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Halo |OT12| Last One Out, Get the Lights
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bobs...onGaf
Member
When I tried the game pre-release strafing felt great. I'm tempted to say they nerfed it closer to launch.
bobs...onGaf
Member
I know a bunch of people... Myself included who would have got it if it worked on XP -
I wasn't prepared to upgrade my OS though.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Tha Robbertster
Member
I think they started counting on the 5th of November. I can't believe Halo 4 would be outperforming MW3 or BO a week before launch.
wow lol
Ah, I wouldn't know since I haven't been able to play H2V since switching over to the Family Gold plan. But my point was that with server-based multiplayer games there's no host switching, whoever starts the game, whether it's a server or a peer hosting a game, they're host for the duration, and I don't remember any host switching when I did play H2V ever, even with people rubberbanding all around Coagulation, though I'd figure I'm wrong about that.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Oh man. That's... I've conflicting emotions about that.
The engineer in me is "Oy! I just want to keep my stuff up and reliable. Go away, you're outside my responsibility. The management can't not provide an API explicitly and only give me these resources to have things running AND then support people scraping data".
From a Community involvement and PR standpoint... I'm shocked.
I'd hope Frankie/Ellis/BsAngel would, as they always should in my opinion, tackle the topic full on and not let it fester.
Poker Face
Member
microsoft won't let you use a stat tracking service that is better than theirs!!!111
they worked hard to make the waypoint!!!!!!!111
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Is the boltshot that good? I could never get the charge shot to do much, I must have always been a step too far away or something. It's normal fire mode isn't great though.
Yes it is.
On it. Could be an automated thing that's looking for abusive IPs/bots/spammers, or it could be the way they're crawling the site. Either way we're investigating.
I see people using it in CTF consistently to protect the flag dude
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Hmm, I'll have to play around with it more. I could never kill anyone with it. Maybe it's only good for people with high K/D ratios.
Zeouterlimits
Member
*Chuck Norris thumbsUp.gif*
The way it should be, transparent confidence,
.And yes, it being an autoban should have occurred to me.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I disagree with most of this. Thruster is better than you think; you can completely change direction in mid-air for fucks sake. It saves me from so much shit; its like a super strafe. With that said, buff away, nobody I play against uses it so I'll just kick more ass. PV is the one i'm indifferent towards out of the things you mentioned, but I still don't have too much of a problem going up against it.
Boltshot takes some skill to use. I'ts like a shotgun, sure, but it's a shotgun where you get 1 shot, have to charge it, and the charge has to be at the exact right moment.
Plasma grenades and pistols are necessary in BTB...I hate vehicles; they're all overpowered (except maybe the ghost). Anything to counter them is welcome. You still have to stick them with plasma grenades, and the pistol only puts them out of commission for a few seconds.
Firestream went to pretty big lengths to ensure he wouldn't abuse the system; he samples 4 times an hour, or less than 100 times/day. If that's enough to trigger an automatic block, the auto system is set too low.
Hmm, I'll have to play around with it more. I could never kill anyone with it. Maybe it's only good for people with high K/D ratios.
Well it helps to be good at the game for sure. Either way, I only have it in one of my loadouts but it is so op. The thing is literally more powerful and versatile than the halo 3 Mauler. You wait around the corner, charge it up, charge the guy, boom. If he's too far away you'll likely strip shields, at which point you can just HEADSHOT them with the boltshot.
They should have kept it as a super high ROF headshot gun. Like human pistol : DMR, boltshot : Carbine
All I see when I read that is "get rid of everything that kills me" . You still hate the laser too don't you?
God I want a normal Slayer playlist ...
And nice idea to put the sword on Adrift, if didn't learn from countdown that sword on that small corridor maps is extremely annpoying I don't know ..
This game could be so good, but most of the settings are just trash
Fix the spawns on some maps, no instant respawn, no global ordinance - fixed weapon spawns, and if you want to please me for good.. no personal ordinance or fix it that not everyone runs with shotguns, swords or snipers around..
And nice idea to put the sword on Adrift, if didn't learn from countdown that sword on that small corridor maps is extremely annpoying I don't know ..
This game could be so good, but most of the settings are just trash
Fix the spawns on some maps, no instant respawn, no global ordinance - fixed weapon spawns, and if you want to please me for good.. no personal ordinance or fix it that not everyone runs with shotguns, swords or snipers around..
MrGreencastle
Member
I want to know who was responsible for removing my castle emblem from Halo 4
This devastates me more than anything else in the game.
This devastates me more than anything else in the game.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
What's wrong with personal ordinance in designated Infinity playlists? I find those lists fun to jump into. They are akin to Fiesta, but nowhere near as off the wall. Still give you a slayer experience, with a bit of added power weapon influence.
Also I'm cool with instant spawn (outside of CTF). I don't feel I ever get screwed by it really.
Also I'm cool with instant spawn (outside of CTF). I don't feel I ever get screwed by it really.
Zeouterlimits
Member
You've in a sense said they've combined a toned down fiesta and Team Slayer and made it the defacto Team Slayer playist.
On what planet, is that not totally fucked?
As for instant respawn, surely if people whose opinions you respect say they've been killed by those who they just killed and spawned back in before their shields refilled that you would be less than cool with it?
How else are you going to pat people on the back for 130 levels?
MrGreencastle
Member
I actually really like the personal ordnance system. I just wish it were more predictable, and that it were available in some objective playlists in some form.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
They added other playlists for people not enjoying those. I do say they need a non-Infinity BTB playlist (with objective) in, and that they should continue to listen to folks about how to tweak the Slayer Pro list, but people seem to like Infinity. Move Pro to the top of the list if it matters that much.
Of course, but that seems like a spawn location issue more than instant respawn.
I think lock on rockets were the perfect anti vehicle weapon.
As far as the get rid of everything that kills me thing, quite the opposite. I picked up a boltshot off the ground and went to TOWN. I was laughing the entire time. I had a power weapon in my hands. That you could SPAWN with. There's no way thats ok.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Slayer Pro certainly is a better playlist, sure.
If you're implementing instant respawn then do you know owe it to get these spawn locations right? Do you sacrifice map design for this?
How do you support CoD Halo & Classic Halo at the same time?
I mean that question in every sense of the question - Maps, Gametypes, Population, Resources & more.
I really hope they don't coddle and defend instant-respawn for the majority of this game's life. It does nothing but warp map control and there are better ways (that have already been implemented) to speed up base gameplay.
It really seems to fall in with the theme of mitigating death and failure as much as possible.
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Also the impression I got about global ordnance when it was introduced was that it would work more like the specialization that notifies you of an incoming drop's ETA and location. Would have at least given a team unlucky enough to be red or blue a fighting chance at grabbing a PW on the other team's side.
Thankfully global ordnance is as bad as it could possibly be, hopefully it's adjusted because any would improve.
It really seems to fall in with the theme of mitigating death and failure as much as possible.
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Also the impression I got about global ordnance when it was introduced was that it would work more like the specialization that notifies you of an incoming drop's ETA and location. Would have at least given a team unlucky enough to be red or blue a fighting chance at grabbing a PW on the other team's side.
Thankfully global ordnance is as bad as it could possibly be, hopefully it's adjusted because any would improve.
squidhands
Member
Don't like it at all. You essentially become your own wingman, and can take out the guy who out-rifled you before his/her shields have a chance to come back. Much like the problems with Spartan Ops, there are absolutely no repercussions to dying in the majority of playlists. You even get to keep your ordnance call, which is ridiculous.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Spoke too soon - glad to hear its a mistake.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Your new level has unlocked the ability to unlock these items at a later level! Congratulations!
I'm really bummed about that Free Xbox 360 console for 10 year Xbox Live members. I would have been receiving one if Microsoft hadn't deleted my account for being "inactive" when I went to college. What a bummer.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
It's not like you spawn where you die, so killing someone before their shields go back up is pretty rare. And why wouldn't you be able to keep your ordnance call? If you don't use it you don't use it. You get it for getting a certain number of points; a death doesn't change that.
I'm fairly sure that's not the only prerequisite for receiving one of those.
That sucks. Hate seeing a well meaning community feature get blocked like this. Although it might be a simple automatic block that could
(but probably won't)
The playlist should read
Infinity Slayer
Slayer Pro
Infinity Big Team Slayer
Big Team Battle
SWAT
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.....
As it stands now it feels like Slayer Pro is a leftover. And when you're actively cultivating a player base that is born and bred to "mash X to respawn right away" I would wager the collective ADD doesn't allow them to scroll down that far in the list of hoppers.
Major Nelson's tweet only lists the requirement "who have been with us the longest"
What am I missing. Is this like a top 10 thing - down to the second that you registered?
Digital Limit
Member
Yuck, banning Plasma Grenades and Plasma Pistols from BTB or any vehicle-heavy gametype is a terrible, terrible idea. The Plasma Pistol is the only reason that these gametypes are tolerable, otherwise if your base is overrun with vehicles you have no recourse.
If you miss with the boltshot, and that is something that is very easy to do, you have to wait for it to cool down, at that point, you will already have no shields just like them. It would be just as easy to Noob Combo, or rapid fire pistol.
Oh, I didn't realize they're talking more about it now. Anyway, some kid at reddit received one even though he has only been a member since 2004, but has a ridiculously high gamerscore.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Someone posted an emblem
Chart and a exp per rank chart yesterday. Who is making these charts? Where can I see more of them?
Chart and a exp per rank chart yesterday. Who is making these charts? Where can I see more of them?
Thruster is fine, it's not a super strafe, which I don't think they intended it to be. Good for dodging grenades, and making some jumps easier.
PV needs to be nuked from orbit, but the Boltshot is fine. Its primary fire is terrible, and you have to be super close for it to be a OHK. Without the PP, BTB would be absolutely dominated by vehicles, people complain about the Mantis on here daily, but you want to remove one of the most effective ways to take it out? The tank/gauss are almost indestructible with PP loadouts, don't even want to imagine without them.
Take the wheelman spec when it opens up if the PP's are bothering you that much...
Thanks, this is how I feel too about the things mentioned. Though I'd welcome a slight increase in Thruster speed or distance.
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