

Anticrawl @ Feb 1st 2008 6:50PM

I typically only play with friends and there is even more of a reason to when the game has a party system. I don't like that I have to press a button in the heat of action to tell my teamates where the action is or if we just wanna chat about random stuff while we are enjoying a game of Halo 3 multiplayer.