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Halo |OT12| Last One Out, Get the Lights
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ohmy
Deputy Moonman
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Same. I can pretend that shooting the guy rushing me with sword is going to somehow slow him down, but I've never found that to be the case. When trying to run away from gunfire I have noticed that my progress is slown down, but I don't think it's enough to where someone sprinting at me with sword would actually be hampered by it.
Don't know how you're okay with the boltshot ram. Any playlist with radar on the thing is absurd. A huge one hit kill range, extend that a bit and you have the range for stripping shields.
and you can spawn with it. Its annoying to be so cheaply killed. I do what I can to avoid it but I can't just NOT fight in cqc. Its unavoidable sometimes.
I shut down an entire hallway in regicide with the gun.
and you can spawn with it. Its annoying to be so cheaply killed. I do what I can to avoid it but I can't just NOT fight in cqc. Its unavoidable sometimes.
I shut down an entire hallway in regicide with the gun.
I am made sad again.
Yeah I argued in this thread before situations are avoidable but when you have camo campers and when it invalidates the use of half of the primaries in the process, the lack of balance becomes clearer by the game.
It's not "okay" because of it makes half of the primaries useless and promotes very shitty, campy, and for lack of better words YOLO gameplay all around. Needs half the range.
Of course they're frustrated, they get killed one time in a game and then come cry on GAF with a knee jerk reaction. It is the internet way.
Zoso Achilles
Member
That's because the slow down mechanic doesn't affect the sword. Because fuck you, that's why.
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
Thats a great point. So do you think, using the TU Reach mentality, that a Slayer playlist, Say with ordinance reduced, and alot of the settings people are clamouring for implemented, would reduce the complaining and make the purists happy?
Even if it were to have a significantly lower pop. base?
Also you touched on location of a playlist in the actual list. I think thats really interesting how that can have an affect on what people play. The casuals seem to just play the top gamemode ande thats that. Id love to see 343 run a trial if even for a day. Re arrange the playlists and see if there are any population changes.
User 73706
Banned
Fun fact: Grenadier + Explosives + Plasma Grenades + Plasma Pistol in a loadout. If you EMP a Mantis and hit it with all three grenades, it's enough to kill it.
To the people who were complaining that you can't defeat a Mantis on foot: there you go.
To the people who were complaining that you can't defeat a Mantis on foot: there you go.
Steelyuhas
Member
Slowdown doesn't affect the Sword (and I assume the Hammer as well).
Zeouterlimits
Member
I just dislike the way it was presented to use before the release. I think if the told the truth, I would be inclinded to be a bit easier on them for it. However I am enjoying what they have released so far.
They have a tendency to hold those playlists in contempt after a while for whatever reason. Also I hated split settings in Reach, so no, it would make me shake my head that they can't throw the people that actually care about higher-level play a bone and fix the issues MM-wide instead of doting on the BKs on Waypoint, who abused all the shit in Reach and made it miserable, speaking for the silent majority.
It definitely needs to be applied to the sword. The Hammer feels like it has a smaller lunge but yeah, without the Spartan huffing and puffing while sprinting it makes maps like Adrift hell.
YourExWife
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Anyone still wanting Max Payne 3 (kylej I believe) Kmart has it for $8.99 tomorrow.
Might be in-store only but I'm not sure.
Might be in-store only but I'm not sure.
Deputy Moonman
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That's craziness. I had no idea. Right now I'm trying to figure out what purpose slowdown has being in the game. Also didn't know about losing your commendation exp if you've already capped exp for the day. That's pretty silly. Commendations are like milestones that you never get back. The exp should at least be applied to your account the next day, automatically. RolloverXPplease!
Nope I think I did it today.
Also Meltdown and Vortex are afwul maps for Team Snipers.
And just saw the gametype setting from Arenagaming and I'm confused, competive players are complaining about the long wait for shield recharging, but they don't change it to a shorter time?
I messed around with the settings and set the shield recharge time lower and it was much better.
Also they should think about keeping the motion tracker on, but only show allies ( for the x on the radar) Also I don't know if you can give spezialisation mods in custom games to anyone, but Stability is better than Dexterity I think.. but that are only my 2 cents
Maybe, I don't really know that we can say for sure, especially with the breadth of gametypes Halo has. I mean, I'd love to see a Halo 4 without global ordnance, but if it's just going to be another Slayer playlist? Might as well not even bother, because I'm not going to be interested in it. It's not an easy problem to solve, but I think you can probably make some pretty significant changes on the edge in the mainline highly-populated playlists without the big IS crowd noticing much. They need to actually avoid a lot of the TU Reach mentalities, because trying to please everyone results in massive playlist bloat where nobody is really happy. I don't know that there's a good solution without just manning up and either changing the game globally or telling the hardcore community to deal with it.
As for the listing test you mentioned...they actually did that with Reach, albeit inadvertantly. The Anniversary subsection of the Reach playlist listing used to be at the top (I actually don't know if it is anymore), and there were four playlists in the subsection: Anniversary Squad, Anniversary Classic, Anniversary BTB, and Anniversary Firefight.
Ann. Squad was basically just TU Reach on the updated variants of the Anniversary Map Pack maps (and those new variants were by and large total garbage), while Anniversary Classic had increased movement speed and the 3sk pistol. When these playlists launched, Squad was at the number 1 spot both in listing and in population, with about 3000 players concurrently. Anniversary Classic maintained about 800 at that time and was the second listed playlist.
One day, and I don't know why they decided to make the change, they swapped the playlists' positions and Classic was at the top of the list with Squad right below it. The populations literally reversed overnight. Classic hit 3000, Squad was at about 800. It is maybe the most obvious indication we have that most Halo players just mash A until they are shooting a man.
Cheked and answered.
Edit: Really sorry, for the delay. Wasn't even on my Xbox today, cause I'm quite too busy with uni and there are other important things, too.
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So, I was just sitting in a public bus and the busdriver acted really weird. He stopped at stations, were this bus wouldn't stop normally and on one stations he turned off the engines and smoked a cigarette. Was a little bit confused and worried, because there was a busdriver reported, who was doing cocaine a few weeks ago.
Weird things are happening...
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
That really is crazy when you think about it. In fact i remember my first ever online multiplayer match, it was on Halo 2. I picked the top playlist at the time which was Rumble Pit so i guess there is a truth to that.
On a lighter note, anyone want to play some Dominion?
Pop
Member
FFA, where are you old friend.
343i giveth and taketh away...
Steelyuhas
Member
It's in the game to be able to kill people that just try to sprint away from you.
As for it not being on the sword, they said they had it on at one point in development, but it made the sword completely useless.
Not sure, but speaking of the boltshot I totally stand by it's fuck awesomeness. That bad boy saves lives if you use a promethean vision or camo build. A lot of times I will be full red, and the guy will come to rush me, so if I pop up PV to see my enemy coming I can charge and release to save my life or trade with them.
Gun works great if you use camo and surprise others with it.
Even without them it's just a solid choice on a lot of maps. Although I do find it hilarious when others try to use it against me and all I do is walk backwards so they blow their load haha.
User 73706
Banned
This XP cap is ridiculous. I only went up like three and a half levels last night before I hit it. Keep in mind that was maybe 10 matches, if that.
This game reminds me of Nintendo's multiplayer design philosophy in that there is plenty of chaos, color, and, despite it all, skill can win out in the end.
I'm really positive for the majority of changes in multiplayer, honestly. Single player has been worsened, but I've never been a big single player Halo gamer.
I'm really positive for the majority of changes in multiplayer, honestly. Single player has been worsened, but I've never been a big single player Halo gamer.
Bregmann Roche
Member
What's the opposite of a rite of passage? Downward spiral? Either way, I salute you.
FFA, where are you old friend.
hi friend
scar tissue
Banned
How to fix jetpack and thrusters simultaneously:
1. change thruster pack so it carries you in the direction of your current inertia (this has been suggested multiple times already ITT)
However, what just occurred to me (and I'm probably LTTP with this): if you fire your thrusters while jumping, you will be thrusted upward, allowing you to take different routes over the map than normally without totally breaking the map flow. It would be similar to the grav lift.
2. throw jetpack into the fires of mount doom. add camo.
1. change thruster pack so it carries you in the direction of your current inertia (this has been suggested multiple times already ITT)
However, what just occurred to me (and I'm probably LTTP with this): if you fire your thrusters while jumping, you will be thrusted upward, allowing you to take different routes over the map than normally without totally breaking the map flow. It would be similar to the grav lift.
2. throw jetpack into the fires of mount doom. add camo.
get shit on
so rude
Deputy Moonman
Member
They wouldn't have heard any complaints from me. So they add sprint, but try and make it so you can't just run away from gunfire, but they remove it from melee weapons as to not render them useless. Seems like the game would have benefited from not even having sprint, or at least not having it a default ability and something you had to pick and choose from all the abilities, instead.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
What's up with you?
Zeouterlimits
Member
Look at what ones you can watch on Waypoint?
I think you can find out, by checking Waypoint for it, but not sure. If not, just look up the ones you have found on YouTube, for example and it should say, where you found those.
Should be a lot easier, imo. Could have just a tiny symbol on the mission screen with "terminal found" or like the way Halo Wars did it with the skulls, medals and blackboxes.
Steelyuhas
Member
mod Steelyuhas
Steelyuhas
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Well obviously the game would be better without sprint, but "something something modern shooters have to have sprint"
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