RowdyReverb
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Oh my god. I would just post the gif, but the caption is too good.
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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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wesleyshark
Banned
Omg indeed hahaha
Forerunner
Member
I have to agree, kind of! I never really gave H4 a chance on the 360. I had around 300 games played and that was it. I also never bothered with any of the map packs or updates. Now in MCC, it's what I play a majority of the time. It just feels and plays great. Yeah, sprint is garbage and so are the AAs, however that's all I really hate about it. Also there's no ordnance in the MCC version which is also nice, but the maps are fairly underwhelming. They're not terrible, however, they leave a lot to be desired.
i'm enjoying some of the dlc maps i never really got to play on. landfall in particular, i'm finding to be loads of fun (but that could also be because i'm still pretty low ranked and playing against scrubs). its so great that were are getting free dlc maps in 5.
The DLC maps really are far better than the on disc maps. I've said a bunch of times but I really, really like Monolith. Very underrated map imo.
Really?
I really like it, loads of fun to play CTF on. It's also gorgeous, I think it's the best looking Halo map.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Hate that map. Lol
Fata1moose
Banned
I'd agree that the DLC maps are better overall though I think Haven is the best map in 4.
wesleyshark
Banned
Haven was the best easily.
longbow is fun but i also really really like exile.
Nothing could beat the glory that was Harvest SWAT.
Harvest was a good chaotic BTB map if it was an objective gametype.
Vortex seemed cool in concept, but had too much "void spaces" that players simply didn't go to, traverse or utilize. I wonder if a map like Vortex would have been better suited for something like Warzone where you could populate those void spaces with AI objective kills and utilize the full area of the map?
Harvest was a good chaotic BTB map if it was an objective gametype.
Vortex seemed cool in concept, but had too much "void spaces" that players simply didn't go to, traverse or utilize. I wonder if a map like Vortex would have been better suited for something like Warzone where you could populate those void spaces with AI objective kills and utilize the full area of the map?
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Can we stop linking to Greenskull vids? Pls. Link to other people.
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H4's beam rifle is ridiculous. It's an absolute monster of a weapon, snapshots all day every day. Definitely needs reduced aim assist.
Maps like Vortex, Longbow literally had me wondering what the heck were they thinking designing this stuff? Maps were easily 50% too large. Longbow could have removed both base areas at the back, a lot of the outer edge area behind the two smaller bases closer to water and it would have played the same just with less useless space.
Warzone Pre-Alpha
Fata1moose
Banned
Base BTB maps were bad. Ragnarok and Meltdown would have been ok, but the Mantis killed the flow on those maps, sure that's bad vehicle design to blame, but they never took them out. Longbow had really bad sight lines and was just generally a bad map, it's weapons and vehicles made it play like Heavies every match too. Vortex has no redeeming factors and I don't know what they were thinking. Exile was a joke as they had to balance the tank with a Gauss hog, which isn't balanced at all.
Then there's Shatter and Outcast that had Mantis design in consideration and play pretty well. Harvest is also pretty decent with the outer Warthog path and there's generally well balanced.
And Warzone maps are supposedly 4x as big as anything they've done before, so that's just crazy.
yeah, i don't buy that. at least not based on the map shown at e3. that looked about on par with the big btb halo 4 maps, perhaps a tad bigger, but not 4x
That map pack was probably the last time I went into a dev map and changed the weapon layouts. Replaced the Beam with a regular Sniper.
I've had thoughts of going into some of the dev maps for Halo 4 in MCC and updating them to the static weapon spawns that I had shortly after the game came out, but I can never remember what the " correct" custom game settings are. I remember there's something with no custom load outs and jetpack, shield thing, and promethean vision left out, but beyond that I don't remember the damage settings.
Fata1moose
Banned
Well there's 6 maps at lauch so there's certainly room for bigger maps than Escape the A.R.C.
Fata1moose
Banned
I really hope we get an Silent Cartographer-like Warzone map.
Forerunner
Member
Reach dat best!
Welcome back to Halo dude!
I'll send you a friend request. Feel free to hit me up if you ever see me online.
...feh. Something something not really in the game something EU would be more appropriate something whatever floats your boat something #butts
I still remember thinking we would get huge 16v16 battles to support the map size. That chess game type was legendary.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Size isn't everything, sometimes it's what you do with it. Too big hurts and while it initially seems like a good idea eventually you see if for the pain it is and want to avoid it
Would rather smaller but more perfectly formed maps than massive just for the sake of it maps
Exile felt like the majority of the right hand of the map didn't flow that well. In comparison to the left which offered more cover and pathways the right didn't have much other than a killing field and the mantis/tank spawn.
Man. If only we could get exactly this map and sandbox with 64 player support. Slayer on a huge area like that with dozens of vehicles and endless carnage...
Welfare
Member
Only if Forge is a massive improvement over Reach and 4's, and by the looks of it, Halo 5 forge looks to not be that big of an improvement.
nillapuddin
Member
Happy Birthday to me, newest book came, so excited! Beautiful cover, embossed letters, nice finish. Lets just put it in the shelf now...
God damnit.
TOR kept everything.. Mostly the same. Annoying stupid little changes.
But now apparently the Gallery Books era is a free for all. There is no god.
God damnit.
TOR kept everything.. Mostly the same. Annoying stupid little changes.
But now apparently the Gallery Books era is a free for all. There is no god.
The build quality is really really fantastic though, good job gallery/343
wesleyshark
Banned
Happy Birthday to me, newest book came, so excited! Beautiful cover, embossed letters, nice finish. Lets just put it in the shelf now...
God damnit.
TOR kept everything.. Mostly the same. Annoying stupid little changes.
But now apparently the Gallery Books era is a free for all. There is no god.
The build quality is really really fantastic though, good job gallery/343
Beautiful collection!!!
Mine are all different shapes and sizes
Forerunner
Member
Happy Birthday to me, newest book came, so excited! Beautiful cover, embossed letters, nice finish. Lets just put it in the shelf now...
God damnit.
TOR kept everything.. Mostly the same. Annoying stupid little changes.
But now apparently the Gallery Books era is a free for all. There is no god.
The build quality is really really fantastic though, good job gallery/343
Nice, the only ones I still having lying around are the original copies of The Fall of Reach, The Flood, and First Strike. Everything else is on my Kindle now.
Happy birthday Puddinpop
Hope it's filled with joy and whatever other stuff you may find appealing.
*Not representetive of the entire fandom
Hope it's filled with joy and whatever other stuff you may find appealing.
Perhaps we will get the spin off Super BTB boogaloo wet dream with every vehicle ever and all sorts of crazy modes that we've* always wanted if Warzone is a success. Or not... could go either way.
*Not representetive of the entire fandom
According to Frankie it's a great improvement (not an exact quote). Here's hoping.
RowdyReverb
Member
I love this idea. There would need to be some routes added, obviously, but just the theme and appearance would be enough.
I hope H5 forge really nails it. Community creation in games is the hot thing right now, so they'd be crazy not to aim high.
Based on what?
Absolutely. I only stuck to the middle and left caves, on foot. I loved the battles that occurred for both portions. I can see where the map could be heavily critiqued for the other side, vehicles on hand, and vehicular combat though
The Henery
Member
H2A's isn't mind blowing but is definitely an improvement. This is a decent Headlong remake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAZcKxYfZX0
The 4v4 list could do some forge maps tbh, not that I really care for Anni
Well, it's a map that's clearly designed to be weighted differently for different types of combat, but I'm not sure it ever fully expressed the developers' intent.
I also think that their approach to carving up the landscape with vehicle "lanes" hurt the BTB maps because many of them felt like I was hemmed in driving (Longbow and Meltdown particularly.) I think later maps improved on that issue.
Hey that's a really swell idea. I need it now.
Welfare
Member
Just didn't look like there was much of anything that screamed "Forge is better we swear". It was a beta and all but Halo 5's forge maps just did not impress me and honestly I'm getting sick of them. First impressions and all.
nillapuddin
Member
Beautiful collection!!!
Mine are all different shapes and sizes
Thanks man, I scoured the internet making sure I got all paperbacks in the same size
Still have the OG copies also!
Thanks bud, for my birthday celebration I am driving around town setting up Water, Electric, Cable and Bank stuff for my new apartment. #waitingrooms
Adulthood!
Death Island is probably large enough for a Warzone map.
RowdyReverb
Member
Oh right, I completely forgot they threw a couple Forge maps in. Maybe they held back a little though, you never know. I try to be optimistic.
ElzarTheBam
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RowdyReverb
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Last exam of my 3rd year of medical school is in an hour, wish me luck. I've been posting more lately because I've been at my computer studying all week. I've got a 4 day weekend though to take a bit of a break from both things.
Forerunner
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