Some bullshit is of course still there but you are more likely to play slayer pro now and the BR is awesome right now.
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Halo 4 |OT2| TURBO
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Gabotron ES
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This is Microsoft we're talking about, I wouldn't be surprised if the prices go up.
User 73706
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I'm sure it's cheap as hell now but I'm more talking researching game mechanics themselves. Reason being my new project is a Halo spiritiual successor but it utilizes "classes" while still allowing everyone to spawn with the same stats, save for the shield:health ratio - everyone has 400 points that are divided between the two depending on their element. It looks like Crackdown hits a lot of the same notes, so I'll check it out to see if there are any obvious lessons to be learned.
I don't want to go into too much detail since this is Halo and not Hola, though.
What do you teach?
Yeah but I still think the overheat mechanic is a good addition
Steelyuhas
Member
Yeah, won't happen overnight, but as used games and games sold at retail decreases compared to digitial sales, digital distribution becomes more efficient and cheaper allowing for better deals to the consumer.
It's already improved on the 360, the last year has had way better sales on digital games and most of the older titles are priced pretty cheap now. Still a work in progress of course.
Poker Face
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July 1st
User 73706
Banned
This. "Accessible" countermeasures suck for personal firearms, but when you're in what essentially amounts to a powerup platform that more than one teammate can ride on and has personal health as opposed to a countdown like infantry powerups, you want to slap as much accessibility on it as you can. Nobody liked spawning in Sandtrap's open vistas and getting immediately mowed down by two or three hogs full of enemies.
Gabotron ES
Member
Last bulletin said:
Yeah, mods did that like 3 months ago. Nice to see them adding new stuff to AS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=segi8IcFec0
First thing I will do when the modders release the gametype editor is making Infection where flood is very small, quick, easy to kill and have that fancy explosion when you kill them. Can't wait to see what people came up with.
I don't own AC2 so I'll probably download it but never play it.
Played some custom game with a few people where the models were even smaller, it was much more ridiculous.
this year was a killer: physical science, physics, earth science, chemistry, and natural resources.
YourExWife
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I'm actually listening to a Sean Carroll lecture right now.
Computer
Member
I would take Halo 3 with 60 fsp, updated graphics, and dedicated servers.
terrific author. is this online? link?
YourExWife
Member
It's on youtube. It's a presentation of his at the Royal Institution from earlier this year. "The Particle at the End of the Universe".
Reflective view on last year's Higgs discovery, the LHC personnel, the current standard model, inner-workings of the LHC, history of particle physics, etc.
Actually has a fair bit of humor, and even though I knew most of the content already, it's highly engaging. I'm watching it on my phone (pre-loaded) or I'd link you.
EDIT: Reading/listening to him and Clifford Pickover have become some of my favorite activities.
Right now pandering with a friend if we play Halo 3 or Halo 4
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Man, i dunno why but i find pro such a bore. Really not for me.
Virgin wasn't good. MLG wasn't good. Throwdown is okay. The Throwdown process needs to be refined before the next game launches in order or else it will fail. An interesting thing I read in the Xbone hubbub was that most games are sold within 4-6 weeks of launch. If a game doesn't interest the player in that time, then they are more likely to sell it back. I'd be willing to bet that if a competitive fan doesn't have a home in the first 4 weeks, then they will probably sell the game back.
I wouldn't say it's MLG or Virgin specifically that caused the decrease, but more so the lack of a truly competitive playlist.
EDIT: I'm talking about retaining the competitive population, not overall population. That was definitely caused by BO2's release.
8-12th grade. what was particularly tough this year (in addition to a new baby) was that i have have never taught 4 of those classes AND the natural resources class doesnt even have a textbook/curriculum. also, my background is in biology.
twas a bitch of a year.
i'll have to check it out. if it is sean b. carroll you are referring to, i'm only aware of his evolutionary biology stuff ("making of the fittest", "remarkable creatures"). i definitely do not have a physics background but would like to delve a bit deeper then the HS texts i have access to.
User 73706
Banned
You need a username change. Every time you post I'm expecting LE MEME FACE to come out of your mouth and it drowns all your posts out.
Barrow Roll
Member
Steam has to compete with other digital distribution outlets such as Amazon, GMG, GOG, and even Origin and Uplay, all of which offer deals. If the only place to get digital Xbox One games is XBL Marketplace, and a precedent has already been set for new AAA games costing $60, what incentive do they have to offer a similar number of deals regularly?
I just preordered Batman Arkham Origins on GMG yesterday for $37.50, that's almost half the price of the same game on consoles. I'm a skeptic, so do you honestly believe we'll ever get to that point where I'll be able to get digital games day 1 for competitive prices?
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Day 1? Doubt it. Discounts a couple months down the line, yes. Publishers can now make money aside from launch window. A huge sale can bring in more revenue when there wouldn't be much at all otherwise for consoles.
https://twitter.com/HaloWaypoint/status/345675044485210113
Mini Spartans is fun as hell
BTB Pro has radar now. There's the first domino
Mini Spartans is fun as hell
BTB Pro has radar now. There's the first domino
To further elaborate, the ridge just makes it unplayable against a good team. Maybe make the middle tunnel have top cover, and add more rocks and stuff to traverse the bottom area. As it is now though, you spawn down low and get butt fucked by DMRs up top.
MrGreencastle
Member
Sweet! Can we please put Multiflag in there at some point?
And after their tournaments were over, they prevented their own community from updating their maps. Maps from the same authors that had maps already in the circuit. Maps that would be vetted by their community and pros.
At least the Grifball playlist got monthly community content updates.
I should note Virgin didn't do much good either, but it was all business. One company paid for their presence in the game, the other would have cost Microsoft money. As a publically traded company beholden to shareholders, that's an automatic choice.
and everyone else that's downloaded the modded gametype
YourExWife
Member
No, different Sean Carroll. Physicist from CalTech. The talk is quite accessible even if you're not very acclimated to current particle physics (I have to be for my job). Having a science/math background of some kind should be enough, I would think, so you should be alright. I'm home now, so here's the link if you're still interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwdY7Eqyguo
In other news, I'll be on later tonight. Is anyone else down? Might stream too, we'll see.
Stalker pls.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I went to school with a sean carrol. He ate prit stick and colored his hands in. Once he fell over into dog poo.
I don't think its the guy any of you are talking about.
I don't think its the guy any of you are talking about.
Or improve it drastically.
User 73706
Banned
can we get these in a game pls
from the canned MMO
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I don't really see what purpose they would serve, An expanded campaign sandbox would be over encumbered with all that, Maybe instead of skins for the MP models.
What you said is not only redundant, it's redundant.
At least now BTB Pro Slayer will probably be one of the best playlist in the game. I know lack of radar turned off a lot of people.
As for SWAT, I've been wanting something like this for a while. Don't know why we're getting pulse grenades in forerunner version though.
But at least finally people can practice headshots with light rifle.
As for SWAT, I've been wanting something like this for a while. Don't know why we're getting pulse grenades in forerunner version though.
But at least finally people can practice headshots with light rifle.
Huh, I forgot about the buff. I might have to give the carbine another go, if I ever turn Halo 4 on again.
Someone got raw numbers from experimenting? Is the DMR still on top across the board?
Don't remember the post, but I think Carbine has fastest time to kill, then BR, then DMR, this is all within milliseconds of each other, but there is definitely more parity. BR is the go to close to mid range weapon for pretty much everyone, Carbine is very in that role as well, but less used. DMR and Lightrifle are now pushed a little more into the medium to long range role, with the Lightrifle being a long range shield melting machine when zoomed in, but severely limited in ranges where BR or Carbine are emphasized.
BR is the new go to weapon imo, it seems to be the best overall at this point. I may be slightly biased since it has been my most used weapon since launch, though I plan on changing that with the new Carbine.
Directly edit Reach and Halo 4 gametype files via an XML converter
for those that want to get down to the core of editing gametypes. (does not allow you to cheat)
writeup on halomods
It lets you write Megalo scripts for BOTH Reach and Halo 4. In a really brute force way, he's working on an IDE so you can more naturally write them.
for those that want to get down to the core of editing gametypes. (does not allow you to cheat)
writeup on halomods
It lets you write Megalo scripts for BOTH Reach and Halo 4. In a really brute force way, he's working on an IDE so you can more naturally write them.