The reason I'm pretty sure it's a place holder is because it's so clearly different from Hunter beams/shots in all of the other games.
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The reason I'm pretty sure it's a place holder is because it's so clearly different from Hunter beams/shots in all of the other games.
Demoncarnotaur
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Everything but the Hunter's fuel rod cannon looked great to me. It looked like a homing plasma rifle shot. Looked incredibly lame and underpowered to me.
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Wonder why they thought that was fitting? The hunters look amazing, but the gun needs to be a big blast...it indicates it's power, especially considering they can one shot you in legendary.
Yeah, what the hell is up with this? :lol
The game is looking great, but that is bizarre.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Stinkles come save us
That's what I initially thought, but what's odd is the shots are actually curved. I don't recall the beam-o-death curving at all in any of the games. They had to intentionally program that I would think.
Everything else looks so good it HAS to be a placeholder.
Halo 3 all dayyyy
Pretty sure the Hunter projectile is just like any other weapon. Think of it like the scarab gun. When you fire it, it looks like a beam, but if you start swinging wildly when shooting it, you'll see its just shooting like any regular gun, with one specific large bolt, coming out every .1 of a second.
So with that in mind, i'd say yes, its just a placeholder, as it looks like its just using the plasma rifle bolt model or whatever until they create a new one.
So with that in mind, i'd say yes, its just a placeholder, as it looks like its just using the plasma rifle bolt model or whatever until they create a new one.
or medals
Zeouterlimits
Member
You and Over covered this, in different ways, but yes, it's a bit crazy.I'm going to take a second and nitpick.
How comical are those objective markers? I legitimately did not think it could get any more hilarious than Halo 4 shouting at the player constantly, but these messages are just absurdly huge. Maybe the funniest part is that you get this massive waypoint for your own flag....when it hasn't even been touched. This persists when you aren't even looking in the same direction, so you've got this massive message floating around your screen the entire game?! Like...are you worried players are going to get lost and not remember which base is theirs? Isn't that a complete failure of the map's visual design? Are players actually not smart enough to remember where they live? On top of that, CAPTURE, a "no shit" piece of information, dwarfs the actual pertinent feedback that the player needs - the reset timer.
Just baffling.
Also, seeing someone get a dual-wield kill on a single target - nothing special, just a normal ol' kill that ended with a headshot - and get no fewer than 4 medals is a really great reminder of how absurd modern player investment design is. It's not an issue that's at all specific to this project, but it's definitely on full display here.
In the video it makes the switch from H2A to H2C all the more attractive, and even then the questionable medal decisions are in play.
The defend / capture stuff feels like it should be part of an introductory match / mode to bring new players in.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
I would assume you're correct:
*fingers crossed*
(the fact that we are so anal about this obviously means we love and care about this franchise, so take this as a compliment if you see this 343)
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Sign me up for a Grunt Launcher. South Park 64's Cow Launcher, anyone?
Such a good idea that they could take to the next level. Ever tried the Dojo Mode in Killer Instinct or the tutorial in Quake Arena? Could work well for informative tutorials like those.
GringoSuave89
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Wouldn't suck. Would work narrative-wise too (call it new recruit training). Plus there is bound to be a fair number of newcomers that have never played a Halo title before.
My most played game will depend on the playlists I assume. Halo 3 can be REALLY bad when the game settings are shit.
If I ever have to play ARs on Valhalla, I'll probably delete the game off my HDD.
GringoSuave89
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With it being Halo 3, I doubt we'll be getting loadout changes. Did OG Halo 3 ever have BR starts for Valhalla? It's been too long to remember.
The Librarian
Banned
BTB playlist was all BR starts all the time!
ElzarTheBam
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It wasnt at launch though, was it?
The Librarian
Banned
Even if it wasn't, does that really matter? It was for the vast majority of the game's life.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I don't remember it being that way at launch. Plus BTB is a whole 'nother beast. I was speaking on standard playlists.
ElzarTheBam
Member
The Librarian
Banned
I hate you.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Are you suggesting that launch states don't matter for Halo games? If Halo 3 launched a year after MW in the state that it did (broken melee system, AR starts up the wazoo, etc.), it might not have been as successful as it was.
Let's not even bring up Halo 4's launch window.
Reagan's BR
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TS x Massacre
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Goldenboy just posted that... do you guys think it could be in relation to:
ESPORTS™
GringoSuave89
Banned
So was the Spartan Laser, therefore who cares about that too.
Right?
These dudes know what's up.
Love the Spartan Laser. It is your salvation.
This.
I remember being flabbergasted at how quickly I got mowed down by Warthogs in Halo 3 compared to Halo 2.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Goldenboy just posted that... do you guys think it could be in relation to:
ESPORTS
Huh. Maybe a Twitch stream of some H2A MP? No idea what they got planned. Excitebike all the same.
TS x Massacre
Member
Yeah definitely, sorry I brutalized the pictures, edited to fix it. lol
Been a while since I've been active on HaloGAF, didnt know imgur didnt work here.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Yeah, one of my least fond memories of Halo 3 was spawning outside a base in Valhalla to be greeted by the ever circling warthog of doom. You could say I wasn't having fun at that point.
That first week of Halo 3 was fun as a Warthog gunner though - so many people had yet to realize that you didn't screw around when one of those was coming after you.
GringoSuave89
Banned
They do, but sometimes Gaf doesn't like them and messes up. No idea why.
TS x Massacre
Member
Ahh okay, thanks for the heads up!
I can't stop watching the Halo 2 video guys.. so good.
Completely agree, I mean I was 15/16 when the 2006 MLG season was in swing, and stuck with it all the way through Columbus when Halo had it's last real event, and was crushed when it was taken off the circuit.
But now I see it as a good thing and think 343 should do it independently, since as you mentioned MLG is more CoD-centric and there's a stigma with "MLG wannabes" that holds true a lot of time, but still unfairly classifies competitive players, such as myself.
TheOhrenberger.
Banned
I think we should have laser starts in Halo 3 BTB
Are you saying BR starts are bad for BTB maps??
Computer
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Goldenboy just posted that... do you guys think it could be in relation to:
ESPORTS
Looks like the bulletin will be interesting.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Great Odin's Beard! Playlist - everyone starts with Spartan Lasers, infinite ammo
Also, someone on tumblr pointed out how specific achievements (Before The Fire - Halo 3: Activate Terminal 3 on The Ark.; Sword and Shield - Halo 3: Activate Terminal 7 on The Ark.; Whispers Across The Galaxy - Halo 3: View the communique from Mendicant Bias) all seem to point to the Ark Theory coming to pass. Kinda nuts.
I'm going to print this post and take a dump on it.
EdibleExplosives
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ElzarTheBam
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Standoff, your team has the laser (even the ones that respawn), your team has two warthogs...
Deadly Cyclone
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FUNKNOWN iXi
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Stuff like this is why I can't get too hyped for MCC.
my first thought here was "why are there red stripes on their necks and belts? they arent supposed to have those!"
that made me feel old