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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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T'was painful, but entertaining. Lots of ups, lots of downs. Like reading a novel written by a slightly autistic, bipolar sociopath with a heart of gold.
hmm...might have to make a trip and buy a couple cases for work
Snipers is one of the only bearable playlists in Reach.
No objective at all. Zzzz. Boring shit that should just be slot 3 in Team Slayer.
No in game stuff. Just food and drinks lol
ArchedThunder
Banned
There goes my hopes of a classic gametype to use with Forge remakes.
Steelyuhas
Member
That's about the quality of Reach though, not playlist management decisions.
Outside of the BTB playlist being Slayer, I'm pretty happy with the launch playlists. It's a good starting point, and I'm real glad that there is very few, matches the quality of matches so much better.
No sprint disabling
No ranks
No double team
No flag drops
No assassination animation disabling
The hits just keep coming
bobs...onGaf
Member
Ah man I think the ARG nature of it is what made it difficult for me to initially get into it. Putting out blurry pics at any other time might have generated some cool community fun - but right now I think everyone is so hyped and on edge for Halo 4 content that its hard to want to dig into something else. It was just too hard to tell what I was digging for so I gave up.
Either way thanks for clarifying man - will go forward a bit more interested by it - especially since you said:
I hope it works out well!
Consolidation requires sacrifice. Halo 3 is going to need to drop more than Team Snipers to become playable again, anyway.
Sounds like shiska is in charge of halo development again.
No sprint disabling
No ranks
No double team
No flag drops
No assassination animation disabling
The hits just keep coming
From left to right: Jetpack, Thruster, Camo, Hologram, Hardlight, Sentry, Promethean, Regen
It's like halfway through they said "Fuck it, let's just copy the rest" :lol
bobs...onGaf
Member
There are entire communities who ONLY play Snipers. Or Swat, or Infection, or Grifball. How can you decide which of those to just cut?
Snipers is a staple of Halo. You can go on Halo 1 PC right now and see entire servers dedicated to Team Snipers. If anything Team Snipers historically has its place in Halo more than the other modes do.
Objective in Swat or Snipers is terrible.
From left to right: Jetpack, Thruster, Camo, Hologram, Hardlight, Sentry, Promethean, Regen
It's like halfway through they said "Fuck it, let's just copy the rest" :lol
That is terrible.
From left to right: Jetpack, Thruster, Camo, Hologram, Hardlight, Sentry, Promethean, Regen
It's like halfway through they said "Fuck it, let's just copy the rest" :lol
Why are all the bad ones unique and all the good ones generic?
Edit : shit I just called sentry good... Oops.
No sprint disabling
No ranks
No double team
No flag drops
No assassination animation disabling
The hits just keep coming
Infinity cutscenes look dope, though. And I get a shotgun after three kills. And after a certain amount of games, regardless of the result, I get a sweet shoulder piece.
ADAPT
Also, mulling over their reasoning for auto flag pickup in the BTS, I've decided that it makes about as much sense as not letting you get out of the warthog because "It forces you to commit to being a vehicle driver and support your teammates". Can't have any of dem roles changing up on the battlefield. Nevermind that making the match "dynamic" is their entire reasoning behind personal ordnance and armour mods.
ArchedThunder
Banned
From left to right: Jetpack, Thruster, Camo, Hologram, Hardlight, Sentry, Promethean, Regen
It's like halfway through they said "Fuck it, let's just copy the rest" :lol
Sentry doesn't even have its own AA model? That's dumb.
Aw yeah
Grind like an mmorpg, spends lots of money on stuff, ship with no end game. Sounds like diablo 3
/faint
Well, that video was absolutely incredible as well; so hyped to play. Can't get down with the hate, I just don't get it.
It's such a staple that a Halo has never launched with it as a playlist.
You decide by looking at population, uniqueness, and viability. Team Snipers is Team Slayer with one weapon. In consolidation, you're going for unique popular experiences.
Could cut it down even more by removing Doubles and Multi Team.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Do you have any pictures of the Diet can? I'm trying to collect them all.
Also, I've never had game fuel but everyone says it is good.
The campaign demo Frankie played had the same AA models (of the bottom row at least), they're most likely final. How you can go from having relatively clear distinctions between AAs in Reach to this is something I don't understand. Looks like it's designed by someone who didn't think about how it would influence gameplay but just thought they looked cool. I get that you won't actually get to pick up AAs in matchmaking (At least at launch) but if you're going to allow us to place them in Forge at least design them in a way so we can actually differentiate them from each other.
Evolution.
From left to right: Jetpack, Thruster, Camo, Hologram, Hardlight, Sentry,Promethean, Regen
It's like halfway through they said "Fuck it, let's just copy the rest" :lol
I had to stop and rewind the video demo because I couldn't see where the hell he was picking up the hard light AA
Shit is invisible
Rickenslacker
Banned
It's people finding more little pointless things to complain about. I find it amusing when people complain about things because its not going to change the fact that its there. Its not like 1 day 343 was like fuck it, you can't drop the flag. No, they took a lot of time and consideration in developing what they have put in the game.
If people think that 343 is doing the things they are doing to spite you, you need to get off your soapbox. 343 is building for a larger audience than just us so attempting to cater to every possible person is impossible.
The changes that we see in Halo 4 are a product of a new developer. It was expected that there would be differences when 343 took over. Yes some of the changes or lack of things seems odd, but they have their reasons. The overwhelming majority of people on here that have played the game however like it. I think that speaks a lot for don't bash it until you play it.
Like Josh Holmes said about the leaks, he has worked on this for 3 years. The employees at 343 have poured countless hours into what looks to be a great game. Why don't we give Halo 4 a chance to release before we completely toss it back to the big salty ocean.
Anyone mind if I make the Halo 4 Forge OT and use this as the title?
No? Excellent.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Bungie has never done a good job with playlists - especially at launch. All I can say is though that clearly the fans want it - and that goes back to when Halo 1 PC launched. You can look at the server browser for that game to see how popular Snipes is. You could quite easily see in Halo 1 PC that Snipers, Slayer and CTF where the mainstream modes people liked to play - you can still see that today.
Population is something we dont have figures for - I know on Halo 3 it did fairly well. Dont play reach enough to know the story there.
Uniqueness - well its pretty unique, a snipers only playlist brings a unique style of play to the table.
Viability - Its pretty viable to have team snipers as a playlist. Easy enough to put the settings together
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Im beat. McFarlane toys for FUD? :lol
I understand sprint being in all the MM, but not having that choice in customs..
From left to right: Jetpack, Thruster, Camo, Hologram, Hardlight, Sentry, Promethean, Regen
It's like halfway through they said "Fuck it, let's just copy the rest" :lol
What happened to Armor abilities/mods effecting armor? I guess they scrapped it and went the complete opposite direction.
Poker Face
Member
you cant disable sprint.
well so much for remaking lockout.
well so much for remaking lockout.
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K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
:lol
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The awful thing about life is this: Everybody has their reasons.
Utterly perfect.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Damn son, it's like the dead sea in here.
Captain Blood
Member
Nothing too crazy, although it does taste like I am gaining levels quicker already.
Bungie has never done a good job with playlists - especially at launch. All I can say is though that clearly the fans want it - and that goes back to when Halo 1 PC launched. You can look at the server browser for that game to see how popular Snipes is. You could quite easily see in Halo 1 PC that Snipers, Slayer and CTF where the mainstream modes people liked to play - you can still see that today.
Population is something we dont have figures for - I know on Halo 3 it did fairly well. Dont play reach enough to know the story there.
Uniqueness - well its pretty unique, a snipers only playlist brings a unique style of play to the table.
Viability - Its pretty viable to have team snipers as a playlist. Easy enough to put the settings together
The community wanted Action Sack, it still got deleted from Reach while a redundant 4v4 Slayer list and redundant 4-man Firefight list remain active.
Some communities get thrown under the bus, otherwise all the communities collectively go down the shitter. Just like Halo 3's matchmaking search times!
My local Publix didn't have any in the actual aisles where the soft drinks and chips are found but actually had diet Mountain Dew with Double XP in those impulse aisles by the register. But only the diet actually had Double XP...
No words.
From left to right: Jetpack, Thruster, Camo, Hologram, Hardlight, Sentry, Promethean, Regen
It's like halfway through they said "Fuck it, let's just copy the rest" :lol
They couldn't even go the Reach route with the little pictures.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Well you could always play it with people you know and say no sprinting and kick anyone who sprints... which is still too much work for something that should have been an option.
Hydranockz
Member
I honestly feel sorry for Over and Robbert. They went to First Look wanting to like the game like they saw everyone else who went to conventions do but thanks to what sounded like a horrific setup, the dudes are scarred for life.