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Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Where's PAX East held this year?
What day? My friend needs one.
Poker Face
Member
Bungie Upgrades Halo 3's Matchmaking Service
Best way to play games online is only getting better.
By Luke Smith, 11/22/2006
It was almost an entire year before the game was released. Things change. Shit happens.
Because a lot of us, myself included hate the way BTB plays in Halo 4. The maps could be excellent but they will play like shit because BTB is shit. So I don't think people are saying the maps themselves are bad, but the fact that we got more BTB maps is bad.
thezerofire
Banned
How did they fuck up Fiesta so badly?
Thank you. Longbow is a wonderful map. BTB just sucks in halo 4 with ordnance and active camo. Its like a world war 1 video game with super soldiers and the occasional vehicle hero.
Orochinagis
Member
I dont have friends to play BTB anymore......
And why the human buildings are the same in every map?
thezerofire
Banned
wow Rockets is fucking awful. how did this get into matchmaking?
That is true i guess. Halo 4 BTB is so bad. We need just Classic BTB for these maps to shine the fullest.
Longbow is the best designed map if you're talking for BTB. The other BTB maps being Shatter, Meltdown and Vortex. But then you get into personal loadouts, ordnance, gametype limitations, and so forth.
Exile and Ragnarok are both better suited for 5v5.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Castle looks good. The City one already looks to be amazing, the Reach looking one seems cool as well.
OverHeat
« generous god »
Looking at your avatar wait for destiny
thezerofire
Banned
what exactly are you trying to say here? choose your words carefully
lol.
So I tried Action Sack, and I'm kinda surprised. Only seen Binary Slayer and Fiesta so far, but they're better than I was anticipating. Ragnarok might not be the best map for Binary Slayer, but other than that it was pretty fun.
So does that ordnance re-roll perk work for fiesta? Seems like it would be pretty handy. Also Speed Boost+Jetpack+Dexterity+AA Efficiency+Infinite Ammo=Endless rain of death.
Not sure what precision weapon to use though, in my new Fiesta specific loadout. What takes better advantage of Damage Boost; LR or DMR? And has anyone bothered trying Carbine+Damage Boost?
So does that ordnance re-roll perk work for fiesta? Seems like it would be pretty handy. Also Speed Boost+Jetpack+Dexterity+AA Efficiency+Infinite Ammo=Endless rain of death.
Not sure what precision weapon to use though, in my new Fiesta specific loadout. What takes better advantage of Damage Boost; LR or DMR? And has anyone bothered trying Carbine+Damage Boost?
lol.
I was in the game with him. It's literally just people flying all over the place with jetpack. Not much fun.
User 73706
Banned
I'm glad people are finally starting to accept it. Reach is back, people!
I'm so happy file sharing's finally up. 4's got some of the most amazingly dumb animations in the series, I love it.
Bonus glamour shot:
You are mad, because you are bad.
That is the point.
"I went into a game of zombies, and it was just people with shotguns!"
k.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Zombies is also bad.
Btw your argument was bad. He is saying he didnt enjoy the gametype, not that he is good at it.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Which is fine, but it's been how many years/game releases since then and still no evolution to MM?
Online multiplayer needs a change. Apparently BF3 does some kind of hybrid model that works well.
It's a beast, just like the AR/Magnum.
thezerofire
Banned
you literally know nothing about how I play. it's a bad gametype, that's it, and by trying to bring up my performance in a bad gametype you show that not only do you know nothing about me, you know nothing about arguments in general.
Doesn't make it fun so I don't see what your point is.
YourExWife
Member
And, in large part because of this, the maps don't play well. Man, you hold so little maturity and are lacking "incredibility" (whatever the fuck that is).
You think people's disdain for oodles of BTB maps isn't related to the only gametype found in the single playlist made for those maps? People have a bad taste in their mouth because of what they've been force fed. Fuck them, right?
Pretty sure he's just a dick most days.
User 73706
Banned
Reposting this because I'm an idiot and thought people would read it at like three in the morning.
I'm trying to think of some way to roughly streamline everything into a concise playlist count without completely killing off/overspecifying things. Like, in an ideal game where all our gametypes came back and got refined and all that. Maybe something along the lines of:
ARENA
Ranked playlists. Note that Regicide is Team Regicide, and One King is Regicide meets Juggernaut (kill the King to become the King - works cyclically rather than promoting the person with the highest points).
6-Way FFA. Rumble Pit (Slayer / King of the Hill / Oddball / One King)
2v2. Team Doubles (Slayer / One Flag / One Bomb / Regicide)
4v4. Team Throwdown (Slayer / Slayer Classic / Regicide / Team Snipers)
4v4. Team Objective (CTF / One Flag / Assault / One Bomb)
4v4. Team Control (Territories / Three Plots / King of the Hill / Oddball)
4v4. Team SWAT (SWAT lol)
If people absolutely have to get their all-slayer-all-the-time fix, then Throwdown could be split into Team Slayer and Team Throwdown, with Throwdown being Slayer Classic / Imperialist / Team Snipers / CTF or something.
SOCIAL BIG TEAM
All the large-scale combat, none ranked. Either 8v8 or 16v16 if next-gen is generous, which would allow for some Battlefield 3-style matches, but in space.
Slayer
Dominion
Invasion (has some modifications to allow for what amounts to CTF/Assault 2.0, which would always be possible voting options)
Extraction
Safe Havens (Basically large-scale, class-based Infection meets Dominion meets Firefight)
ACTION SACK
A double EXP rotational playlist. It's entirely possible to allow 4+ gametypes per playlist. Some options include:
Race
Rocket Race
Flood
Grifball
Multi Team
Fiesta
Swords
Infinity Slayer (lol)
DLC Playlist
I'm trying to think of some way to roughly streamline everything into a concise playlist count without completely killing off/overspecifying things. Like, in an ideal game where all our gametypes came back and got refined and all that. Maybe something along the lines of:
ARENA
Ranked playlists. Note that Regicide is Team Regicide, and One King is Regicide meets Juggernaut (kill the King to become the King - works cyclically rather than promoting the person with the highest points).
6-Way FFA. Rumble Pit (Slayer / King of the Hill / Oddball / One King)
2v2. Team Doubles (Slayer / One Flag / One Bomb / Regicide)
4v4. Team Throwdown (Slayer / Slayer Classic / Regicide / Team Snipers)
4v4. Team Objective (CTF / One Flag / Assault / One Bomb)
4v4. Team Control (Territories / Three Plots / King of the Hill / Oddball)
4v4. Team SWAT (SWAT lol)
If people absolutely have to get their all-slayer-all-the-time fix, then Throwdown could be split into Team Slayer and Team Throwdown, with Throwdown being Slayer Classic / Imperialist / Team Snipers / CTF or something.
SOCIAL BIG TEAM
All the large-scale combat, none ranked. Either 8v8 or 16v16 if next-gen is generous, which would allow for some Battlefield 3-style matches, but in space.
Slayer
Dominion
Invasion (has some modifications to allow for what amounts to CTF/Assault 2.0, which would always be possible voting options)
Extraction
Safe Havens (Basically large-scale, class-based Infection meets Dominion meets Firefight)
ACTION SACK
A double EXP rotational playlist. It's entirely possible to allow 4+ gametypes per playlist. Some options include:
Race
Rocket Race
Flood
Grifball
Multi Team
Fiesta
Swords
Infinity Slayer (lol)
DLC Playlist
because peoples score in a game is directly related to how much they like the gametype and map right??? i think that's what this post says
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
One thing I always wondered around here is why people give Conor so much crap for wanting a CGB? I know I would've had way more fun with a CGB than I've had with MM over the past few years.. especially in the long run.
Let's be honest, MM is shit and is in dire need of a change.
Latvian Hitman
Member
Absolutely agree. Longbow and Exile are good maps in and of themselves, but not with the vehicle placement and Infinity settings layered over the top.
Infinity+BTB is awful. By the time you're two minutes into a game, half the people on the map have either a sniper or rocket launcher variant, and you've got way too many vehicles running around on top of it all. It's heavies+fiesta all the time, and not only is that the default BTB experience, which is bad enough by itself, but it's the only BTB experience in H4, which is just....puzzling.
YourExWife
Member
Because that is like 90%+ of his posts and the rest are shitty troll attempts or just plain dumbassery.
It's not to do with the CGB idea, but more him as a poster.
Streaming some action sack
http://www.twitch.tv/FyreWulff
The playlist is doing well, it's at 9500 players already.
edit: if someone else wants to join me and can stream, tell me so I can test something
http://www.twitch.tv/FyreWulff
The playlist is doing well, it's at 9500 players already.
edit: if someone else wants to join me and can stream, tell me so I can test something
I love how that's not sarcasm now. If I hadn't tried AR/Magnum a few weeks ago I would just assume you were trolling. This game is weird. JP/AR/Magnum > PV/DMR/BS wtf? lol
So you think Carbine > LR/DMR, or just comparably beastly?
User 73706
Banned
What track was in the trailer?
Edit: Two more things. Who wants to help test my forge map and I'm gonna try to cut some maps (Harvest, Exile) in pieces to suit 4v4. Might not work so well
They've been keeping the music spiced up by taking a Halo 2 approach - that is, they have their major tracks separated into a bunch of layers (Revival uses Drums / Perc / Choir / Orch / Orchpad / Full Mix for example) but they've been doing all sorts of variations for promotional material like vidocs and trailers. I'm guessing it's a mostly brass/orchpad version of... Ascendancy? I didn't pay complete attention to it.
lol easy on that left bumper FW... gonna break that thing
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
I can stream, won't get any viewers though. I'd like to test streaming though, see the quality and if I can stream without lag. I've been messing with the settings for a bit, trying to make them good enough.
YourExWife
Member
I'll be home in a couple hours. I'm down for this if you're still on then.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Yeah same lol, but as far as the Carbine Damage Boost makes it much more usable instead of just > LR/DMR. They should just give the Carbine auto DB :b
AR/Magnum is a good loadout in general IMO.
Doogington
Member
What track was in the trailer?
Edit: Two more things. Who wants to help test my forge map and I'm gonna try to cut some maps (Harvest, Exile) in pieces to suit 4v4. Might not work so well
I'd like to assist with that.
Sure thing. Add me, my GT is DeadNames. I'm thinking of starting with Complex and making it less DMR-friendly.
Get back on track?
What I'd like to test is having another one of you guys on my team and streaming. I then put your stream as a picture-in-picture on mine so people can see my view and your view at the same time. Like a team overview cam
twitch won't let me add streams directly so I have to pull up someone else's stream then screencap that corner of my monitor