Business wise, it keeps players from feeling they have to participate in the black market to stay competitive, and keeps players from burning through all the content and trading in your game. It also prevents rampant second accounting, which devalues Trueskill matchmaking.
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Business wise, it keeps players from feeling they have to participate in the black market to stay competitive, and keeps players from burning through all the content and trading in your game. It also prevents rampant second accounting, which devalues Trueskill matchmaking.
Frankie confirmed it's safe I think.
GameStop and Game Spain are selling the game right now.
almost all the stores in germany sell the game already, i think its safe for the rest of the world to go online.
scar tissue
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Well, being able to patch in stuff like campaign theater bodes well for the future of Halo 4.
I hope they reconsider their approach to CTF and at least patch out autopickup.
I'd be sorta-okay with the flagnum, waypoint and no drop, but autopickup is just insane. There is no justification for it. None.
I hope they reconsider their approach to CTF and at least patch out autopickup.
I'd be sorta-okay with the flagnum, waypoint and no drop, but autopickup is just insane. There is no justification for it. None.
But there is no competitive advantage to anything you unlock (or it is a slight modification). I fail to see the correlation between second accounts and Trueskill. Granted at the very start of a new account (which, by the way, is a paid privilege unless using 48 hour codes = more money to Microsoft) you might burn some new kids, but their algorithm should quickly sort out a more balanced level for you to play.
I would also argue that the people who are going to trade your game in after a few weeks (or shorter) are going to to so regardless of whether or not they have unlocked every helmet in the game.
Having a daily XP cap (which I never hit personally in Reach) just seems counter productive and hollow. You dangle a carrot and then make it impossible (or a massive grind) to achieve. You could argue that this method keeps players coming back day after day, but the reality of many gamers lives is such that they can only play one or two days a week. They can't return to your game day in and day out to hit the max XP cap every day.
So Team Slayer Pro will definitely be my goto playlist.
"Team Slayer Pro 4 v. 4
This playlist features the following settings: No Radar, 3 Loadouts (DMR, AR or BR with 1 grenade and Resupply Tactical Package), Player Movement Speed, Reload Speed and Weapon Swap Speed set to 110%, Friendly Fire ON, Score to win Round 60 Kills, No Map Loadouts, and No Custom Loadouts."
Sexy.
"Team Slayer Pro 4 v. 4
This playlist features the following settings: No Radar, 3 Loadouts (DMR, AR or BR with 1 grenade and Resupply Tactical Package), Player Movement Speed, Reload Speed and Weapon Swap Speed set to 110%, Friendly Fire ON, Score to win Round 60 Kills, No Map Loadouts, and No Custom Loadouts."
Sexy.
Der Flatulator
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In the bulletin there was a full stop that lead to this page:
http://download.halowaypoint.com/co...7d42b8-98d4-493f-baf9-10ebec934c09/alert.html
In the source of that page there is a base 64 encoded string:
Decoded:
Just below the full stop link is the following image:
which is:
I'm assuming they're related, so I tried plugging in the decoded string in a few different ways. The URL of the page was at the directory:
Closest I've got is something like:
http://download.halowaypoint.com/co...hd-MTr-km4-466-776-699-776-644/classified.mp4 [404]
I could write a perl script to iterate through pretty much every combination and wget the result, but I can't be bothered. It's got to be simpler than that...
I also tried a few hashing algorithms, but the results were too long.
http://download.halowaypoint.com/co...7d42b8-98d4-493f-baf9-10ebec934c09/alert.html
In the source of that page there is a base 64 encoded string:
Code:
TVRoZAAAAAYAAAABA8BNVHJrAAAAbQD/IAEAAP8DFS8vQ0xBU1NJRklFRC8vRT1tYzMvLwDAWwCQNECWQIA0AACQNkCHQIA2AACQN0CHQIA3AACQNkCHQIA2AACQOUCHQIA5AACQN0CHQIA3AACQNkCWQIA2AACQNECeAIA0AAD/LwA=Decoded:
Code:
UTF-8
MThd������MTrk���m� ��//CLASSIFIED//E=mc3//�[�4@@4��6@@6��7@@7��6@@6��9@@9��7@@7��6@@6��4@�4��
ASCII
MThd������MTrk���m� ��//CLASSIFIED//E=mc3//�[�4@@4��6@@6��7@@7��6@@6��9@@9��7@@7��6@@6��4@�4��
Windows-1252
MThd������ÀMTrk���m�ÿ ��ÿ//CLASSIFIED//E=mc3//�À[�4@@4��6@@6��7@@7��6@@6��9@@9��7@@7��6@@6��4@�4��ËÀJust below the full stop link is the following image:
which is:
Code:
..\images\mc?-???-???-???-???-???-???-???\classified.mp4I'm assuming they're related, so I tried plugging in the decoded string in a few different ways. The URL of the page was at the directory:
Code:
http://download.halowaypoint.com/content/waypoint/assets/images/9c7d42b8-98d4-493f-baf9-10ebec934c09/Closest I've got is something like:
http://download.halowaypoint.com/co...hd-MTr-km4-466-776-699-776-644/classified.mp4 [404]
I could write a perl script to iterate through pretty much every combination and wget the result, but I can't be bothered. It's got to be simpler than that...
I also tried a few hashing algorithms, but the results were too long.
The Librarian
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Looking the past the time until Halo 4? Here's the latest edition of Hindsight: ODST Kikowani Station.
Wow that severely undermines the effectiveness of dewxp doesn't it?
You unlock XP faster by staying in narrow corridors and only using the modern FPS elements.
See the post above yours.
But... there's no aim down sights in Halo 4...
The sights are inside you.
It got a 7/10. Do you think a game with ADS would get a 7?
There are easier ways to do it
Like
Taking what the maximum theoretical XP one would gain in a year if they were playing 365 days a year (for error correction)
And then divide it all down to an hour
Then have a counter-weight just so it trims the game slightly to completely depending on the amount
A full out XP cap per day is a band-aid solution, no consumer should see it.
The Real Napsta
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That's deep frank
Rampant second accounting means established lower skill players constantly running into higher skilled players boosting another account to sell before the system figures out their real skill (takes around 30-40 games in team based playlists in unmodified trueskill). More pissed off players means more likely to be cancelled subscriptions. Microsoft doesn't get money off annoyed customers that desubscribe and stop buying content on Live.
It does need to be loosened more as time goes on though. Reach's current cap could stand another doubling, even though I've yet to ever hit the cap myself (and there were a few days in there where I played a crapton of games)
I don't even have the numbers but I can tell you right now that the amount of people that actually see the cR cap message in Reach are a rounding error, so it's statistically possible to say nobody sees it anyway.
Hopefully that's the case. I'll admit I never once hit the cap in Reach. Just concerned that while moving twice as fast with dewxp I will hit that cap.
Nirvana
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Getting different results using different decoders, this one showed some special characters that don't seem to appear in any of yours:
Code:
MThd������ÀMTrk���m�ÿ ��ÿ//CLASSIFIED//E=mc3//�À[�4@@4��6@@6��7@@7��6@@6��9@@9��7@@7��6@@6��4@�4��ÿ/�Possibly piece them all together?
Der Flatulator
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How does one determine the maximum theoretic XP? There are too many variables. You could unlock all commendations, complete all challenges, get max slot machine, etc, etc.
A better solution would be to have dynamic daily credit cap. E.g. Each time you rank up the cap increases by 5%.
Nah it's probably just garbage. The important bit is //CLASSIFIED//E=mc3// which probably represents the start of the url:
Code:
http://download.halowaypoint.com/content/waypoint/assets/images/mc3-???-???-???-???-???-???-???/classified.mp4Then there is just 7 groups of 3. That could be spread across Campaign, Spartan Ops, and maybe more bulletins.
MaximumFlipFlop
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/tear
Blue Ninja
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It's 3PM in the afternoon and it's fucking dark already. Best kind of day to say "fuck it all, I'm gonna play some shit".
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Yeah, that's my guess. Hopefully it's not a one time use code on Waypoint (if that's what the code is actually for).
FUD was ok, the ending of the last episode was the best. The slow down was WAY overdone in this series.
Oh man what a day... raining and too many people in the city center.
Anyway, while buying books, i noticed Halo Fall of Reach (and The Flood and First Strike) re-releases. Hmm, let's see about FoR... oh, it has a foreword by Frankie? Bought. The oddest things determine whether we buy things or don't.
Now to watch FUD ep 5 and start reading FoR again.
Anyway, while buying books, i noticed Halo Fall of Reach (and The Flood and First Strike) re-releases. Hmm, let's see about FoR... oh, it has a foreword by Frankie? Bought. The oddest things determine whether we buy things or don't.
Now to watch FUD ep 5 and start reading FoR again.
If you bought a game and you're not a pirate, you can play fearlessly, however it's currently a deprecated experience in terms of matchmaking and some day one title update fixes. So yes you can play, but the experience is not fully representative. Make sense?
Keep an eye on the webs.
Reach used to be like this at one point.. I think? Now it's universal. But I believe the lower ranks used to have a different cap than higher ones.
Speaking of global caps, I wonder why they didn't do a cap unlock multiple times (with different community events to unlock each time) instead of just unlocking everything one time. Would have been a bit of fun.
Poker Face
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Uhg, careful if you're looking for a Halo 4 MP stream, there's a dude streaming campaign right now.
Just curious more than anything, can we expect to see a list of day 1 fixes or not?
Ooh a day one title update! Rock on!
Reviews look great 343. Can't wait to play the shit out of the multiplayer on this game.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I doubt it, especially since they are allowed to play and stream MP as of the first. TBH it doesn't really matter IMO.
We are two of a kind. I can't study for shit when it is dark and cold.
The question is... Will the "ranks" be on the individual or the playlist
With progression having unlocks, it matters more than it did for Reach. Also, lol at my spelling mistake.
He said earlier he was working on getting a plain English list of fixes for the Day 1 patch. Would be nice to see 343 start a developers blog (even if it's just for patches and Title Updates) similar to how Battlefield 3 has long detailed explanations about upcoming patches, etc.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Yeah, but I doubt they make that big of a difference. Plus there's the premades.
I could be very mistaken and some loadouts will be found to be extremely broken though.
BackdoorBeauty
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Now I want a Diamond Age game.
You don't fuck with a man wearing Sights.
A fellow stephenson fan!
Uiki
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BackdoorBeauty
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I've had the good fortune to play a bit of the Halo 4, and I can say without a doubt that the best armor ability is your microphone, and a good team shot defeats anything in the sandbox. The beauty of Halo 4 maps is that they actually have identifiable callouts.
If you can give me another good reason to be good at the game I'm all ears. Sure, the first 500 matches will be fun and exciting, but after that I want another reason to play. Rank gives me that, I like having something to work for and achieve. I like to show off to friends etc. I love the game yes, and would play casually from time to time if the number or rank wasn't there, but visible rank differentiated halo 2 and halo 3 from all other games and I believe I can say that it was a determining factor of keeping people coming back and playing.
I'm not sure what your logic is comparing my real world productivity to my incentive to play a video game... not too many correlation's if you ask me. But that could just be because you fail to see the point I was trying to make.
You like to show off your Halo rank to your friends? How old are you? haha
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