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Halo |OT10| The Calm Before The Storm
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MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Oh yeah, forgot to ask. What is the date on HaloGAF, once the game is released, that we can start talking about spoilers freely? Are we going to spoiler tag? Just thought I would ask.
Less than 3 weeks.
That "headshot" right there pretty well illustrates my problem with the BR.
I think there is already a thread dedicated to Halo 4 spoilers.
Genesis Knight
Member
Letters, are you being sarcastic when you get excited about that BR headshot?
Zeouterlimits
Member
Go the spoiler thread for freely talking spoilers, at least for the first week? Thread is there for a reason.
People don't need to be posting about MP and be surrounded by black bars.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Happens with the DMR too. lol
I'd say months at least, maybe even up to year (might be excessive of course). There are always some latercomers.
I wonder what will be the spoiler policy for Halo 5... because i will most likely skip the next gen Xbox and its games till Halo 6 comes out. Avoiding spoilers for Halo 5 is going to be tough.
The Librarian
Banned
I'm disappointed we won't be digging for skulls in campaign (and that there are no new skulls). Would've been awesome to have to find terminals and skulls.
I still have to finish TTW.
I still have to finish TTW.
no
I looks decent, wouldn't mind this forge map being in MM, it's when its 500 cousins show up that things get less than good.
Do people use spoiler tags in the story thread? If they don't, it is a worthless place, i may want to discuss about stuff without wanting to know about some book or other things i haven't yet read/seen myself.
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
HaloGAF, we are so close. Soon we will be exploring Requiem, and these wonderful locations! Can't wait to see how some of these pieces came to fruition in the game.
No, the DMR is single shot. When someone gets a headshot like that with the DMR, they timed their shot correctly. With the BR, he starts shooting well before the reticle is on the head and simply sweeps it across.
Blind skull or theater with HUD toggled off (IIRC, don't remember if only the blue parts vanish in theater when first person replay without HUD). Not so weird really.
nope.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Less than 3 weeks.
BR vs DMR is going to be the new AR vs BR debate.
This is gonna be good.
Poker Face
Member
Can't wait until I see a cool place I want to go and then get "RETURN TO BATTLEFIELD"
Hydranockz
Member
But the reticule is still over the player's head for that one frame needed to hit the shot. The BR makes it slightly more likely to happen. Instead of lining up one shot on the head, you are given 3 shots to land one. You still have to time it and hit the head. It's almost exactly the difference between the DMR and BR.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Hopefully we'll get usage data on the breakdown between them from 343. Or a way to calculate it ourselves *cough*
Worst thing to have happened to Halo campaigns. There best be more switches like the one found on The Package to turn them off for people that specifically want to explore.
After voting, we've determined the results too close to call. So we've made "Infinity Slayer" and "Super Slayer", a clone of Infinity Slayer with all DMR starts.
Also, know what they could do with the terminals? Release all the maps on a later disc (H4: Mythic) that installs all the DLC, and include the terminal videos on that disc.
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
What? Can this be done solo?
Thank you ! I'll be waiting
rapidshare blacklisted the file anyone know how to get around it?
squidhands
Member
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Still not a fan of the dirt and brown they added to Valhalla. Looks like a classic map was dragged over to COD.
Zeouterlimits
Member
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It really looks more like sand erosion to me. The motivations for the change are lost on me, making the ground so ..barren.
The Librarian
Banned
As far as I know, I stand alone as Team Carbine.
Genesis Knight
Member
PM it to people instead of posting it in the thread. But even then, a White Knight might hit you up.
I bet the killcam for this shows the nearest BR shot about 30 feet from the dying target.
Lolzzzzzzzzzz
What? The player isn't "timing" the middle shot of the three round burst, they're just sweeping it and the magnetism and aim assist do the rest. The DMR requires that the player have the reticle over their enemies head at the exact same moment they pull the trigger. The BR allows a huge swath of aiming to essentially count as a headshot.
The (AR/DMR/BR/Carbine) is not a good enough weapon to start everyone off with. Instead, everyone should be spawned with the (DMR/BR/Carbine) so that they can counter (BR/DMR/Carbine) users off spawn. The lack of (bloom/recoil/spread/purple) on the weapon makes it the proper skill based utility weapon to start off spawn with.
ElzarTheBam
Member
I will be with you.
Rifle hierarchy (for me at least)
Halo 2 BR>>>>>>>>>>>>DMR>Battle Rifle=Carbine>>>>>>>>>>>>>Needle Rifle
That's my biggest issue with Reach. It was fine when just a handful of Forge maps were being thrown in, but now there has to be more than 20 different forge maps in match making. They look so alike that I have difficulty differentiating and adapting, especially with the maps that I haven't played as much.
Making forge have only one single palette on a giant map that looks largely similar no matter where it is, coupled with throwing a plethora of forge variants into matchmaking just wasn't such a good idea IMHO. It also doesn't help that the preview images are all exactly the same.
Team Halo 3 Beta Carbine
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I don't really understand why you're on team carbine. You've said a few times that it needs a buff. Is it just aesthetics and nostalgia?
I've stopped trying to guess which rifle I'll use as my main. I'm still thinking BR for small maps and DMR for large maps, but it's impossible to say till I get my hands on'em.
squidhands
Member
RebornYeti
Member
Team Light Rifle anyone?
You're talking about a company that released Halo 1: Anniversary, and ran out of space to include the Halo 1 gametype on the disc. Meaning you cannot play Halo 1 Slayer on Halo: Anniversary unless you have Gold so you can go online and download the gametype.
DVD is on it's way out, MS relaxed disc count restrictions, welcome to the Blu Ray-based-disc generation.
Team One Shot on my X
Best of both the DMR and BR.