I believe it is that level. Ah, I see there is a lower door.
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I believe it is that level. Ah, I see there is a lower door.
Mentioned this last time: Active Roster/voting lobby party grouping, precision Forge controls.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Red X's on death. Edit: Think you already had that.
Hydranockz
Member
Make parties like before
Parties right now are an absolute disaster
And removal of post game lobby merging. I have to back out of a game before I look at my stats. I do not want to be merged with anyone else EVER
The Henery
Member
This game is brilliant Halo. So much to write and digest but for now I'll just tip my hat towards 343 and praise them for making the gunplay so, so strong. The sniper is amazing. I love the Magnum (surprisingly), it melts foes at close range. I'm having fun even when losing which is a promising sign. It's all new and I'm still on the sugar high from the first games working everything out but it feels great, growing blains an' all.
Just one thing though...
I'm sorry 343 but you have to do better if you're going to restrict the control schemes
Never mind they couldn't test for possible button combinations; they didn't bother to test Bumper Jumper for the basic functionality of the game. I can say this with absolute certainty. In the third mission
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. You can't 'aim' the hardlight shield and hold the AA button down simultaneously without incurring early onset arthritis. Pretty poor form that this made it past 'testing'. BJ users are now locked out of two AA's. It's a shame because with sprint being default, the AA sandbox really opened up and it was one of 343's design statements to see more people experimenting with different AA's. I guess it was asking too much to put jump on (lb) and AA on (rb). I only used sprint in Reach; looks like I'll only use Promethan Vision in Halo 4.
Just one thing though...
I'm sorry 343 but you have to do better if you're going to restrict the control schemes
Never mind they couldn't test for possible button combinations; they didn't bother to test Bumper Jumper for the basic functionality of the game. I can say this with absolute certainty. In the third mission
you're given a hardlight shield for most of the level
It was practically useless against the Prometheans and their sentry beams
Devolution
Member
Yeah the fact that the number/people in the party are two levels deep makes me wonder who is doing the UI for this game.
I actually don't like Spartan Ops at all. Granted, I've only done the first mission and haven't watched the cutscene because it's a piece of shit and doesn't load at all, but still. If what I have experienced so far is how it's going to be for the next 10 weeks, then I really do not care for the mode. Firefight would've been a better choice to put in the game - At least then I could've been able to make it how I wanted to.
Then again, I think I've outgrown Halo altogether. The game is solid, but I really don't feel excited about any of it while playing. Even the campaign - which was full of things that should've sparked any kind of emotion in me - didn't... And all of this coming from a guy who felt bad when his marines died in Halo CE, 2 and 3, and considers rescuing Cortana in 3 one of the greatest moments in the game because of the ambience it creates. Nothing in 4 even comes close to that.
Multiplayer is... I don't know. Something is off. I'd hate to even say it, but some of those reviewers were right... The Halo formula feels a bit dated now. ADS isn't the answer, but it needs a little something more to keep up with other FPS games. At least to me anyway.
I miss Bungie's touch. I really don't feel the love in this game for some reason.
/My honeymoon period is over
Then again, I think I've outgrown Halo altogether. The game is solid, but I really don't feel excited about any of it while playing. Even the campaign - which was full of things that should've sparked any kind of emotion in me - didn't... And all of this coming from a guy who felt bad when his marines died in Halo CE, 2 and 3, and considers rescuing Cortana in 3 one of the greatest moments in the game because of the ambience it creates. Nothing in 4 even comes close to that.
Multiplayer is... I don't know. Something is off. I'd hate to even say it, but some of those reviewers were right... The Halo formula feels a bit dated now. ADS isn't the answer, but it needs a little something more to keep up with other FPS games. At least to me anyway.
I miss Bungie's touch. I really don't feel the love in this game for some reason.
/My honeymoon period is over
yeah man all those people playing reach two years after launch were doing it because they were captivated by the ranking system. I can't tell you how enthralling it was to see a bar inch forward at a snails pace, hell I nearly peed myself with excitement when i played 600 games of halo and my half moon icon turned into a full moon icon
xxjuicesxx
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Yea but if people can just hit the top quickly and then lose motivation then its not exactly a great progression system anyways.
They shouldn't ever cap progression though, thats defeating the entire purpose of the motivational system they've spent time creating and implementing.
Devolution
Member
Am I the only one who thinks P Vision doesn't belong in multi? Just Ops and Campaign?
I'm not personally annoyed, but rather attempting to empathize with people who are.
Reagan's BR
Banned
I think the whole rank meltdown on waypoint showed them that often things things competitive players find to be fun casuals find fun as.
Devolution
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FUBAR McDangles
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The only things that I want fixed are Red X's and have a playlist for SWAT.
I mean, SWAT was like a top 5 playlist in Reach right? Why isn't this standard?
And red X is self explanatory.
Don't really care about theater mode to be honest. I rarely used it in Reach. Kind of silly that they took it out, but it's not a huge deal to me.
I mean, SWAT was like a top 5 playlist in Reach right? Why isn't this standard?
And red X is self explanatory.
Don't really care about theater mode to be honest. I rarely used it in Reach. Kind of silly that they took it out, but it's not a huge deal to me.
It at the very least should be restricted for something like CTF. Guy sitting in Solace's base pulsing it every 10 seconds = either push with half your team or don't bother.
Steelyuhas
Member
Can't agree on playlist stuff. Yeah MM is missing some stuff that would be nice to have, but the current playlist setup is better than any matchmaking setup any of the Halo games has had by a wide margin in my opinion.
Devolution
Member
I mean an arrow above someone's head who's about to die and x-ray heat vision? Christ.
I was an existing party and post-game it put us into another game mid-match AND it split us. I thought it wasn't supposed to do that? I know that if I join my friends who are already in a game I may be put on the other team (if there's not room on their team or whatever), but we'd been rolling uninterrupted without backing out for probably 10 games.
Lol at the sprint toggle, it is now a basic gameplay move. I don't see a toggle for melee, reloading or I don't know.
I think it was pretty clear as soon as we heard it is a normal move that it would be this way.
I don't know the things that annoyed me so far are pretty basic stuff.
The weapon spawns are probably the worst thing.
I think it was pretty clear as soon as we heard it is a normal move that it would be this way.
I don't know the things that annoyed me so far are pretty basic stuff.
The weapon spawns are probably the worst thing.
Hydranockz
Member
I don't agree though. I think the fact that specilisations are being released over time is very tellin that the system is designed so that players will want to keep playing even after hitting the previous cap (SR60).
If they just wanted you to unlock their shit, they'd have it unlockable to everyone, Day 1.
- Cut some power weapons from personal ordnance (it's not too bad atm though)
- Show scoreboard on BTB respawn screen
- Disable rid of Snapshot, Distraction etc callouts. (again though, it's not as bad as I expected)
And I would say get instant spawn the hell out of the game; past two matches on Haven were just people rushing back to the bottom center of the map to die while campers were calling in SAWs. Ruins map flow imo.
Devolution
Member
So it wasn't just me.
My problem is how fast (by fast I mean SLOW) the shield comes up with instant spawn.
Steelyuhas
Member
Small correction, cap was going to be SR70, not SR60.
The specializations thing is going away though, play the game connected to Xbox Live prior the 20th, and they'll email you a code for unlocking the other six specializations by the end of the month.
Halo 4 customs you say?
But they're giving the specializations to everyone who plays in the first few weeks, so what does that indicate? That they know people don't like things being locked away arbitrarily, is my best guess. I don't really have a horse in this race, I just think the idea of a cap that a normal player can hit with normal play, especially when they can hit it incredibly quickly because of a marketing promotion, is pretty dumb but I'll probably never be one of the people who will reach the cap.
We haven't even seen the Nemesis armor mod in action yet. An indicator of the location of the person that killed you last, that'll be an interesting one once people start getting it.
Reagan's BR
Banned
My gun was invisible earlier today.
Hydranockz
Member
That's US only dude. Even still, it'll take time to unlock them. The longer they can stretch out that time for people who play this game far more than most, the better for the population numbers.
Devolution
Member
Better for population, shit for people who want to play with others who are interested in playing the game rather than just completing it and shelving it.
Once again I have to find problems with this kind of philosophy given the reality of player bases.
And a reminder, i still have Specializations pre-order bonus code... Anyone wanna trade something for it?
EDIT bad time to note this... Only Europeans might need this code...
There's a minor "glitch" that if you sprint jump you can press back and keep going.
K
kittens
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I hate the new active roster so much. It makes checking on peoples' game status (points to win, time left) such a chore.
Someone send me an invite! I want to get a lobby going.
Someone send me an invite! I want to get a lobby going.
Devolution
Member
lol Between this, PV, dash, instant spawn and slow shields I am not looking forward to it.
Technically it's not a base player ability. It sometimes disappears after black screening, which indicates it's actually an always-on Armor Ability mapped to a button. They probably could have coded an on/off switch, they just chose not to. Imagine jumping or meleeing disappearing after a host switch...
Sheeeeit.
Thagomizer
Member
So is Gaf ready to declare this Worst Halo Ever yet?
xxjuicesxx
Member
Anyone donging hard tonight, finally got some time to play. Tashi did you get it today? Ply? Kyle? I need to shit on kids bad.
Speaking of which, is there a way to see what playlist people are in, or any data at all about the game they're in, using the Active Roster or am I just missing it? Every time I view someone's party details it just says "In War Games" or whatever, doesn't matter what gametype they're currently playing. No indication of how much time is left, what the scores are, whatever. Reach's Active Roster gave so much useful information that I guess I totally took for granted.
It's a really good game, just minor tweaks need to be in the game. Some areas it seems unfinished and shows.
Reach was obviously the superior Halo game.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
First Infinity Slayer went 13-2
feels good man :')
feels good man :')
Steelyuhas
Member
Wow, didn't know that. That sucks.
People still live in Europe lol? 
What do you mean by time to unlock them? Once the code is in, I will have access to all of them and once I finished one, I can start another one. I won't be in a situation where I have to wait for more specializations to be "unlocked" or "released". Are you simply stating that the specializations lengthen the progression system overall?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
If you queue to join them, you can see how much time they approximately have left in their match, but not points to win, what they're playing, or anything else. It's a major downgrade from Reach's active roster.
Fixed. This game is great. I haven't had a real rage moment once.
If they have to "force" people to play longer for population numbers because otherwise they would stop playing, there are other significant issues that they should actually address.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I wonder what opinions will form once people with specializations start appearing.
The P of Poland
Member
I've had plenty of real rage moments- mostly the result of getting teamshot and spawn camped. Not the fault of the game.
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