Silly.Mikey
Banned
Yep TU is out. Just in time for that weekend halogaf game!
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Binary Rifle Run (Jan 19th, older TU)
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http://youtubedoubler.com/7z71
Binary Rifle Run (Jan 19th, older TU)
Binary Rifle Run (March 28th, newest TU)
http://youtubedoubler.com/7z71
squidhands
Member
I sincerely hope not. This was for the fans, the resulting maps should only be from them. Plus I haven't seen a decent forge map from a developer yet.
Here are my thoughts on how the Personal Ordnance system should have worked:
- There are no power weapons as a choice. Rockets, Snipers, Cannons; anything with the ability of a one-hit-kill should stay as Global Ordnance on fixed timers at fixed locations.
- PO options are always the same no matter what (the only exception being the regularly rotating powerups and AA options), so the Ordnance re-roll perk gets the axe and frees up a spot on the d-pad. Choices now include:
- a base loadout resupply
- one of four powerups that includes Camo (removing it from loadouts)
- SAW
- AA swap (on the same consistent rotation that powerups are on)
- one of four powerups that includes Camo (removing it from loadouts)
- SAW
- AA swap (on the same consistent rotation that powerups are on)
The most important part of this is that Personal Ordnance doesn't just show up wherever you are. There are fixed Personal Ordnance locations, similar to Global Ordnance. Once you get your prompt, make your choice and the game will apply the loot to your nearest location. The location (I’m envisioning something similar to an ammo crate, to help differentiate it from the global ordnance locations) will rapidly blink gold when it’s becoming active (think Reach campaign), which would allow people in sight the option to contest an enemy’s shot at an upgrade, which is rarely the case now.
I don't know if that's better, but it's certainly more fair and modest.
I'm not sure TU will affect an old game. Gameplay and saved clip are two things different, even after a title update.
The announcer actually properly announces and the Death Xes (Xs?) appear when the teammates die in the second version.
edit: also they nicely fade out instead of just going *BWOOP* from existence
Digital Limit
Member
Is there not a changelist somewhere?
I remember 343 mentioning adjustments to Active Camo as well as the Gauss Hog—is that this TU? What did they change?
I remember 343 mentioning adjustments to Active Camo as well as the Gauss Hog—is that this TU? What did they change?
Gabotron ES
Member
Someone has a LIVE trial code? I wanna try the TU out.
Are the weapon tweaks doable for us or is it just a 343 thing?
Are the weapon tweaks doable for us or is it just a 343 thing?
Poker Face
Member
i do, but you'll probably have to make a new account to use it.
and only 343 can make tweaks
check PMs I just sent it. And the X disappears as soon as you respawn.
Gabotron ES
Member
Really, I never had any problems with other 48hrs codes.
Also, I heard the Xes are dissapearing too quick (maybe becase of IR) and they actually follow yor dead teammated bodies.
If you are patient enough, I can give you my 14 day trial in ca. an hour.
Gabotron ES
Member
Already got one by Poker
Mobile Internet was really slow, so didn't saw it.
Feel free to come back to this offer, if you need it. I'm in a good mood.
YourExWife
Member
If you're willing to wait ~8 hours, I could probably get you a 48 hr code if you don't want to go that route.
The Henery
Member
Well put. It's a shame that 343 and certain affinity have made BTB completely off limits for me because of Ordnance and plasma pistol loadouts. I thought Frankie said it's gun b k?
Gabotron ES
Member
Mobile Internet was really slow, so didn't saw it.
Feel free to come back to this offer, if you need it. I'm in a good mood.
Damm, HaloGAF full of nice people
and Community Cartographers
Do you guys know if I will be able to download Forge Island while playing on a trial code?
Edit: downloading the TU
YourExWife
Member
Are you making fun of me bro?
Haha - no. I'm at work. So by that point I'll be home (where the code is), but the internet here is frickin' horrible, so it took a few minutes to post my reply. YAY!
Gabotron ES
Member
First game on the forge maps and donging hard, I also see people keep forging on Erosion, SHAME ON THEM!
squidhands
Member
Shouldn't have gone with the glossy brown. Pieces should have been the off-white of the other two maps, with rust spots here and there. Also, they should have made the pipes the width of the standard walls, so they could be used as walls. Mind-boggling oversight there.
The Henery
Member
Can anyone do a camo before and after comparison on youtube? Also, anyone tried the new gauze?
Gabotron ES
Member
Fiesta + Jetpack + Rockets + Stacking speed boosts like a wild motherfucker = OH MY!
Feels like Halo.
<3
Good mood part 2. (thanks to Xbox Live)
Quote to see Halo Warrior Armor. I guess those are avatar outfits, dunno:
Male AND Female
Gabotron ES
Member
YourExWife
Member
Got the male one - gracias.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Woo! TU's up! Can't wait to play a few games.
I'm on Throwdown right now...
OMG X's are totally bugged. They last for like 1 second and then fade away.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Zeouterlimits
Member
I.. really? Or are you making a joke? About how they're implemented.
My poor broken heart can't take this Tashi!?!
I haven't played this game in about month but decided to play it again because of the TU, and i've gotta say.... the community forge playlist is really good. Like, really fuckin good.
I noticed it in the video comparison FyreWulff posted. They really do last about 1 second.
I noticed it in the video comparison FyreWulff posted. They really do last about 1 second.
YourExWife
Member
Yup. This is inline with what I've been reading at r/halo: http://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/1b64m3/the_halo_4_title_update_10400_is_out_now/
No. That was in a previous fix.
Not kidding. Just played some Throwdown.
You're shown an X with their service tag above it. The X fades in like a second and then their service tag fades about a second or 2 after that.
Steelyuhas
Member
So the X's disappear after a period of time instead of when a play spawns?
I actually played some H4 yesterday for the first time in quite a while before an Infinite session, but naturally the first game was on Complex, so I played only the one game.
I actually played some H4 yesterday for the first time in quite a while before an Infinite session, but naturally the first game was on Complex, so I played only the one game.
So the X's disappear after a period of time instead of when a play spawns?
Yea. Clearly bugged though. There's no way they didn't think of objective timers and stuff.
Steelyuhas
Member
Yeah must be. Hopefully it's an issue with the gametypes and it can be fixed with the scripting engine.
squidhands
Member
All of this for a bullshit perk that is largely useless. Please remove Specializations in the next Halo, 343. Take personal loadouts and Ordnance with it.
X's weren't removed for any perk. The perk you're talking about works nothing like a death x.
At pax, Kevin mentioned how insanely hard it was for them to add the x's in. Probably the reason they weren't in the game initially and why they're so bugged now.
User 73706
Banned
They shouldn't remove Specializations, just the gameplay-changing items. The only unlockables should be purely cosmetic. Give people 25 Specializations, with 5 in 5 different tiers - Easy, Normal, Heroic, Legendary, and Mythic. You can list in any specialization any time but you can only do one at a time - they take 1, 5, 10, 15, and 25 levels to unlock, respectively. Each Specialization unlocks you a new armor set and new emblems; the 8 from Halo 4 are divvied up into the listings. They use a letter format, meaning they're displayed as "SPEC-H [Rogue]" in the specialization tab. There's also an elusive SPEC-Z that functions as Recon did in halo 3.
I can't help but wonder what exactly this entails, as the game was built on top of Reach... You'd think they'd have the proper code hanging around in a dev build somewhere before they dummied it out in the later versions.
The Legacy Specializations (SPEC-0) should be available upon completion of the older titles on Legendary (or unlocking all of their achievements or something) and are unlocked through Halo Waypoint. 100% Completion of Halo 3 unlocks Mark VI, ODST unlocks the ODST armor, Reach unlocks Mark V, Halo 4 unlocks Mark VI (if that's what we're calling what the Chief is wearing). 100% Halo Wars gives you a refund and a Spirit of Fire emblem.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Wow 343 can't even get the Xs right, disgraceful.
I wonder if this is an error and something bugged in the update, or this is how the Xa are supose to be, they saw them work like this during development/testing and said "this is good enough, send it."
Either way, just awful on their part, do we have to wait another 6 months to get some real Xs in Halo 4?
I wonder if this is an error and something bugged in the update, or this is how the Xa are supose to be, they saw them work like this during development/testing and said "this is good enough, send it."
Either way, just awful on their part, do we have to wait another 6 months to get some real Xs in Halo 4?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
You know, they weren't wrong.