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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
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Rickenslacker
Banned
Within the view everything was literally floating in the empty skybox.
Hydranockz
Member
And that wouldn't impact Matchmaking in any way shape or form, right?
For a series which fostered sooo many communities, I personally don't think those communities would benefit from a CGB. Give them group lists of friends instead. How does what you describe above for the host differ to Reach? You can boot players and game options can be tailored to the individual.
Shake Appeal
Member
Sprint is standard in Slayer Pro? Good. Less confusion, better chance of playlist not dying a death.
Oh lol
For sure then
Not gonna be playing with friends this year (they are military) so I will have plenty of time after I roll the campaign
ViewtifulJC
Banned
There's even Killcams in Slayer Pro? lulz
I've seen the fruits of labor from the Cartographers. Pass.
What map is this?
Slayer Pro is so sweet.
Yep, I hate Sprint but still posted exactly the same earlier. Reach is a clusterfuck with all the different gameplays.
Slayer Pro is so sweet.
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Is the friends list or whatever it's called just that blue bar with the white text that slides out from the right?
It looks so... poor
bobs...onGaf
Member
Jump on top of the rock for the quick surprise advantage then drop down to recharge shields fool!
I cant watch this guy play anymore.
I cant watch this guy play anymore.
Tha Robbertster
Member
This map looks really bad. Glad it isn't in matchmaking.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
...are there any power weapons on this map?
edit: sniper just spawned
edit: sniper just spawned
No, there wouldn't be matchmaking. Think about TF2/CSS, that's how the whole system would work.
Poker Face
Member
they tested it, don't worry.
I don't think it's set up for Slayer Pro. But yeah this map looks pretty bad.
Bornstellar
Member
Looks like some of the MP maps needed another polish pass. There are too many missing shadows.
Latvian Hitman
Member
One of the on-disc forge maps. Looks like hot garbage. I like the layout of the one prior, though.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Teleporter to Ascension
Just saw the Ascension dish thing, it's a forge map then. No wonder it looked like complete shit.
So good.
GTFO
Shake Appeal
Member
Didn't they say it would only be in certain playlists? Guess they were severely kidding. I don't really care, either way. I'll skip them 99% of the time. Just glad Slayer Pro actually has a respawn timer.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Why is the Ascension centre peice just stuck there lol.
Considering how all the forge peices are taken from Reach - the Reach forge remakes should all work in Halo 4 if the right bits of geometry can be found. Not sure if I like that or not. Ascension could be interesting though.
Considering how all the forge peices are taken from Reach - the Reach forge remakes should all work in Halo 4 if the right bits of geometry can be found. Not sure if I like that or not. Ascension could be interesting though.
Well it's a problem in Slayer Pro at least since that appears to be a more "hardcore" playlist with no radar, but if you're sniping or whatnot and people can see exactly where you are when you kill them...
really?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Does it? Looks like you can respawn pretty damn quickly, unless he's changed the respawn settings
Or Sanctuary could be legit remade and look gorgeous, but that would be too much to ask for. :|
Hydranockz
Member
You're absolutely crazy for wanting that on a console. No way. It takes too much away from just about everything Halo (and console games as a whole) have strived to do for so long now. Nope.
Bornstellar
Member
Ascension
Moa
Member
Worlds most pointless teleporter, leading to the worlds most pointless part of the map.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I can't wait for Uncaged to make its welcomed debut to Halo 4.
Bornstellar
Member
Yeah, there are quite a few objects on that map (forge cave) which are missing proper lighting. 
Patchable?
Patchable?Shake Appeal
Member
I thought I saw one, but yeah, he seemed to pop back in instantly on one of those last deaths.
In which case... :/
Seems like they were misleading (probably by mistake, not knowing what the final settings would be) about some things. I remember the initial reveal of Infinity Slayer being softened by 343 employees saying instant respawn was, again, only in 'some' playlists.
I also get the feelings killcams were a really late addition. They seem janky as fuck.
timetokill
Banned
Your posts on the visible rank have really made me reflect on it. And I have to say I agree with you guys. I don't think I would have heading into Reach, but thinking back on it now...
Reach died off way faster with me and my friends than Halo 3 did. A lot of that was Armor Lock, but thinking back on it now, I think the visible rank plays a huge part.
Shake Appeal listed out a bunch of the reasons, and I agree with them. I was never great at the game -- usually hovered around 35 as an average. But it still made every match feel important and made me want to improve.
I think another aspect that made it important for me though was that I could get a quick glance at the room and see who the good players were, and tactically who I should be more careful around, who was around my level, and it affected how I played.
Beyond that, when I had an amazing game and styled on a highly ranked player, I felt really, really awesome. When I lost to a few low-ranked players, I knew it was probably time to stop for the night. the matches had meaning and I went into every game really amped to do well and improve.
Yes, H3's system was fucked in a few ways, especially with alt-accounts and people boosting like that, and it affecting other players in an overly-negative fashion, and also the sort of "cap" you would hit over time as opposed to being a really true measure of recent ability as opposed to lifetime.
Anyway, with all of this info in mind, I'm thinking I'm going to reduce my preorder to the regular edition. I don't mean this as a big melodramatic post, but I've been considering it for a while now and considering how quickly Reach died out for me, if the same happens with H4 I'll have wasted my money on maps I'll never play on.
Hopefully 343 changes their minds and adds the visible ranking system in there.
Reach died off way faster with me and my friends than Halo 3 did. A lot of that was Armor Lock, but thinking back on it now, I think the visible rank plays a huge part.
Shake Appeal listed out a bunch of the reasons, and I agree with them. I was never great at the game -- usually hovered around 35 as an average. But it still made every match feel important and made me want to improve.
I think another aspect that made it important for me though was that I could get a quick glance at the room and see who the good players were, and tactically who I should be more careful around, who was around my level, and it affected how I played.
Beyond that, when I had an amazing game and styled on a highly ranked player, I felt really, really awesome. When I lost to a few low-ranked players, I knew it was probably time to stop for the night. the matches had meaning and I went into every game really amped to do well and improve.
Yes, H3's system was fucked in a few ways, especially with alt-accounts and people boosting like that, and it affecting other players in an overly-negative fashion, and also the sort of "cap" you would hit over time as opposed to being a really true measure of recent ability as opposed to lifetime.
Anyway, with all of this info in mind, I'm thinking I'm going to reduce my preorder to the regular edition. I don't mean this as a big melodramatic post, but I've been considering it for a while now and considering how quickly Reach died out for me, if the same happens with H4 I'll have wasted my money on maps I'll never play on.
Hopefully 343 changes their minds and adds the visible ranking system in there.
BF3 did it, no excuses.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
"There will be a ranking system, it will be different from previous Halo games"
*is actually COD-esque progression system*
bobs...onGaf
Member
Yeah sorry thats the one. Sanctuary/ Ascension and the other maps which where remade in Reach Forge could be remade.
That also opens up the possibility of a Cage remake lol. Hope that never happens.
Seems that way - I know for sure a bunch of the peices are re-used from Reach as people have managed to make the maps shown in the Halo 4 forge videos in Reach already. They have also added a bunch more peices so its not like they where lazy. (or so I think)
Tha Robbertster
Member
GRIIIIIFBALLL
SMASH ENEMIES
Also, what the hell happened to the hammer sound. Sounds like somebody is shooting a laser gun.
SMASH ENEMIES
Also, what the hell happened to the hammer sound. Sounds like somebody is shooting a laser gun.
Those are Forge pieces.Yeah, there are quite a few objects on that map (forge cave) which are missing proper lighting.