Digital Limit
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I was all ready to hate it but... I'm into it. I love that two-part clip. The rocket itself is so damn kablammo. It doesn't take up the entire screen now, which I like.
RIP SPNKR
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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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I was all ready to hate it but... I'm into it. I love that two-part clip. The rocket itself is so damn kablammo. It doesn't take up the entire screen now, which I like.
RIP SPNKR
OK OK this has been a great read but can we please change the subject? I'd like to theorize about what Big Team Battle will be like in H5. Who wants to start?
Also, have you seen this funny cat video yet? I can't stop laughing.
Jem is a known conductor of the bad opinion train.
Not gonna lie, if this is even like HALF true, I'd be more than happy.
#longliveSPNKr
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
What I'm hoping for are some awesome maps with a lot of open spaces for vehicles to move around in.
And the Warthog of the Sky <3 -- lol that cat vid
It is KNOWN.
lol sorry jem
It's alright. It actually is quite blurry lol. 343 needs to tone down the god rays.
Awful post.
The rage is real.
User 73706
Banned
halogaf is truly the popgaf of gaming
If Halo loses its color and aesthetic identity 343 will have failed to continue Halo. The covenant redesigns and the new Bazooka Rocket Launcher worry me. They've got the gameplay going. Still unsure about the aesthetic.
#SPNKrLOVE
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
You mean 10GB section of the game -- beta right
Tha Robbertster
Member
So I don't understand the ranking system anymore. I get it's about win-lose and the players you play against/with, but there have to be other factors weighting in. I played all games with a friend of mine in stronghold. After 10 games, I got placed in Onyx 3, he got a Pro ranking. How is that possible?
Where did I say that?
I only said it wasn't part of the core gameplay.
I don't think there's anything wrong with that, especially considering Halo 5 is great even without it. That isn't to say it wouldn't be much better with them.
The powerups and power weapons aren't exclusive to CE, but the fact that they were static is.
In Halo 2, powerups and power weapons were not static, they were solely dependent upon who picked them up, e.g., if I picked up os, the timer starts once I picked it up
As for power weapons in Halo 2, they would never respawn as long as you just held them...though I think that was map specific, e.g., sniper on lockout, if you held it and never dropped it, it would never respawn.
Halo 3 continued this trend.
Reach crapped all over it.
Halo 4 required you to call them in from the sky.
Wait, it did? I thought from H3 onwards they removed that B.S. with the power weapon spawn timers not starting until the weapon was physically dropped by the player holding it.
User 73706
Banned
I'm guessing it factors in individual performance when it comes to your initial ranking, but generally speaking maintaining your rank is a lot more dependent on having a good team backing you up.
I always thought this would've been really cool for spawning weapons. Or just power weapons to give it more emphasis and style.
Actually calling them in though is just... dumb. It's not like in Titanfall where you're calling in something amazing and powerful that is tied to the core game. You were calling in power weapons and other random junk that the game isn't designed around at all. So it sucked.
PROh1bited
Banned
Oh god, what have they done to the rockets? This is something only 343 would do. They just have to change everything that Bungie did.
I like the rockets. I think the sound design is just a bit off, but other than that, I like the way they play and look.
Nope. In Reach the sniper wouldn't spawn until I dropped the one I was holding which I've seen many a weapon horder take advantage of. It's bullshit.
2meta4me
FUNKNOWN iXi
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LOL Kappa.
Halo 3 Rockets were terrible though, Ram, and the 3 minute timers were too long for such a weak weapon sandbox. It put too much of a reliance on BR combat, the very thing people have grown to despise over the years. And rightfully so, the BR is the worst weapon to grace Halo combat, even over the 100% bloom Reach DMR.
EDIT: Your damn edits!
Halo 3 Rockets were terrible though, Ram, and the 3 minute timers were too long for such a weak weapon sandbox. It put too much of a reliance on BR combat, the very thing people have grown to despise over the years. And rightfully so, the BR is the worst weapon to grace Halo combat, even over the 100% bloom Reach DMR.
EDIT: Your damn edits!
User 73706
Banned
nnno, no
Yeah, after you lock on to a target and fire, aiming down sights will have you use the iron sights built into the missiles and you can control them remotely.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Those random geometry lips don't make themselves
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Frankie please, I know you're a fan of the REDEEMER! Make this happen and use a Promethean weapon to do it <3
Obligatory Flak Cannon is the truth post.
I agree, they were terrible.
I do not understand the appeal of wanting snipers spawning so frequently that 4 people or more could have them at a time. There are times in the beta now where there's 2-3 swords and 2 snipers in play, that's super silly to me. The sniper in this game is way too easy to use as well.
Lmao. Get placed in Semi-pro for slayer, get placed in gold for breakout and go undefeated for 8 straight games in strongholds lose my 9th game and lose due to a quitter in my 10th game and I get placed into Gold 1?
If performance plays a factor, that's a joke, was top on my team every game.
Also, Reverb played every qualifier with me and got placed into Silver 2. How does that even work?
Hopefully this shit gets fixed for full release, I don't have fun playing in onyx. Need to play with some semi-pro players. Games are almost always super close and exciting.
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If performance plays a factor, that's a joke, was top on my team every game.
Also, Reverb played every qualifier with me and got placed into Silver 2. How does that even work?
Hopefully this shit gets fixed for full release, I don't have fun playing in onyx. Need to play with some semi-pro players. Games are almost always super close and exciting.
fucking salt I know, it's just a beta, I know, but strongholds was fun, but the placement ruined it a bit for me. Not a gold player lol.
PROh1bited
Banned
I can see this game easily becoming just like Halo 4 again. It'll be all fun for the first week, then everyone will realize how trash the game is. The population will drop off, then Frankie will come out saying how they'll learn from their mistakes, then they'll give us Halo 6:Titanfall/CodAW.
I really hope Black Tusk does a great job with the new Gears, and show 343 how to properly keep a game franchise going without throwing everything away that Epic built, like what 343 has done with Bungie's work.
I really hope Black Tusk does a great job with the new Gears, and show 343 how to properly keep a game franchise going without throwing everything away that Epic built, like what 343 has done with Bungie's work.
User 73706
Banned
lol
The flak cannon is quite possibly the best shotgun ever.
What the scattershot could have been... Biggest disappointment of Halo 4.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Eh, naw. I was wrong about Halo 4, but 5 is considerably closer to 3 than 4 was and thus should hold onto people longer. No random loadouts, no sky-weapons, no random abilities, etc.
It may not be Halo 3, but it's a hell of a lot closer than Halo 4 was.
Laugh all you want, played with jay and some other semi pro gaffers the other day. Games were ALWAYS super exciting and fun. Always down to the last 1-3 kills.
RowdyReverb
Member
My K/D was worse, not that that should be the primary skill determining factor in objective game types. Oh well. At least Stronghold is a pretty fun game.
I already have 1/3 the amount of kills I had in my entire time playing Halo 4 just from this beta, this game is soooooooooooooooo much better than 4 it's staggering.
Agreed... it doesn't make sense lol
But yeah, with some tweaking and base placement improvements, it could be awesome.
PROh1bited
Banned
Yes it is better than 4 for sure, but I dunno if it'll be enough to sustain a healthy population. I just hope they do listen to this feedback they're getting from the beta.
I Agree h5 is good.... Unfortunately I don't know if it means the community won't react the same way. Population wise
I really, really hope they add the option to give flag carriers all abilities and weapons etc.
User 73706
Banned
Eh, as long as I can find games to play.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Sword could probably use a decrease in energy by 50%. Why does a Sword need to allow for 10 kills? There's no other way to deplete its energy other than to land a kill.
How about giving us less ammo for the power weapons in general? Perhaps even increasing the ROF of the Sniper would cause people to shoot more instead of making every shot precious. There's no reason a Shotgun should spawn with 9280734827304 shots. Rockets would be fine depending on map. Chill Out Rockets on 2 minute static timers were batshit insane, admittedly. Never said CE was perfect, but it had a CHAMPION formula that could still be expanded upon.
It all depends on how you balance it.
4 Snipers in play never happens and is a silly hyperbole.
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This is how I felt about Titanfall when it was thought to be crazy to buy it on the One lol. As long as I can play some games then I'll be fine with Halo not having millions of people on daily. Millions will still purchase the game though, that's for sure, so the "needing to appeal to the market" argument as to why sprint or some other "modern" element should be in the game always seemed weak to me. When teenagers are suggesting a removal of sprint and an increase of base speed, I think it's fair to believe this franchise would do perfectly fine without sprint.
"Sprint helps for BTB though." So do vehicles and weapons effective at range, both of which will be provided in Halo 5.
Yea, I also don't understand people who worry about stuff like that. Some people are so focused on amount of twitch viewers and whether or not a pro likes it, who cares? You're not making money off the game, that stuff is irrelevant as long as you can find quick matches.
Digital Limit
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The more popular the game, the more likely you'll be able to play with your friends, talk about it with your friends, play and talk about it with strangers, etc. I'd like Halo 5 to move some consoles so I can play more Xbox with more people! Or at least, I can see how that would inspire some allegiance.