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Halo 4 |OT| Spartans Never Die
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Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I did poorly tonight too (not awful, but not good). It's going to take a bit to get used to not just sprinting out in BTB. Also after using the BR for so long my LR skills got rusty. Need to try the Carbine a bit tomorrow night.
Bregmann Roche
Member
Sunday looks promising, but I might be able to jump on board for some Friday or Saturday games.
Thug Waffle
Member
I'm down if you're still playing. GT: Proximiteh
ffs that 4 shot BR is so lethal now, got my shit tossed repeatedly tonight.
Evidently it doesn't have bleedthrough though, considering I had a somewhat absurd amount of shield pops with headshots, but no kill. Or my connection was just complete shit tonight. Or I'm bad; totally could be the case.
Also, Halo 3 is the best campaign in terms of sandbox gameplay. Please make Halo 5's campaign more like Halo 3. Discuss.
Evidently it doesn't have bleedthrough though, considering I had a somewhat absurd amount of shield pops with headshots, but no kill. Or my connection was just complete shit tonight. Or I'm bad; totally could be the case.
Also, Halo 3 is the best campaign in terms of sandbox gameplay. Please make Halo 5's campaign more like Halo 3. Discuss.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Give me more Halo 2 campaign over Halo 3 missions please, many more replays for me with H2. Delta Halo, Regret, outskirts etc.
bobs...onGaf
Member
If halo 2 vista didn't work when halo was in its prime why will spartan assualt sell hardware now?
I get that Microsoft are trying to piggyback/ take advantage of the hardcore fans who lap up halo - but I'm willing to bet that group has shrunk a fair bit in the last few years or so.
I'm very curious what the cross game rewards will be - im betting just armours and skins.
I get that Microsoft are trying to piggyback/ take advantage of the hardcore fans who lap up halo - but I'm willing to bet that group has shrunk a fair bit in the last few years or so.
I'm very curious what the cross game rewards will be - im betting just armours and skins.
Self Induced
Member
I dunno why but I feel like Halo 1 had the only replayable campaign of the whole series.
Halo 1 missions had a calm, yet expansive feel to them that seemed to encourage exploration during gameplay when every single mission of other games felt like they were forcing/rushing you forward towards the end of the level to continue the story. They had either gameplay or music triggers that made the player feel like they had to continue forward when I can remember feeling a kind of serenity in the AotCR snow-covered canyons with no pressure to move forward whatsoever, and it really added to the campaign experience in a unique and amazing way that I haven't seen in any single-player campaign since then.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Solid points mate, I'd go a 40/30/30 split of CE & H2 missions & Halo 4. One provision though, the new AI and campaign has to be open world of sorts and challenging with varied tactics. I blame the old hardware for the Halo 4 AI.
Feel asleep early, will be on later today for lunch time Halo if down again.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I have no clue what my weekend is gonna be like at this point, but let's try to get something going at some point!
I'm hopping on now to try the settings out for the first time.
Gabotron ES
Member
<3 modders
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
<3 modders
Bring on CTF team mate rescue, you have to retrieve a wounded Spartan and carry them back to base. Carrier slow down traits could apply.
Hypertrooper
Member
I see Gears Of War Judgement as well. OMG XBOX ONE REMAKES!
I wouldn't read that much into it
Alchemical
Neo Member
100% agree with this. There is a calmness and ambience, evoking other-worldliness in a manner which no other Halo comes close to, that pervades CE in both campaign and multiplayer design. In my mind, the linearity of H4's campaign, combined with its aforementioned audiovisual assault on the player makes it the furthest thing from CE in the entire franchise in this regard.
The tactical and exploratory options available in CE's campaign have not been surpassed since then. After 11 years of playing it, I am still finding new and viable approaches to enemy encounters. The variety made possible through these characteristics makes it by far the most replayable Halo campaign.
I also simply miss the serenity of CE's multiplayer. In audiovisual terms, the lack of overt sensory assault, helped hugely by the dynamic range within the audio design, makes the game easily playable for extended periods of time; something I find impossible when it comes to H4, without feeling completely exhausted.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Who is online, I could be persuaded to play if we get a group going.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Playing Halo 4.
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StalkerUKCG
Banned
Get Online scrublords.
Giving up on the SWAT 50 heh? Fo shame Frankie
StalkerUKCG
Banned
You just missed out, Me, Gui and Croatia just cracked some skulls in Inf Slayer. Had fun. That weapon update is good stuff.
Interesting that you moved from a rigidly controlled experience to random ordnance mystery weapon/loadouts.
At least random global ordnance is gone. Gives me more hope for Halo 5.
I like lots of different things. I simply switched modes because I like the new flow.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
You be down for some Infinity Slayer this weekend perhaps? Maybe we can get a HaloGaf game going with new settings.
I'd be down for that on Sat for sho.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
As long as your daughter doesn't sleep walk again and scare the crap out of you right?
Diablohead
Member
Big team forever, well when the servers don't mess up or hosts keep leaving, the new weapon balances really help with BTB for me.
Speaking of which it's been a while since I last played halo 4, few months at least, is a pistol and human nades forced on you for big team all the time now?
Speaking of which it's been a while since I last played halo 4, few months at least, is a pistol and human nades forced on you for big team all the time now?
Even on Infinity settings its still fun, I vastly prefer Pro but I can still have a blast in Infinity.
Also big team is a lot of fun now too since the warthog isn't being destroyed by grenades since you can shoot them before they have the chance now.
Seriously, GOOD update.
Yes to both, Shield time really needs the boost though.
Diablohead
Member
I still have beef with the rail gun doing little to no push back on vehicles, why can't it throw a warthog on it's side like a grenade does?
Diablohead
Member
Return of the burger man statue from Sonic Adventure, I want.
Give reasons for opinions... Here's why I say no to both:
Shield recharge times being slower helps ensure people get punished for making bad decisions and getting out played... Particularly with sprint in the game. Additionally in Infinity Slayer there is a shielding upgrade which does exactly as you wish and is balanced against the default time. Change the default time and it renders the upgrade useless. Change the upgrade in proportion to a faster default time and it becomes too quick.
The AR actually fits into the sandbox now in that there is a reason to use it and with skill you can out work lesser skilled or people who just miss/make mistakes, at medium range. If you land four shots from a BR or all shots from the Carbine, at all but close range you drop the AR user every time. Miss though, and you get shit on... Nerf the AR and people fill the gap with a rifle and you will only see it on the tightest of maps, like Skyline.
Agreed.
The shielding perk only speeds up the recharge process not the wait for the recharge, the wait should be less. It is not being outplayed when I have to wait too long when I survived an 1v1 and killed the other but I'm myself one shot.
Now I have to wait like ages and grenades gonna fuck my shit up.
Im not talking about a HUGE bost but maybe a second or 2 wouldn't hurt and would let players get back into the action faster.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
<3 modders
The black looks sexy and so does the idea of making the flag the OB so we can throw it. Hopefully they allow for messing with those traits like distance thrown, speed, etc.
Feels like a damn eternity to begin recharging (recharge delay). A couple seconds would definitely help.
Time is time - we are talking the time it takes to get back to full shields from some point where you were damaged. I wasn't saying you were being out played necessarily, but that the current iteration makes sure people are punished when they ARE out played, or make poor decisions. Lessening the recharge rate, or even time before shields recharge, also lessens the extent to which people will be punished for being out played or making said mistakes and increases the likely-hood they will just sprint away.
Sure - a bi-product of that is that you will get cleaned up by good communication and reaction from the other team - but that's as it should be, that's part of good play. And of course there will be times you just run into another encounter and still have low shields, and it NOT be because of a poor decision... but I'll take that as long as it means there is a greater chance people get punished for making those bad plays.
It just feels pretty balanced to me as is...
Ah yeah got you and you are right, but well the times were also adjusted to the old Kill times I guess and everything right now is more deadlier.
But this is a thing that pissed me off with Halo for ages, every game has so many different times of actions. Changing the Halo game really feels weird because of these small stuff.
Diablohead
Member
Light Rifle when scoped =
Using the buffed saw =
Using the buffed saw =