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Halo |OT16| Oh Bungie, Where Art Thou?
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Latvian Hitman
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EA/DICE afford it for BF3 by charging an arm and a leg for rent-a-servers. And people gladly pay for them.
343 should really, really consider adopting this strategy for future Halo titles. Just keep the traditional MM experience in place for competitive/ranked play, and add another section with a custom server browser. Let us rent servers, (we'll happily pay $$$ to do so) and set up our own custom game types/map rotations/settings.
Everybody wins.
This.
Latvian Hitman
Member
So, Adam Orth got himself canned over nothing?
BUT I love you.
I'm only joking around though, if it is that annoying I will stop. My bad, I thought it was just friendly banter
Steelyuhas
Member
BF3 and previous BF entries had dedicated servers prior to being able to rent your own.
Latvian Hitman
Member
Yes- they did.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
The problem with saying opinionated stuff like that is that when you work for a company like MS, everyone assumes that the opinion is automatically the direction of the company as well.
Hell, neogaf is supposed to be filled with smart people, and even we had like 2 threads practically confirming that the nextbox was always always just because joe shmo that works at MS said "deal with it".
Everyone should be allowed to their opinion, even MS employees.
NobleGundam
Banned
These recent rumors have been too sketchy to be true. Choosed to ignore them until DetectiveGaf returns from the future to post about Halo 5 Being Fully Developed With 60fps on HexBawks420. "Great Scott!!"
He should have just put on his profile "My opinions do not reflect that of my employer", like every person in the industry puts on their twitter profile.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Hes an individual, it should be obvious. Is society that stupid now that we need to state the obvious?
Yes, sadly.
Rickenslacker
Banned
When it comes out on Steam. Lost my physical copy and I'll be damned if I'm buying another.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
Very sad.
This would be truly great, I wonder if there is any truth to those rumors.
ElzarTheBam
Member
No, go to sleep.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Fracas, there's a group of us that will be on (hopefully). It'll be a few hours.
Ex, add me too. I don't seem to have you on my list.
Ex, add me too. I don't seem to have you on my list.
User 73706
Banned
Whipped up my first-ever infographic to convey a megapost instead of typing it!
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Gonna try and get a 50 in Rumble Pit since that's what all the cool kids are doing.
Then Infinity Slayer, then Big Team, and or Castle if I can get any friends/people to play Halo 4 (wink wink)
Then Infinity Slayer, then Big Team, and or Castle if I can get any friends/people to play Halo 4 (wink wink)
Hydranockz
Member
Deadly is getting a group going in about an hour from now I think. I'll pop on then too.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
About 2 hrs ill be on. Need to eat and get some stuff done.
How is this not spam?Whipped up my first-ever infographic to convey a megapost instead of typing it!
I'm in 'Merka. 5:35 PM at the moment here
Sounds good; I should be able to play.
Whipped up my first-ever infographic to convey a megapost instead of typing it!
Why can't we just have some of this stuff on map
FUNKNOWN iXi
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That's how you do it Wahrer. Ain't nobody got time for dem wallz.. Don't listen to Tunavi and here, have a beer.
Add Promethean Vision as a Powerup that lasts like 15 secs; it should've been an addition to Powerups instead of AA's in H4.
Yeah, would be better on the map with instant activation.
Add Promethean Vision as a Powerup that lasts like 15 secs; it should've been an addition to Powerups instead of AA's in H4.
Why can't we just have some of this stuff on map
Yeah, would be better on the map with instant activation.
User 73706
Banned
Why can't we just have some of this stuff on map
Huh? They are on map. It's basically a little Initial Ordnance pod. You walk up to it, pick it up, and then the Powerup prompt comes up and you choose which one you want and it activates (rather than drop down again).
Chances are there'd be a way for experienced players to nab the stuff instantly - walking past it and hitting the "pick up weapon" button and the corresponding button on the DPad, for example.
A Halo thread without Wahrer mega's is like a Gui without crêpes.
Whipped up my first-ever infographic to convey a megapost instead of typing it!
Holoflurry sounds like a pain in the ass.
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
Zoojoo posting dumb ass meme pics = spam
Wahrer posting his own creative content =/= spam.
I'm gonna vouch for him because all those graphics are not just something you throw together without investing time and effort.
I am but I think you de-friended me after trying to sell those codes on here lol.
No I mean why not just have each of these abilities somewhere on the map? Its one thing that kind of makes armor abilities work, having them as on map pick ups.
BlueScrote
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Whipped up my first-ever infographic to convey a megapost instead of typing it!
Love the graphic. I did find it a bit odd to follow initially since it goes 4-3-2-1. One thing I would suggest is to lay out each tier vertically e.g.--
tier 1
tier 2
tier 3
tier 4
With maybe the info to the right of the tier with larger letters.
Disclaimer:
I am not a graphic designer
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Finally tried the Castle DLC for the first time last night. I really like all three of the maps. Daybreak is definitely my favorite although Outcast gives it a run for its money. Perdition is also great, it reminds me of Turf in many ways.
What I'm NOT a fan of is being forced into gametypes like SWAT and Snipers on these maps. Leave the DLC playlists for objective and infinity slayer only, please.
What I'm NOT a fan of is being forced into gametypes like SWAT and Snipers on these maps. Leave the DLC playlists for objective and infinity slayer only, please.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
I hate how 343 handles DLC in Halo.
No 343, just because I bought your god awful map packs doesn't mean I only want to play on them. Stop showing me only DLC choices for Rumble Pit, thanks.
Might go and uninstall Majestic just so I can actually play some on disc maps.
Oh god just remembered the on disc maps for FFA are Adrift, Solace, Complex, and Abandon. Nevermind
No 343, just because I bought your god awful map packs doesn't mean I only want to play on them. Stop showing me only DLC choices for Rumble Pit, thanks.
Might go and uninstall Majestic just so I can actually play some on disc maps.
Oh god just remembered the on disc maps for FFA are Adrift, Solace, Complex, and Abandon. Nevermind
I never get dlc maps in matchmaking. I wish i would start getting Majestic maps.
Aside from there being just waaay too much shit in your sandbox, the problem with your stuff Wahrer is exactly what Josh Holmes was saying about being able to figure the sandbox out intuitively. Other than just playing campaign, Halo's never had a comprehensive tutorial on even the basic gameplay. Which is why bad players will keep playing like shit forever unless they go online to figure out that precision weapons > automatics, you should use guns over melee, etc.
Like Tawpgun said, the Gravity Gauntlet is the most egregious example of that, no one would ever care to want to figure it out. Your concept art and these graphics are really well done but yeah, Holmes was right on that part.
Like Tawpgun said, the Gravity Gauntlet is the most egregious example of that, no one would ever care to want to figure it out. Your concept art and these graphics are really well done but yeah, Holmes was right on that part.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Anyone playing 4?
YourExWife
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You're behind the times.
I'll be on later tonight. Maybe 830/900.
Silly.Mikey
Banned
I hate how 343 handles DLC in Halo.
No 343, just because I bought your god awful map packs doesn't mean I only want to play on them. Stop showing me only DLC choices for Rumble Pit, thanks.
Might go and uninstall Majestic just so I can actually play some on disc maps.
Oh god just remembered the on disc maps for FFA are Adrift, Solace, Complex, and Abandon. Nevermind
In MW3, you could "turn off" the dlc so that only default maps would appear. It was a very useful feature and you know what that means, it was not considered for halo4! This is why a huge number of the Halo population have left the game. They keep playing catch up on every little thing it seems.
User 73706
Banned
It's definitely an option but Social is riding off of the high of such classics like Infinity Slayer. Individual Powerups like Overshield would still show up in ranked.
It just shoots out one Hologram every two seconds in a random direction and they all dissipate on the 10th second. That means 4 holograms.
I mostly did them in reverse order do the most familiar Powerups would be first, but agreed.
I'll be honest: I have no idea what to do with the Gravity Gauntlet. Given that AAs are gone it's mean to be a more controlled Jetpack replacement.
I try to keep things intuitive and allow high potential for advanced techniques purely through skill curves while still maintaining an even playing field - the Phase Rifle is a huge example of this, given that a perfect kill is slightly faster than the CE Magnum while an "average" kill is probably closer to the Halo 4 BR.
It's worth noting that Ranked sticks exclusively to the main 20 weapons and forces Magnum/Frag starts. No AAs, no Sprint, no Armor Mods. Powerups use the Halo CE system. And buried within Ranked is a barebones Slayer variant that uses a whopping 9 weapons.
Speedy Blue Dude
Banned
Oh my god, I'm playing against a big try-hard in Rumble Pit, he's actually changing his Spartan's color, the color! To blend in with the surrounding of the map so he's "harder" to spot.
Hydranockz
Member
I'm hopping on now. GT: Hydranockz
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