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Halo |OT| HaloGAF Evolved
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I don't know what I'll do without my Bungie rendering service.
Still broken on the iPhone..
Thanks for the copypasta Hyper.
It seems we're really getting the Halo 4 reveal on the 29th, unless they're completely unaware of the reports/rumours or just planning to crush our dreams when we get to zero sleeps instead of far in advance when its harmless.
Those with capture cards will enjoy a short amount of time of being universally loved and adored by their communities.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I never had the issue i dont think.
I have everything but bungie pro, Maybe im misunderstanding
Iv got a Black Magic Intensity, Will record for food.
Frankie or David would have crushed our dreams by now.
HiredN00bs
Member
So now we're voting to see whether Frankie's promise will hold true?
ncsuDuncan
Member
Yeah, but they'll have to collect game films from within the file browser.
Forget films, we're not going to be able to link to map files or gametypes for a few months. That's going to suck.
Hopefully we'll be too hyped for Halo 4 to care. (or too busy playing a beta if we're lucky)
The only thing to remember.. our definitions of "reveal" (which still hasn't been specified) may be different than 343's. We know (or at least think we know) it will be at the spring showcase because of Hyper's detective work. We just don't know in what capacity.
I'll agree with you guys that think a reveal makes sense. But Frankie revealing a Halo 4 tattoo on his ass is still technically a "Halo 4 reveal." I refuse to have my soul ripped out again so I'll assume 343 isn't even going to be at the show, cover my ears, and walk away.
If you had a Bungie Pro subscription which would make you download a file that acted as the receipt for subscribing, it would keep Reach from loading either Defiant or Noble. Apparently there was a bug/feature where Reach could only load a limited number of marketplace items. Deleting the Bungie Pro receipt would fix it, but then the game wouldn't be able to load any new DLC at all released after the first two
The TU lets the game also load Anniversary but the game will still refuse to load Noble or Defiant if you still have a Bungie Pro receipt. The fix in either case is to delete it. Anniversary also thinks it's awesome and will always load first and put it's maps first and not alpha-sort like all other maps.
Also for those that missed it, no nameplate changing functionality on Waypoint. So I guess choose your nameplate before the 31st to lock it in, that is if they're not just being removed. I'm also assuming this means no more getting the Septagon in Halo 3 either.
Things like our Challenge database are going to stop working (I guess I could go back to scraping, which is what I was doing before the API was released). And Halotracker's dead after March.
It also pretty much killed the next Fire Team Zulu update
Time to go strip out all the API automation and switch 3/ODST over to the honor system stuff that Halo 1 and 2 challenges were using. I'm not going to bother with scraping because Waypoint is not reliable enough and really heavy.Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Very informative bulletin, I liked it.
Sucks we won't be getting rendered films, though.
Sucks we won't be getting rendered films, though.
Barrow Roll
Member
Well, looks like I'm playing Team Slayer on Feb 7th. Voting for that TU.
Who blabbed?
HiredN00bs
Member
Here's hoping you never get to play it.
Adapt.
Barrow Roll
Member
:lol, the fuck?
bobs...onGaf
Member
There are other playlists that im going to be playing which garuntee me TU settings, there are also other games I can be playing. Really the voting is going to probably highlight vanilla settings as being more popular which is flawed. Most of the guys who dont like vanilla settings wont go near the playlist.
Heres to hoping im wrong and 343 gets the data it needs to justify scrubbing vanilla Reach out of existence.
Hitmonchan107
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Thanks for hosting these, Wu. I much prefer your formatting to the Waypoint site. (Not a hate on Waypoint. Just a personal preference.) <3
Reagan's BR
Banned
Nice to see they are keeping Halo 2 stats.
Hypertrooper
Member
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Peter Moore, said you guys use the same super secret artist
Gabotron ES
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TU Team Slayer means less armor lock abuse so I'm ok with it.
85% > 100%
85% > 100%
Or you could just play Squad Slayer, which has no armor lock at all and already has the TU.
I use a red hot brand these days. Sitting is problematic.
The Librarian
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Excellent decision to move the "A Different Way to Campaign" videos to Youtube. I really enjoyed those videos, and I don't think there have been many made recently. Unless I've missed them.
Also: "not-too-distant future." The twenty-ninth it is!
Also: "not-too-distant future." The twenty-ninth it is!
Devo's rough huh?
HiredN00bs
Member
I already know how to play shittier gametypes.
ElzarTheBam
Member
All I need is squad DLC to be TU and I'm set.
Gabotron ES
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I'm tired of playing Powerhouse and Countdown... Team Slayer features FW maps which adds for some change to the playlist.
Edit: Does Squad Slayer has evade?
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Dat Junior Paddle needed testing son
This brings up an interesting point - if the TU wins out and Team Slayer becomes another TU playlist, what is the point of both it and Squad existing, especially in a game where Arena isn't going to be gone anytime soon? Do people really need a place to play mostly bad Forge maps (Hi, Enclosed) and Elite Slayer?
Or do we need to keep the quota of seven slayer-only playlists and another 3-4 slayer-dominant playlists?
At this point it'd make more sense to add the TU to The Arena instead of Team Slayer if they want a 4v4 slayer TU list.
I tried to come up with an answer for you but I don't even know anymore. As it is, I guess Squad DLC is the playlist to go to for Vanilla after this update. We get default Reach AND Invasion Breakpoint again. Even though I would have preferred default Reach to remain default and for the new lists to be TU. At least they removed the Anniversary requirement from it, so they're somewhat listening to us.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Well yeah that's pretty obvious.
Just messing with you, it would suck if there wasnt a single vanilla playlist left for people like you who enjoy vanilla Reach, but I do want Halo 4 to learn from Reach's mistakes, and so im glad 343 seems to already be working on that by spreading the settings.
Oh yea (NSFW)
Gabotron ES
Member
Well yeah that's pretty obvious.
Just messing with you, it would suck if there wasnt a single vanilla playlist left for people like you who enjoy vanilla Reach, but I do want Halo 4 to learn from Reach's mistakes, and so im glad 343 seems to already be working on that by spreading the settings.
Pretty sure Invasion will stay TU. You like fighting dinos n00bs?
I think The Arena is TU.
Devolution
Member
Anyone up for some Halo right about now?
The Arena uses TU settings, at least according to Waypoint's Playlist page, which makes it all the more confusing.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I forgot that existed, needs to be in the OP.
Barrow Roll
Member
Armor Lock abusers aren't very frequent in Team Slayer. I feel like more people don't play play Team Slayer out of fear of running into Armor Lockers but in practice it really doesn't happen all that often.
Squad Slayer population is a fraction of what Team Slayer has. Plus 4v4 > 5v5
Really sucks that Vanilla Reach lovers are gonna be SOL soon but it makes no sense at all to have this split between TU and Vanilla. TU happened, it's not going away, and the longer it stays split like this the more confusing it is for every player out there that doesn't read every weekly bulletin, skips the Matchmaking update screens, etc.
And if you think that Team Slayer's population will dwindle if it goes TU, well I seriously doubt that. Team Slayer is at the top of the list under Competitive. That alone assures it the highest population (aside from lamewads that want to just go easy mode in Living Dead).
And if TU does win out during the voting period, Squad is still a nice option for larger parties that don't want to play BTB.
But please Fronk, do something about that Health Pack glitch.
This is the sound of blood coming out my ears.
hrkkkksplhhttttttdonk
I agree. They already broke the promise, commit to the TU already and deploy it to all the lists. It's just getting sad now.
Hypertrooper
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It really has nothing to do with HaloGAF. Maybe it should get a mention on the HaloGAF website if Devo allows it.
Yeah, there are already plenty of TU playlists that no one plays. It'd be nice to know that when I put in my Reach disc I can play Reach the way the original designers intended in MM. But whatever, if the change I'll still play it of course.
Its actually not, it ruined alot of Infection games.
bobs...onGaf
Member
When I say hilarious I mean hilariously bad, like how the hell is that possible. It would also be hilarious to be in a game where everyone but me is dead and im just waiting for the timer to go down but thats a slightly different type of hilarity.
Elites falling through the floor also sounds insane, what the hell happens are you just stuck underground?
HiredN00bs
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Don't want TS to go TU.
Depends on the gametype I think. I know it ruined some gametypes Pete the Duck planned, he got around it by using KotH set to win the round at 1 point and use of a hill object.
As for the other one:
Here's what happens when Elites try to sprint with objectives.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Devo post in HaloGAF, timedog bought halo reach, its about a book halo has books, its hilarious. But yeah it was a joke post.
However This however is semi relevant and now i demand some Halo related gifs please
Bregmann Roche
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Too good. Too damn good. Thanks bobs...
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