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Halo |OT13|
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It'd be more likely to be Halo 2 since CE isn't going online 1:1 without making lockstep. Halo 2 was actually designed around being online, and would be the more viable one to bring back as an online title.
MaximumFlipFlop
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Alright, let's try this again. 6 games of double XP. Quote to reveal. Please say if you reclaimed it.
User 73706
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Followed by roach baroque, oddone be damned
got it, thank you
bobs...onGaf
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- I really like Halo PC, I am tempted to get back on it while I can. As far as I can remember the game is still going strong, it would be a shame for the plug to get pulled.
Also - I used to use Bungie.net a lot between matches. With Waypoint I dont even want that open in a background tab in case it eats up bandwidth. Any chance we can get a light, easy to load, low bandwidth static stats site please 343? It would be great for people who use low end PC's too.
Very sad.
This game's online structure outclassed the rest of the games by a dwarven mile.
Shut your whore mouth you tease.
Not really.
The lag was so bad it was turned into a skill in the game. You needed to know what pings corresponded to how much you had to lead your shots. Host had the biggest advantage EVER. Didn't have to lead at all.
There was also never any standard settings in a purely server browser game. But I didn't really care since I mainly played hugeass, then coldsnap when it was released, and bloodgulch games.
If a Halo game releases in 2013 then this IP is dangerously close to midnight.
bobs...onGaf
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Now that I am going through specializations I am starting to get bugged by the fact that all the weapons including the skins all display on one long list. Its the same with the armours.
Its not the end of the world, but it just makes it hard to keep track of stuff - why not make it so that if you choose a weapon/ armour, if there is a skin it says something like 'press X to change skin'. Having all that stuff put away in sub menu's would make things less cluttered.
Its not the end of the world, but it just makes it hard to keep track of stuff - why not make it so that if you choose a weapon/ armour, if there is a skin it says something like 'press X to change skin'. Having all that stuff put away in sub menu's would make things less cluttered.
BlueScrote
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As far as I can remember the game is still going strong, it would be a shame for the plug to get pulled.
Also - I used to use Bungie.net a lot between matches. With Waypoint I dont even want that open in a background tab in case it eats up bandwidth. Any chance we can get a light, easy to load, low bandwidth static stats site please 343? It would be great for people who use low end PC's too.
The waypoint stat layout is simply atrocious. If they had an API I guarantee any of the devs in the community would build a better site within a week.
They either got really lazy with that or had no time to properly do skins. Skins SHOULD be a second level when you select a weapon.
bobs...onGaf
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Just played a quick game of Halo PC again after a long while - anyone who missed out should at least check out the trial version. Game is still going strong and is still amazing. I can see myself getting back into it.
I really hope the plug doesn't get pulled. The netcode is atrocious but I kind of feel like I will be getting games in it better than I am with Halo 3!
I really hope the plug doesn't get pulled. The netcode is atrocious but I kind of feel like I will be getting games in it better than I am with Halo 3!
Poker Face
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Halo 4 won best competitive multiplayer on Machinima's Inside Gaming Awards!
congrats again 343
edit: just won GOTY too! congrats!
congrats again 343
edit: just won GOTY too! congrats!
longest stand off ever - http://www.twitch.tv/focusfirefeed
Brolic Gaoler
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Is that ninja commentating with an english accent? If not, it sounds like him.
Edit: yeah, it is.
User 73706
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Even if it had a server browser and dedis?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I keep saying this, but it never stops being pertinent.
Halo is becoming Gears 3. Everything is playing out exactly the same. GOW 3 tournies looked exactly like that.
Seriously, FUCK the netcode in this game. FUCK!
I've been trying, but it's impossible to play.. I can't get ONE match with good latency. It's like 343 took everything that worked in Reach's netcode and threw it into the garbage.
Never been this frustrated with a game netcode since Halo 3.. It takes away all my will to play.
I've been trying, but it's impossible to play.. I can't get ONE match with good latency. It's like 343 took everything that worked in Reach's netcode and threw it into the garbage.
Never been this frustrated with a game netcode since Halo 3.. It takes away all my will to play.
I watched it an hour ago or so and the commentators went on how good changes like the new weapon spawns are and how bad it was that the modders tried to remove sprint etc ..
I was disturbed and closed the stream, regretting I gave them views
bobs...onGaf
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Halo 2 Anniversary!
Press release: We are bringing back the classic 4 shot kill hitscan BR, this is a gift to long term Halo fans and we want them to enjoy it on dedi's and have full access to server browsers. For the first time ever play through the Halo 2 campaign online and play our re-invisioning of Firefight! Dedicated servers are sure to make the matches play buttery smooth and the server browser will allow players to find amazing custom firefight variants. For the first time drop in drop out at your leisure whilst fighting the covenant war machine with join in progress!
*- multiplayer not included.
Steelyuhas
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It's still fine though. It's the least popular objective gametype and it's currently sitting at over 2,000. That is well more than the objective playlists in Halo 3 and Reach.
343's decision to remove it doesn't make much sense IMO.
The kind of matchmaking strategy that 343 is employing is based around matchmaking providing the core experience much more than the strategy that Bungie used.
It's not perfect, but Bungie's MM experience was never close to anything resembling that either.
-Doubles: What maps are you going to put doubles on? Doubles should be added at some point as a rotational playlist, and it's probably one of the few situations that I think forge maps are a good idea.
-Multi-Team: Fringe. I'd like to see it at some point as a rotational, but not core IMO.
-BTB objective: I'd like to see it as well. Sadly, you know who doesn't want to see it? The majority of matchmaking. (hopefully we will at some point though).
Those are the three big complaints that I keep hearing about H4's playlists. Minuscule compared to the list when Bungie's games came out that were miles long.
As for the updates, we've already had four updates to matchmaking, we'd have one at this point with Bungie's Halo games.
This isn't a 343 > Bungie post, but in this specific area, I think 343 has learned from Bungie's mistakes with past Halo games, and has done a much better job so far.
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Brolic Gaoler
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CEA... a re-skinned game shouldn't count. Plus, it excluded the multiplayer part.
I feel it's likely that, in an FPS that's played peer-to-peer in a large place like the US, people's complaints about an netcode aren't unfounded.
bobs...onGaf
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Where are you based?
I know myself and others based in the UK have been having a lot of connection problems.
Ninja is slupring Halo so hard.
Teammate with flag dies, and the flag gets thrown into another teammate who was covering him with a SNIPER. Dude picks up the flag due to auto pick up.
Ninja: SEE ALL YOU GUYS THINKING THATS A BROKEN MECHANIC THATS NOT BROKEN THATS STRATEGY IF YOU'RE WEAK WITH THE FLAG DON'T GO NEAR A FRIEND WITH A POWER WEAPON
Teammate with flag dies, and the flag gets thrown into another teammate who was covering him with a SNIPER. Dude picks up the flag due to auto pick up.
Ninja: SEE ALL YOU GUYS THINKING THATS A BROKEN MECHANIC THATS NOT BROKEN THATS STRATEGY IF YOU'RE WEAK WITH THE FLAG DON'T GO NEAR A FRIEND WITH A POWER WEAPON
MaximumFlipFlop
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He is adapting well...
bobs...onGaf
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Exactly.. a lot of people here just say "the netcode is fine", but they live in the US, where most of the userbase is and problems with distance and latency are less frequent.
The problem is for us outside the US.. I feel like 343 completely disregarded this factor.
bobs...onGaf
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This is where I feel like a public beta is most important. Its great that microsoft did an internal beta, but did they really stress test the game globally? I dont think they did based on how hit and miss the online netcode has been.
BTW I found this sentence funny:
I feel like 343 completely disregarded UK players: perks, double exp, netcode - its almost like they dont want people outside america to play the game lol.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
He REALLY REALLY wants Halo to succeed so his time with Reach wasn't a waste. Again, a Gears 3 comparison, but he's doing exactly what the Gears 3 "pros" were doing trying to keep Gears relevant and on the competitive scene.
Just remember the quote from Ninja about propaganda.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as 343 can shield the people from the AAs, perks and/or competitive consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for 343 to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the Microsoft.” - Ninja Halo 2012
didn't he make a video where he tells how to have fun with Halo 4 and that it is great?
He just wants to be the next bravo.
bobs...onGaf
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Oh wow thats terrible, I would rather the pro's dropped Halo completely. If the competitive factor is gone what is the point in trying to keep that scene alive? I know they have paychecks on the line, but until they make it clear that Halo needs to be better next time round they are always going to get a game that isnt catered to them.
I just cant get over the fact that with that quote he is basically saying "eh, we all know Halo sucks, but lets cover it up to keep this pretence that competitive gameplay still exists!
When did he 'go pro?' if he didnt hit the scene until Halo Reach then he really is a joke character.
Couldn't agree with you more.
K
kittens
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You have to be bullshitting with that quote. I refuse to believe it's real. :lol
Yep Bravo didn't slurp that hard. He also said at MLG Dallas what annoys him about the game.
let's stay on topic http://www.twitch.tv/siglemic
Please enlighten us mr.expert. just because you don't have any issues playing online doesn't mean other people's complaints are invalid.
What makes the problem even bigger is that on their official forum they said they fixed it.
All my friends stopped playing after one week from release. That never happened in any previous halos.
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