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Halo |OT16| Oh Bungie, Where Art Thou?
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ArbiterMajor
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I'm sure 343 will do better with Halo 5, just give them a chance.
Garrett 2U
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Yeah, it'll feel like Halo, we just have to trust them
Yeah, it'll only cost us at least (probably more) $360 to play it! Plus, it'll have Kinect Voice control, so you can practice your driving with the Warthog.
They're okay, a much better pack than something like Crimson. I still haven't managed to play Outcast since all that has popped up for me is SWAT and that sounds like the worst thing ever. Gametypes in the Castle playlist kind of stink, but that's sort of the case in the game as a whole.
I've played mostly CTF on both Daybreak and Perdition, and they're fine with a couple of caveats: Daybreak's bases are functionally symmetrical according to Certain Affinity, but in my experience that is absolutely not the case with the mancannon disparity between them - Red is at a big disadvantage in CTF because of their base. The Banshee is still as overpowered as ever, I was playing sloppily and still got a few kills in it without any real problems. It has a lot of space on the sides of the map but is pretty squished from end to end, which lets it take smaller player counts fairly easily.
Perdition doesn't claim functional symmetry and is very distinctly asymmetric, so objective stuff is going to be kind of weird with Halo 4's symmetric gametypes. I have a feeling that blue base on Perdition will be very hard to break into and out of if a team gets it on lockdown because it's got long sightlines and not a lot of cover surrounding it, which will make flag runs a real pain in the ass. That map has a rocket hog, which is still simultaneously a pain in the ass and kind of useless, as far as I could tell.
It'll take some more time with them, and I'd like to eventually play Outcast, but I'm not getting the same incredibly underwhelmed feeling I did when Crimson was released and I got to play them. My opinions of the Majestic pack have fluctuated pretty severely since its release and I'm sure that'll happen again with this when I get some more games in it, but I think I can recommend Castle to people who enjoy Halo 4 (which might be a big roadblock to some). I think it's probably a misconception that these maps, at least the two I've played, have been branded as BTB maps. Castle DLC is a 4v4 playlist, and they played okay. 343's weird visions of 5v5 CTF or the new 6v6 Objective (that hurts to even think about) with the proper gametypes and settings (another big roadblock) will be fine, but I'd actually hesitate putting 16 players on something like Daybreak. It's sized closer to maps like Burial Mounds or Standoff, albeit expanded for sprint, than an actual big team map.
Seems like a decent number of people bought Castle, since it's currently the second highest playlist (and was the highest earlier, numbers on par with Majestic DLC), so hopefully DLC matching will be good. It's been decent with Majestic, and neither of these two are in a situation where Crimson was, when the Crimson playlist dropped to less than 10% of its original population when they revoked the rights to free users.
YourExWife
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It seems pandemic since H4's release and is really unfortunate. Still at work so I haven't witnessed anything for myself yet, but the fact that SOMETHING always goes wrong with even the minor changes or updates is kind of comical at this point.
As far as the thread title being disrespectful, maybe it's just me, but a simple play on words expressing nostalgia doesn't seem like that big of a deal. 343 are all big boys (and girls) and I'm sure they can handle it. If it mentioned specific people that may be a different story.
Zeouterlimits
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Pot, kettle, heckfu?
Devolution
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Straight talk whomever did the UX/UI and typography for Halo 4 did not do a good job.
Halo 4 happened.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Don't you hate on plasma grenades.
Maybe there aren't enough 35+'s yet to fill all the requests? Better than waiting an hour for one match. It's day 1.
Shake Appeal
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I post in the football thread. And I recently bought and played Bioshock Infinite. And there was some funny Microsoft stuff. So I got sucked back in and caught up on what's going on with Halo.
Why? Giving people the ability to start off with two plasma grenades breaks the game. More than half the kills I see are not skilled throws, but martyrdom type sticks from people who got outplayed.
It's just that I encountered a few scenarios where the plasma grenades on spawn let the enemy get a cheap stick on me before they died. Very annoying. Also plasma pistol on spawn isn't even a good idea either.
I'd rather it goes back to the best man winning the battles in this series.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Because I love sticky grenades in all Halo games. Yes, I may be overpowered starting with them though, but that's because I'm awesome. I do miss the more-skilled days of plasma grenade launching though. It truly is an art. I may suck at shooting, but I'll bank a grenade off 3 walls and get you, or drive you to the base like no one else can!
Naw man, so many players returned today that the counter broke.
Zeouterlimits
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It would obviously take a few days for CSR to balance, especially with the population as it is. Give it a while before completely jumping down their throats.
Righto, just wondering.
Oh I know all about your footie antics *creepy tired glare*.
Righto, just wondering.
Poker Face
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randoms in my lobby are saying that 1-50 ranks arent happening, it's only a rumor.
lol
lol
To be fair, we have no intentions of attacking individuals at 343; everyone who has attacked them personally has been perma-banned. I like both Frankie and David, but I'm incredibly disappointed with the company as a whole.
Steelyuhas
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Whelp, I purchased the season pass, so I guess I'll play some Halo 4.
I'll be doing the no fun dance in no time.
Also, totally random, but the last few weeks the disc tray on my Xbox will just close on its own after being open for about 15 seconds. Anyone else have this happen to an Xbox?
I'll be doing the no fun dance in no time.
Also, totally random, but the last few weeks the disc tray on my Xbox will just close on its own after being open for about 15 seconds. Anyone else have this happen to an Xbox?
If ranks are out, but no one playing can see them, do they really exist?
YourExWife
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heckfu pls
...I'm sorry.
Were they the same people that lacked the ability to read or comprehend simple sentences that you were conversing with on reddit earlier?
The randoms were right
Latvian Hitman
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I have little doubt that it will be 9.8 AMAZING.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
...I'm sorry.
Ok this time what I said was completely legitmate. If there are not enough people that are at level 35, then the system must put you versus lower ranked players, otherwise you'd wait forever until 4 35 ranked players were able to play.
But you were joking, so:
ArbiterMajor
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Hahaha I laughed so hard.
Latvian Hitman
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Less boosting than in H3 confirmed.
ArbiterMajor
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So there was no way to incorporate in-game ranks due to the awful UI?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
lol.
I don't even think they were mentioned in the matchmaking update popup. The only mention of ranks and csr has been outside the game ie Waypoint, that Halo week drop bravo video.
The king in the north!
Nice summary.
Again it sounds like we have maps designed with nothing in mind, or at least when there is a gamemode in mind like CTF on Daybreak they are functionally broken.
Meh.
EDIT: Well in that one video they did say that Outcast was made for Dominion, so I don't see that as something I'm going to care about anyway. Hrrm.
xxjuicesxx
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Constants and Variables.
YourExWife
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Were ranked, are ranked, will be ranked.
Devolution
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To play Halo 4 because I'm a masochist or to not play Halo 4 and do something productive. Hmm...
Fuck it I'm playing Fallout while the desktop is available.
Fuck it I'm playing Fallout while the desktop is available.
MaximumFlipFlop
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It's just a matter of perspective.
"It's all a dream" gets me every time, haha
User 73706
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Man, 343 stinks, huh? They can't do anything right! They've just been outright rank lately!
The Antitype
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So has 343i explained how the new skill system will work re: quitting? Cause with DIDO implemented this time around, I can tell you, I have quit a FUCK TON of matches....
Bungie?
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