thezerofire
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I wish we knew anything about it
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Halo |OT14| They call it Halo
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I wont say I'm surprised, but what they talk about in their weekly updates? I know it is this month but by now we should know something about it.
SPACECADET
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and you're not going to for at least another week or two.
NobleGundam
Banned
I love the music that plays during halsey's conversation with
the librarian
This week's episode was pretty great, although I'm a bit concerned about where the story's going... Sucks the season's almost over and we're not going to get anything more for a while. I would love for Spartan Ops season 2 to be nothing but the CG series focused on a different set of Spartans and with longer more fleshed out episodes. Seriously, in both campaign and SpOps, the cutscene work has been amazing.
HollovVpo1nt
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Man Spartan Ops ep 9 vid was great as usual. Fucking Palmer. I hope MC finds out that she shot Halsey and goes rampant on her ass.
Moa
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Episode 9 was great, hoping the CGI for Episode 10 is a long one, so many things need to happen still.
Could I also apologize for being a flat out dick last night? Apologies to the person who I flat out insulted and to those who I pissed off :/
PS: Here's an image detailing Episode 9's mission names, map which it takes place on and description: Episode 9 - spoilers.
I'm quite concerned over the Genesis Key, if that goes into the wrong hands by the end of the Season, we are fucked.
For those who weren't playing close attention on Chapter 5 of Episode 9, the map you activated located both pieces of the Genesis Key on Requiem.
For those who weren't playing close attention on Chapter 5 of Episode 9, the map you activated located both pieces of the Genesis Key on Requiem.
Could I also apologize for being a flat out dick last night? Apologies to the person who I flat out insulted and to those who I pissed off :/
PS: Here's an image detailing Episode 9's mission names, map which it takes place on and description: Episode 9 - spoilers.
Eh. Would have preferred to see that in the video first before reading about it here. I thought we agreed about spoiler tagging SpOps?
Heart Attack
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so many shit maps in team snipers. 343 does it again.
Crownjo
Member
But my manfu Thom will get court martialedBut She shot Halsey...
MrGreencastle
Member
SpOps9:
Am I hearing it correctly, sounds like Janis Key. And it needs to be taken to the Absolute Record? What's that? I really wish these episodes were longer, so little can be told in 5 minutes. I'm guessing there's going to be a big cliff hanger next week. Question is whether that cliffhanger is for Halo 5, SpOps Season 2, or something else...
What? You mean to tell me you don't think it's super cool the pelican looks like a downgrade in technology, with outside gunner seats? Who wouldn't like that. (In reference to the CGI cutscene.)
On a good side note, the episode was awesome as usual. I continue to really like Lasky as a character; so at least 343i did something right. I'd also love to have some of that ammo Majestic is using, seems pretty high caliber.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Majestic plays on normal confirmed.
VivaciousJazzy
Member
Team snipes is still pretty miserable with the flinch...
Eh. I really don't like the direction that the UNSC and Covenant are going in visually. Why ruin a good thing for the sake of it?
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Really like the first chapter apart from that though... Plus
SENTINALS!
Going to miss Spart Ops at the end of the season. Hopefully there has been enough people playing to justify a season 2 and it comes sooner rather than later.
It had a shaky start but I think SpOpshas been great.
Really been getting my co-op fix from Spartan ops and the campaign skull challenges, good stuff and really nice to see post launch support like this for a game.
It had a shaky start but I think SpOpshas been great.
Really been getting my co-op fix from Spartan ops and the campaign skull challenges, good stuff and really nice to see post launch support like this for a game.
I was joking. I'm honestly appalled by most of the artistic liberties taken by 343i.
Navidson REC
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The Suppressor works wonders, but assassinations seem to be easiest, especially on LASO. Pretty satisfying as well.
Hypertrooper
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I like 343i's approach on the new ship. I love it. Looks much better than those bricks glued together.
Mission 1 of Episode 9 was ace. That's how I want a SpOps mission to be in terms of in-game story telling.
Really glad that the story is picking up, next week should be really interesting.
Missions this week were all right, if not my favorites. Exploring some new areas in old places is a neat way to reuse locations.
Had a lot of instances where enemies spawned or dropped right on top of me this week, and that is immensely frustrating.
Phantom door gunners are obnoxious.
something something Fuel Rods stink.
Missions this week were all right, if not my favorites. Exploring some new areas in old places is a neat way to reuse locations.
Had a lot of instances where enemies spawned or dropped right on top of me this week, and that is immensely frustrating.
Phantom door gunners are obnoxious.
something something Fuel Rods stink.
Yeah, I was agreeing with you haha.
Yeah, now it's just generic white space ship 101 which is much better than an almost iconic style.
Only saw the episode but damn.. if Halsey dies and Palmer survives Spartan Ops, I'm gonna spit somebody in the face ..
And something I spoiler tag just in case
I want a comeback of the Gravemind, or another gravemind
And something I spoiler tag just in case
Every piece of Forerunner technology? the second arc? .. the other rings?
I want a comeback of the Gravemind, or another gravemind
The Henery
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The reason I couldn't truly get excited for its return. All the right noises about smaller maps and the removal of instant respawn can't assuage the fact that flinch kills the gametype stonedead. Pulling for a TU option for descoping when shot. They took the surgeons scalpel to Bungie's final Halo in order to provide 'functionality to appease fans who prefer a more classic style of Halo'. I only hope they hold the same principles for their baby. In addition to descoping, I'd like to see a no sprint option and this time, BUILT IN TO THE UI, not having to download second hand gametypes off of fileshares like some scavenging peasant.
BlueScrote
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Without an alternative to Flinch (i.e. descoping), snipers would be awful.
The Real Napsta
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So infinity doubles has forced respawn times now right?
Yes sir.
A little disappointing that Snipers still has huge maps in it. Just played a game on Meltdown (which was two of the three voting slots, one being Snipes and the other being Shotty Snipers) and a couple of folks were crouching behind rocks half the game.
Also, since it seems like they just ported the entire roster of King of the Hill maps into Team Objective, I wonder if Ragnarok still has the Banshee. It was removed from CTF but they never did anything about it in King. Still not sure why in the world King is on that map.
Also, since it seems like they just ported the entire roster of King of the Hill maps into Team Objective, I wonder if Ragnarok still has the Banshee. It was removed from CTF but they never did anything about it in King. Still not sure why in the world King is on that map.
Ugh, doesn't sound like it's off to a good start. I wish I could have worked on them. :/
ElRenoRaven
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So just watched this week's episode and yea I without a doubt just hate Palmer 100 percent. Laskey is showing why I like him though. Will have to play when I get home tonight though.
That pre-launch marketing team really nailed it this time around.
Crimson. Button. Egghead.
Some good smaller Forge maps would definitely help (even if some of them were just the larger Doubles variants), plus stuff like Stability being added (having used it for the last couple of months going back to full flinch was painful). The settings seem okay apart from that, really. I guess I'm not much of a Snipers guy, so I can't really say one way or another what would be better.
I don't actually know for sure, but the Waypoint playlist page has Ragnarok listed in Team Objective, and neither Oddball nor Team Regicide used that map when they were standalone, so I'm making an assumption that it's King.
I have serious doubts about how well that playlist will do without Flag in it as a mainstay or Extraction as a crowd-drawing novelty.
To put it bluntly, she is a bitch. They MIGHT be able to salvage something from the train wreck that is her character development this season but they will need much better writers for that.
Poker Face
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don't ask questions egghead
Are you serious?
Garrett 2U
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SpOps chapter 9 CG spoiler:
Other than that, these episodes have been amazing recently.
I really hope Halo doesn't turn into another franchise where the story becomes "We have a map of powerful items and must collect them."
Ew please no.