Precision weapon dueling's still there, and great with the Pistol as a starting weapon.
Folks just aren't completely defenseless if they choose to fall back on the AR instead.
I think Gold packs is offer more rare consumables.
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Folks just aren't completely defenseless if they choose to fall back on the AR instead.
Samurai G0SU
Member
What does this even mean?
Silver only gives you Common - Rare Items.
Gold gives you Uncommon - Legendary Items.
In theory, you should probably get Silvers in order to get all the Permanents up to Rare, then start buying Golds to get the Upper-Class ones.
That's what i'm going to do now. Because then the game will have to give me 2 Permanent Rare-Legendaries each time when I start doing Gold after.
I know you do. But it's just not very clear when you go up. In the beta you had this bar that would fill up or empty out depending on if you won or lost. Feels really 'empty' not having a ranked number or to see exp go up or down.
He's implying the same thing a lot of people did during the beta, that just because the AR's been buffed to a point that it can be seen as competent for once, Halo's been turned into nothing but a spray 'n pray fest.
TheCanisDirus
Member
This exactly. I think old BR vets are surprised when they go to "pray" on someone with an AR and get shot the fuck up at mid-range easily losing the firefight if they miss a shot or two.
Every weapon seems so very balanced with specific strengths and weaknesses now. Love the meta of... well... everything lol.
i think what the poster above is talking about is the spartan rank.. which you cant look up in any menus ingame except for the post game lobby. pretty stupid if you ask me.
its also kinda lazy that 343 kept the numbered spartan ranks instead of opting the halo reach way with military ranks and special ranks like mythic, reclaimer or forerunner as the last ones. yea it was a grind fest but it was nice being the only nova in the lobby.
its also kinda lazy that 343 kept the numbered spartan ranks instead of opting the halo reach way with military ranks and special ranks like mythic, reclaimer or forerunner as the last ones. yea it was a grind fest but it was nice being the only nova in the lobby.
buddha0991
Member
i guess hes saying ratatata like spray and pray, and probably he means with the beta it should have been BR starts...but the pistol is basically a mini BR now and being skilled with the pistol, you should be able to outgun AR users almost every time anyways so...
Also you have to get used to the new mobility and learn to properly juke around enemies
AHappyPanda
Member
At extremely close ranges in conjunction with the melee, sure.
Huge shoutout to 343i for adding in additional save files for the campaign. I know that might not seem like much, but it's a big deal for me, as I can have one file for my solo legendary, and the others for co-op or just messing around in the campaign for achievements and such. Really great feature.
LOL
Samurai G0SU
Member
Oh okay, i thought he was trying to imitate how the br sounds from a distance.. lol
funny i thought people disliked the br starts during the beta because they weren't good at using it and never picked up anything else on the map.
With the new motion tracker adjustment i can see the spray n pray fest become an issue where they dont show up but you're being hit and then die as soon as they blip up.
Twilight Gap
Member
"pssst, hey you, yea you in the blue. ya'll got anymore of them food nipple?"
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1126535
Lists several GAF companies, by location & timezone. Happy hunting
link1201
Member
Oh I miss that too. I know you get the green up arrows or the red down arrows but I liked seeing where I was.
any chance of you guys bringing campaign challenges back for mp exp gains or possibly req points ?
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
I know the majority of reviews was positive about the campaign but there were also a few negative ones. Even though that Ryan guy from IGN didn't review it, he did completely shit on it and I honestly don't understand why. Now I am only in Mission 2 where I am fighting the hunters for the first time, but I already love it. I love the multiple routes to flank the enemy, this really adds to the diversity of the gameplay. The guns are lovely, maaaaaaaaan I love that Uzi like weapon. The new moves really make them shootouts feel different but it still very much is Halo.
Mission 2 has a nice atmosphere with the dark passages and almost creepy or suspenseful vibe to it. I love hearing the Grunts talk so much. Fighting the Hunters was quite intense too. Absolutely love the crosshairs of these Promethean weapons like the Light Rifle, when you aim down the sights it just looks dope as hell. The new behaviour from them too and other enemies. Having a great time with it.
THis is my first playthrough and I have chosen Legendary. Absolutely loving it.
Mission 2 has a nice atmosphere with the dark passages and almost creepy or suspenseful vibe to it. I love hearing the Grunts talk so much. Fighting the Hunters was quite intense too. Absolutely love the crosshairs of these Promethean weapons like the Light Rifle, when you aim down the sights it just looks dope as hell. The new behaviour from them too and other enemies. Having a great time with it.
THis is my first playthrough and I have chosen Legendary. Absolutely loving it.
The Baron Count
Member
I'm on mission 9 I believe but I don't understand the complaints either.
It fixed everything I hated about Halo 4. It feels like I have more freedom in how I approach combat than I ever have before. That's exactly what I wanted.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
You guys aware that the menu backs you out to the main menu when trying to switch playlists? Kinda frustrating. I want to switch from Breakout to SWAT, but I always have to do it via the main menu.
Giriath_89
Member
I don't know who you guys are playing, but any decent player does not stick around in a losing precision weapon duel. They don't have to, with the new movement abilities. Instead, the moment they're missing shots and getting hit they duck around the corner (and there's no shortage of those).
Because their shields won't recharge while they're sprinting you can try to follow, but it's probably pointless. In a team game, any decent player will run to a teammate who will have no trouble taking you out if you lost any shields in the prior fight. It will be a dangerous chase anyway.
In FFA, your target will duck around a corner and get killed by someone else. If they aren't really really far from any corners or doorways you may as well not bother engaging them. And the only places like that are the few open areas on FFA maps, where anyone is free to pick off both you and your target from behind the bazillion doorways and corners entering onto the open area.
The safest way to quickly get kills in FFA (minus power weapons of course) seems to currently be to run around with your AR and intrude on fights. Maybe get to high ground above an open place and intrude on fights with a precision weapon from there.
This is why over half of pretty much everyone's kills in FFA are assists. The only way you get to win a duel is if your opponent was stupid enough not to escape.
Because their shields won't recharge while they're sprinting you can try to follow, but it's probably pointless. In a team game, any decent player will run to a teammate who will have no trouble taking you out if you lost any shields in the prior fight. It will be a dangerous chase anyway.
In FFA, your target will duck around a corner and get killed by someone else. If they aren't really really far from any corners or doorways you may as well not bother engaging them. And the only places like that are the few open areas on FFA maps, where anyone is free to pick off both you and your target from behind the bazillion doorways and corners entering onto the open area.
The safest way to quickly get kills in FFA (minus power weapons of course) seems to currently be to run around with your AR and intrude on fights. Maybe get to high ground above an open place and intrude on fights with a precision weapon from there.
This is why over half of pretty much everyone's kills in FFA are assists. The only way you get to win a duel is if your opponent was stupid enough not to escape.
AHappyPanda
Member
At extremely close ranges in conjunction with the melee, sure.
Going from fighting against SMG in H2 and destroying people with BR and fighting against AR in H3 while holding a BR, the effectiveness of the starting AR was immediately noticeable.
H3 made spray and pray a much more viable option, when it really shouldn't have been. They threw a bone to shit players, but I personally felt that bone was too big, making the BR non-hitscan also did not help things.
SavageCobra
Member
Got disconnected in Warzone (either my internet or the preview dashboard is messing up) and it took me to the main menu for 10 seconds...then automatically put me back into the same game with the same amount of score and kills I had. That's pretty nice.
As long as we're on the subject... Why is there no option in the co-op campaign menu to start the level over from the beginning? Can only restart from a check point.
Spaceman Spiff
Member
What's up with the CSR, because with a K/D a little less than 1.0 there's no way a scrub like me ought to be ranked Platinum 1. Since you cannot drop an entire rank from losses, I fear most of my Arena matches from here on will consist of me getting repeatedly shat on.
Just beat the campaign and I'm sorry if this has been said 100 times but why is the AI so bad?
They spent a large majority of their time standing still not doing...anything? You tell them to focus fire something? Stand still. Revive someone? stand still. literally rubbing up against an elite? You better believe they're gunna stand still!
I'm not expecting them to play the game for me but it just feels silly.
Not to mention the "boss" enemies all have weakspots on their backs. When I realised this a few levels in I was like "oh! someone is supposed to distract them while others shoot them in the back, how clever"....well good blam!-ing luck ever making that happen as all wardens/hunters/knights know EXACTLY where you are and concentrate ONLY on you the entire time.
Sorry for rant but I spent every fight feeling punished for playing solo.
They spent a large majority of their time standing still not doing...anything? You tell them to focus fire something? Stand still. Revive someone? stand still. literally rubbing up against an elite? You better believe they're gunna stand still!
I'm not expecting them to play the game for me but it just feels silly.
Not to mention the "boss" enemies all have weakspots on their backs. When I realised this a few levels in I was like "oh! someone is supposed to distract them while others shoot them in the back, how clever"....well good blam!-ing luck ever making that happen as all wardens/hunters/knights know EXACTLY where you are and concentrate ONLY on you the entire time.
Sorry for rant but I spent every fight feeling punished for playing solo.
ElzarTheBam
Member
link1201
Member
There is no matchmaking for campaign as far as I know.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
the perma banhammer is in effect
Gotta manually invite, which sucks if your like me and don't have 4 people to run with constantly. I don't agree that co op matchmaking would have been a waste in this game, especially if they did it gears UE style.
internetwolf
Banned
You can't beat swat!
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Reason #infinity why I <3 ground pound.
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Got yelled at by a team of Americans for having a bad game and then laughed at by the gleeful opposition afterwards. Where are the UK/European servers? I was the only non US player in my last game 
I'm not great at the game anyway but it's nice when the connections are more even. Any chance of server selection getting patched in Stinklez ol' buddy ol' pal? Help a Scottish brother out!
I'm not great at the game anyway but it's nice when the connections are more even. Any chance of server selection getting patched in Stinklez ol' buddy ol' pal? Help a Scottish brother out!
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Its like crack for me I love it so much.
Legendary weapons in campaign have been next to useless for what they should be. I found a legendary scattershot, sniper rifle, fuel rod gun etc. Even worse is that you can't pick up extra ammo for them beyond the initial shots. Maybe it's just me though. I see why they're legendary, but it makes little difference in the heat of battle.