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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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Wifiplayer13
Member
Getting on the train to Comic Con. The hype that I have right now is off the charts and its 6 AM.
killer rin
Member
Gawd, I watched the intro and I am literally forcing myself to stop. I want to play this sooo bad!
me too, the intro is fucking amazing. time to go dark.
Shake Appeal
Member
Guys, you are being embarrassing about the leaks and "going dark". Calm down, show some restraint, and stop scratching the itch.
its hard man. i really wanted to see the prologue and thats all i watched/will watch.
Zeouterlimits
Member
And then go play some XCOM.
You only mentioned a handful of the bad gametypes Bungie introduced after Halo 1. Aside from that crap, there was still Assault, 1-flag/bomb, and 3 Plots. Instead of bringing back or revising some of the better gametypes, we're getting Oddball which, let's be honest, was never good outside two or three maps out of every single Halo map it was played on. Same for King of the Hill. Also don't see how tossing the ball changes how teams will play, i.e. hiding in doors or rooms. Now instead of playing it on smaller maps, it's going to be on giants like Complex, which feature both size and interiors. I'm sure it won't be too bad on something like Haven and Solace, but the others I'm not so sure will thrive very well.
Dominion is something I've very curious about, but also kind of concerned. It seems to blend Conquest in with Halo, but adds a bit more. Like Invasion, I'm fairly worried about all the power weapons, vehicles, and the map count. Invasion featured two early on until others were eventually added through DLC and Forge. How many Dominion will have is another key.
That's why I made that post (I'm another person who grows bored of constant Slayer, this won't be any different). There's little to no variety for this games' objective modes. I'm not asking for CTF Slayer or other shit, but revising the older ones to improve on how you think they'll play better (drop in and drop out tied to asymmetric gametypes), but instead we're just getting a small handful of gametypes, two of which do not simply seem to mesh well with most of its maps. I hope I'm wrong and these things are great, but my optimism is low.
Well I know what I'm going to be playing 'till the MLG playlist comes out.
Hopefully that's just the hardcore playlist and they don't replace it by giving free advertisment to a company that'll ditch their game within 2 months to chase dat Korean SC money. They've already done half of Killa KC's work by increasing player speed. Don't need a MLG specific playlist at this point.
That's the straw that broke the camel's back? For me it was his prolife stance on abortion and the dumb comments he made over a period of days.
Well there's still the fact of the AR, dat shit needs to be removed, plus, what about the objective playlists, it would only be Slayer, with no variety.
Just play safe, Waypoint (not forums), THC, LEHB etc. are all safe zones, all will embed videos so you don't get all the YouTube noise too.
Twitter will be a minefield I'd have thought, maybe add all your "safe" follows to a list and just view that instead of the main feed.
Don't panic, you can get to launch without spoilers if you try.
Der Flatulator
Member
But yeah, seriously, I'm out. See y'all November 6th.
You still have the DMR and BR. Does the presence of the AR really bother you that much? Okay, let's delete it and the rest of the sandbox. Now you've done the other half of Killa KC's job. 343 should just take the VC money and the Dr Pepper sponsorship themselves for all of that work, cut out the middleman.
I would like that very much
No but seriously, the main reason I want the MLG playlist is because of the variety of gametypes. Slayer is fun yeah, but I like playing CTF/KOTH every once in a while.
This. It also helps that MLG actually puts some thought in the gametype/map combinations unlike Bungie.
MLG CTF gon' be so pro now that you can't drop the flag.
I would like that very much
No but seriously, the main reason I want the MLG playlist is because of the variety of gametypes. Slayer is fun yeah, but I like playing CTF/KOTH every once in a while.
This assumes the Hardcore playlist stays slayer only. I would hope they aren't going to make HC copies of everything, I'm assuming it's like previous specialty playlists where they make it Slayer-only first (to attract the most potential population) then introduce Objectives down the line.
Tha Robbertster
Member
Great news about the slayer pro playlist. Will probably be my to go to playlist
But is 1-flag CTF really gone? Because that would really suck. It can be one of the most fun gametypes in Halo.
But is 1-flag CTF really gone? Because that would really suck. It can be one of the most fun gametypes in Halo.
It can also be the most annoying.
You cap the flag in 45 seconds and in the next round you have to wait 5 minutes for it to end because the other team is horrible.
I think 1-Flag works best for BTB. 1-Flag could've definitely used to changes though.
Same with 1 or 2-Bomb Assault.
It's pretty sad that 343 isn't even allowing us to set up some classic and proven gametypes for customs. If there's one thing that's 'un-Halo' it's taking away customization options.
So, the guess is
Infinity
Team King (6v6) JIP
Team CTF (5v5)
Team Ball (4v4)
Team Slayer (4v4) JIP
8v8 Big Team Battle (Slayer Only) JIP
8v8 Dominion
12man Rumble Pit (Slayer Only) JIP
8 man Regicide
Non Infinity
4v4 Team Hardcore JIP
Whatever playlist Grifball shows up in
edit: updated
Infinity
Team King (6v6) JIP
Team CTF (5v5)
Team Ball (4v4)
Team Slayer (4v4) JIP
8v8 Big Team Battle (Slayer Only) JIP
8v8 Dominion
12man Rumble Pit (Slayer Only) JIP
8 man Regicide
Non Infinity
4v4 Team Hardcore JIP
Whatever playlist Grifball shows up in
edit: updated
Hardcore shouldn't be JIP.
bobs...onGaf
Member
There is a campaign spoiler thread and yet people insist on posting campaign spoilers in here.
Wtf
Even people doing it as a joke should stop - its not funny and it forced me to skim past ASAP in order to avoid reading a potential real spoiler.
Just a guess. IMO, I see lower population lists that start out non-JIP having JIP added to them to keep the playlist running smoothly.
Tha Robbertster
Member
There is a really easy fix for that. Once you have lost the game but there is still one round to play, that round isn't played!
Zeouterlimits
Member
That I'd agree with. Ever increasing customisation is a halmark of the series.
Of course, they would argue with how you can customise our loadout/Spartan but....
The Henery
Member
Relatively good news, helps avoid the whole praying you don't get elite slayer/AR starts/rocket race/hot potato I could go on.
Played the demo yesterday, appalling, complete tosh, one of the worst games I've sampled this gen and the first truly bad RE mainline entry. This was my impression after the Leon section (the segment which I was most excited for after the trailer hit). I quit Chris's section 90 seconds in.
Slayer Pro sounds good but like others have said, in all likelyhood it'll suffer from diminutive population. Low-pop playlists in Reach (the majority of them now) are plagued by horrendous connections and terribly imbalanced skill matching. I played a game of snipers the other day (population at the time was 300) and it featured:
2 UK
1 Mexican
3 US
1 New Zealand
1 Australian
That was with 'good connection' selected. Couldn't hit a shot.
Here's hoping Slayer Pro can hold at least 3000 pop in Halo 4.
Shake Appeal
Member
I haven't bought it for fear of losing many, many more hours of my life to videogames, but yes, this.
I dunno but I would sure like a pm of the stream.
Sent. HOLY FUCK, Abandon looks so fucken good while playing, DAT LIGHTING.
Pop
Member
Me too
God dammit that 'WE'VE GOT A NEW KING' is so god damn annoying.
LOL, This guy isnt the greatest but ill take it.
Tha Robbertster
Member
I'd like a link to this stream as well.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I predict the rest of this OT will be spent with people saying "THAT'S IT I'M GOING DARK" and then continuing to post after that.
Anyhoo someone make me check my PMs, I wanna see some streams.
Anyhoo someone make me check my PMs, I wanna see some streams.
No idea, but Im not complaining. Atleast I get to watch some halo 4 MP live.
The Librarian
Banned
Moved to new page.
me four lol.
HollovVpo1nt
Banned
People having the game.. prasing visuals and story.. and the game is more than 3 weeks away :[