John Wayne
Neo Member
I don't use it as a loadout but if it's on the ground I'll pick it up.
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Halo 4 |OT2| TURBO
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I don't use it as a loadout but if it's on the ground I'll pick it up.
What's your reasoning behind this?
xxjuicesxx
Member
Yea using the AR means you are a bad kid.
I don't have a lot of dignity but using that scrub weapon would erase the trace amounts I have left of it.
Zeouterlimits
Member
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It's supposed to be an approachable weapon that doesn't require the same level of experience/skill to excel than .. say the dmr. (Which is a good thing)
And as tends to be the case with anything competitive, Halo or not, that the lesser skill to kill ratio options are looked down upon (somewhat humorously).
John Wayne
Neo Member
I actually do not know. I'm too lazy to change my loadout. In slayer pro, I just prefer the BR.
I've posted it before, but the Mantis really goes against everything that made using vehicles fun in Halo. It's indicative of 343 not really understanding the core gameplay of Halo at launch.
You have a vehicle that offers no benefit to your Spartan in the area of movement. It's slow, perhaps slower than the Scorpion moves. It's got a powerful spray and pray chaingun, ridiculous health for a vehicle, and to top it off, has a barrage of rockets that can be fired in succession, so that if you miss the first or second, the splash damage and quick firing means Spartans are easily toast. If you hold the trigger you can fire all at once.
Halo vehicles have always been about speed, transport, or firepower. And even then, vehicles like the scorpion or wraith, which have devastating firepower, the trade off is that they are easily boarded.
The mantis is the ultimate camp vehicle. I've seen entire matches where it just stays on one side of Ragnarok mopping up kills because you just can't challenge it on foot unless you have a plasma pistol etc.
Gabotron ES
Member
I hope that's not real.
xxjuicesxx
Member
I know is that actually a thing ^ Jeewillies that's embarrassing.
Strange things that happen to those who Slrp.
Strange things that happen to those who Slrp.
It is.
Not sure if its going to be sold or not....if it is I will laugh my ass off.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
It seems beneficial to have a test playlist or invite only list where these things can rapidly play out. It would result in a beta sort of list and increase the speed of updates to matchmaking.
I hope X1 really moves this space forward. They should drop Forge, release a full PC editor and that editor authentication gives you access to a test playlist. CC's could publish their own stuff and invite friends to play temporarily.
Im drinking dew right now, doens't make it any less funny lol
If only
So that new Doritos Xbox One thing has 2XP codes for Halo 4???
Bottom right of the card.
This can't be happening.
System seller right here
yeah I really don't understand the hate.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Really never understood it myself. Oh no they're advertising content relevant to the user base, those demons. I imagine that during an ad break those people jump behind the sofa or evacuate the room screaming.
I mute the TV and listen to music.
So that new Doritos Xbox One thing has 2XP codes for Halo 4???
Bottom right of the card.
Too bad pretty much half the player base who continues to play is already SR130, and they're probably the only ones who would have bought it anyway.
It just makes no sense.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
You made the terrible assumption that Halo 4 Remix is not coming. Halo 4 updated for Xbox One hardware. SR limit raised to SR500. Players can now unlock exciting perks like Smartglass Longsword strikes, W8 phone ODST AI Drops and Spartan Assault Integration allow players to spawn in Sarah Palmer once per game.
Considering the way Microsoft have handled the Xbox One PR so far, you could be spot on there.
And by They I mean the XboxSupport Twitter account will announce it.
He posted patches for his program on the original links. I think he had to update it.
It should be possible? Someone get on that. Or I will. As soon as I have access to an Xbox again.
They actually store the translations for each region inside the gametype. The Xbox displays the string for that region. Whenever they shipped new gametypes, they also had properly translated strings for everything. So english gets Slayer, French players see Le Slayer in the lobby, and the Germans get Blitzkillenscrhiegpanzerschnellen
Don't forget ranks finally displayed in the UI. Surely that'll make it in. But they'll be displayed sideways.
User 73706
Banned
Would it be possible to give an ammo-fed weapon parameters for reloading and overheating using this new tech, along the lines of the Repeater?
xxjuicesxx
Member
Gravity gauntlet
BuggyDClown
Member
So that new Doritos Xbox One thing has 2XP codes for Halo 4???
Bottom right of the card.
This can't be real.
You can't even play Halo 4 on XBOne and who needs XP anymore?
User 73706
Banned
Nope, it's for the Opus and Primer. They use high yield solutions of luminiferous oxide and require enemy neurological pulses to cease as per temporal clauses unbeknownst to the Warriors of Trinity, otherwise it overheats and spends the remaining magazine.
The Gravity Gauntlet just runs on a battery silly.
I'm drunnk and this makes no sense
impulse*. it almost sounded like you knew what you were talking about!
someone had to say it
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Dead.
It's download errors, not runtime errors. I'm trying it at my parents' house when I get there later tonight.
Gravity batteries?
1080p/60 FPS H4 port to X1 would be pretty sweet. Ive been playing it a lot recently, and I have fun in CTF minus the obvious flaws like no flag drop. It's a shame how a few obvious flaws that were caught by fans months before the game came out keep this from being one of the best Halo MP's.
The devs saw the same issues according to that infamous gamasutra article. Yet, they still though it was the right direction to go with.
What's the real point of an Xbox port though if there's no cross-platform play though? It would just kill the population more than forcing people to go to their 360s to play it.
Purplemage
Neo Member
valid point. The populations rough enough as is.
60 FPS vs 30 FPS
Well, for one it would be yet another reason for some people to pick up an X1 if they skipped out on the 360 version for whatever reason. 60 FPS/1080p would be a good gift to the fans who have stuck it out and plan on moving on.
Steelyuhas
Member
I'm not saying an up-port of H4 to the X1 is a bad idea, but who here would purchase it?
I already spent $60 + whatever the season pass for DLC cost, I have no interest in paying another $60 for it.
I already spent $60 + whatever the season pass for DLC cost, I have no interest in paying another $60 for it.
JUST BUY A USED COPY, WAKA WAKA DOO DOO YEAH!
Steelyuhas
Member
No physical disc is going anywhere near my X1 (well game discs that is).
I had a funny realized looking at games coming out for the new systems on Amazon the other night and it was that I don't need to order any games with the system, just download them when I fire up the system.
Sogoodfuckphysicalmediathefutureorsomethinglikethat
xxjuicesxx
Member
I might actually play halo 4 if it ran 1080p n 60fps