Probably a good idea. It just caught me off guard and it wasn't what I expected from 343 so I'm pretty stoked to see what they might bring via TU even if its not major. I mean, anything beyond tweaks is great.
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Probably a good idea. It just caught me off guard and it wasn't what I expected from 343 so I'm pretty stoked to see what they might bring via TU even if its not major. I mean, anything beyond tweaks is great.
Devin Olsen
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Mother of god.
My Xbox just red ringed.
Buying a replacement tomorrow I suppose. Holy eff what horrible timing
My Xbox just red ringed.
Buying a replacement tomorrow I suppose. Holy eff what horrible timing
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GrimBrother One
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Mother of god.
My Xbox just red ringed.
Buying a replacement tomorrow I suppose. Holy eff what horrible timing
Dude, mine did the same thing about the same number of days out from the ODST launch. I love my wife, that's all I can say, lol. She made sure I was prepared to drop.
Hope the best for you before launch!
Pop
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Mother of god.
My Xbox just red ringed.
Buying a replacement tomorrow I suppose. Holy eff what horrible timing
This is what I wanted to hear. If you're going to break compat between versions unlike Bungie, actually capitalize on the freedom it gives you. But they're not going to get praise until it happens.
Jedi Otter
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So apparently there's a daily XP cap. That's gonna suck with all that double XP stuff.
I'm sure they'll lose sleep over this tonight.
Deputy Moonman
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Yeah. I found this very encouraging.
I'm a bit disappointed in the playlists. I totally approve of the consolidation, as I think that will make a huge difference in skill matching and speeds. But I'm a BTB fan, in particular BTB objective - of which there are none. I also do NOT want to play Infinity Slayer, and that's the only BTB playlist. And I was looking forward to Extraction, which is MIA.
So I kind of struck out in terms of what I want to play in War Games. Since I'm doing my Campaign and Spartan Ops romps before touching War Games, I hope something is added around those lines. I really want a BTB objective playlist: Dominion, CTF, Extraction. Given 343 is doing one playlist per hopper, I'll settle for any one of those.
Good thing 343i isn't Capcom or we'd see Halo 4 Off the Record, Ultimate Halo 4, Super Halo 4, and Super Halo 4 Home Edition before Halo 5.
Perhaps those modes simply play out better with those player counts? None of the maps aside from Meltdown even look that great for 8v8, IMO.
scar tissue
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what's funny about that?
You can't disable jumping or melee either, being able to disable sprint would go against the consistency of player actions across gametypes.
I for one am glad sprint is in for good.
The opening line up looks rather... lame, to be honest.
A single 8v8 playlist, No regular slayer OR objectives
Two 4v4 playlists, One infinity and one pro. No regular?
I wonder why they're choosing this route. Halo 3 had a pretty solid lineup at launch.
Demoncarnotaur
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The TU talk has made me a very happy camper.. The possibility of getting theater, ranks and actual new gametypes post launch is awesome.
Oh, where did that pop up from? Samurai helmet once again, so I guess that will be this games Recon of sorts.
Oh, where did that pop up from? Samurai helmet once again, so I guess that will be this games Recon of sorts.
Deputy Moonman
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Like armor abilities? You're comparing essential game abilities like jumping and melee to something non-essential like sprint. Not really the same.
Anyone going to piece together the symbol for the terminal thing?
If you don't get what i'm talking about, scan around the image. There are bits all over the place. First one i noticed was over the lava, bottom left. another one above that, one infront of the player towards the top, one a little down and to the right of that....
I'm bad at photoshop, so i reallllllly don't want to do it
I think the launch lists are great, it's about time I don't have to worry about being forced to play SWAT & Snipers at launch.
Demoncarnotaur
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Im still surprised they haven't made something like "Team Hardcore" for the CoD crowd.. mix of Infinity Slayer and Swat, low shields, fast kill times, lots of Ordinance, emphasis on UNSC weapons, over powered melees, etc. Hell, I would probably play it from time to time, it would basically be swat with more than the BR/DMR/Pistol
What I was honestly hoping for:
4v4:
Infinity Slayer
SWAT
Grifball
5v5:
Oddball
CTF
Vanilla Slayer
6v6:
Dominion
Extraction
8v8
Dominion
Extraction
Infinity Slayer
Vanilla Slayer
Demoncarnotaur
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I knoowwwwww, but its not that bad. Just throw low ammo in the power weapons, look to MLG for inspiration, merge it with Swat and we have a weird but likely popular playlist. Though, if it existed and took the place of something like CTF I would be pissed. Once again, this is one of those things that I don't necessarily want, but I wouldn't mind if it happened. Just kinda thinking out loud.. Hm. IMO It would work best as a weekend playlist if those ever came back.
Disappointing, but expected. Back when they split BTB into BTB Slayer and BTB Objective.. BTB Slayer's population was miles ahead of BTB Objective.
If they're truly going to stick to one playlist = one gametype, then we're either going to see another BTB added later with objective, or a rotation where one month it's BTB Slayer, and the next month it's BTB Objective.
scar tissue
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Armor abilities are more like grenades - they are pickups you can have or not. Sprint is not a pickup, it's an essential action just like jumping.
You know what else is Ew? Regicide being the only FFA gametype. :'(
"We did a lot of backround stuff to make sure those features are in Halo 5."
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Deputy Moonman
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I have no idea what you're talking about. What was sprint in Reach? Let's review: sprint was never in Halo 1-3, nor ODST, and it was only optional in Reach. I'm not seeing how sprint is an essential ability like jumping, where if jumping was taken out of Halo, the series would fall flat on its face. The only thing essential about sprint in 4 is the way it's being implemented, and I'm not even saying whether I agree with that approach or not. Your argument is kind of ridiculous given that sprint wasn't even in the first three halo games and many, if not a majority, would agree that the first 3 games were and still are the best in the series. Anyway, this is the dumbest thing to be arguing about, and I can't believe I'm wasting my time with it, so I'm done. We can just agree to disagree.
If all you're saying is that, in Halo4, sprint is no longer an optional armor ability, no one has ever said otherwise :/
EDIT: Is there no FUD episode today?
Barrow Roll
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Hour and a half to go.
Deputy Moonman
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Lame. I'm going to bed.
maybe
VanquishUK
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Did you they sell it early to you?
HiredN00bs
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But you can disable jumping. Set jump height to 0 percent. You could do it in Reach, too. We're talking about customization, and having no sprint toggle is a mistake, especially when you know people are going to want to create and play "classic" gametypes and maps.
So ok, it is confirmed I have to work on November 6th. I'd like to know what you guys think I should so as far as playing the game after I pick it up at midnight...
a.) Play through half of campaign, go to work, finish campaign (I have never played a first run Halo campaign uninterrupted)
b.) Play MP and put myself at risk for spoilers for 4-5 hours, go to work, then knock out campaign in one run
a.) Play through half of campaign, go to work, finish campaign (I have never played a first run Halo campaign uninterrupted)
b.) Play MP and put myself at risk for spoilers for 4-5 hours, go to work, then knock out campaign in one run
Why don't you just stay off the internet for 4-5 hours in option B.
Oh I thought you meant you would play MP and then surf the internet for 4-5 hours before work lol. Couldn't you just mute everyone and turn off message alerts? I suppose you'd still run the risk of people putting spoilers in their gamertags but what are the chances you'll meet one of those people.
Pop
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I suggest:
c.) Don't play at all until you have the time to finish campaign in one sitting.
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