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[Louis Wu]

I need a Stephen Colbert image shaking his fist and screaming "MARTYYYYYY"

 

[darthbob]

B.C. means "Before Christ".

BCE, CE Master Race.

 

[FyreWulff]

Merry Christmas (premium theme code)

Y7YYP-K9G63-GCVDQ-2CK47-42DYZ
CRR9Q-7CFVM-JCWCD-HD22M-Y4DDZ
KM6FC-G7QRT-4HQ4M-FDDFM-D9YFZ
T29T6-4VJ36-MQD64-YHVM6-TD4XZ
DR42T-DCDP4-T9DCQ-M2HDT-GCMVZ

94M3R-967RY-GD3FY-P3C3Y-TQ3CZ
VMJTK-744K3-VCJ6G-RGPMT-PX4FZ
WVRG9-49QY9-RYJ77-W2K42-3J3KZ
VD7MT-X4DVJ-929CT-VFYQK-CCXWZ
7DXTQ-P3DKY-KXMD2-Q39DH-QF4XZ

WJQRW-296J4-G6VC4-3QRHH-RHGYZ
RV9XV-374FX-VXPMW-6FPPV-TD96Z
YM2TT-949XF-7GR2H-CHWRG-PJW3Z
6CKH6-CCKCP-4MMX2-FCFKT-JHV6Z
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JV3JM-X3MWF-MJFM7-GKM2W-MD3VZ
9CD3C-MW2CT-RHV99-6R2Q6-47Q7Z

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Merry Christmas (premium theme code)

Y7YYP-K9G63-GCVDQ-2CK47-42DYZ
CRR9Q-7CFVM-JCWCD-HD22M-Y4DDZ
KM6FC-G7QRT-4HQ4M-FDDFM-D9YFZ
T29T6-4VJ36-MQD64-YHVM6-TD4XZ
DR42T-DCDP4-T9DCQ-M2HDT-GCMVZ

94M3R-967RY-GD3FY-P3C3Y-TQ3CZ
VMJTK-744K3-VCJ6G-RGPMT-PX4FZ
WVRG9-49QY9-RYJ77-W2K42-3J3KZ
VD7MT-X4DVJ-929CT-VFYQK-CCXWZ
7DXTQ-P3DKY-KXMD2-Q39DH-QF4XZ

WJQRW-296J4-G6VC4-3QRHH-RHGYZ
RV9XV-374FX-VXPMW-6FPPV-TD96Z
YM2TT-949XF-7GR2H-CHWRG-PJW3Z
6CKH6-CCKCP-4MMX2-FCFKT-JHV6Z
9F27V-XDCT2-FPR9G-RXW7C-KGT4Z

376QT-FJMMG-4FQ69-2RW2R-FXP9Z
JV3JM-X3MWF-MJFM7-GKM2W-MD3VZ
9CD3C-MW2CT-RHV99-6R2Q6-47Q7Z

Ugh all gone,

Thanks anyway

 

[blamite]

Halo 4 forge enviroments are fucking awful. Whoever designed them should feel bad.

Ravine has horrible configuration of mountains and land.
Impact is just useless and too dark especially once the lighting bug occurs
Erosion has the worst looking pallet iv ever seen in a game coupled again with useless over complicated terrain and terrible lighting.

Seriously.

5 Blank Square environments with unique looking items and and some terrain objects like mountains, hills, large rocks, Trees and themed buildings.

Jungle (can double as forest depending on what terrains objects are placed, Dirt floor)
Snow (simple)
Desert (simple)
Urban (big blank Tarmac/Asphalt surface with buildings in the unreachable distance)
Covenant (hollowed out deck of a covenant ship)

How much harder can it be to do that instead of designing 3 utterly useless maps

I actually really miss Sandbox's environment and pallet. It's weird to think that map had more object variety than any version of Forge since. You got a bunch of rocky forerunner walls, tunnels, and slabs, which all looked unique but still fit together cohesively, gold pillars with nice looking team colors, and wooden scaffolding and planks that could make areas look pretty unique. Everything since has just been gray with gray windows (replace gray with white or brown for Ravine/Erosion) and small, dim lights.

And that one map was nothing but three types of flat building areas. Sandbox had those big rolling sand dunes, but they weren't the main part of the map, they were secondary to the big, flat floor in the center, as they should have been. These days we're lucky to get one even floor to forge on, let alone three.

Seriously, I've never had as much fun with Forge as I had on Sandbox. In H4 I have just about no motivation to build anything at all. The maps just don't have anything I'm interested in working with.

 

[Louis Wu]

Forge environments seem like a lose-lose for developers... people bitched about both Foundry and Sandbox as being too plain, no reality. So Reach came out with a whole variety of environments... but only one spot had completely flat surfaces, and it had a roof, too.

And things got even MORE complex with Halo 4.

Make it simple, people bitch that they want variety.

Provide variety, and people bitch that they need simplicity.

Not sure how to solve this, without bigger (but simple, graphically) setpieces.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Hah, I was 2 years old when that photo was taken. Those days were awesome.

 

[Louis Wu]

Hah, I was 2 years old when that photo was taken. Those days were awesome.

rofl - that head just visible in the bottom of the pic is my 2-year-old son.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

rofl - that head just visible in the bottom of the pic is my 2-year-old son.

Wu is Robert's dad confirmed. Pass it on

 

[Nowise10]

Merry Christmas (premium theme code)

Can I ask, where do people get buttloads of codes from?

 

[Overdoziz]

Forge environments seem like a lose-lose for developers... people bitched about both Foundry and Sandbox as being too plain, no reality. So Reach came out with a whole variety of environments... but only one spot had completely flat surfaces, and it had a roof, too.

And things got even MORE complex with Halo 4.

Make it simple, people bitch that they want variety.

Provide variety, and people bitch that they need simplicity.

Not sure how to solve this, without bigger (but simple, graphically) setpieces.

Adding huge flat objects with several kinds of natural textures on it would go a long way. Or just a create a map like Forge World with both big flat, open areas and areas with more natural looking terrain.

 

[Fuchsdh]

SCREW YOU ALL MARTY'S GOT TEN YEARS ON ME GO AHEAD MAKE FUN OF HIM


lol - wtf, who would want an autographed monocle?

First, someone would have to figure out how to autograph a monocle.

BUT THEN WHO WOULDN'T WANT ONE?

 

[NobleGundam]

I think the covenant need to go into hiatus for Halo 5.
Every Halo game has them, so why not introduce new promethean class (non-enemy/enemy) and bring back the flood instead?

Add Didact (non-villian), introduce Librarian (non-ancilla), & Monitor 343GS (CHAKAS).

Add villains: Master Builder. Gravemind.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

Give me your snoooooow

If New England gets shafted again this winter imma be mad.

I love the snow, but like Napsta mentioned it sucks when you have to go to work. Fortunately I am off today, so I can try to unbury my mailbox.

Yes, there's a mailbox under there :/

 

[User 73706]

Hah, I was 2 years old when that photo was taken. Those days were awesome.

I was one.

Spoiler

talents was in his mom's mouth

 

[Arnie]

I think the covenant need to go into hiatus for Halo 5.
Every Halo game has them, so why not introduce new promethean class (non-enemy/enemy) and bring back the flood instead?

Add Didact (non-villian), introduce Librarian (non-ancilla), & Monitor 343GS (CHAKAS).

Add villains: Master Builder. Gravemind.

I've mentioned it before, but I'm not sure I trust 343 to replace the magic the Covenant provide, using their first iteration of the Prometheans as a benchmark. The high points of the Halo 4 campaign were fighting the Covenant, and even then their AI was noticeably less advanced to prior games.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

I was one.

Spoiler

talents was in his mom's mouth

And I put him there.

That's right mother fucker, I'm your daddy.

Can I ask, where do people get buttloads of codes from?

From butts, duh.

 

[DeadNames]

I hadn't been conceived when that pic was taken. heh.

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Holy crap slt!! That is a TON of snow! Which is weird because Maine has gotten barely any snow for this time of year.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

I was one.

Spoiler

talents was in his mom's mouth

.

 

[NobleGundam]

I've mentioned it before, but I'm not sure I trust 343 to replace the magic the Covenant provide, using their first iteration of the Prometheans as a benchmark. The high points of the Halo 4 campaign were fighting the Covenant, and even then their AI was noticeably less advanced to prior games.

I Agree. Reach Covenant A.I. were considerably better.

IF 343 brings the Prometheans back. It would be better to have the Warrior Servants over the Defensive A.I.
Adding a lot of mystery/dialogue to the Forerunners warrior cast instead of Mechanical Aggressive Beasts.

 

[Ryaaan14]

.

Perfect response, or worst possible response?

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Perfect response, or worst possible response?

 

[Steelyuhas]

De-didactified my avatar.

Man I wish he had more of a role in the campaign. Wasn't expecting him to spend all day in the goddamn ball.

BUT ANCIENT EVIL

Spoiler

Character was a massively wasted opportunity.

Been a little while... but it's been done.

lol amazing file name.

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My concern for the future of Halo doesn't really lie with stuff like AA's, yes I would prefer Halo CE as the next Halo, but I know that's not going to happen. The major concern is stuff like Global Ordnance. I understand the idea behind wanting to change the way weapons spawned in Halo, but the solution they came up with was utterly terrible, and has significant damning effects on the gameplay as a whole.

The simple fact that the 343 design team felt good about that system is very concerning.

 

[Poker Face]

merry christmas halogaf!

 

[Ryaaan14]

Merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday Heckfu

 

[Tha Robbertster]

I was one.

Spoiler

talents was in his mom's mouth

You ain't 17. I've read your posts.

 

[User 73706]

You ain't 17. I've read your posts.

I can't tell if that's a compliment or an insult.

 

[MaximumFlipFlop]

Holy crap slt!! That is a TON of snow! Which is weird because Maine has gotten barely any snow for this time of year.

It is actually a really bad winter so far. Here is a picture from 2 years ago, same time period. Replaced my little momma with a snow man lol. Last snow pic for today, I <3 snow!

 

[darthbob]

I can't tell if that's a compliment or an insult.

Assume the worst.

Nice cat btw.

 

[Omni]

It is actually a really bad winter so far. Here is a picture from 2 years ago, same time period. Replaced my little momma with a snow man lol. Last snow pic for today, I <3 snow!

I wished it snowed here around Christmas. But noooooooooo, it has to be summer D:

Spoiler

Merry Christmas GAF.

 

[Talents]

I was one.

Spoiler

talents was in his mom's mouth

Your mother is all I have to say to that good sir.

And I put him there.

That's right mother fucker, I'm your daddy.

Well I'd prefer having you as a dad rather than my actual one.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Forge environments seem like a lose-lose for developers... people bitched about both Foundry and Sandbox as being too plain, no reality. So Reach came out with a whole variety of environments... but only one spot had completely flat surfaces, and it had a roof, too.

And things got even MORE complex with Halo 4.

Make it simple, people bitch that they want variety.

Provide variety, and people bitch that they need simplicity.

Not sure how to solve this, without bigger (but simple, graphically) setpieces.

Simple. Give us a little from column A and B. Give us some complex spaces while giving us some simple open spaces too. Everyone wins that way.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Unless you want to play the Gears 3 beta.

BOHHHHHHH!

Dat Dutch burn!

 

[xxjuicesxx]

sigs streaming.

http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic

 

[Overdoziz]

Well I'd prefer having you as a dad rather than my actual one.

Unless you want to play the Gears 3 beta.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

http://cdn.cutestpaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Snoopy-039.jpg[img]

I can't tell if that's a compliment or an insult.[/QUOTE]

No insult ;) You've had some [i]interesting[/i] posts.

 

[kylej]

attn there's early signs of a potential 1:43 urn in progress http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic/new

it would truly be a christmas miracle

edit. wtf when did you start watching this shit juicey???

 

[StalkerUKCG]

attn there's early signs of a potential 1:43 urn in progress http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic/new

it would truly be a christmas miracle

edit. wtf when did you start watching this shit juicey???

Hyped for the xmas urn

 

[kylej]

from -14.3 to -1.1

rip urn

 

[Zeouterlimits]

That's a great photo of Wu, fetching fellow.

Happy Holidays folks

 

[JHall]

from -14.3 to -1.1

rip urn

He needs more WooferZ.

 

[Tawpgun]

Halo 5 should have a built in feature to see sigs stream ingame

its what Halogaf wants the most out of halo

 

[Poker Face]

when did sig get a webcam?

 

[kylej]

we all need more wooferz in our life.

I can't believe he did that again in SSL.

siggy. please.

 

[Overdoziz]

Halo 5 should have a built in feature to see sigs stream ingame

its what Halogaf wants the most out of halo

9/10 HaloGAFfers want it.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Woah, that shotty looks great! I might actually have to pick this up

Edit: I know there's always a ton of discussion about global ordnance on here and while I totally agree it would be better to have consistent predictable spawns wouldn't that kill the drop recon specialization? And People are always talking about flinch and how it should be removed but if 343 were to change all these different mechanics they'd ruin the use of specializations entirely...which I'm fine with. But we can't honestly expect them to do so, right?

MUNCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! LIGHT THAT MAN! As for the bolded, let's hope so. If they changed bloom in Reach, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to change a lot of the issues with this game.

Well I'd prefer having you as a dad rather than my actual one.

I'm insulted by this Talents.

Insulted.

 

[JHall]

Halo 5 should have a built in feature to see sigs stream ingame

its what Halogaf wants the most out of halo

Ship it.

 

[Kuroyume]

Wow, Murder Miners is one really ugly game.

 

[kylej]

Halo 5 should have a built in feature to see sigs stream ingame

its what Halogaf wants the most out of halo

i approve this message

 

[heckfu]

when did sig get a webcam?

Always has but doesn't always use it. Also has a mic; very interesting to hear him speak, really eloquent most of the time.