User 73706
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Halo 4 |OT2| TURBO
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DLC Perk, gotta buy the Grunt Chieftan figurine to get the code
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
It happened in Reach, too, if I remember correctly. I think the AAs drop at the beginning and you pick them up instantly. Never tried switching with someone else, though.
squidhands
Member
I never understood why AA's were exempt from dead body pickup. I can understand it to some degree in Reach, where weapons are littered everywhere for a long time. But with the insanely short weapon timer in 4, it's not like it will make the game any more unpredictable.
I was kinda hoping thats how they would have worked. Bungie said they made AA's because a lot of people (read: BK's) would either die before they could use equipment or would use equipment at the wrong time and it wouldn't be effective.
I thought the logical progression would be that there would be these sweet armor abilities on the map, and you can pick them up. When you die they are dropped like weapons are and someone else can pick them up.
NAH BUT FUCK EQUAL STARTING GROUND. THAT SHIT IS SO 2007.
squidhands
Member
Everybody's special now, and they need their rewards before they earn them.
When you have games like Ryse that seemingly play themselves, it becomes depressing to think what future Halo titles will have in store for people that long for the days of equal footing and battles for upgrades.
John Wayne
Neo Member
Why is there no forge made btb maps in matchmaking? Or am I just not noticing? Settler doesn't count.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Project Spark should be the Forge/Firefight editor in Halo 5.
User 73706
Banned
Just rename Grenadier to Skullduggery and let it pick up AAs off of corpses too.
Diablohead
Member
The binary rifle swords start in action sack is godly, it's like i'm some thruster king skating around ice, and dem quick scopes feel so good.
BTB seems to be the forgotten child even though it has the biggest user base, no dlc maps ever pop up and no forge layouts makes me a sad panda.
BTB seems to be the forgotten child even though it has the biggest user base, no dlc maps ever pop up and no forge layouts makes me a sad panda.
Diablohead
Member
bah, gun game was not born in black ops!
343 should just commission these guys to make official shit. Didn't they fix infection?
Gabotron ES
Member
What do you mean? I think making it 1 point is in the regular settings.
squidhands
Member
New Throwdown uses the old 1-50 scoring. I wish to hell that it had more people playing it. Thanks for nothing, Franklin.
Lol yeah, bet CS means nothing to teens these days though. Gun game was the only thing I really loved in the game.
Gabotron ES
Member
You only get points by each kill, no extra points for assists and others. You also get +1 instead of +10.
It did not leak. The modders took the gametypes and looked into their script, then reverse engineered the code.
They can create new gametypes from scratch using the same tools as 343/Bungie, which will work on a retail xbox.
squidhands
Member
"Vengeance" sounds way cooler. This seems like a really cool gametype.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
You might get banned for distributing the modded gametypes on your File Share, but not for just playing it.
Gabotron ES
Member
Technically yes, it hasn't happened yet to any modder since I think they pulled some wizardy with their gamertags.
Dunno what will happen to the average joes putting modded content in their fileshare, hopefully when the gametype editor is released and new gametypes start showing up 343 will look away. They aren't doing any bad.
Plus you could beg for a modder to put your gametype up for download into their "inmune" fileshares.
amd was kind enough to put a list of changes for me, pretty interesting read.
amd42 from se7ensins said:
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Yeah, I haven't heard of anyone getting banned for putting modded maps and gametypes on their File Shares, but it's always a possibility.
squidhands
Member
The last thing 343 needs to do is ban people for making the game more appealing.
Diablohead
Member
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If it's safe to play this in a private match I would love to try it out.
If it's safe to play this in a private match I would love to try it out.
Gabotron ES
Member
It's safe, you won't get banned from playing it man.
I uptaded my other post with some juicy details
It's because none of the interesting Forge canvasses are large enough for BTB maps and Forge Island is too flat to make an interesting map. I still think Apex and some other SpOps maps should be retooled and released as Forge canvasses with Forge Island's pallet.
It's happened to a few people. I've seen posts here and there, specifically one person attempted to appeal their ban and were told by a Microsoft rep that they were cheating for hosting Promod on their fileshare.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
How do you get this game type? I want it!
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Diablohead
Member
There is no shame in paying modders for their work if it's good enough, if the gun game gametype is really well done and plays great in halo 4, 343i really should look into it.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I doubt 343 isn't able to make it themselves if they wanted to, though.
The problem is since they hired people that didn't like Halo, instead of having "let's keep what is good and improve it" mentality, they had a "let's change everything we don't like and introduce new stuff we're not sure will work" mentality(I assume). Which resulted in a less than fun to play game.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
That's great! I hope before Saturday because my friends here are doing a LAN Saturday night.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Sorry, going to have to disagree. You don't move to Seattle and kill yourself with crunch for 2+ years because you "don't like Halo".
Yep. Assuming, what is it when you do it?
You can disagree all you want but what I said was based on what Frankie(I think) mentioned in an interview. He said they hired people that didn't like Halo.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
It was definitely a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't situation though. A lot of people were pretty much done with Halo after 3 and even more after Reach as they felt the series had stagnated. 343 picked up the IP in a position that they needed to breathe some life back into it, and took the criticisms that Halo hadn't changed over the years to heart. They just went a bit too far with their new interpretation, and borrowed a bit too much from the current "kings" of multiplayer gaming.
I think Halo 5 will show that 343 has the ability to adapt to the fans and will cater more to the old school Halo base, as they've seen how quickly the game has fallen off (and started reacting to that trend with updates refining the core gameplay).
If they would have just made Halo 3.5 or something they would have lost people due to series fatigue, but they went a bit too far on the other end, revamping pretty much everything except the very very base of the game. I think Halo 5 will be a more refined, better Halo experience.
Definitely. Can't blame them for trying but unfortunately it did not turn out well.
I think you're right.
And yet, everyone I know who isn't a big halo fan says its still basically the same thing(gameplay wise anyway). Even the reviewers said it.
Gabotron ES
Member
Franklez what's your stance/opinion on the modder's work?
Diablohead
Member
Mini slayer hit boxes are up the wazoo, I like it but it's like I can snipe 2 foot above someone and get a headshot, or completely miss with my AR up close.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
That's the odd thing for sure, people still say "same old Halo" when in reality it's a vastly different Halo to people like us, who play the series a ton. So what do you do? You can't take it further. The series needs something new. Something that reinvigorates Halo and the FPS market overall. Something that's not borrowed from other games, but is entirely new to the genre.
Who knows what 343 has going, but I can only guess it'll be much more to our liking that 4 was (even though I like aspects of 4).
Gun Game? Fun, good. We should look at it conceptually.
Modding? Where do you draw the line?
I think if H4 had of launched as it is in multiplayer now(including hidden CSR, etc), it probably would have retained a bit more of its population.
Matchmaking is a good spot to draw the line. If you mod in actual games then you get banned. If you create sweet gametypes then you should be able to play and share them freely.
Gabotron ES
Member
Yeah, I meant the gametype mods, nice to see you guys are still taking and looking for ideas
Aimbots and other kinds of modding/cheating are a whole new story since they ruin the game instead of adding replayability to it.
Edit: what tawpgun said too.
YourExWife
Member
Here here.
Its almost like everyone in console land forgets that mods on PC are a wonderful thing that extends longevity. Just because dicks used mods to "win" in previous games doesn't mean shit like this should be discouraged. I think the line to draw would be quite simple.
Diablohead
Member
Team mates, how do they work?
I agree, from day 1 the DMR was the go to weapon and it's taken half a year to fix that, since the update I been playing halo 4 every other day and enjoying it all over again.
I agree, from day 1 the DMR was the go to weapon and it's taken half a year to fix that, since the update I been playing halo 4 every other day and enjoying it all over again.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Yeah, I meant the gametype mods, nice to see you guys are still taking and looking for ideas
Aimbots and other kinds of modding/cheating are a whole new story since they ruin the game instead of adding replayability to it.
Edit: what tawpgun said too.
It's the same in tons of PC games, like Minecraft or Half-Life 2. Mods that make the game more enjoyable are good, aimbots and stuff are bad.