squidhands
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SWAT on Onyx, what is wrong with you, 343?
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Halo |OT17| We Flew Out Members To Make This OT
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FUBAR McDangles
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I'm pushing back the time I'm going to get on Halo tonight.
Exwife and Funk and co will understand. I'm learning how to be a man from Mulan. On ABC Family right now, by the way.
Exwife and Funk and co will understand. I'm learning how to be a man from Mulan. On ABC Family right now, by the way.
Pop
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Orochinagis
Member
Something new or a spin off.
Actually had a lot of fun playing slayer pro in infinity slayer.
Only gripes are the fact god awful flinch is there making gun play frustrating, especially when 2-3 guys are in play, and the fact that weapons despawn a bit too fast. The excuse was that with infinity/personal ordnance it was to reduce clutter.
I can see how some people might be turned off at the fact there is no radar, but I like it.
Only gripes are the fact god awful flinch is there making gun play frustrating, especially when 2-3 guys are in play, and the fact that weapons despawn a bit too fast. The excuse was that with infinity/personal ordnance it was to reduce clutter.
I can see how some people might be turned off at the fact there is no radar, but I like it.
Same as I said earlier - a vague Halo teaser, with a full unveil at E3.
As for the game? I'd guess either Halo 5 or a spin off featuring the Crimson squad, developed by Certain Affinity. You heard it here first!
Regardless of the outcome, I'd be willing to bet serious dough that there will be a Halo game of some sort in the fall. If not, I don't even want to know what Halo 4 MP numbers are going to look like by then.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I'm guessing an ODST style game or something completely different, like Halo Wars.
I would personally love an ODST-style game with some elements from Borderlands 2, like the weapon generation system. /drool Probably won't happen, though.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Get online, nerds.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I'm with you I had a blast in a full party in BTB slayer pro last night. I didn't really feel flinch at all, I'll have to check the loadout and when I play tonight (while trying to stay up to 3AM for the xbox reveal).
The weird thing was I was using the DMR loadout and taking down 2 or 3 guys in one engagement while then going on to get sprees, more than usual I mean. Perhaps it's the adjustment time for the new settings so my enemies aren't out shot so much. It was common last night to go 20k 10a 5d, loving the slayer pro but want radar in for my personal preference. I do think there should be two flavours of this slayer pro variant(s), one with radar and one without.
The chain hog and ghosts were back in action last night, it felt great. Specifically I was driving a very solid slayer-style friend almost an entire game and picked up 20 odd assists (all in one driving session for approx. 7-8 mins), welcome back hog I've missed you. I think we'll find with some tweaks to the on maps weapons the game experience could move up another volume level. For example two of the games last night could have done with some sniper spawns, just one on each team side and it would have been perfect. Although I do have to tip my hate to these settings providing the clean balanced sort of classic gameplay I'm accustomed to with Halo's from the past.
I'll say it again, these settings with CTF added would be pure gold IMO. I'm eager to try on Infinity slayer pro too, I'll give that a go tonight with some mates.
Would be ok with Halo 4 ODST/H2A, REALLY REALLY hope it isn't anything Spartan Ops related unless they go back to classic firefight style/Palmer dies.
RebornYeti
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What's your GT?
Well personally I think Spartan Ops 1.5 was such an improvement I'd be down with Season 2 by any other name, especially if it broke out some classic Firefight-styled maps to go along with it.
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kittens
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kittens dx. I'm pretty sure you're on my friends list already...?
lol, right? It makes Halo 4 so much better.
:lol
Yay! Glad you're enjoying it.
And about static ordnances. That's kind of a CC thing. I don't think there's a single map we've put in MM that doesn't have static ordnance weapons. I think maybe Scythe with normal rifles but that's it.
RebornYeti
Member
Lol, I thought so too, but I couldn't find you on my list. Just sent you an FR.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Streaming the new forge playlist.
http://www.twitch.tv/deadlycyclone
Uh, I also got one of the Castle DLC achievements in the Forge playlist...
http://www.twitch.tv/deadlycyclone
Uh, I also got one of the Castle DLC achievements in the Forge playlist...
You going to be on later?
Me too
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Kittens, Yeti, y'all are lucky we only had 3 people. 
I removed that awhile ago when I figured that out myself.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
They just need more polish/time since their first foray with SPOPS, some consequences to your deaths, the return of customisable firefight/waves/settings and less button pushing.
Positive steps would be simple in game cinematics with your customised progressed spartan and then make buttons pushes more like activation of say a crane that loads a sabre that is then flown in the next mission or fuels it up in a tiny cinematic from your button push. Why not load a map that is the next mission? Why not call in reinforcements instead of a button push? Why not escort Forerunner machine parts to a central location to complete a mission? etc...
Having those sort of simple interactions with meaningful carried through outcomes is the cornerstone of redeveloping firefight and SPOPS experience into something more. It can be a separate mode away from campaign with a linked in story and provide replayable options after the first story play through completed e.g. skulls, enemies difficulty, coop scalability. If they reduce the number of missions each week or the release cadence they can spend more time creating an atmosphere with interaction and meaning more akin to a mini or full blown Silent Cartographer for example.
Too true, harks back to the missing classic arena 4v4 symmetrical at launch. I still find it hard to swallow 343i and the team of testers/developers didn't put stock in their asymmetrical maps playing better with 1-sided objectives. It's like half of objective is missing and it hurts the longevity of maps/playlists.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Friends don't let friends let Deadly Cyclone have party lead.
I refuse to play BTB, lol.
I refuse to play BTB, lol.
I need to get some work done, but tweet me and I'll probably see it soon after.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
We'rein Castle DLC now. I was trying to find a playlist big enough for us all.
xxjuicesxx
Member
SLRP. SLRP.
Aww shit. i am so excited about tomorrow.
Caveat: i just love consoles.
Here's how much I love consoles. When I was a kid, I think like 14 or 15, I found out about the PC Engine before it was launched. I couldn't get any more info (monthly magazines) so I wrote a physical letter to NEC in Japan asking for deets. They sent me all their packaging and manuals and info and a crazy letter that was signed off, 'May the force be with you!'
Never did finish tale of the the monster path, because Japanese text is why.
Caveat: i just love consoles.
Here's how much I love consoles. When I was a kid, I think like 14 or 15, I found out about the PC Engine before it was launched. I couldn't get any more info (monthly magazines) so I wrote a physical letter to NEC in Japan asking for deets. They sent me all their packaging and manuals and info and a crazy letter that was signed off, 'May the force be with you!'
Never did finish tale of the the monster path, because Japanese text is why.
Pop
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not enough gray...
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Try again to read and assimilate with correct interpretation this time. If that's slrping then it's time for me to get free mountain dew refills over at 7-11 along with my doritos double EXP not valid for my country.
Adurpt.
Shogmaster
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Hey 343! Don't fucking force me to play Slayer Pro when I go to BTB. WTF.
I think I'm done with this game.
I think I'm done with this game.
What the hell?
Lol
xxjuicesxx
Member
They do exist!
Am I missing something here
Yeah 343, stop forcing this man to stay in the pregame lobby.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Anyone know how to fix a choppy stream? I have 20MB up/down for web so that shouldn't be an issue and I dropped to 720p...
StalkerUKCG
Banned
But surely you guys have had dev kits for some time. Whats the excitement factor?
NobleGundam
Banned
Xbox Infinite lets you stream gameplay to Twitch &/Or YouTube Xbox App.
BELI343
You know which Twitch server you're streaming to? Makes a huge difference
I know, right? I'm just trying to have a good old time, earning my ordnance like everyone else, and then this happens. I don't have the time to learn weapon spawns or gain situational awareness. This is an outrage.
By God and country, I will vote for Complex Infinity slayer until the controller is pried from my cold, dead hands.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Yea PM me, What are you streaming with? Computer? Program?
RebornYeti
Member
Good. Good.
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