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Halo 4 |OT2| TURBO
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Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Baschetball? nillapuddin625 has it on his File Share if you want to download it. I think the Teamwork gametype and Arena XL map would work the best (I think he might have them under a different name so something along the lines of Teamwork/Passing Only and Large/XL should work).
I may have someone you can talk to about cortana body pillows...
His name starts with T and ends with CKaos.
User 73706
Banned
I'd help but google image search didn't yield any results. rip
I think I've still got the small Arena version in my file share as well. That's only good for 4v4 though.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I have both versions of the Arena and both gametypes on mine, I think.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Ricochet is a great gametype and far more competitive or tournament capable than say Grifball IMO. It has potential to be a right up there on both the fun matchmaking side and the competitive pro side too.
It's the same as any gametype or playlist in any Halo game though, if the teams/skills are not matched well it makes for a lopsided experience. In terms of say AGL or throwdown the exact same is true, when teams aren't matched well things are lopsided and not fun. The same went for MLG in Halo 3 or objective in Halo 3, Arena in Reach blah blah.
Each to their own and there is plenty of team, individual and fun or competitive nuance in ricochet for many experiences. If you aren't playing it as a full party and as a solo random then you really don't know what you're talking about.
I'll capture a couple of great games I/we've had in ricochet already, some will be full party and some will be solo so you can see exactly what I'm talking about.
It's the same as any gametype or playlist in any Halo game though, if the teams/skills are not matched well it makes for a lopsided experience. In terms of say AGL or throwdown the exact same is true, when teams aren't matched well things are lopsided and not fun. The same went for MLG in Halo 3 or objective in Halo 3, Arena in Reach blah blah.
Each to their own and there is plenty of team, individual and fun or competitive nuance in ricochet for many experiences. If you aren't playing it as a full party and as a solo random then you really don't know what you're talking about.
I'll capture a couple of great games I/we've had in ricochet already, some will be full party and some will be solo so you can see exactly what I'm talking about.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Yea that argument is irrelevant Ozzy.
Ricochet is more competitive and tournament capable than Grifball? Oh WOW! Alert the presses.
Ricochet is more competitive and tournament capable than Grifball? Oh WOW! Alert the presses.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
It's to make a point and it expands to other playlists too. IMO ricochet is better then territories, team control, plots, headhunter, neutral flag, oddball, VIP, stockpile and elimination. Is that specific enough for you?
It could be on par or better than CTF (2-flag or 1-flag), assault and slayer too. Time will tell on that one and if tournaments pick up this gametype e.g. 343i tournies or AGL tournies. It definitely deserves a red hot go with pro teams. I'd like to see a tourney with multiple events e.g. team slayer only, mixed types (slayer+flag) and richochet.
Personally I prefer CTF/assault > ricochet > slayer always but I prefer most games over slayer as I find it boring, that's just me though.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
What's wrong with trialling something new competitively? It's got a solid foundation and it would be great to see what matched pro teams vs. each other think of it.
User 73706
Banned
I haven't played it just yet, but is it me or does Ricochet have a shitton of interactive UI elements compared to all the other gametypes?
toddley, don't get so upset. i just disagree with your opinion.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Not upset at all mate just curious which part(s) you disagree with?
- territories
- team control
- plots
- headhunter
- neutral flag
- oddball
- VIP
- stockpile
- elimination
- grifball
- slayer
- FFA
- just not competitive at all?
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
nillapuddin
Member
Heres the post when I published all that stuff
But Im pretty sure I accidently kept the respawn time at 5 seconds instead of 3 seconds, so youll want to change that most likely
edit: and like Fuchsdh and Daedalos said, the smaller size arena isnt on my share (oops)
YourExWife
Member
Blue Ninja
Member
It is a pattern that has repeated itself more times than you can possibly fathom. HaloGAF civilization rises, becomes bitter, and, at the hight of its saltiness, is extinguished.
squidhands
Member
Never edit.
Besides, you know the brothers never leave their PCs! You'll always be caught!
I see more BRs than anything these days, no question.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
I second this.
The Real Napsta
Member
you can throw it from bottom main ramp too.
User 73706
Banned
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but does anyone here know of an effective parkour / wall-cling solution in the Halo 4 sandbox? I'm thinking high speed, low gravity and Thrusters combined with some wall-mounted one-way shield doors will do the trick, but I don't know if anyone's deliberately figured a more universal solution out.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Ricochet is awesome for the sole fact that you can practice spots on your own to score from. Reminds me of grenade tricks in Halo 1 and finding spots to bounce the flag in Halo 2.
One person can make a difference in Ricochet unlike other objectives in later Halo games. I think that's the key to success for future releases; bringing back the power of an individual player. Ever since Halo 2 there's been this heavy reliance on pretty much forcing players to work together (ie: slow movement, pretty much requiring teamshots, weaker/watered down gameplay), but that's just not how gamers work. If a system (multiplayer in general) or gametype (smaller scale) allows for one person to make a difference in a match, I think Halo would find more success. But first:
*This applies to many areas of Halo, such as the aforementioned increase in skill-demanding weapons. These are only three examples of how you can give POWER back to the individual player while also benefiting the entire demographic of Halo's fanbase, both in the short and long terms.
One person can make a difference in Ricochet unlike other objectives in later Halo games. I think that's the key to success for future releases; bringing back the power of an individual player. Ever since Halo 2 there's been this heavy reliance on pretty much forcing players to work together (ie: slow movement, pretty much requiring teamshots, weaker/watered down gameplay), but that's just not how gamers work. If a system (multiplayer in general) or gametype (smaller scale) allows for one person to make a difference in a match, I think Halo would find more success. But first:
- Make it more rewarding/difficult to kill people with fast-to-kill weapons
-This topic has been beaten to death, but it's pretty much lower the aim assist, take away the randomness and bring that rewarding feeling back to successfully landing a minimum-shots-to-kill kill.
- Speed up the pace of objective gametypes
-Things like not making the objective carrier as slow as molasses dripping down a hairy butt crack. Not adding a KILL waypoint to the objective carrier. Allowing the objective carrier to switch roles if the situation calls for it (ie: drop flag). Consider going back to how fast Halo 1/2 objective felt with traits like "floatier" flag physics and/or possibly making the objective carrier faster than other players if you insist on forcing them to stay in that role.
- Sound-based radar
-Movement is key and when motion tracker picks up players from across the map engagements become much less interesting. It's widely known that the majority of Halo players prefer radar, but I think this is the best compromise in order to promote smarter map movement and increase player awareness. As a result, players will get better and matches will be far more interesting than they've ever been.*
*This applies to many areas of Halo, such as the aforementioned increase in skill-demanding weapons. These are only three examples of how you can give POWER back to the individual player while also benefiting the entire demographic of Halo's fanbase, both in the short and long terms.
SHIFTYkiwi
Member
Wish I had an xbox so I could try out ricochet, sounds like a fantastic gametype.
I can do it in two or three hours.
Cool cool. Pixelfox, right?
Blue Ninja
Member
Yep. Map and gametype should be there now.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Also here's that overkill clip I finally captured.
Ricochet Carrier Overkill
I think I'm in love with my new Live Gamer Portable. Literally did nothing but connect cables/fast write SD card and hit a button to start/stop capturing. I'll try out streaming shortly too. The actual capture was 60fps, zero frames dropped and it makes the clip look really smooth in full 1080p glory. Too bad my first YouTube channel upload automatically downsized to 720p/30fps only. Any tips for capturing and uploading to YT?
I also remembered this clip wrong, there was no score at the end, I thought I dropped it and it rolled into the goal, oh well WTF random team mates! How did you not score???
Here's a fast break at the game opener, WTF YT why 360p? Hmmm.
Last one for today:
Out BR'd
For me this is part of why I don't understand 100% negative comments about the "current state" of Halo (4) multiplayer. Yes it's hitscan, yes it has assist/magnetism etc but this is online play and here I am from Australia on a USA hosted game but able to out BR an enemy who has the first shot on me.
This is how competitive online play should be handled, LAN/events may be a different story though. I too agree that next gen regional servers should lessen such "assistance" for online fairness.
Ricochet Carrier Overkill
I think I'm in love with my new Live Gamer Portable. Literally did nothing but connect cables/fast write SD card and hit a button to start/stop capturing. I'll try out streaming shortly too. The actual capture was 60fps, zero frames dropped and it makes the clip look really smooth in full 1080p glory. Too bad my first YouTube channel upload automatically downsized to 720p/30fps only. Any tips for capturing and uploading to YT?
I also remembered this clip wrong, there was no score at the end, I thought I dropped it and it rolled into the goal, oh well WTF random team mates! How did you not score???
Here's a fast break at the game opener, WTF YT why 360p? Hmmm.
Last one for today:
Out BR'd
For me this is part of why I don't understand 100% negative comments about the "current state" of Halo (4) multiplayer. Yes it's hitscan, yes it has assist/magnetism etc but this is online play and here I am from Australia on a USA hosted game but able to out BR an enemy who has the first shot on me.
This is how competitive online play should be handled, LAN/events may be a different story though. I too agree that next gen regional servers should lessen such "assistance" for online fairness.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Yep. Halo's (or rather, Bungie's) objective style always bothered me a little because it always shafted the objective carrier compared to games like UT99. They made the carrier kind of a shitty role to actually play, since not only did you not get a weapon, but had to walk ridiculously slowly, all while being murder target #1 for the other team.
I mean, that style is great for full teams who have to organize well to succeed but I don't think it ever worked super-well out in the wild with idiot randies who either couldn't organize or stat padders who were loathe to risk their K/D getting a flag touch.
343i gave us the flagnum, which is neat, but the inability to drop the flag and auto-pickup are mega-terrible (not to mention dropping a gazillion gametypes completely). Ricochet, however, is a fairly decent blend of functional with casuals and rewarding for dedicated teams (different tosses, catching, goalkeeping, etc).
Flag on the back is best, full weapons!
Why change the awesome that was Quake/UT objective types?
Remember when MLG had the chance to make the flag carrier run at 100%?
And then they didn't because everyone was too obsessed with attempting to abuse a facet of Halo 3's physics engine instead?
That option to make the carrier run at normal speed has been in there forever and nobody seems to ever want to actually use it, and Speedflag just got ire from people.
Just grabbed them. Thanks man!
risk reward on LAN for a while gain of maybe two seconds
On Live, it fails most of the time, and I just facepalmed when I inevitably witnessed Pro Flag Tosser outrun the flag, turn around, and have to pick it back up, while going
HEY
HEY
HEY
I'M OVER HERE WITH THE FLAG, OTHER TEAM
YOU WERE DISTRACTED WITH MY TEAMMATES TAKING ROCKETS BUT LOOK AT ME
OVER
HERE
RUNNING THE FLAG
REMINDING YOU OF MY POSITION
SERIOUS FLAG BUSINESS COMING THROUGH
It's dumb because it's handing the other team free intel on a silver platter at risk to you with no downsides for the enemy team.
