I'd trade it back for KotH, but I don't see them removing it. It is by far the best out of the remaining playlists in the game.
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Halo 4 |OT| Spartans Never Die
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Psychoward
Banned
Wait, they removed KOTH? What the hell? I never liked it in Halo, but that's odd. They should definitely get a merged objective playlist up soon then.
User 73706
Banned
Maybe they could somehow implement a Balls to the Hill playlist that includes Oddball, King of the Hill, and Grifball?
Better yet, The One-Eyed Hill Holders, and Their Two Balls.
Better yet, The One-Eyed Hill Holders, and Their Two Balls.
Stripper13
Member
As I said, I understand the criticisms, however it's tiring and bitter. I'm not being an optimist by saying 343 is reviewing/updating - I'm just realistic with the fact that we've got the game, it's easily one of the best shooters of recent years (and a good halo entry), and 343 will continue to manage it. I don't think the game is 'good enough' - rather that the game is perfectly playable. My post was directed at the people who act as if the game is unplayable or a complete change from the Halo formula. It looks, feels and plays like Halo - and I'm certain 343 will deliver on at least a classic and/or mlg Playlist to tone down the controversial elements.
Psychoward
Banned
Grifball should have its own playlist.
It will be removed as of Monday.
It's a shame, because Halo 4 is the game where they finally got KotH right.
CreateNowSleepLater
Member
- No Specializations or nerfs associated with them (Flinch etc)
- No Perks or any of that nonsense
- No loadouts, BR or AR start
JetBlackPanda
Member
Is there anything I can do about the lag in spartan ops? It's fucking unplayable. Yet Borderlands 2 is flawless when I play online.
So frustrating..
So frustrating..
Remember, not all games are made the same way.
but yes Spartan Ops lag does need to be addressed.
SPACECADET
Member
watching some old reach videos. looks more like fisher price's version of halo compared to H4 now. the character models are so stumpy.
Psychoward
Banned
I feel like this would be a good setup
Infinity Slayer
Big Team Infinity 8 v 8
Big Team Objective 8 v 8 CTF, 1flag, assault,
Dominion
Team Regicide
Doubles 2 v 2, Haven, Abandon, Solace, Adrift
Multi Team 4 sets of 3, oddball, ctf, slayer (low weighting), rcket hog race, Above maps + complex, longbow, harvest, and vortex.
Action Sack
FFA Obective oddball, regicide, koth
FFA slayer
Team Objective 5 v 5, Oddball, Koth, CTF, more I'm forgetting. No ragarock.
Team Swat 4 v 4
Flood
Team Snipers
Grifball
Team Slayer Pro
Crimson DLC
Infinity Slayer
Big Team Infinity 8 v 8
Big Team Objective 8 v 8 CTF, 1flag, assault,
Dominion
Team Regicide
Doubles 2 v 2, Haven, Abandon, Solace, Adrift
Multi Team 4 sets of 3, oddball, ctf, slayer (low weighting), rcket hog race, Above maps + complex, longbow, harvest, and vortex.
Action Sack
FFA Obective oddball, regicide, koth
FFA slayer
Team Objective 5 v 5, Oddball, Koth, CTF, more I'm forgetting. No ragarock.
Team Swat 4 v 4
Flood
Team Snipers
Grifball
Team Slayer Pro
Crimson DLC
They've coexisted in the past, yeah.
They're not going to inflate the playlist count up to 17 like that, not after Reach's bloat - look at how cagey they are about the 11 they have now and their unwillingness to go past it. I like the consolidation of certain groups of gametypes you have (Team Objective is pretty much inevitable considering King is about to leave matchmaking entirely and Ball is looking like the next victim). Team Slayer Pro will eventually be replaced with the hardcore/MLG hopper, it's barely hanging onto its tiny population. Separating BTB Objective and Slayer is a mistake - not in categorization, because it makes sense, but Halo has never been able to support two separate Big Team playlists (Ranked/Social split in both Halo 2 and 3 failed). FFA makes more sense, but I don't know if it works long-term (FFA Throwback wasn't a huge success and the total population is dropping pretty steadily, making duplicate playlists dangerous). If you really wanted to keep playlist count low, you could consolidate Dominion into BTB since they share maps, and Team Regicide into either a Slayer or Objective playlist since it crosses playstyle and shares maps.
This is a hard Halo to nail down the playlists for since there are so many disparate playstyles they need to support. That list is a good start, though I don't know how willing they'll be to make major consolidation efforts for a while.
Fucking Halo co-op, bro
Oh, okay. If they didn't, I would've suggested removing one of them to reduce playlist clutter.
User 73706
Banned
Just gonna crosspost my idea from earlier today in the community thread with slight changes.
Idea to revise the playlists: do a ranked/social split, whether you want to call it Classic/Infinity or whatever.
RANKED
No Join in Progress, no instant respawns, no personal ordnance, all of that good stuff. These playlists would include CSR functionality.
Team Doubles (2v2)
Slayer Pro (4v4)
Team Regicide (4v4)
Team SWAT (4v4)
Team Objective (5v5. First option is alternating One Flag/One Bomb, second option is Capture the Flag, third option is Assault.)
SOCIAL
Halo 4 shit. Instant respawns, join in progress, personal ordnance, all of that. Enjoy!
Infinity FFA (6 Players)
Multi Team (2v2v2v2)
Infinity Slayer (4v4)
Infinity Objective (5v5. First option is CTF, second is Oddball, third is King of the Hill)
Dominion (6v6)
Big Team Battle (8v8)
Extraction DLC (6v6. This playlist would eventually get merged with Dominion for a sort of "Big Team Infinity Objective" playlist.)
ACTION SACK
A single Double EXP Playlist; the playlist would be rotated from a pool of options. Some options would include:
Flood
Race
Team Snipers
Grifball
This gives you a total of 13 (eventually 12) playlists.
Digital Limit
Member
There we have it folks. If you're playing Blops 2, it's bad and you should feel bad.
v_v I rented it today. Imo, visually Halo 4 blows it out of the solar system. Oddly enough, Team deathmatch now score kills by a single point...like Halo use to.
yeah, graphic quality aside, I prefer reach Spartans.
Digital Limit
Member
Didn't Spacecadet say the opposite?
SPACECADET
Member
Deputy Moonman
Member
Can't be an agenda if the fans did the voting.
I would have voted straight halo 4, too
Uncharted Waves
Banned
I just have to say this again. I think 343 did a great job with Halo 4 but are doing a POOR job as far as playlist management. Actually that actually takes a bit of fun away from the game. I just don't understand why they can't go back to how the playlists were set up in Halo 3.
We had variety, options and the playlists were still organized. Why must you constantly keep swapping out playlists. Why not just throw everything at us including the kitchen sink the way Halo 3 had it for us.
I might have on my nostalgia glasses at this point but something just doesn't feel right the way they have the playlists set-up.
We had variety, options and the playlists were still organized. Why must you constantly keep swapping out playlists. Why not just throw everything at us including the kitchen sink the way Halo 3 had it for us.
I might have on my nostalgia glasses at this point but something just doesn't feel right the way they have the playlists set-up.
Kill Your Masters
Member
So how do I access the terminal videos? They popped up once in Waypoint when I started it for the first time but now I can't find them.
It's an easy mistake to make, though - I remember going into Team Slayer with someone who didn't have any DLC, and saw the message - we almost left.
The only difference between the 'you can't play' message and the 'you don't have all of the maps' message is 'required' is changed to 'recommended'. (imo, the 'recommended message should include "you can still play" or something like that, to keep people from leaving before they actually try it out.)
BlueScrote
Member
That's actually a great idea. It would be a little bit of a better fit for the mid-large size maps they seem to be pushing.
Released to acclaim by the community, removed from matchmaking without comment a month later.
True. People not understanding the "Recommended" content message was a known problem. It was an attempt to notify people that a playlist supported content they didn't have but they could still play, which was a messaging problem they had in Halo 3 (people thought DLC only existed in the required playlists). I wonder what Halo 4 says when a playlist has optional content.
25$. 80msp = 1$ in the States
Psychoward
Banned
http://www.youtube.com/user/AirsoftXX/videos?view=0
So I discovered this guy's channel who showcases/creates some awesome forge maps. also, he has some tips on how to do advanced forge mechanics, sliding doors, elevators, gravity ziplines, etc.
So I discovered this guy's channel who showcases/creates some awesome forge maps. also, he has some tips on how to do advanced forge mechanics, sliding doors, elevators, gravity ziplines, etc.
This is awesome.
Blackout looks awesome with that custom gametype. Cool use of Promethean vision that promotes teamwork.
EDIT: This entire channel is amazing, thanks for posting.
HigherLevel
Member
So the maps are out tomorrow? Normally I thought DLC released on Tuesday.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
Did 343 happen to discover "defend" type missions when designing this week's Spartan Ops or something? It was a bit much. Luckily I managed to get both achievements while only needing to re-do one of the chapters competent teammates were a nice surprise.
I'm glad they're taking a break for a bit. Since I play the chapters in matchmaking, I've felt compelled to get them done each week even if I didn't really want to, and I'm kind of burnt out on it now.
Looking forward to new maps tomorrow, even if I haven't quite played the game enough to be sick of the current ones. I just hope they actually show up in MM (a rarity in Reach). I don't ONLY want to play the DLC playlist.
I'm glad they're taking a break for a bit. Since I play the chapters in matchmaking, I've felt compelled to get them done each week even if I didn't really want to, and I'm kind of burnt out on it now.
Looking forward to new maps tomorrow, even if I haven't quite played the game enough to be sick of the current ones. I just hope they actually show up in MM (a rarity in Reach). I don't ONLY want to play the DLC playlist.
Goodacre0081
Member
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Goodacre0081
Member
is there anyway to get into the first four Spartan Ops episodes with randoms/matchmaking?
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
HigherLevel
Member
100 dimes
StalkerUKCG
Banned
800 moon dollars
petethepanda
Member
Pretty decent campaign, but it'd be ten times better if Chief said "boop" every time he pressed a button.
Digital Limit
Member
Hey party people, let's play customs. Send me a friend request. We can do Binary Slayer until we get more people.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Halo 4 all around. Nice.
BTW, what's up with Spartan Ops Episode 6? Is that going to be next season?
Hypertrooper
Member
Spartan Ops is going to take a break till January 21.
NullPointer
Member
Do we know if this was always the gameplan? Or are they taking some more time with season 1.5?
It was rumored within the Halo 4 strategy guide, oddly enough.
the_painted_bird
Member
So does anyone actually like using pulse grenades or are they just useless
Useless