RB3 General Discussion!

Mr E wrote: »

I'm just sorting out my Rock Band Library.

I found a cheap copy of RB1 in Xtravision and still had the transfer license from my previous xbox (RIP). Export worked fine.

Then I looked up how to export from RB2 into RB3. I don't mind paying for the transfer license, but why the hell do I have to download a track pack? I still have my RB2 disk. Seems like a needlessly redundant process to download all the tracks again (1.8gb) when I have RB2 installed on my hard drive....

This is pure win Senior E !!!! Well it was for me, lego , greenday, acdc, track pack 2 all bought exported and sold on without the need to keep the discs

Those are long past the sell by date though but there is still some recoup to be had from not needing the discs to redownload the songs from exports.

D4RK ONION wrote: »

GH drums are 5 pads, you want 7 optimally to play pro RB drums. I seriously doubt if GH drums would be any use in this.

Actually, GH drums can be used to play pro drums in RB3, it allows you to assign the pads to a point. I haven't actually tried it myself yet so can't comment how they play in RB3 and if they function any differently than they did in RB2.

Had some news back from Madcatz regards the kick pedal not working to activate overdrive on the keyboard.

from an email they sent me :

We first apologize for the delay in responding to your inquiry. We have looked into your situation in the meantime and found that the issue is caused by the Rock Band 3 game. An update will fix this issue, but unfortunately we do not have a release date ourselves. When such an update will be available, you will have the possibility to download it through XBox Live.

Here is what got fixed :

• Arena 12 Freeze (aka The Roadie Amp Loading Screen of Death) – If the amp loading vignette occurred immediately prior to an especially resource heavy venue it had the potential to cause a freeze. Your band should now be able to load their gear uninterrupted.

• Save Data Affected By Especially Long Band Names – Custom / Random Setlists specific to artists with especially long names (most notably Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Honest Bob and the Factory to Dealer Incentives, The Presidents of the United States of America, etc) that were not completed before playing through to the next auto save could result in corrupted save data.

• Iron Man Eyebrow Freeze in Character Creator – The Character Creator would sometimes seize up when reselecting the default eyebrow for the Iron Man pre set face. All eyebrows are now safe.

• Pause Scoring Exploit – To prevent abuse of repeated pausing mid-song to pad a score, we now disable score reporting on any song in which a player repeatedly pauses. Your crowd meter should go grey and you will not be able to complete any goals or achievements tied to score during that play through.

tman wrote: »

Is it just me, or is there loads more stuff to do in the Lego RB challenges menu now?
Could have sworn there was only 1 thing in there before the patch

Hmmm I remember the 1 for 100% of the solo on final countdown. Even with a few extra it still won't get my progress bar closer to the star on the right.

What were you thinking Onion .......No girl is worth that :eek:

Lol kidding :pac: Just you be sure Hotaru to look at Onions scores on keys and beat them soundly, that will teach him to throw money around like some kind of playa

calex71 wrote: »

What were you thinking Onion .......No girl is worth that :eek:

Lol kidding :pac: Just you be sure Hotaru to look at Onions scores on keys and beat them soundly, that will teach him to throw money around like some kind of playa

I'm on it!

The best bit was that he brought RB3 to my house this weekend, was playing on my XBL account and ended up beating some of his own scores :P I lol'd

Deleted User wrote: »

I need a job. I feel so left out without this game.

It's going for €35 in a few places, mind you may also need a ms points card to export rb 2 etc.

calex71 wrote: »

It's going for €35 in a few places, mind you may also need a ms points card to export rb 2 etc.

30 euro on Amazon.co.uk atm with free delivery

Just waiting on my copy to arrive. Exciting

Speaking of achievements........ got the 'Hopo-cidal Maniac' one there tonight. Kill 53,596 Hammer-ons and Pull-offs on guitar.

Took a hell of a lot longer than I though, I figured I would make a big dent in it given 500+ songs in my library by just playing through them all. In the end I had to create a 7 song setlist with songs containing lots of hopo's. I never want to hear 'greengrass and hightides again' Prequel to the Sequel is my new favorite song though.

I have to say this is seriously worth going for especially if you use difficult songs, as after playing those who knows how many times now my horrifically bad solo and zigzag skills have been improved by 100% noticed at huge improvement in my accuracy and fret hand speed in solos and can even beat green grass on expert without going into the red

Setlist I used

1: Alabama Getaway
2: Dig
3: Hysteria
4: Spirit in the sky
5: prequel to the sequel
6: green grass and high tides

Netted me over 3500 a go.

tman wrote: »

I'm still worming my way towards Alex's Luggage Combination at the moment:o

Really ? I got that the 1st weekend

Speaking of DLC based cheevos , wonder when we'll get all the HMX bands back that they took out to do that one, I had a few from RBN etc to get it but without those it would have been impossible to get.

D4RK ONION wrote: »

You play expert, so your score is likely to rising much faster than those on hard or medium SNOB ETC!

I was on keys the 1st weekend, so might have been the boost from multiplayer that got it for me so quickly, I certainly wasn't my playing thats for sure


Changes subject I just saw the GH DLC for this week and as a 90's rocker I am suffering serious envy here

Goo Goo Dolls – “Name”
Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy”
Matchbox Twenty – “Real World”
R.E.M. - “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”
Sponge – “Plowed”

I know GH doesn't release much but all of those are win!!!!! I'm sick of expensive track packs and stuff getting added for the sake of keys etc (only a month later lol) , RB need to just keep adding good songs regardless if they have keys or not , One of my favorite songs just got added to RBN and I have no points on my UK account and cant justify buying 2100 poinr just to get that one song , besides like a lot of RBN songs the mix is really weird on it , grrrrrrrrrrrrr /end rant

Edit: Now I'm in a 90's music trip we need this in RB, arsehole should take himself off the all ireland talent show , remember he was cool once and get to charting all the old Kerbdog stuff for RBN Oh and while he's at it convince therapy? to do trouble gum fro RBN too.

I have noticed it not be as easy to get games online as it used to be, maybe it will pick up when some folks get it for christmas. Or maybe it's just my NAT settings on the fritz again or has anyone else noticed this

calex71 wrote: »

The leaderboards are my #1 gripe with the game, I don't want to know if I'm in the top x% I want my exact position

Um...that just means you're not quite good enough to get ranked. Although I think they should go a bit higher, they rank from around 600 down. Pro Drums and keys (and I imagine Pro guitar/bass) are simple to get ranked on as there are less people with them. Guitar is easily the hardest to get ranked in (I think my best is around #6 on some Foos song)