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[CyReN]

old.

 

[Steelyuhas]

The ranks would probably scare people away if you put them in each playlist. Separate, ranked playlists would need to be created.

That's why the ranks are going to be on Waypoint, so they can make all the playlists "ranked", and not have to create separate ranked playlists.

Have I seen a long impressions post from you yet?

edit - and no, no ban for Tawpgun

I've never seen Wu on, don't think he even owns the game.

Shame on you Heck for missing that joke.

 

[Hydranockz]

So Bravo's going to be the sustain guy at 343? How wrong am I?

That'd be awesome.

 

[Shake Appeal]

So how's everyone doing?

How're y'all enjoying the game?

Spoiler

Actual serious questions, I barely have time to get online anymore and talk to you guys

Since playing with friends on Monday, I have played ~10 minutes of Campaign and now I am installing Far Cry 3.

 

[heckfu]

I'm the worst.

 

[YourExWife]

It won't be anything new. It's all been said by everyone, a lot, since launch. It's the same valid points again and again. Fresh perspective from someone who liked the game? You squeezed that out of Cyclone.

I don't like essay season.

Oh, I wasn't implying he should write another diatribe. I was just welcoming him to the club I mentioned

 

[Gazzawa]

So how's everyone doing?

How're y'all enjoying the game?

Spoiler

Actual serious questions, I barely have time to get online anymore and talk to you guys

I'm over it

 

[YourExWife]

I'm the worst.

 

[Steelyuhas]

lolololol

 

[bobs...onGaf]

So how's everyone doing?

How're y'all enjoying the game?

Spoiler

Actual serious questions, I barely have time to get online anymore and talk to you guys

If I don't think of it - or play it like its a halo game its actually pretty fun.

 

[TheOddOne]

 

[Talents]

Haha, that's awesome.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Spartan Ops Episode 5 Trailer

Its like, I want to get excited, but I can't. Well, not for the missions anyways.. at least the story is fun. The missions are kinda fun, but they really are not doing it for me.. I still really wish they went with FF that took notes from Gears 3 Horde.. now that would be a lot of fun.

 

[Tawpgun]

People wanted a beta, 343 heard it loud and clear.

Yeah, but I think I believe them when they said they didn't have the time to do one.

There are a LOT of bugs in the game that are painfully obvious and were DEFINITELY found by their internal play testing. Especially the glitched custom options. Ordnance labeled wrong, ordnance not being labeled. I'd even wager they testing out the canceling animation glitches with sprint that led to the super throw. MAYBE even the boltshot isntant reload.

And they still didn't fix it.

Which is either explained as

1. Development for the game must have been hellish and incredibly rushed.

or

2. They're incompetent.

So Bravo's going to be the sustain guy at 343? How wrong am I?

Whats this mean?

 

[BlueScrote]

"I have a small- to mid-sized hatred for the maps in this game."

I think you mean you have a large hatred for the maps in this game.

 

[DeadNames]

I think Halo 4 was just rushed. Some of the bugs (ordnance) are just TOO obvious not to be noticed.

 

[enzo_gt]

I think it's weird people are complaining about there not being enough [good] small maps now. With Reach it seemed people could give not a single shit about small maps. Maybe this is partially due to people not liking BTB/Ragnarok.

Abandon, Adrift and Haven are already more than I could ask for.

 

[MrDaravon]

^What's weird is that people are correct on paper that more smaller maps are necessary. However I play largely BTB, but feel like it either needs new BTB maps badly, or they need to make big changes. The Gauss Hog, Banshee, and Scorpion still existing on Exile is completely retarded, and Ragnarok is a fucking mess with the way this game is balanced (everyone hides behind the Pelican/hill and poke DMR you while the Mantis' play it safe on their respective sides). Meltdown is never ever voted for, and Vortex and Longbow only come up half as much as Exile and Ragnarok. Some from a BTB perspective about 70% of the time I'm playing on Ragnarok or Exile, but those are both a clusterfuck. So for all intents and purposes I feel like BTB needs new maps, but it's not really for the right reasons.

Since playing with friends on Monday, I have played ~10 minutes of Campaign and now I am installing Far Cry 3.

Please tell me how that is once you play it. Far Cry 2 was a game I could appreciate, but mechanically just couldn't get into. But what I'm hearing about Far Cry 3 from forums and on the most recent Bombcast is actually getting me excited.

 

[TheOddOne]

I think Halo 4 was just rushed. Some of the bugs (ordnance) are just TOO obvious not to be noticed.

Halo 4 being launched in november already kind of told us this. It was rushed, from cut options to bugs.

 

[CyReN]

Whats this mean?

so mm

343 Industries is looking for a dynamic individual with a passion for creating and perfecting online multiplayer experiences. The qualified candidate will be responsible for working with an existing design and sustain team to help maintain and support Halo's existing multiplayer experiences, as well as the future implementation of new experiences. Additional responsibilities include hopper management and synthesizing community feedback and player data to inform gameplay recommendations. As a member of the Sustainment Team, you will get to interface with community members, designers, Franchise Management and test teams, so legendary communication and organizational skills are a must.

Responsibilities:
- Work with the Sustainment Team to maintain multiplayer experiences by recommending optimizations based on community feedback and player data
- Work across several additional teams to ensure quality
- Provide regular formal and informal matchmaking updates to the community across multiple channels
- Maintain a healthy relationship with the community and its varied subsets
- Represent Halo and 343 at community and industry events

Qualifications and Skills:
- Ability to parse intent behind potentially large volume of community feedback
- Experience with testing and tuning multiplayer game modes
- High level problem solving skills and attention to detail; Exceptional organization skills
- Experience with data analysis
- Ability to fluidly work across organizations and work independently on multiple tasks
- Legendary verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable working in a very communicative and passionate team environment
- Understanding of multiplayer experiences across game genres
- Possesses expert-level knowledge of the current state of multiplayer gaming including matchmaking trends and player expectations
- Candidates must bring a burning passion for and deep knowledge of Halo
- Desire to help shape the future of Halo multiplayer experiences for years to come

So maybe we'll start getting some solid feedback going.

 

[Digital Limit]

People wanted a beta, 343 heard it loud and clear.

To be fair, I have a hard time imagining someone discovering this bug even with testing. Shit's weird.

 

[m23]

Its like, I want to get excited, but I can't. Well, not for the missions anyways.. at least the story is fun. The missions are kinda fun, but they really are not doing it for me.. I still really wish they went with FF that took notes from Gears 3 Horde.. now that would be a lot of fun.

Now that would have been something. Considering Dominion where you could build turrets, I'm surprised they didn't go that route. Gears horde is one of the most addicting coop experiences I've had this generation. Hours and hours poured into that mode.

Merging Forge and Horde, something like that new Epic game, forgot what it was called...that would have been something. I'm just talking crazy now.

 

[The Lamonster]

If I remember correctly, weren't you one of the folks whose posts in this thread were upbeat and happy with the game and such? These were my feelings, too...for a while. Now, I've never had this issue thankfully, but you're fully welcome to join my I-was-pretty-hyped-and-optimistic-about-H4-and-gave-it-a-real-chance-but-I've-slowly-turned-to-cutting-myself-instead Club. Myself, Alienshogun, and a few others are ready to hear your plight...

Yep. I call 'em like I see 'em. This game has a potential to be GREAT. And it treated me well for a long time. I love so much of what 343 intended to do. I've had a great ~60 hrs of playtime so far. But literal game-breaking bugs like deleting campaign progress and deleting pre-order DLC bonuses is inexcusable. Even more inexcusable is the refusal to address these issues in a future patch. Even MORE inexcusable than that is to refuse to even address them on the weekly bulletin and even more fucking ridiculous to not address them on Twitter and forums.

343 - I expected so much more than this kind of treatment to the community. I understand if your code sucks. Because that just means find someone else who can do better and fix it in a patch. But to ignore the community when we're facing such major errors in your game...just makes me miss Bungie that much more.

 

[wwm0nkey]

So Murder Miners is getting a new update and better skins.

Oh and split screen

 

[Fuchsdh]

Yep. The map itself would be great for firefight and works well with spartan ops, better than with multiplayer.

Also I think that the new achievements will be achievements for the other spartan ops episodes. Right now we have only achievements till episode 5, episode 6 releases the same week as the dlc. Also I hope we don't get multiplayer cheevos

I'm down for ops achievements since they'll be far easier to get than any multi ones.

343 did a good job on the disc cheevos, now we see if they do well with DLC ones.

 

[The Lamonster]

343 did a good job on the disc cheevos, now we see if they do well with DLC ones.

I don't know if I'd call it a "good job" when I was 7/8 on solo Legendary going for the Lone Wolf achievement and then all my campaign progress was wiped out

 

[TheOddOne]

Can't wait to hear in a year or two Bravo spout off inside info on the development of Halo 4.

 

[orznge]

So Murder Miners is getting a new update and better skins.



Oh and split screen

I hope it comes out on PC soon

 

[wwm0nkey]

I hope it comes out on PC soon

They are still working on it I think.

 

[Poker Face]

literally joined a game, and then GAME OVER.

lol

 

[Slightly Live]

literally joined a game, and then GAME OVER.

lol

This happened to me. Get into the game, and 1 second before I was due to spawn it was game over.

And they promised JIP would never do it.

 

[IHaveIce]

I don't know if I'd call it a "good job" when I was 7/8 on solo Legendary going for the Lone Wolf achievement and then all my campaign progress was wiped out

But this has nothing to do with the achievement.

I'm down for ops achievements since they'll be far easier to get than any multi ones.

343 did a good job on the disc cheevos, now we see if they do well with DLC ones.

Yep I agree, Reach's achievement lis was ruined by its DLC achievements

 

[GhaleonEB]

literally joined a game, and then GAME OVER.

lol

Did you get some XP?

 

[The Lamonster]

This happened to me. Get into the game, and 1 second because I was due to spawn it was game over.

And they promised JIP would never do it.

• Made late joining improvements to Join in Progress in all game types
• Reduced the window for Join in Progress in Slayer game types
• Made improvements to Join in Progress for uneven starts

wat

But this has nothing to do with the achievement.

It has everything to do with it if it's broken...

 

[Poker Face]

Did you get some XP?

19 XP!

 

[Fuchsdh]

But this has nothing to do with the achievement.



Yep I agree, Reach's achievement lis was ruined by its DLC achievements

As long as they are not a "do X on map Y" I'll be happy. Achievements should be earnable across any map, they only pop if you actually have the DLC.

 

[kittens]

I think I might give Murder Miners another shot soon.

 

[Hypertrooper]

wat

Does the update not apply next week?

 

[senador]

Wow Bravo would be awesome. Charismatic, people person, knows Halo. He's into the competitive scene but I think he's got more than that. He'd be able to work with casuals too. That'd be so good.

Hire Bravo!

 

[Orochinagis]

I think Halo 4 was just rushed. Some of the bugs (ordnance) are just TOO obvious not to be noticed.

Its looks like, Gears of war is coming in a few months so they had to deliver the game this year at any cost to no affect GoW vents, they could easily launch Halo 4 the next year and gears to november but it could affect the new console announcement too.

To be fair, I have a hard time imagining someone discovering this bug even with testing. Shit's weird.

I did it, even the IA in campaign and Spartan Ops do it a lot, more like the double melee people were the ones who discoreved that glitch.

Spartan Ops Episode 5 Trailer

Its the second time I see Covenant version of Sarah Palmer in an Cinematic.

WHY THE FUCK DOES THIS GAME KEEP DELETING MY DOWNLOADED SKINS AND ARMOR

edit: this time redownloading them didn't even work. Guess all my preorder bonuses are forfeit now. Fuck off 343. Thanks for addressing this in your bulletin oh wait

It affects the Halo 4 shared license DLC on the console make them unusable only for the owner.

 

[The Lamonster]

Does the update not apply next week?

It was supposedly already applied on Monday.

It affects the Halo 4 shared license DLC on the console make them unusable only for the owner.

huh? Not sure what you mean. Is there a fix or workaround for this?

 

[MrDaravon]

Does the update not apply next week?

In the notes it said that those changes went into effect this past Monday. I've had similarly fucked JiP shenanigans since (as I have since launch), so I don't know what the fuck they supposedly did.

 

[The Lamonster]

so I don't know what the fuck they supposedly did.

they put it on a bullet point on their bulletin, duh

 

[ShinAmano]

When does the first map pack hit?

 

[CyReN]

When does the first map pack hit?

December 10th.

 

[blamite]

It was supposedly already applied on Monday.

Isn't it just wonderful how we get a matchmaking changelist 2 to 3 days after the changes are made? Just awesome efficiency there.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

When does the first map pack hit?

Dec 10. Week from Monday.

 

[The Lamonster]

Isn't it just wonderful how we get a matchmaking changelist 2 to 3 days after the changes are made? Just awesome efficiency there.

Everyone knows all those text characters take a long time to upload to the internet.


Seriously though, why the hell does 343 not have a community manager?

 

[ncsuDuncan]

19 XP!

If you drank a Mountain Dew that could have been 38 XP. Try to be more efficient next time and Do the Dew™.

 

[J10]

Seriously though, why the hell does 343 not have a community manager?

Here's her Twitter: https://twitter.com/bsangel

Ask her stuff. She answers.