User 73706
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Obligatory "are you telling me they just might be able to do something that they were expected to with no effort to sustain in the first place? Amazing! We should start giving Boy Scouts medals for breathing now!" post
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Halo |OT14| They call it Halo
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Obligatory "are you telling me they just might be able to do something that they were expected to with no effort to sustain in the first place? Amazing! We should start giving Boy Scouts medals for breathing now!" post
Oh wow, nice move.
Probably because GFWL has been shitty recently and it's been pretty lame.
I was somewhat expecting an extra week due to the GFWL problems, but 4 whole months is a lot more than one would think
Somewhere in a dim, almost-forgotten corner of the Microsoft campus, the dusty old Windows 95 Compaq Presario that's pushing out the Halo 2 server list breathed a sigh of relief.
That's excellent news.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Nothing wrong with comparing skills of other players. Healthy competition can foster a multitude of benefits for the game and the players.
lol imagine that? What a mess that would be.
I'm hoping 343 will change their tune about this about ranks not being in game.
Reach? yeah they will do it the same day they change the playlists for halo3
Finally got around to popping this game in and really getting into it. I absolutely love the tone, atmosphere, graphics and everything that 343 has done with the game. I'm really digging the campaign a lot, but haven't delved into the multiplayer yet. I've seen some pretty big halo multiplayer fans griping about Halo 4 quite a bit though, so I'm curious as to what the issues are with the game?
Orochinagis
Member
Multiplayer.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Issues are dependent on the person. Some love it, some hate it. Make your own judgement.
We all agree that Cortana is awesome in Halo 4.Issues are dependent on the person. Some love it, some hate it. Make your own judgement.
What are the servers like on there right now? Up any from normal since its on its way to oblivion?
User 73706
Banned
If 343 was a freelance industry with whatever budget they needed for the game itself (with Microsoft in charge of all the supplementary materials like advertising) unbound by the very apparent restrictions of MS with a reasonable 3-4 year timeframe per game, I have a feeling we would have something absolutely magical on our hands.
Right now it's kind of like some fat kid's trying to use Excalibur.
Right now it's kind of like some fat kid's trying to use Excalibur.
Orochinagis
Member
Doogington
Member
I wonder why they don't update the Halo 3 playlists. How difficult can it be? Shit, just removing some would be an improvement if only to consolidate players.
Hypertrooper
Member
They will be at least one matchmaking update or am I wrong?
Because I am in the middle or top of the page, don't forget:
ncsuDuncan said:
EagleBurnn
Banned
edit: misread, so here's a metal Extermination Medal
The Henery
Member
Well they haven't sorted Halo 3 and Reach out beacause they've only got 300 employees. Do you have any idea of the amount of resources and man power it takes to delete playlists?
Doogington
Member
I must have missed that. It was announced already? People slaving away for hundreds of hours switching up the playlists? So burdened by Halo 4, they can only spare minutes a day making, slowly chipping away at the enormity of such a task? An endeavor so grand that we should all bow our heads and be thankful we get any update at all? A job so important, they could not simply "listen to players" and take their so called "feedback" into consideration? Thank you 343, for gracing us with the knowledge of a possible update.
A Delete key that also has "Rebuild", "Cert", "QA", and "Deployment Spinup" buttons that it presses at the same time....
Doogington
Member
Playlists need to go through Cert? Wut.
HiredN00bs
Member
It's clearly not as simple as managing your e-mail, per se, but it is something that had been neglected long enough. Update the playlists for 3 and Reach.
Well, developer internal, not first party.
You're talking about a game that nobody has touched it's lists for running on 3 years now. The only people that built H3 playlist updates that were visible publically either left or still work for Bungie. The last thing that was done to it was the global Recon and Bungie Pro unlocks, but those are separate functionality from the playlists.
We've never seen a Halo update after the next one launches. And that was when Bungie was expanded after Halo 3. Halo 2's last update was right before H3 came out. H3's last update was right before Reach (it had DEXPs that ran after Reach released, but all of those were rigged to turn on/off before Reach came out). Reach's last update was well before H4 came out.
Now we're suddenly jumping to two previous Halo titles being updated after the latest one? That's going to need them to invent a position called Legacy Sustain and get someone invested in legacy support into it and have them work on updates, isolated from the hubbub of the latest title.
HiredN00bs
Member
Maybe the could hire Shishka for some contract work. AR starts make their triumphant return.
Which I definitely think they should do, but yeah it would require work and doing something most developers never do I sustaining and supporting old titles (Blizzard is one of the few big ones I can think of.)
I'm only half way through the campaign and I'm totally on board with this!
NobleGundam
Banned
I'm sure they are gearing up for Halo 5 hard by now. A release every 2-3 years is pretty steep.
This took 5 and its still missing features
FAN SITE!
User 73706
Banned
WHAT THE FUCK 343.
I am getting sick of how the only 'excellent news' to come out of 343 is them changing their mind about something.
Why not change your mind about Halo 4 and shut that POS down instead.
On Haven you're better off staying unscoped. At least it seemed to work better for me.
Yep Haven is a nice surprise.
WHAT THE FUCK 343.
I am getting sick of how the only 'excellent news' to come out of 343 is them changing their mind about something.
Why not change your mind about Halo 4 and shut that POS down instead.
Tell 'em why you mad, son.
Posted on the gaming side but yeah Destiny will be shown in a few days is now 100% confirmed.
In this case, they're doing right by their community in a situation where I can't imagine Microsoft loves the idea of keeping a server running for such a low population (EA sure as hell drops servers at the first sign of trouble). I see where you're coming from, but it sounds like bsangel put a lot of effort into making this happen, and that's something I can definitely respect.I am getting sick of how the only 'excellent news' to come out of 343 is them changing their mind about something.
Why not change your mind about Halo 4 and shut that POS down instead.
This sunday.
Blue Ninja
Member
So what's this about Halo Waypoint codes?
Wait, I misunderstood Gui, I thought this was the silentium stuff.... I think.
I'm going to consider the Destiny reveal to be a late birthday present.
Wait, I misunderstood Gui, I thought this was the silentium stuff.... I think.
I'm going to consider the Destiny reveal to be a late birthday present.
NobleGundam
Banned
Hype HYPE!