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[Satchel]

I used to like you.

In all fairness, I have always been a simple person. I prefer simplicity in my online FPS games.

SWAT is pretty much as bare bones and pure as you're going to get. No shields, no radar, no equipment, no bullshit, everyone has the same guns and it forces you to actually, you know, rely on your ability.

As opposed to power weapon whoring, inconsistent combat encounters thanks to the shields, grenade spam and all the other crap that can frustrate the shit out of me.

It's also the mode that least exposes the lag us Aussies have to suffer through.

No coincidence that SWAT also tends to be the mode I'm consistently right up there in matches. It's just...pure. The only word I can think to describe it. Lag just affects the other modes far too much for my liking.

Playing LAN, I have no issues. But online, the other modes are affected too much.

 

[Tawpgun]

Kinda wonder how different Halo 4 would have been had their been a public beta.

 

[Fracas]

Kinda wonder how different Halo 4 would have been had their been a public beta.

IMO it'd be the same game.

Nowadays, betas are basically server stress tests. Besides, since betas are done relatively close to launch, I don't think there's much that could feasibly be changed.

 

[The P of Poland]

Kinda wonder how different Halo 4 would have been had their been a public beta.

Half-second kill times, iron sights, and power weapons available in loadouts.

That really is all that is separating Halo from COD now, isn't it.

 

[YourExWife]

Holy shit, this Robot Chicken panel is fucking awesome!

"Describe your sex life in 3 Pokemon moves!"

"I have a 1979 Millenium Falcon and I want to give it to you Seth!"

"Thoughts on the Mass Effect 3 ending?"

"Favorite Star Wars moment?" "Power Converters..."

"Will there ever be a Humping Robot sketch where he humps a Transformer?" "Probably...why? Is that a fantasy of yours you'd like us to fulfill?

 

[TheOddOne]

Kinda wonder how different Halo 4 would have been had their been a public beta.

That Scattershot will help Ash out a lot.

 

[IHaveIce]

According to Reddit:

No VIP Gametype
No Assault Gametype
New Map is called

Spoiler

Vortex

(Pic proof : http://imgur.com/CTu4V)
You can disable radar
No new Theatre features
No Theatre rewinding - same 10 second jump like Reach
Theatre confirmed for Campaign, Multiplayer and Spartan-Ops

Disappointing. REALLY DISAPPOINTING.

Also

You cannot enable flag dropping or disable the auto-grabbing.

What is this shit.

According to Reddit guy these are the game modes of Halo 4:

Slayer
Regicide
Capture The Flag
King of the Hill
Oddball
Dominion

Spoiler

Extraction

(new one)
Flood
Grifball

Don't know how the new gametype works.

Gametypes missing from Reach/H3:

Assault
Headhunter
Invasion
Juggernaut
VIP
Race
Stockpile
Territories

Oh I'm so happy we have that greatly overhauled Flood and Grifball mode, this is really the core gameplay that is what veteran Halo fans love.

Also I'm no fan of Race, but seriously, they made Meltdown a map shaped like a infinity loop - don't make Race? Nice.


God this is really bad.

 

[senador]

IMO it'd be the same game.

Nowadays, betas are basically server stress tests. Besides, since betas are done relatively close to launch, I don't think there's much that could feasibly be changed.

Yeah I agree. I don't think much would change besides maybe catching a few bugs and/or exploits. It really didn't seem like their development schedule would have allowed for a beta though and so it potentially could have negatively impacted the game had they done one.

 

[Satchel]

Half-second kill times, iron sights, and power weapons available in loadouts.

That really is all that is separating Halo from COD now, isn't it.

Do people actually think there's a massive difference between the 'weakest' and most 'powerful' weapon in CoD?

he he. That's funny. There's 10 plus rifles in that game, and they're all essentially the same weapon. All that unlocking is a ruse to make you think you're achieving something. It's all for the perks, which ruin the game anyway.

At least the weapons in Halo have a tangible difference between them.

Rifles in CoD are barely different from rocket launchers. Ditto for shotguns and sniper rifles.

Disappointing. REALLY DISAPPOINTING.


What is this shit.



Oh I'm so happy we have that greatly overhauled Flood and Grifball mode, this is really the core gameplay that is what veteran Halo fans love.

Also I'm no fan of Race, but seriously, they made Meltdown a map shaped like a infinity loop - don't make Race? Nice.


God this is really bad.

Racing will either be in, or included later. One of the IGN walkthroughs with Kynan, he mentions the figure 8 map being great for racing. So I assume it's in, or coming in later.

 

[JuanGGZ]

Hey hey hey, and what about the Falcon ?

I'm disappointed for the Theater, I thought we would have a depth of field option?.

 

[dmg04]

So, is waypoint going for a record with downtime or did their servers actually catch fire?

 

[BigShow36]

At least the weapons in Halo have a tangible difference between them.

But you only play SWAT; there's one gun in that mode.

 

[User 73932]

.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Just watched episode 2 of FoD

Wasn't Frank in this episode? I missed him. Where was he?

 

[Tawpgun]

Well, not huge changes, but at least giving game modes with fixed weapon spawns, the option to drop the flag/no pistol, modifying the white text. etc.

 

[Satchel]

But you only play SWAT; there's one gun in that mode.

I know.

But I also said, that I have no issue with other mods offline/LAN.

I was also addressing a complaint that somehow Halo is no different to CoD in reference to weapons.

My preferences are irrelevant in that particular discussion.

 

[IHaveIce]

.

Nice, on the Rockfella Center?

 

[User 73932]

Nice, on the Rockfella Center?

Yeah.

 

[Bsigg12]

So, is waypoint going for a record with downtime or did their servers actually catch fire?

I'm wondering if it has to do with Microsoft rolling out the new Windows 8 stuff. Logging into Waypoint prompted the app acceptance page for the first time, so I wonder if the Live ID services or windows accounts or whatever the fuck they are now are acting weird on sites that update to the new system.

 

[senador]

Well, not huge changes, but at least giving game modes with fixed weapon spawns, the option to drop the flag/no pistol, modifying the white text. etc.

Do you think that would have changed with a beta? I don't.

So, is waypoint going for a record with downtime or did their servers actually catch fire?

Clear your cache and cookies, its been working fine for me since it came back up the other day.

 

[Voltron64]

Also

You cannot enable flag dropping or disable the auto-grabbing.

WTF?

 

[Sai-kun]

.

swoon!

 

[Poker Face]

WTF? Why?

Committed Carrier Experience.

or something

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I'm not gay, but I'd fuck mastrbiggy, straight up

 

[Not a Jellyfish]

Just watched episode 2 of FoD

Wasn't Frank in this episode? I missed him. Where was he?

Lunch room, he is a janitor.

 

[daedalius]

.

dem' rippling forearms.

Also, I'm back from Costa Rica.

 

[Bsigg12]

Just watched episode 2 of FoD

Wasn't Frank in this episode? I missed him. Where was he?

Oh he was.

From @thelightshow on Twitter.

I raise you.

Can't unsee dog face on the far right in the bottom picture

I know right? It's so weird....

 

[Fracas]

Oh he was.

Can't unsee dog face on the far right in the bottom picture

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Half-second kill times, iron sights, and power weapons available in loadouts.

That really is all that is separating Halo from COD now, isn't it.

Yes, if those things were in Halo would be exactly CoD. You wouldn't know what you were buying. They could just brand it CoD and mix the discs together...


/sarcasm

 

[feel]

I wonder if ALL gametypes have an Infinity variant

I don't think you will have to worry about Infinity gametypes composing less than 85% of matchmaking.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Oh he was.

.

 

[Louis Wu]

Most determined janitor I've ever seen.

EDIT: whoops! this is biggy on Wu's computer. Forgot to sign out.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Oh he was.











I know right? It's so weird....

loooooool

I remember it now, but I can't believe I missed that. Good stuff.

Better episode than the first, I thought.

 

[TheOddOne]

Most determined janitor I've ever seen.

EDIT: whoops! this is biggy on Wu's computer. Forgot to sign out.

You have angered the Ancient Evil.

 

[Blueblur1]

According to Reddit guy these are the game modes of Halo 4:

Slayer
Regicide
Capture The Flag
King of the Hill
Oddball
Dominion

Spoiler

Extraction

(new one)
Flood
Grifball

Don't know how the new gametype works.

Gametypes missing from Reach/H3:

Assault
Headhunter
Invasion
Juggernaut
VIP
Race
Stockpile
Territories

What the fuck? No Territories, Juggernaut, or Race? What the hell are these people thinking? Hey 343i, the idea is to add content on top of existing content. Not taking content away because you don't like it.

Fuck, Halo 4 is a bigger departure from Halo than Reach was.

 

[heckfu]

You have angered the Ancient Evil.

a-ha!

 

[Stinkles]

Of interest to salt miners.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?featur...top_uri=/watch?v=RNGxCbvgoSQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[DeadNames]

Of interest to salt miners.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?featur...top_uri=/watch?v=RNGxCbvgoSQ&feature=youtu.be

Nice mobile youtube link, nerd.

Watching now.

Slayer Pro: AR, DMR, BR loadouts.
Only frags, resupply perk on.

Nice.

 

[DopeyFish]

Of interest to salt miners.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?featur...top_uri=/watch?v=RNGxCbvgoSQ&feature=youtu.be

COMPETITIVEEEEEE

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Of interest to salt miners.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?featur...top_uri=/watch?v=RNGxCbvgoSQ&feature=youtu.be

Thank you based bald one

 

[m23]

Watching naow.

 

[TheOddOne]

Of interest to salt miners.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?featur...top_uri=/watch?v=RNGxCbvgoSQ&feature=youtu.be

Yeah, you kids with your mobile links. None of this works for me. Somebody halp.

 

[JuanGGZ]

Yeah, you kids with your mobile links. None of this works for me. Somebody halp.

Need this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=RNGxCbvgoSQ ?

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Yeah, you kids with your mobile links. None of this works for me. Somebody halp.

Click "desktop" at the top.

Need this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=RNGxCbvgoSQ ?

Or click that.

 

[Fracas]

Slayer Pro playlist:

4v4
BR/AR/DMR loadouts, 1 frag, everyone has resupply. These are all preset.
Sounds like no AA's

Thank you Jesus.

 

[Bsigg12]

Slayer Pro playlist:

4v4
BR/AR/DMR loadouts, 1 frag, everyone has resupply
Sounds like no AA's

Thank you Jesus.

Increased player speed sounds amazing

 

[NobleGundam]

You have angered the Ancient Evil.

A Wild Janitor Appeared! Cryptum Ball has No Effect. Immediately uses Dream Crusher! Lasky has been Defeated.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Slayer Pro confirmed for launch, DMR/BR/AR loadouts, one grenade, resupply package to get greandes, 4v4, increased player speed, no radar, no AAs

 

[Omni]

Haha, love how all the bitching takes a pause.

Edit. No radar in Slayer Pro?


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and it was sounding so good... Like a 'classic' playlist. No radar takes away what makes Halo's gameplay somewhat unique and it just turns into a cluster fuck of not knowing if someone is behind you and/or where people are on the bigger maps.

 

[TheOddOne]

Click "desktop" at the top.

Goes straigt to youtube.com, everytime.

Thanks, JuanGGZ.