Can we just keep them on map?
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Can we just keep them on map?
Was just discussing potential PAX Prime plans with my cousin. I'm fucking hyped. Who from HaloGAF is planning on going?
edit: I also just finished watching that Joshua Menke presentation and ranks and stuff. Really interesting talk, quite informative too. I seriously am hopeful that we'll get a ranking system in future Halo titles that's at least better than anything that we've had in the past. And if it's anything close to what StarCraft 2 has, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
edit: I also just finished watching that Joshua Menke presentation and ranks and stuff. Really interesting talk, quite informative too. I seriously am hopeful that we'll get a ranking system in future Halo titles that's at least better than anything that we've had in the past. And if it's anything close to what StarCraft 2 has, shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
Oh I forgot he is a small one. bobs. My autocorrection wants to change it all the time to boobs. I will call him that from now on
Hypertrooper
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Moi. Yes. Me. I cannot let that other Lars win the Lars Cup.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Maybe. I'd like to have more available though. I like being able to spawn with them.
Bring back spike grenades pls.
squidhands
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Just remove it as a default loadout, make it a map pickup. Only choices, IMO, should be either AR/Pistol/frag, or BR/Pistol/frag. Pickup weapons are determined by the map locale, so human environment = human weapons, Forerunner environment = Forerunner weapons, etc. Use the Halo 2 style ammo boxes sparingly if needed for the human weapons.
Also:
- No Armor Abilities in loadouts, only sparingly treated as powerups. Then even the most egregious of them won't be so hated if fought for.
- No Personal Ordnance, and for the uninitiated, use waypoints on Global Ordnance and powerups similar to how it works currently.
Speedy Blue Dude
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I'm gonna try, I'll have the money for the tickets and I'll have free time to go on account of Summer vacation, but I don't have any relatives in Seattle, so I'd need to buy a hotel. Not sure how much a plane+hotel would set me back. :/
Now you know how we feel about Halo. The good days are gone forever and they aren't coming back.
I'm not insulting anyone personally, I'm insulting the poor decisions designers have made.
Zeouterlimits
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Perhaps me.
The Zeouterlimits who cried wolf. But this year is the most likely. No girlfriends in Japan.
I am so in favor of putting them on the map.
And sticking still requires little skill. Vehicles are big with predictable paths.
Zeouterlimits
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Not officially.
bobs...onGaf
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I have no authority over Frankie sadly, if I did I would do terrible things.
Whoaa. Do keep us updated. Many beers will be shared if you do come
Ok so if Plasma Grenades spawned on the map and spike grenades were added back it but did less damage to vehicles than a plasma, would you be happy with that?
What does this even mean?
If they hire me, the first thing I'll do is bring back Armor Lock
Gonna save Halo
I'm such a nerd... I don't play Halo 4 for months essentially. Ranks are released, I pop in the disc curious as to how it's implemented. It's implemented poorly, yet, I played a game and checked my number, which made me play another game and check my number, which made me want to play another game just to check how the number moved, and then played another to see it move more.
I've had zero desire to play this game, yet the simple change had me trying in games where I would have played mindlessly before. It had me WANTING to play another game, where I've just not cared one way or another. And this was in a list that is essentially Team Fiesta with things present which I abhor.
Now... how 'bout in the next game 343 not release such a great feature in half measures?
I've had zero desire to play this game, yet the simple change had me trying in games where I would have played mindlessly before. It had me WANTING to play another game, where I've just not cared one way or another. And this was in a list that is essentially Team Fiesta with things present which I abhor.
Now... how 'bout in the next game 343 not release such a great feature in half measures?
squidhands
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They should do the same amount of damage, but they don't have to be on the same map together. I miss sticking a spiker through a door frame as I ran through it and having an enemy pay for chasing me. I was hoping that the Sticky Detonator could be used to set up more traps for people, but the stupid beeping noise pretty much eliminates that with the rare exceptions.
you disappoint
Im saying if you can spawn with it though, vehicle combat in Halo 4 doesn't really work because of the loadout system but if they had Plasmas on map and spikers as well but have spikers do less damage against vehicles only I think it would be fine.
BlueScrote
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I can't believe you can start with two plasma grenades but only one promethean grenade.
Latvian Hitman
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This is why (at least in the context of H4 and keeping its overarching systems intact) I'd like to see the number of Plasma Grenades reduced to 1 on spawn. You can have some on the maps, or use resupply, etc. to get more, but in general- I don't think that one person should be able to take out most vehicles by his lonesome by hitting it once with PP and sticking it twice right off of their spawn. We should at least require that they coordinate with one other teammate to get it done, or find a way to get another sticky or earn a power weapon of some sort.
Same here. They can let people spawn with 4 promethean grenades for all I care. They definitely got that one backwards.
Perhaps... I'll post tomorrow if I'm able.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
MaximumFlipFlop
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Pax Prime might be my first Pax (or any gaming event for that matter). Kinda excited!
Off-topic but Battlefront 3 was canned for the 4th time and this time it looked amazing.
squidhands
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No it doesn't, another reason to reduce it to a very small pool of items or eliminate loadouts all together. If I remember right, Spikers did less damage than plasmas did to vehicles, but I haven't played H3's multiplayer in a long time.
Also, is your avatar Arcade from the X-Men?
I think we have all come to terms that loadouts just did not work. They tried but it just isn't doing it. Also I played Halo 3 recently but was not able to test that out and I can't remember off the top of my head.
Also yes, yes it is. Took it from the new Avengers Arena preview.
Yeah, Disney had already retreated from the games industry before, so it was only a matter of time before they dropped the axe on Lucasarts. They'd rather license out than make games themselves again.
It would be nice if the First Assault team could make their own studio and continue their work.
squidhands
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Thought I recognized that bowtie.
Finally played some Halo 4 again. Guns feel tweaked and it's noticeable, it's not a bad thing though!
Weird thing though, played through a whole match on Exile (and finished the match) and Waypoint says DNF. Huh?
Weird thing though, played through a whole match on Exile (and finished the match) and Waypoint says DNF. Huh?
"drink/eat and excessively hit on heckfu for almost a whole week" would've been more accurate.
Yup, the more I play, the more I put loadouts as the first thing that needs to go for the next game, even above the random elements of ordnance.
Unlike other games, loadouts in Halo completely break the gameplay.
Giving people the ability to start with 3 plasma grenades, Plasma pistols, boltshot, DMR, jetpack etc.
Loadouts are also the reason it's hard to tune weapons to fix any problems. We're not letting the map dictate the battle. Without loadouts, 343 could also easily make almost every BTB match, BR starts with magnum and frags only.
I love stickies, but hell no to letting people start with them, unless it's a game type like elite slayer or something. 90% of the time, they are used by phone who don't even play well, they just run, throw a sticky, die and respawn, or if they are outgunned, they just tag before dying like martyrdom.
Unlike other games, loadouts in Halo completely break the gameplay.
Giving people the ability to start with 3 plasma grenades, Plasma pistols, boltshot, DMR, jetpack etc.
Loadouts are also the reason it's hard to tune weapons to fix any problems. We're not letting the map dictate the battle. Without loadouts, 343 could also easily make almost every BTB match, BR starts with magnum and frags only.
I love stickies, but hell no to letting people start with them, unless it's a game type like elite slayer or something. 90% of the time, they are used by phone who don't even play well, they just run, throw a sticky, die and respawn, or if they are outgunned, they just tag before dying like martyrdom.
wow no i only hit on you for like 3 of the days okay
ElzarTheBam
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Damn.
He be jelly.
It means whatever it means.
We should make a game with those characters. Wahrer does the game design and the art, you and me do the level design. PROFIT.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I'm on the PAX every two schedule. I'll be back at PAX 2014 hoping for a new Halo game. I would love to go this year but not sure I can swing it + moving + new consoles + new TV.
Bonus PAX 2012 shot:
Bonus PAX 2012 shot:
I passed out from all the excitement
but yea the guy is an AMAZING hire. Quinn, Bravo, and himself have been doing a lot of work this week to promote and fine-tune the CSR for the game.
If interested here's a 1 1/2 hour panel he did a few years back talking about ranks.
Hypertrooper
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GODDAMNIT! I WAS SO FAT!
Yes. Quinn, Bravo and him make me very optimistic about Halo 5.I passed out from all the excitement
but yea the guy is an AMAZING hire. Quinn, Bravo, and himself have been doing a lot of work this week to promote and fine-tune the CSR for the game.
If interested here's a 1 1/2 hour panel he did a few years back talking about ranks.
Domino Theory
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LOL, calling him this from now on.
Every level is Armor Lock
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