Same here except on the Flood side. Reticle turned red for a second, so naturally I lunged and got a betrayal. Doesn't happen every time, just randomly.
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Same here except on the Flood side. Reticle turned red for a second, so naturally I lunged and got a betrayal. Doesn't happen every time, just randomly.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Then what? My biggest issue right now is server related. Other than that I'm enjoying myself.
I remember sitting in BO's lobby near launch for literally HOURS when we were in a party trying to find a game. Good god, that shit was horrible.
Oh I agree, the team splitting thing is complete bullshit that I still can't believe is in there intentionally. My other point is that by it's very nature JIP renders your W/L ratio and counts irrelevant, and unless they state that they're going to remove it or make it a toggle I think people will want to accept that sooner rather than later.
Devolution
Member
I already have a love/hate relationship with this game. Some stuff is great. Some stuff I'm already annoyed to fuck with.
Nirvana
Member
Campaign was incredibly solid, amazing storytelling, gripping moments and some great gameplay. I need to do my Legendary run to really catch the details though, so that will come later.
Multiplayer is also great at the moment, shots are going exactly where I want and the Sniper Rifle feels super accurate again.
Also, as an Australian player, connections have been solid (apart from a few lengthy black screens due to drop outs). Although, this could be because we got the game a little earlier than the States and thus, had a big Aussie population online; not entirely sure.
But anyway, I snagged a premium theme code already, so whoever's quickest can have this one:
97QWX-JYC9Q-TGWV9-XGJFF-KY39Z
Back to Halo 4.
Multiplayer is also great at the moment, shots are going exactly where I want and the Sniper Rifle feels super accurate again.
Also, as an Australian player, connections have been solid (apart from a few lengthy black screens due to drop outs). Although, this could be because we got the game a little earlier than the States and thus, had a big Aussie population online; not entirely sure.
But anyway, I snagged a premium theme code already, so whoever's quickest can have this one:
97QWX-JYC9Q-TGWV9-XGJFF-KY39Z
Back to Halo 4.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Is it too late for us to get dedi's? I'll pay extra I swear.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
When entering matchmaking with a party you should never be split up. Unless someone else joins your party while you're queuing, making your party larger than a single team size. Can you send me a PM with all the details? Thanks.
Anyone care to update me on these puzzle patterns from the Waypoint classified tags and homepage banner images? *I looked through the last 5-10 pages but nothing there, also looked through Waypoint but things are busy as you can imagine.
1. I put the puzzle pieces together in one strip
2. The source puzzle image from the Waypoint homepage
3. Another image found from the "classified" tag cloud
I'm not up with the alphabet or even if this was solved etc???
See the first post on this page, and check out the imgur links.
You might have to find all the Domain Terminals before you can unlock the contents, but here's what the unlocks are:
Armor/Emblem spoilers?
First two codes:
Raider Shoulders + 500 XP
Raider Torso + 500 XP
Raider Helmet
Raider Torso + 500 XP
Raider Helmet
Third code:
Mark VI Helmet
Mark VI Torso
Mark VI Shoulders
Mark VI Forearms
Mark VI Legs
Legendary Visor (Orange)
"117" Foreground Emblem
ONI Foreground Emblem
Mark VI Torso
Mark VI Shoulders
Mark VI Forearms
Mark VI Legs
Legendary Visor (Orange)
"117" Foreground Emblem
ONI Foreground Emblem
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Aww sheeit, they watchin'.
I bet that's what happened though.
I bet that's what happened though.
Devolution
Member
I think someone else joined right before honestly but I can send the game link in question. My issue is if you want to join a friend you have to wait till they're in lobby now or what?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Thanks mate.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
You can join a friend in progress if they're in a lobby with open room or if they're in a match with an open slot. However, if you join them mid-match there's no way to guarantee that open slot is on their team. So in that case, you could be on a different team, but could easily party up at the end of that match.
Shake Appeal
Member
Re: team splitting and people dropping, I think everything matchmaking should be considered 'flaky' for the next day or two.
that's why you have to roll recon controls
Devolution
Member
Right but you'd essentially have to wait till the end to ensure that you don't end up facing them? In Reach you could essentially queue up, leave it alone and then join them.
I can't get the link yet but I'll be sure to send it you. I'm probably mistaken, and maybe someone was in there.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Hey David, sent you on Twitter but will campaign progress show back up once the server kinks are ironed out?
I hear only the realest of men play Recon
What would you want though? Wait until their match finishes or join on either team? I would choose latter to be honest. I would rather kill time by playing instead of waiting in a lobby.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Not sure. I'm waiting on an all up run down of today's server progress. However, our services team says the vast majority of players should be having a more consistent experience in matchmaking right now.
In that case, my suggestion would be to send them an invite and wait for them to join you after the match.
Devolution
Member
I'd want the choice to queue up and not join them till the end. I don't like joining opposite my friends. I've been spoiled by the convenience of queueing, waiting, doing stuff while I wait then knowing I'm joined up with them when they talk.
But they exceeded it in halo 2. Apart from the dialogue which is admittedly snappier - the storytelling is very much in the same ballpark as Halo 3, i.e there's not much of it.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I thought with what they had to work with in CE they pulled it off perfectly. I wouldn't want it any other way.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Ok this is exactly how it should work. Thats good!
Nirvana
Member
I agree whole-heartedly, but Halo 4 had some beautiful story moments.
billy beane
Banned
My stats are showing up on Waypoint now. Anybody else who had that problem should check.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Aggo pls
Definitely, I particularly liked
the final exchange between laskey and the chief, and basically everything about Dr Tilson's character. One major gripe I have is the way cortana's rampancy is treated like a cheap plot device rather than an ongoing narrative arc that you should be paying attention to. It's basically the gravemind flashes from halo 3 all over again + cortana death out of nowhere.
The librarian infodump is also handled horribly. I'm not against it in principle, its just too brief to be of any interest to the player
The librarian infodump is also handled horribly. I'm not against it in principle, its just too brief to be of any interest to the player
Just had a look on the Waypoint Forums, they've found two other codes too:
The left one gets you SPEC Torso armour and 500XP, the right one gets you 5000XP and a concept art gallery.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Just had a look on the Waypoint Forums, they've found two other codes too:
The left one gets you SPEC Torso armour and 500XP, the right one gets you 5000XP and a concept art gallery.
Yeah, but what's the pre-req to unlock them?
I replayed the entire franchise recently..and obviously you gotta compensate for the aging..but chief was never pushed as a real character. Ever. He was pushed as Chrono. The lore around him defined him however he never had his own voice.
I did this, got the two armour piece and 500 EXP. Then when going on Waypoint, it said that this was "Requiem Archive I" - the other archives are hidden in different sections of halowaypoint.com.
Edit: beaten handily.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
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I've no idea, I entered the codes and the stuff unlocked..
Halo CEA terminals I would assume.
Matchmaking is working much better now. I can party up with people now at least. We do occasionally get booted back to the menu because of network issues.
Honestly I think the only thing I don't really like about this game so far is instant respawn. It makes things too chaotic. You're never safe at any time and you don't know when it's ok to push up because all those guys you just killed will most likely be rushing right back to you to clean you up. This can lead to moments of the game feeling "cheap".
It feels like there is always a constant flow of players coming at you at all times which can be frustrating. You never feel like you won a battle because they are always instantly respawning and coming at you again. This is most noticeable in BTB. Not as bad in 4v4.
Honestly I think the only thing I don't really like about this game so far is instant respawn. It makes things too chaotic. You're never safe at any time and you don't know when it's ok to push up because all those guys you just killed will most likely be rushing right back to you to clean you up. This can lead to moments of the game feeling "cheap".
It feels like there is always a constant flow of players coming at you at all times which can be frustrating. You never feel like you won a battle because they are always instantly respawning and coming at you again. This is most noticeable in BTB. Not as bad in 4v4.
Is he really pushed as a character in halo 4 though? There's that one recurring theme about him being a machine, but that's it, and even then cortana seems to come out with that line completely randomly when they're on the infinity.
For me at least, halo has never been about the chief, it was the arbiter, the prophets, the flood, cortana and the forerunner that I found compelling. I can take or leave the aliens-esque future military elements of the fiction, the chief included.
For me at least, halo has never been about the chief, it was the arbiter, the prophets, the flood, cortana and the forerunner that I found compelling. I can take or leave the aliens-esque future military elements of the fiction, the chief included.
Possibly finding all the Domain terminals in 4.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Help:
My friend cannot play the game from his account. He does not have internet access, it says he does not have harddrive space, wont let him play custom games, save his SP, earn achievements, etc. However, he can do all this from any other account on his 360... any help?
My friend cannot play the game from his account. He does not have internet access, it says he does not have harddrive space, wont let him play custom games, save his SP, earn achievements, etc. However, he can do all this from any other account on his 360... any help?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Did you already beat the game?
That would be lame as hell if true.
That would make more sense, thanks bud.
That combined with what Sai just said is probably it.
Thanks bud.
Yeah, I've done it on Legendary and got all Terminals. I'm SR-25 in War Games.
I'm not very far yet but that first level is up there, if not better than, H1/H2's.
So far this campaign really brings it back to H1 type quality. Cortana and Chief stranded. love it.
I kind of agree. Some of the attempts to develop chief as a character felt a little heavy handed and out of place. Particularly the line Cortana throws out about Chief promising to find out which of them is the machine before it's over. Still, overall I found the storytelling to be much more engaging than Bungie's. Even if some of it is a little cheesy. They did an excellent job with the cutscenes. I do wish they had more variety in the encounters and there were more than 3 promethean enemy types.
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