Bungie will be releasing an update for Halo 3 soon that addresses some issues with multiplayer map issues and some other "double experience weekend playlist". Perhaps this can be better explained by Luke Smith, one of the Bungie community gurus:
- Grifball, the game created by Burnie Burns of Red vs. Blue will be an
unranked, weekend-long social playlist awarding DoubleXP to winning teams. We've
slightly adjusted some of the rules for Grifball (unlimited round times make for
unlimited griefing potential), but kept the game's core intact. You'll be able
to go in with party configurations ranging from one to eight people. This
playlist will be available from Thursday, March 6 at NOON until March 10 at
NOON(all times Pacific Standard). I apparently forgot to mention that the
Grifball hopper is being treated like a Tournament hopper -- a hopper where
there will be prizes. Tournament prizes.
- Beginning March 20 at NOON
will be the return of Team SWAT in the Social, DoubleXP variety. Team SWAT is an
old Halo 2 gametype where players have no shields, increased body health and do
not have the luxury of radar. This eight-player maximum hopper will be
completely Team Slayer focused with the SWAT ruleset. This weekend playlist will
be available from March 20 at NOON until March 23 at NOON (all times
Pacific).
Other bugs that have been fixed include:
- Fixed map exploit on The Pit
- Fixed map exploit on Construct
- Fixed
map exploit on Epitaph
- Reduced Ranked Big Team Battle "Large party" size to
six players and increased Big Team threshold to two
- Fixed Spartan Laser
occasionally falling through map on Sandtrap
- Fixes to matchmaking to allow
more even leveling for players
- Disabled Mixed Skill restrictions for RBTB
and Team Slayer