HiredN00bs
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It's quite fun. It's just a shame that it's restricted in Matchmaking to Anniversary maps.
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I think what made it so great is the movement speed and the lack of AAs, even though I thought I would still want sprint.
Is bullet damage also increased?
Yeah, I've been playing a little more lately. I removed most of the people who played Halo to make room for Gears players when I quit Halo because Armor lock made me rage so fucking hard. Going to need to re-add some Halo people when I get better.
User 73706
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itoffersbettertimesthanslayerorlivingdead.midi
The Librarian
Banned
They vote HaloBall over BOOM! Ball...
Sorry for the stupid question, but is the magnetism turned down on the 3-shot pistol?
HiredN00bs
Member
Just on the pistol, with its 3SK. The faster movement speed makes grenades more tolerable, too.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Just some minor flanging. (Duplicate the audio and offest one track by a fraction of a second.)
It's pretty easy to do.
HiredN00bs
Member
No, but the faster movement and higher gravity help mitigate its effectiveness, although it's still head and shoulders above everything else.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
That makes sense. I thought a few times it seemed my last DMR bullet went through shields to make a headshot too, it was a bit odd.
Bregmann Roche
Member
You weren't imagining that.
You've got a spot if you're interested in coming back.
I had to help put my kids in bed, it was a rough night.
I might get back on, if you promise to put the shotgun away.
:lol
It's actually really sad to see an entire game where everyone's ToD was melee.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
So if the final shot connects on a 1 shot remaining shield to the head it's an instant kill?
Bregmann Roche
Member
Yeah, there's bullet bleed-through AND melee bleed-through. For example: in Anniversary with the magnum it's 2 body shots + 1 headshot for kill. Shields won't pop after the two body shots. Same thing happens in TU slayer games.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Wow, that's nice. Glad to see I came back when shit got improved a little.
Thanks!
It was raining shotguns.. I couldn't help but pick them upTo be fair, I was trying to be a dirty whore. But you out-dirtied me, you whore.
"Worse."
Bregmann Roche
Member
Depending on who you ask shit either improved a lot or got "totally broken".
Personally, the TU and Anniversary extended Reach's lifespan to Halo 4's release. Prior to those two additions to MP I was ready to focus my online gaming on a combination of Halo 3, Starcraft 2, and various sports titles.
343 really came through, even with Frankie as their leader.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Thanks!
I know. Pistol and no AA's. Glorious.
Totally broken is extreme. It definitely took away from the game though.
Bregmann Roche
Member
Just as an exorcism must take something away from the body.
I agree, possessed people are more interesting when they have the spirit in them.
Bregmann Roche
Member
Where's Letters with my pre-TU Exorcist Pea Soup Vomit GIF?
The effort you put forth for trash is simply astounding!
xxjuicesxx
Member
No, it was a blitzkrieg of unrefined mongrels smashing through a monastery of perfection. A true devolution that every ADD riddled 14 year old boy can smirk at, like the first time they pleasured a women.
Rome wasn't built in a day but you sure fucking destroyed it in one.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Currently sifting through Living Dead for the Defiant achievement. I think I've heard more 4 year olds in one game of Living Dead than I've passed through at a mall. So mind-numbing.
Although I managed to get a decent moment:http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=26702780&player=Oml3t
You'll notice I choked after the Killtrocity, but pulled through.
edit: Leave Living Dead to play Anniversary FFA. First game voted on is TU Zombies.
K.
Although I managed to get a decent moment:http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=26702780&player=Oml3t
You'll notice I choked after the Killtrocity, but pulled through.
edit: Leave Living Dead to play Anniversary FFA. First game voted on is TU Zombies.
K.
HiredN00bs
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The TU gametype and the Anniversary gametype are very different things (although both are made possible through the changes made in the actual Title Update).
The Anniversary gametype stripped away AAs, and then made key changes:
-Stronger pistol w/damage bleed
This was done to emulate the Halo: CE pistol's 3SK, 2 shots to the body/head and then 1 in the head get the job done. It's easy to count, the visual feedback on the shields is exaggerated because of the increased damage, and clear to the player.
-Weaker melee
Also done to emulate Halo: CE's more moderate melee damage. Because of these weaker melees, the visual feedback on shields is still useful because a melee won't kill you while you still have shields.
-Faster movement and higher gravity
Because of this players move faster, both on foot and through the air, and it's a little more difficult to tag people with the pistol than in default movement.
-Pistol has a slower rate-of-fire, less bloom.
Kill times are very fast in Anniversary, even with these changes. Obviously with the default pistol, you'd have a lot more spamming, so this was a necessary counter-balance.
Trying to emulate CE gave the Anniversary gametype focus, even if the differences between the Reach and CE engines and the limitations of the Title Update had it falling short. I wish I could say the TU gametype enjoyed the same degree of quality, but it just doesn't. It plays so much like Reach, only with an upset weapon sandbox and a diminished feedback system, so what's the point?
The Anniversary gametype stripped away AAs, and then made key changes:
-Stronger pistol w/damage bleed
This was done to emulate the Halo: CE pistol's 3SK, 2 shots to the body/head and then 1 in the head get the job done. It's easy to count, the visual feedback on the shields is exaggerated because of the increased damage, and clear to the player.
-Weaker melee
Also done to emulate Halo: CE's more moderate melee damage. Because of these weaker melees, the visual feedback on shields is still useful because a melee won't kill you while you still have shields.
-Faster movement and higher gravity
Because of this players move faster, both on foot and through the air, and it's a little more difficult to tag people with the pistol than in default movement.
-Pistol has a slower rate-of-fire, less bloom.
Kill times are very fast in Anniversary, even with these changes. Obviously with the default pistol, you'd have a lot more spamming, so this was a necessary counter-balance.
Trying to emulate CE gave the Anniversary gametype focus, even if the differences between the Reach and CE engines and the limitations of the Title Update had it falling short. I wish I could say the TU gametype enjoyed the same degree of quality, but it just doesn't. It plays so much like Reach, only with an upset weapon sandbox and a diminished feedback system, so what's the point?
HiredN00bs
Member
Really? The Anniversary gametype is different enough from Reach that I think it at least warrants a playlist. It is pretty much the only AA-less standard slayer/objective option in the game altogether, so there's that, too. The TU gametype just feels like a shittier version of Reach, and if you thought Reach was shitty in the first place, well...
MLG is much better for that, the Reach pistol is terrible at trying to be the CE Pistol, I'd rather use a NB DMR. The movement feels off in Anniversary, it's shitting all over my nostalgia as well.
I'm not saying it doesn't require a playlist, I just don't care to play it. I tried a couple games in that playlist when I got the download code from a generous Gaffer, and never played it again. It feels like shit, and the Reach Pistol beefed up still shoots like shit with the way the gun mechanics in Reach are, and the shallow clip.
I know, you can actually five shot someone without it becoming a spam fest, what a terrible fix!
Steelyuhas
Member
Not worth it bro.
I laughed
OdysseusVA
Banned
But I poop from there.
Absolutely.
They also did a fantastic job on the maps. They're beautiful
If only they didn't choose Prisoner and Damnation. They could have replaced them with some amazing maps from Halo 2 :/
VivaciousJazzy
Member
Question.
Why can't you look at prior matchmaking game stats in the custom games lobby but you can in the forge lobby?
Why can't you look at prior matchmaking game stats in the custom games lobby but you can in the forge lobby?
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