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Halo 4 |OT2| TURBO
- Thread starter Tashi
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EDITCEPTION
Also, remember before Great Thread Split of 2013 when the Halo 4 thread only had positive and active Halo 4 players posting in it? No, you don't remember? Yea that was because the thread was dead because no one cared to talk exclusively about Halo 4 unless a thread split demanded it.
So what I am trying to say is, this thread would be dead without the haters. We hate because we care, I want Halo to be good again, but I am a jaded asshole, so it's hard to slrp hardcore and stay positive after every dumb and clueless decision by 343.
Few things I noticed while watching 343's stream:
-Whenever someone dies on Vertigo something appears to be floating above their bodies. Looks like a Light Rifle or something.
-Bravo's voice has gone to shit.
-Sniper appears to spawn at the top of the sniper tower on The Pit.
-Whenever someone dies on Vertigo something appears to be floating above their bodies. Looks like a Light Rifle or something.
-Bravo's voice has gone to shit.
-Sniper appears to spawn at the top of the sniper tower on The Pit.
WE'LL NEVER KNOW!
I actually just copied it out of his post after I saw it, I found it pretty amusing.
You think I'd keep my snide remarks so simple? I'd have to write more than that. I am disappoint
Computer
Member
Jetpacks FTWseriously though I love the jetpack, shouldn't be in Pro, but I love it
Make me sick.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
ask them to make a real Halo game.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
They literally just said "He's using Jetpack to completely disregard the verticality of the map and go anywhere he wants." .-.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Lol, there's a guy who doesn't understand the concept of codes.
"Stop giving us used codes 343."
.-.
I always wonder if people like this on the Internet are, like, 6 years old, or just really, really, stupid.
"Stop giving us used codes 343."
.-.
I always wonder if people like this on the Internet are, like, 6 years old, or just really, really, stupid.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Lol, none of my comments were removed, as far as I know.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Lol you guys are funny.
I couldn't tell if my messages were going through, twitch has been eating my messages lately and the whole facebook connect bullshit had me confused.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
Bahaha nice
Sorry, I feel you, I think it could work if properly implemented though. It makes aiming in battle a lot less predictable and makes traversing maps more fun (they just have to be designed so jet pack doesn't break them)
(facepalm+smh)
I felt like it was hard for them to keep up with the speed of the game and give the amount of commentary they wanted to give, even when it was good commentary.
How about the PROTIPs? Like, "If you're playing online you're going to want to remember to pick up the flag any chance you get!"
YourExWife
Member
I've been told multiple times that was done for H4. It will never happen.
I use jetpack because it's stupidly broken. It's probably my fault that 343 thought it was a good idea. They had some metrics that were like "YoXwive uses dat shit all da' time, it mus' be a gud mechanic, ya'll."
Same with Juices and camo.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
What is juices? Camo is ridiculous in 4. But why couldn't jetpacks work though? (have you --) They're so fun. I guess I'd rather have regular Halo, but jetpacks are by far my favorite addition if anything has to stay (I also loved Headhunter, where has it gone?)
I'd be totally down with that, I'm not saying jetpack is perfectly balanced or anything, just that I dig it
343 target audience.
Computer
Member
I liked stock pile and VIP.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
Stay classy
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
IS the Sai gif still on page one of either thread?
Which one? Sai dancing or Sai Dancing 2?
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Either or i suppose
Shadowrun has movement based bloom, when you are gliding (jetpacking) you have full bloom. Helps to balance the insane mobility conferred by having a Glider. Shadowrun also has Gust which can deactivate glider wings so players lose upward momentum. Vertical sensitivity is also an independent control setting to help compensate for all the vertical movement
FASA thought about these things.
Bungie/343 just threw it in because they thought it was dumb fun, both studios are wildly successful.
FASA was shut down by MS.
I hate everyone.
Why is MS so cruel
I don't understand why they won't make the easy change of just making it a jump pack with a long cooldown. I remember all the talk that it wouldn't let you hover like Reach.. game comes out.. you can hover around with it just like in Reach.
If it MUST exist, I'd just fold it into the movement system and make it a hybrid jetpack/thrustpack. Press A to jump, press A to thrust in a short burst in the same direction you're currently moving.
Lateral thrust is quick double taps. Long jumps are A->(pause)->A. Jetpacking up to a ledge is coming to a complete stop, A-> topofjump -> A. The short of it: it's a double jump
You wouldn't be able to hover, and you wouldn't be able to change directions after jumping in a different direction.
edit: Personally what I'd do is make it a jump pack that's really loud, and the equivalent height to a crouch jump. This way, skilled players who can execute crouch jumps get rewarded by being able to get into a window quietly and without announcing their presence. You could choose to equip the jump pack and make those jumps easier, at the tradeoff of loudly announcing your presence.
If it MUST exist, I'd just fold it into the movement system and make it a hybrid jetpack/thrustpack. Press A to jump, press A to thrust in a short burst in the same direction you're currently moving.
Lateral thrust is quick double taps. Long jumps are A->(pause)->A. Jetpacking up to a ledge is coming to a complete stop, A-> topofjump -> A. The short of it: it's a double jump
You wouldn't be able to hover, and you wouldn't be able to change directions after jumping in a different direction.
edit: Personally what I'd do is make it a jump pack that's really loud, and the equivalent height to a crouch jump. This way, skilled players who can execute crouch jumps get rewarded by being able to get into a window quietly and without announcing their presence. You could choose to equip the jump pack and make those jumps easier, at the tradeoff of loudly announcing your presence.
They are a business, they made a business decision, same with Ensemble. It sucks, but it is part of the industry.
They should have got FASA to make a Crimson Skies game for 360 instead of Shadowrun if they wanted them to do well. I am eternally grateful that Shadowrun was made, it's my favorite game ever, but it got shit treatment from MS and was way too ahead of its time on the wrong platform, OS, and price point for it to be successful.
Luke Smith told Mitch Gitelman, and Microsoft by proxy straight up that if the game wasn't at a 40 dollar price point it would fail.
Look what happened.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
343 lies.
K
kittens
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FUNKNOWN iXi
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Rare In Pieces
Was more rhetorical than anything, I get they're a business and everything. Just everytime Shadowrun gets brought up I get sad at what could've been, especially with the Shadowrun Returns kickstarter fooling me everytime I see it.
Still pumped for Returns and just got the 5th edition pnp that just came out.
Hopefully one day we can see a return to the Shadowrun FPS with an actual story.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
can we package brink with that?
xxjuicesxx
Member
Ya Returns is going to be awesome. Still got two keys to give away from the Kickstarter. Let me know how the 5th edition is when you get it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYsQ0M2Jrg video needs more views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFYsQ0M2Jrg video needs more views.
Just have to print it out and get some people to play with but I'm sure it will be fun and it will by my entry to pnp RPGs
Also I really hope Returns is successful so we get more games.
I now love you.
They keep having SAW's spawn in bases, or near them. It's easy defense for camo/PV users; I'm sure they just say to themselves, "Dang, this is OP... but it sure is fun!"
And increasing the turrets on the Warthog and Mantis. The BR and Carbine buffs seem really nice, but everything else just wasn't necessary. They didn't adjust the aim assist with the Beam Rifle, either, and the Boltshot, Incineration Cannon, and Binary Rifle are all still terribly too powerful. And for weapon spawns, they went ahead and put the FRG on maps.
I was hoping if there ever was a Pit remake that they'd color code the opposing sides red and blue to break it up a bit.
Diablohead
Member
Beam rifle has more aim assist then sniper right? Thought I always did better with the beam rifle no scoped, always miss sniper shots...
bobs...onGaf
Member
Probably for all the screaming he has to do, I would love to know how Bravo is finding working at 343, its frustrating for us but for him it must be tenfold knowing that he knows more than the others but has to follow the corporate chain of command.