Tha Robbertster
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Elzar, hydra, Xand, Krow, you guys wanna try out the DLC playlist tonight?
And man, those art pieces are really amazing, a real talented guy!
And man, those art pieces are really amazing, a real talented guy!
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Halo: Reach |OT7| What are They to Say Now?
- Thread starter The Librarian
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what?! i'm totally part of that group.
The good ones.
Tha Robbertster
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DcLevartho
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Of course it counts, and I hope you're ready for an onslaught of my work again, I was spartanx5 if you don't remember. It's been a few years, but after years of firefighting, some college to supplement, and certain events, I'm coming back to art for good.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Of course, be on in 2 and a half hours.
With an attitude like that, I'm not surprised!
With an attitude like that, I'm not surprised!
oh you're dead to me. and 2.5 hours? i'll be at work for another 5.5 probably. frown.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Lol, I'm pretty sure you will find some of us still playing when you get back, especially as Robbert said Xant.
The Librarian
Banned
You guys going after achievements?
blech, i hope not. regardless, you should join anyway!
Tha Robbertster
Member
I think the only achievement you can get is the armor lock one, so we probably won't. But you can join anyway if you want to.
The Librarian
Banned
It's the DLC playlist. You can only enter that playlist if you have all the DLC maps available on your hard drive, right? I have the Anniversary maps on my disc, and the Noble and Defiant packs on my hard drive. I don't think I can enter the playlist.
ElzarTheBam
Member
I think you are right.
do you not have the anniversary download code still?
The Librarian
Banned
Tha Robbertster
Member
ElzarTheBam
Member
Reading that along with your avatar, really made me laugh for some reason.
The Real Napsta
Member
Gave that away to Vhfive.
$15 solves your problem.
Sorry, no Portuguese people
Of course jk. You can join
Wow that hurt man. To prevent myself from getting even more hurt, I won't highlight those spoilers.
Well at least I know how old Jesus is!
Yeah I'm definitely down for some games. Completely forgot about that DLC playlist tbh! Lookin' forward to trying it out anyway
Gave that away to Vhfive.
<3
Steelyuhas
Member
I fired up Reach and got a pop up notification for the December update, and the January update appears to be up.
EDIT: Sweet jesus 100% bloom is awful.
EDIT: Sweet jesus 100% bloom is awful.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I still get updates for the November playlist update when I use the Reach disc and updates for ATLAS when I use the Anniversary disc. Happens about 40% of the time.
I bet I can guess what Tunavi is doing tonight!
GOOD ONE MAN
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playing 3ds, right? why are you upset?
Tashi0106 said:
I mean we knew from the outset that it wouldn't work that way. That's why the DLC download code was attached. I think Dax is awesome for giving the code away but I'm pretty sure he knew that incompatibility issue from the get go.
It's insane that the Anniversary disc is incompatible with the Noble and Defiant DLC. They're on your hard drive, why can't that disc access them? And now you can have all the DLC maps between the disc and DLC, but you still can't access a playlist that uses only the maps you have? Seriously, what the fuck is up with that?
I'm going over that in my review, but yeah.. the Anniversary disc should have been able to load the DLC. It's like they still wanted people to pay for Defiant and Noble and then forgot to let people actually be upsold to them by having it not load them.
Squad Gametypes appear to be:
Slayer
Slayer DMRs
Slayer Pro
Elite Slayer
Gabotron ES
Member
Squad DLC has a 15,343 cR jackpot 
Nice. How's the playlist look so far? Have you tried any of the new LD maps?Squad DLC has a 15,343 cR jackpot
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yup. That's one of the many things that was handled poorly about anniversary I think. Since they wanted to use Reach's multiplayer it really should have had all of Reach's maps including the DLC maps. The base is as fragmented as ever thanks to the way it was done.
The Librarian
Banned
Oh yeah. I'm going to burn $15 dollars on maps I already have.
Honestly, I feel like I got ripped off a bit by 343 in this case. I didn't know I wouldn't be allowed in all-DLC playlists despite the fact that I have all the DLC when I had the code. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been so eager to give it away.
I was assuming that, in all DLC playlists, I would only get the maps that I was playing with. Anniversary when I had that disc in, and Noble and Defiant for when I had the Reach discs in.
But maybe it's my fault for not looking into the circumstances a little more closely. But I do wonder if there are other, more casual fans in my place who thought they could give away the code because they had all the maps.
^^ How can you feel ripped off? You gave away something that came with the game to complete it. Its your own fault silly.
I remember seeing it back then. It was awesome then to. :thumbsup:
He needs to draw me more Pokeman pictures!
I remember seeing it back then. It was awesome then to. :thumbsup:
He needs to draw me more Pokeman pictures!
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I really really reallllllllllllly wish Squad DLC wasn't 100% bloom.
Yep, won't be playing in it sadly
Can't take 100% anymore. ZB 2x scope DMR please (haha).
Not to mention AL invulnerability, sheesh.
Would have paid extra for a mythic style anniversary disc.
Yup, definitely should have been a Mythic-style disc. It's like they couldn't figure out what the purpose of the Halo Reach Anniversary Multiplayer Demo was going to be, and the way it was executed serves to reinforce that it splits the userbase.
Also, I already got a random voice message sarcastically thanking me for going 26-4 on Alpha Zombies :lol
While I'm going off on 343 for making shitty design decisions, I might as well say:
Dear 343 Indistries,
Why the FUCK does Squad DLC not use TU gametypes? You already admitted the playlist is being added on a probationary basis, so if you want people to actually play it, why would you go out of your way to not use the new tweaks that you patched into the game to appease fans in the first place? I would absolutely spend the majority of my Reach time in that list if it used TU settings at least some of the time, but completely leaving them out has just pushed me away. I tried one game and couldn't even finish it after being brought back to everything I disliked about vanilla Reach.
And feedback systems be damned! I'd rather have a decently fun game with a slightly below average feedback system than a shitty game with a feedback system that does a fantastic job of showing how shitty the game is. Tighter bloom, bleedthrough melees, and nerfed Armor Lock were all things that made me feel more in control of the action, and taking them away just brings back all the jankiness that made me stop playing Reach until the TU released.
But adding the TU to existing playlists like BTB, (slowly removing the vanilla Halo you said would continue to exist) while leaving it out of new ones? Makes. No. Sense. Get it together.
Today I learned a valuable lesson about friendship: friends don't let friends play vanilla Reach.
Your friend,
blamite
Dear 343 Indistries,
Why the FUCK does Squad DLC not use TU gametypes? You already admitted the playlist is being added on a probationary basis, so if you want people to actually play it, why would you go out of your way to not use the new tweaks that you patched into the game to appease fans in the first place? I would absolutely spend the majority of my Reach time in that list if it used TU settings at least some of the time, but completely leaving them out has just pushed me away. I tried one game and couldn't even finish it after being brought back to everything I disliked about vanilla Reach.
And feedback systems be damned! I'd rather have a decently fun game with a slightly below average feedback system than a shitty game with a feedback system that does a fantastic job of showing how shitty the game is. Tighter bloom, bleedthrough melees, and nerfed Armor Lock were all things that made me feel more in control of the action, and taking them away just brings back all the jankiness that made me stop playing Reach until the TU released.
But adding the TU to existing playlists like BTB, (slowly removing the vanilla Halo you said would continue to exist) while leaving it out of new ones? Makes. No. Sense. Get it together.
Today I learned a valuable lesson about friendship: friends don't let friends play vanilla Reach.
Your friend,
blamite
I'm pretty sure they said that they literally had no more room on the disc for the other maps and they'd have to go 2 disc if they did, then they would have had to increase the cost. I would have been OK with that, but they had to make a choice. $60 for a remake would have been unjustifiable for many people. I feel they made the right choice. If you paid damn attention you'd have all the maps. Its not really 343's fault I don't think. Though I do also understand the other side of it.
Slightly Live
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Prediction. My birthday will pass this year without a Halo 4 reveal.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Ehh, that's a shady excuse. And an extra disc shouldn't cost $20. I could see $45 perhaps, but $60 for two discs of barely new content would have been absurd.
Edit : And yeah, Blamite, I totally agree. If Squad DLC was using TU settings it'd be my main playlist.
Hypertrooper
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bobs...onGaf
Member
Pistols in Snipes suck.
Wow why did I click on that garbage. They don't deserve the clickthroughs.
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