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Halo |OT14| They call it Halo
- Thread starter Overdoziz
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In theory. No one likes to piss off people. But the theory of "just build two Halos" just isn't that feasible in practice. Maybe they'll try it, maybe they won't. But my point is if Halo isn't what you want... let it go.
Yep. Interested in seeing what the community's got done in Forge thus far.
Hypertrooper
Member
I am looking forward to Spartan Ops.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Flood keeps the kids playing.
This guy.
Actually going off past Halo games, it'd be a no brainer to never have a BTB Objective. When Halo 2 split BTB into BTB Slayer and BTB Objective, the Objective one bottomed out in population and they eventually ended up recombined. When there was BTB Mythic in Halo 3, it had a much higher waiting on Objective and had to be executed. When they had DLC Slayer and DLC Objective, DLC Objective was the first one of the two to get deleted.
Why not just have a playlist called Big Team Battle and have the selection come from OBJ and TS gametypes?
The presence of optional objective gametypes, even if low weighted, will drop the population of a playlist.
edit: A stat given to us by Bungie before they handed off Reach was the average player would leave a playlist and never come back after getting objective voted in twice when they voted for something else.
Looking forward to Spartan Ops, but don't know about multiplayer.
I assume, that Tashi knows, which maps are in the Forge Playlist, but he can't tell us, right?
Latvian Hitman
Member
Yes. I still have no idea why, if 343 was so hellbent on having fewer playlists active, they would not use the hopper style for them. Flag, KOTH, Extraction and King should all be in a Team Objective playlist hopper. BTB should be a hopper that includes objective gametypes along with slayer variants.
Etc., etc.
SPACECADET
Member
i hope they have lockout or the pit in the forge playlist.
What about the lolis with dem child bearing hips?
Garrett 2U
Member
By the end of Reach I felt like I would die if I had to play on The Pit one more time.
After going back to Reach, it is amazing how refreshing that map is.
Also, 2 months after the game released and Complex is still in 4v4 Infinity Slayer.
That is all I played
After going back to Reach, it is amazing how refreshing that map is.
Also, 2 months after the game released and Complex is still in 4v4 Infinity Slayer.
No, Reach MLG lol
That is all I played
Yup
I thought we were supposed to get a list of which maps would be included over the weekend, but I guess that didn't happen?
1.16 Bulletin said:
Steelyuhas
Member
Yeah I won't read Primordium after reading Cryptum.
No King of the Hill playlist and no sign of Extraction for a rotational playlist, yet Flood is permanent and Team Regicide is essentially permanent at this point.
The Real Napsta
Member
He might be talking about the pit by salot that's in the MLG playlist.
I really wish they had stuck to their guns about rotating playlists.
It really is amazing how much the Halo fanbase hates Objective.
Replace Regicide with Team Regicide, replace Flood with an FFA playlist combining Slayer, Regicide, Hill and Ball, combine Extraction and Dominion into a Team Control playlist.
If my count is right, that'd put us at 8 playlists, leaving room to either bring back Team King as it's own playlist and have one rotational list, or condense team objective games even further and have room for more permanent playlists like Team Snipers or Pro, and a rotational list or two
Gabotron ES
Member
Fucking yes man
Garrett 2U
Member
I think Dominion is such a different style of play that it demands its own playlist.
Kinda like Invasion, but not as extreme.
Steelyuhas
Member
I thought it was a great idea until it became a tournament.
The Real Napsta
Member
Are we still getting the forge playlist tomorrow?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Gabotron ES
Member
I hope so, weren't we getting a list with the chosen maps?
That's what I was wondering.
Well that was really a renaming plus changing of the .jpg for certain playlists.
I'm talking about stuff like SWAT sticking around when it should have been properly rotated out and something else in it's place. We still have two Regicide playlists and now no King of the Hill so they could keep the supposed-to-rotate-but-actually-dont playlists up.
Coming back each week to find something new to play or anticipating the return of a playlist sounded neat. Then they deleted my favorite playlist and already repeated the Super Slayer / Team Slayer mistake from Reach with having both Team Regicide and FFA Regicide.
xxjuicesxx
Member
A stat I'll give you is because 343 doesnt have ranked playlists, or a good playlist scheme, Halo 4 has been out two months and already peaks at like 90k users...
So really any information about objective playlists isnt that useful guy.
Interesting. I'd like the matchmaking to be able to dynamically change the map selection pool based on the configuration of the players in the party. If there's a 4-split box in the game, Forge variants don't show up. If there's only 2-split boxes, 2-split compatible Forge maps show up but ones that tank 4 don't. If everyone in the game is on their own box, then Forge variants made for single screen are selectable from the pool.
I'm excited for Spartan Ops. I'm indifferent when it comes to the multiplayer. After loosing TU Slayer across the whole game in Reach. It just doesn't matter anymore.
Because Flood is fun.
Steelyuhas
Member
Well I'm willing to concede SWAT because it was simply going to be too popular to stay as a rotational playlist.
Just enforce the MM filters that already exist instead of creating a duplicate playlist.I would be so happy if a mercenaries playlist came into the rotation.
probably won't happen
"I don't like facts that disagree with my vision, so I'll say that they are irrelevant."
What you're giving us is a hypothesis that can't be tested.
Barrow Roll
Member
That would never work. See TU/Vanilla split in Reach. I hope in your hypothetical Halo 5 that Halo 2/3 style gameplay isn't solely relegated to custom games because that would never fly with most folks.
When they inevitably register here I'll hold him for you.
So is Extraction, or so I'm told.
..I wouldn't know.
They're seriously creepy with giant heads.
Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant the gaming side thread asking if Halo 4's story was necessary. And almost the entire thing was a riff off of a post I made in here, and it included my post as well. I PMed the OP and asked them to quote me directly.
Not as fun as FIFA.
Barrow Roll
Member
Happy birthday heckfu!
I can't either. I've only played it once. And it was a "meh" experience.
Steelyuhas
Member
AAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW SHIT HECKFU IN THE BUILDING
Also, actually playing Halo 4, and whenever I do I find myself moving to BTB after a few games simply to get some damn map variety. 4v4 is literally Haven and Adrift. That February map pack can't come any sooner.
Also, actually playing Halo 4, and whenever I do I find myself moving to BTB after a few games simply to get some damn map variety. 4v4 is literally Haven and Adrift. That February map pack can't come any sooner.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Already been tested dude.
Halo 2 - had ranked/unranked/objectives/slayers spread out. Result = Good.
Halo 3 - had ranked/unranked/objectives/slayers spread out. Result = Good.
Halo Reach - had arena and the rest were social. Result = Stunk.
Halo 4 - All Social, no ranked playlists. Result = Hot Garbage.
Get off me.
Halo 4: Spartan Ops - Episode 6 Chapter 4 Developer Commentary
Yeah, reusing MP maps for Spartan Ops is a big no no for me (Vortex is the map in the above video). Expected more orginal stuff like Episode 6 Chapter 3.
Yeah, reusing MP maps for Spartan Ops is a big no no for me (Vortex is the map in the above video). Expected more orginal stuff like Episode 6 Chapter 3.
Hydranockz
Member
Nice name change Efinite.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Someone play Halo 4 with me.