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Halo 4 |OT| Spartans Never Die
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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Great thing there was a beta to catch all this stuff, eh?
rocksteady1983
Member
Glad SWAT is finally in. In only that mode can I die 10 times in a row one game, then go 27-6 the next.
This is the beta.
Yes there is.
It's my favorite campaign since CE.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Yeah, impossible other wise. I got to 14 before I was forced to win it...
It's a slim.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Lack of anything new + smaller confined environments is not what I was expecting either.
If there were, I missed them. Other than enemies, what was mentioned in direct reference to campaign? Master Chief is never brought up at all and even
Didact
They mention the New Phoenix event, Lasky is now in command of Infinity which is something that happens due to the events of the game. There are undoubtedly going to be events that directly relate to what happen in the campaign, as there are 8 more episodes to watch.
Neuromancer
Member
What's the best episode to get that Hunter challenge?
Probably chapter 3. There are two hunters and some rockets right off the bat.
Is the Weekly Spartan Ops Challenge 'Heroic Episode' broken or am I doing something wrong? I did all five chapters in Episode 2 via matchmaking (matchmaking is Heroic) and it didn't complete it.
Hacksaw, Solo on Easy. At the start run forward and get the Rocket Launcher, then run to the right towards the pair of hunters and kill them both (2 shots each, at the body). Reload and repeat.
Hacksaw, Solo on Easy. At the start run forward and get the Rocket Launcher, then run to the right towards the pair of hunters and kill them both (2 shots each, at the body). Reload and repeat.
Vincent Alexander
Member
Just finished. Easily my favorite Halo. There were meaningful cutscenes, good dialolgue, fun gameplay....I'm not sure if on an overall game basis it was great or just in comparison to previos Halo games. I'm still debating.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Game needs more maps period.
Already tired of them all.
Treythalomew
Member
Yeah I've never even gotten close to doing that in a game without just winning and it ending. With only two weekly multiplayer challenges, it sucks to see them both be regicide and especially ones that seem better suited for a daily.
Unless it's your's, your teammate's but hasn't been picked up after a considerable amount of time, or if it's an enemy's drop, then I leave it alone.
AndresON777
shooting blanks
Yep. I only call the drop when I'm ready to pick it up immediately anyway
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
Ugh, having the Halo server error for the last 2 days, and not able to access spartan ops is not fun.
Did them all solo Legendary and completed it. Dunno.
cool_dude_2049
Banned
Seems virtually impossible to get that challenge done unless you don't kill anyone but low-bounty kings. If my math is right, doing that nets you about 270 points (18 kills at 15 points each) with 30 extra points in case you get regicides with a higher bounty or extra kills.
Was trying to figure out if you can resupply someone else with them.. tried to drop my Sniper ordnance on Devo who was already sniping because I don't like sniping, but it seemed to not be letting her re-ammo off it.
So... What's the
New Phoenix
It's when that laser was hitting Earth and Master Chief was busy QTE'ing the hell out of Didact.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
At the end when the didact fires the digitizer at Earth, it hits a city called new Phoenix and kills everyone
Something 'bout not enough flexibility, even Frankies says. Also bandwidth and such.
fml
I figured you did since you've been complaining too much.
When the Didact fired the composer at the earth, it hit New Phoenix and digitized/killed the entire populated area. It's in the post credits cinematic. Show troops investigating on earth, and then the Chief's slow walk down the Spartan Deck on Infinity to get his armor off.
Edit: Beaten, a bunch
Not sure if posted yet but details on first 24 hours sales tally among other legendary stats:
Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/halo-4-drives-220-million-in-24-hours-6399918
Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/halo-4-drives-220-million-in-24-hours-6399918
Neuromancer
Member
lazytonberry
Member
I noticed some people wondering about a couple of this week's challenges, specifically the Deposed and Heroic Episode ones.
Deposed says to get 18 Regicides in one match, but myself and a couple other people in the games I was in earlier today seemed to get it after getting 18 over the course of two matches. I don't know if it is for sure, but I certainly didn't get all the way to 18 in one match. Try getting 9 in two consecutive matches and see if it unlocks for you.
I also completed all 5 chapters in Episode 2 of Spartan Ops through matchmaking but didn't get credit for the challenge, until I went back and beat Core (Ch. 5) from Episode 1 on Legendary solo, which also gave me another challenge for this week as well. (Refers to Core on Artifact rather than Departure for some reason, but Core is obviously not in the Artifact episode.) I'm not sure why playing that worked to unlock the Heroic Episode challenge but seems like some have been buggy for some reason. It probably has something to do with the fact that in Waypoint it refers to the mission/chapter with a "-1" ID tag, so maybe there is some kind of code issue with challenges for Spartan Ops.
Same thing for last week's Legendary Episode challenge that didn't unlock until I beat Land Grab, or Ep. 1 Ch. 1, for the second time on Legendary. I played them through in order all on Legendary, no credit, play first mission again, unlocked. Seems like it is something similar going on with this week's challenge, only with replaying Core on Legendary rather than the first mission of Episode 2.
Deposed says to get 18 Regicides in one match, but myself and a couple other people in the games I was in earlier today seemed to get it after getting 18 over the course of two matches. I don't know if it is for sure, but I certainly didn't get all the way to 18 in one match. Try getting 9 in two consecutive matches and see if it unlocks for you.
I also completed all 5 chapters in Episode 2 of Spartan Ops through matchmaking but didn't get credit for the challenge, until I went back and beat Core (Ch. 5) from Episode 1 on Legendary solo, which also gave me another challenge for this week as well. (Refers to Core on Artifact rather than Departure for some reason, but Core is obviously not in the Artifact episode.) I'm not sure why playing that worked to unlock the Heroic Episode challenge but seems like some have been buggy for some reason. It probably has something to do with the fact that in Waypoint it refers to the mission/chapter with a "-1" ID tag, so maybe there is some kind of code issue with challenges for Spartan Ops.
Same thing for last week's Legendary Episode challenge that didn't unlock until I beat Land Grab, or Ep. 1 Ch. 1, for the second time on Legendary. I played them through in order all on Legendary, no credit, play first mission again, unlocked. Seems like it is something similar going on with this week's challenge, only with replaying Core on Legendary rather than the first mission of Episode 2.
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Anyone miss the needle rifle?
RebornYeti
Member
Only thing I miss about the Nerfle is being able to just hold the trigger down to shoot consecutive shots. Oh and team-shooting to get easy supercombines.
edit: beaten with better info
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Yes, that was my favorite new gun from reach. So satisfying, and I loved the look of it as well.
I knew I was going to miss it even before launch.
That said, the "Rifle" slot would be a bit crowded with the DMR, BR, LR, and NR. So I can see why the probably left it out.
Awesome weapon though.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I hope that's what it is for every map pack. There should be more small/medium maps than large. I still think big team is fun, but it's saturated with too many vehicles to be balanced in any way.
Shogmaster
Member
It's so damn good at both long range and medium range. Medium range, shoot without zoom; long range, shoot with zoom. 4~5 shots to the head and you get a killl.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
4 shots anywhere on the body to take shield down, 1 to the head to finish him off
I prefer br at close to mid range.Finally have all of the achievements except for the three tied to Spartan Ops stuff. Having been through the Campaign three times now, I never want to touch it again. So boring, AI is broken, new enemies are boring as shit to fight, no big epic open areas from past games, and scoring is gone. Spartan Ops needs to also not be terrible very very quickly to justify it's existence, especially as replacing Firefight.
Also had my first personal "fuck you" at the game for not having Campaign recording; after a week we were finally able to get a 4-player co-op Campaign going without it being total dogshit (it still went to shit every now and then). Had an amazing moment as we had managed to get a Warthog through some checkpoints that weren't intended due to being teleported to people in the lead. We got it into one of the foreunner structures, and as it teleported in the door started closing down on top of the Warthog. The door stalled for a moment, then slowly started pushing the Warthog down through the floor, then amazingly exploded. It was honestly probably the best thing I have seen happen so far in my time with the game, and the immediate reaction all of us had was "we have to make a clip of that" only to immediately realize that we can't. Fucking depressing.
Also had my first personal "fuck you" at the game for not having Campaign recording; after a week we were finally able to get a 4-player co-op Campaign going without it being total dogshit (it still went to shit every now and then). Had an amazing moment as we had managed to get a Warthog through some checkpoints that weren't intended due to being teleported to people in the lead. We got it into one of the foreunner structures, and as it teleported in the door started closing down on top of the Warthog. The door stalled for a moment, then slowly started pushing the Warthog down through the floor, then amazingly exploded. It was honestly probably the best thing I have seen happen so far in my time with the game, and the immediate reaction all of us had was "we have to make a clip of that" only to immediately realize that we can't. Fucking depressing.