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Halo 4 |OT2| TURBO
- Thread starter Tashi
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That's not a big compliment
User 73706
Banned
stinkle alt confirmed
I managed to make my way into a game of Promethean SWAT the other night - that was actually fun. The LR's mechanic makes for a nice trade-off at longer ranges, the BS isn't as dominant as the Magnum, and the pulse nades are a nice added dimension. That's one thing I miss from SWAT in H3 - being able to nade somebody out of their otherwise safe position.
Played a few matches of regular SWAT, thanks to being outvoted constantly, and just used the Magnum for the most part. Might seem odd, but even at extreme ranges I was doing well with it. Haven't had a chance to try Covey SWAT yet, but so far Promethean is my favorite.
Played a few matches of regular SWAT, thanks to being outvoted constantly, and just used the Magnum for the most part. Might seem odd, but even at extreme ranges I was doing well with it. Haven't had a chance to try Covey SWAT yet, but so far Promethean is my favorite.
Because Double EXP is still tied into cross marketing?
Each weekend they could just give everyone say 20 DEXP tokens, and then you basically create-a-dexp-list by spending them in the playlists you want to.
I guess once they saw how much money Activision and Pepsi made off the CoD DEXP Dews, it was only a matter of time until something that could have been inventive and empowering to the playerbase to customize their experience was held back to get some vendor buys.
edit: Because it solved the problem of 'Bungie/343 make this list DEXP' and them having to choose one to make DEXP, and let people make any list DEXP whenever they wanted to. It's worth more to MS monetized, which makes sense being a publically traded company and all. Probably just more overt than Halo 3's DEXPs all being behind a paid DLC paywall.
I'm not sure how most of you lament the loss of old Halo, but say stuff like this.
CTF with non Infinity settings is the best thing in the game currently. Waypoints & no flag dropping hold it back, but it's still the closest thing you'll get to a 2/3 experience right now.
CoD does everything SWAT does, but a lot better.
SWAT is a Halo 2 gametype bro. It's classic Halo.
New avatars and names, man. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE ANYMORE. IT'S TEARING US APART.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Yeah, some people still think COD invented everything.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
There is no BTB CTF map choice. Only Ragnarok.
Just played Lockout (in 4) for the first time yesterday, pleasantly surprised
Orochinagis
Member
Funny thing is you can get one melee kill, sky rocket the body and get death from grave medal at the same time since they dont have any health to survive a melee from your dead body.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
Wut?
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Oh man, Big Team Skirmish! Thank the lord its finally here, a year later. Back into Halo now full time.
You mean back into BTB Regicide full time? And CTF on Complex.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
I havent played Regicide once in like 4-5 games. Lots of King of the hill tho which i love.
Id say half KOTH and half CTF.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Broken for me too.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Twitch is garbage
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Pit return! Nice.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
For us not watching, what? New armor?
Silly.Mikey
Banned
New Armor, weapons skins, new mode called ricochet, 2 maps.
You can buy them bundled or separate (i think its 800 pts bundled).
edit: Maps called Vertigo and Pitfall.
New content pack for 800 space allards. Includes the Bullseye Map Pack with Pitfall (The Pit) and Vertigo (new map). It includes a new gametype called Ricochet (two week exclusivity for these people, then everyone gets it) that's like "Combat Basketball." New Stances, Weapon Skins (Steampunk Covenant Weapons, Gold/Black Forerunner Weapons, Camo UNSC weapons), new Armor Skins, new Armor. The Map Pack itself comes with a football themed armor, but the content pack includes an armor pack that includes Mark V, ODST and a new Forerunner armor (240 space allards separately).
Other content included in bonus content pack:
All of this is 800 MSP if you buy the entire thing bundled. Maps/Armor/Stances/Gametype/Weapons. Whole thing. Armor Pack is 240, Map Pack alone is 480.
America Armor:
Ricochet is like Griffball meets Oddball meets Basketball. Played on The Pit thus far, all of the weapons are still on the map. Ball is in Center Hall. Toss the ball around and if you manage to toss it in to a hill in the enemy base you get points, but if you run it in you get more points.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Why is it these people always have the dumbest questions. Now i still wanna know if you can put that "goal zone" in the air and play it like basketball only without having to walk through and if that game mode is playable in all maps? I assume that its possible but still, they did remove gametypes so you never know with them.
This is all I've got.
EDIT:
Still looking for a better shot of ODST and Mark V. Frankie pls make an update with some hi-res assets other than the ones in the Media Asset bundle on the Xbox website. I wanna see the new skins and armors.
EDIT:
Fuck, gaming side is good for something after all.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
http://news.xbox.com/2013/07/games-halo-4-champions-bundle
Good deal, the price is right and believe it or not, im actually looking forward to the weapons skins.
Good deal, the price is right and believe it or not, im actually looking forward to the weapons skins.
http://news.xbox.com/2013/07/games-halo-4-champions-bundle
Good deal, the price is right and believe it or not, im actually looking forward to the weapons skins.
I would continue to pay this price for this content in the future, given that the maps are actually good. I have faith in The Pit, but Vertigo is yet another Asymmetric infantry based slayer map. Hopefully we can get some 1 Flag customs going on it at some point.
August 23rd HaloGAF customs?
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Id love to see a water based map, or some weather effects in there. And more Map elements that are interactive is a great idea.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I just noticed the Halo 4 Mark V looks like legit armour, the space diaper is back!
Yeah it's still got some tweaks that make it look like Spartan IV armor but it's got some nice lines and I think the helmet might actually be the most accurate to the CE version we've seen.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Tashi, I will smack the shit out of you.
Silly mikey, or whatever your name is, you think Halo 2 invented the one hit kill game type? The point was, SWAT is not Halo, it's about as far removed from Halo as you can get.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
So is Zombies, Griefball and yet theyve been in Halo for a lot longer than COD. Point IS, Halo is a versatile game that made its longevity on how versatile and customizable it was.
Classic Halo is literally different to everyone. Thats the beauty of the franchise and its what Halo 4 did poorly.
Zeouterlimits
Member
The Pit? AAGH.
I don't like 4, don't tease me with something I love.
I don't like 4, don't tease me with something I love.
It's too far gone to be redeemed. The population has just fallen too far, but it's great for those who still play and is a great indicator that 343 at least acknowledges what it's fans want.
Pitfall, with custom settings should make for great gameplay. Static weapons, set loadouts. Only problem is flinch and sprint.
I'll probably just buy the maps and armor. Don't need the stance or skin junk. I just want mk v and ODST armor. They better not have held it back solely for this.
Frankie, how will the dlc be implemented? Same way as majestic dlc list?
Pitfall, with custom settings should make for great gameplay. Static weapons, set loadouts. Only problem is flinch and sprint.
I'll probably just buy the maps and armor. Don't need the stance or skin junk. I just want mk v and ODST armor. They better not have held it back solely for this.
Frankie, how will the dlc be implemented? Same way as majestic dlc list?
Not really.