xxjuicesxx
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This is ultimately where the gaming industry is headed.
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This is ultimately where the gaming industry is headed.
StalkerUKCG
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Ship it.
User 73706
Banned
So I fucked up earlier, those were the codes I already gave out to TheHaloCouncil
For lurkers
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I could use a new theme, thanks broski!
StalkerUKCG
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Thank you very much fyre
Shafto
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Nabbed this one - thanks!
Hydranockz
Member
Just wanted to wish all of ye a very happy Christmas. Ye're a great bunch and I hope these next 12 months are better than the last.
I'll pop in here when I can but I won't be back on Halo till February. Stay awesome in the meantime you lot.
I'll pop in here when I can but I won't be back on Halo till February. Stay awesome in the meantime you lot.
Thanks again<3
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Did sig quit? What was the final time
xxjuicesxx
Member
no he played so much mario 64 he waited til christmas eve to go shopping. said hell probably be streaming on christmas because he ahs nothing to do lol.
Arsenal2022
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bobs...onGaf
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Rickenslacker
Banned
Have a good one folks.
Hydranockz
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ElRenoRaven
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You know I have to say. After about a month off from playing minus the occasional attempt at playing I decided to give the Single Player a go again. I have to say I'm actually enjoying it more then I did before. While very linear there is some variation that I didn't see before. So it's not all go here and push this button or insert Cortana there. It may heavily lean that way but I think I was way too hard on it in that regard.
Orochinagis
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gAg CruSh3r
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XV9HV-YT7F3-FH39R-4P3DJ-JVFHZ I took this one.
FyreWulff thank you! Have a happy holidays!
FyreWulff thank you! Have a happy holidays!
mhi
Member
Its appearing as often as it did b4 they reduced them a couple of weeks back.
User 73706
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Going to have to agree. I honestly think Legendary is the most enjoyable way to play the game, when you know what you're doing the Knights aren't even bullet sponges. I ran out of ammo exactly once on Reclaimer when I was turtling and trying to snipe everything around the crashed Pelican (where you grab the Designator) and I had to make a run for a Ghost and lucked out, but other than that the ammo complaint is trivial. Hell, Midnight was actually kind of entertaining because I love the Light Rifle and it gave you loads of them and Scattershots. Scattershots seem to be specifically designed to destroy Prometheans; even the strongest ones will go down in three to four shots.
The only thing that's bullshit are Knight Battlewagon Incinerators: they can fucking survive a shot from the Incineration Cannon if the secondary explosions don't hit. That's pretty damage-spongey. And there's no real way to fight them minus trial and error. If you don't grab Hologram in the final mission for them you're completely fucked. Binary Rifle Knights are surprisingly manageable though. A few tips that helped me:
-In order of effectiveness, shield-stripping goes Plasma Pistol > Scattershot > Suppressor > Binary Rifle > Light Rifle.
-The Light Rifle absolutely destroys shields regardless of difficulty; a high-ranking Elite will get his shields popped in only 4 to 5 shots, even on Legendary. I think Reach's Zealots were actually bigger damage sponges than 4's.
-Use the Autoturret, not the Hardlight Shield, every opportunity you get. In addition to pinging enemies it also means enemies won't be firing at you as much.
-Legendary should be viewed more like a PVP game this time around rather than killing damage sponges; stay back with precision weapons and you'll come out with very little damage done. Trying to run through locations is a bad idea unless you know you have the gear for it, such as Jetpack or a Ghost, on the mission Forerunner.
-The Railgun should be used like an explosive DMR; don't wait until you're in their kill-range to use it. Scope in when it's charging to kill off distant enemies.
-The two towers (the Gondola ride and the energy beam complex) in Shutdown that are skippable are some of the most enjoyable encounters in the game when it comes to fighting all Prometheans. It may have something to do with the fact that you're given a shitload of power weapons and a Jetpack.
-It wasn't as prevalent in Reach for some reason, but go back to your Halo 3 roots and spam the hell out of Shotgun-Melee, Plasma Pistol-Melee, Boltshot-Melee. Unshielded, nearly everything goes down in one hit save for high-ranking Crawlers, Elites and Knights.
-There aren't any particularly "broken" Hunter encounters compared to past campaigns or Spartan Ops. If you can't find weapons to deal with them, you aren't looking hard enough.
-Stick to Plasma Pistol/DMR if you can. A few notable exceptions include:
Composer - use the Sticky Detonator and Shotgun. Ammo is plentiful throughout the entire mission and combined with Thruster, Auto Turret and Grenades, you can muscle your way through most enemies.
Shutdown - use the DMR and Railgun.
Midnight - Stick to the Light Rifle and Scattershot.
-One thing that seems to be clouding peoples' judgment is that our brains automatically register a lot of stuff as more long or tedious than it is compared to the next time we do it. My Legendary run was actually easier than my Normal run.
-Jackal Snipers are one-hit kills on Legendary; to compensate, not only are their sights incredibly bright, but they tend to fire "warning shots" just barely missing the player for their first shot rather than just insta-kill you. Use this to your advantage and kill them then, because the second shot is usually a kill.
-Whenever you get a Mantis in campaign, play defensive--stay back and kill things with your missiles and chaingun at a distance and only use the stomp to take out charging enemies. Don't go running into encounters with it.
-Turrets will absolutely destroy most enemies.
-Any complaints about hit detection are probably stemming from playing Spartan Ops or Campaign on LIVE. Playing by yourself with no network lag, pretty much everything feels buttery-smooth.
-The Binary Rifle might seem underpowered at first now that it can't instakill enemies. Instead, view it as a long-range Plasma Pistol. In some encounters, Forerunner's three-way battle to the Cryptum in particular, it is incredibly useful as a shield sapper. Two shots will take out a Lancer's shields; fire the two shots, then scope in with your Binary Rifle to line up a headshot with a Light Rifle or Battle Rifle.
Hydranockz
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OdysseusVA
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Nice. Good to know
I have a wired controller that I use for my PC gaming when it supports it. I'm getting an input lag from it in certain games. Mirror's Edge is lag-free. But I recently bought Deus Ex and it has input lag. I finally got around to reinstalling Halo 2 Vista and its giving me the lag too. Does anyone know why?
Rickenslacker
Banned
Vsync?
Afaik, there aren't any vsync options in H2V. Not sure about Deus Ex, I can check later; since I want to go through Halo 2 SP for sandbox stuff.
RiderKairuu
Member
Did they ever fix the issue of people getting banned?
If you check your NVIDIA control centre settings for Halo 2 Vista, there is a vsync option available. I think it's off by default, but might be worth checking out anyway
They did. Only a small percentage was still banned on the next day, but afaik, they got unbanned, too.
M$
Edit: I hate myself for writing that, but it's the reality in this case. Couldn't they just turn it into a silver account?
giving a guy who only lives in banshees a vehicle ok
Ahhh... After many phone calls it's now fixed
the guy I talked to also said sonic the hedgehog was real. Lol.Ahhh... After many phone calls it's now fixed
What? Like, for real?
Haha no. He was like "Sonic is real. Go bowling".
Also, I really hope I get Mk VI when waypoint updates.
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