Yeah I think it was in Halo 2 already because I only remember being bugged by exiting in an undesired direction in Halo 1 (after the sequels were out and I got used to getting to choose).
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Halo |OT18| We're Back Baby!
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You know, it's not that hard to just try it out.
(Unless there's some magical button combo that I don't know about, it's not in Halos 2 or 3)
Orochinagis
Member
Nov 29 for the rest of the world. hurray!!
Steelyuhas
Member
You can choose which direction you exit vehicles?? 
If anyone wants to look at their old Halo 2/3 stats wrapped up into interactive graphs, I built a small site recently: history.quickcsr.com
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
You the man, man.
Syphon Filter
Member
How did you do that?
a 60 FPS video of fecal matter is still a piece of shit
Barrow Roll
Member
You know what else is 60fps
Halo 2 Vista
customs pls
Halo 2 Vista
customs pls
Syphon Filter
Member
I am pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
Fixed.
I know right.You can choose which direction you exit vehicles??
FUBAR McDangles
Member
I only played on my favorite Halo 3 map 8 times in matchmaking?
Dang. I knew it wasn't much but I did not think it was that little. Avalanche I am cry.
Also, are there customs tonight?
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
I know it's offtopic, but GODDAMN AM I READY FOR THIS SHIT
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I can't get DSFix to work on Halo 2 Vista. Also, for some reason the game keeps scrolling through the menu, which is really annoying.Prinz Eugn
Member
Thanks Rev3rb! Jesus, I didn't realize the proportion of Team Slayer vs BR Slayer was that bad in Halo 2.
Um, I'll prolly be on later, not sure about the rest of the last night crew. Orochinagis should teach us some better Spanish profanity.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Grandísimo hijo de puta!
Decided to play Halo 4 today for the first time in a long time, and noticed two things:
1. A lot of people quit
and
2. No one joins in
Did they disable join in progress or something? Almost every game i've played someone has quit, and no one ever joins in to fill in the empty spots.
1. A lot of people quit
and
2. No one joins in
Did they disable join in progress or something? Almost every game i've played someone has quit, and no one ever joins in to fill in the empty spots.
Orochinagis
Member
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Mix, please get in here and entertain us with your drunkard ways.
I'm drunk and playing Demon's Souls, pretty fun and risky.
HigherLevel
Member
It's sad how slow this thread is. We need some Halo 5 news bad.
Maybe another "BR Gif" so you suckers can lose your fucking minds again.
Yeah I hope it gets cancelled
First off, fuck the people at Wurstfest this year. Too many fucking idiots I hulked out at lease 5 times. Second I hate people in this town. There's to many at the point in time and they need to fucking leave. Secondly, halo 4 is not a good halo game. It's an okay game if you're not paying attention to shit. Halo is supposed to have melee and grenades and wepons and no spirit and ads and amor powers like jet lack holy fuck is jet pack a fuck nut baby of a whore. I hate it. I also hate how over powered the dm r is. The battle rifle is the only rifle that should be in human halo. 343 neds to look at halo 3 and give it better net. Code and more of a sandbox. That's it. That and sandtarp. Please give us sandtrsp back again. It's was great. The chopper needs to come back. They fucked us in the long run with the prose knights and shit. Brining to fight no joke. Fucking sucks. I want a halo campaign that makes me what to play it again. I want halo ONE to be a good halo game. Cater to the pro crowd and the casual will follow. Looks at fucking cod it's successful without trying to make the sucky ass players feel good about they're participation medals. Please make halo good again. Holly shit. I'm at the water hole bar in new braunfels. When I get home I'm gonna play some good fucking halo: halo2vist a and I want people to play too.
I also wanted to add, STINKLES I've met you in person like 2 times at the last two RTXs and you won't drink with me what the fuck dude. I love what you do for work. Halo is still awesome I know the next one will be good because halo 4 has done nothing but get better as time goes in. I just want to get messed up and laugh at your beautiful Scottish face. Next summer you me Jessica and Andy need to go out and party Austin style bro. Shit'll be shweeet
You guys think they'll go completely metro with the main menu in Halo 5? Halo 4's was a mess... But playing Assassin's Creed IV has convinced me that it can work.
It's so simple. Obviously they should come up for a better solution for player cards in lobbies (having them vertical à la Reach would be a start), but in general it's a cool concept.
It's so simple. Obviously they should come up for a better solution for player cards in lobbies (having them vertical à la Reach would be a start), but in general it's a cool concept.
Let's not "looks at fucking CoD", like ever. Make a Halo game.
Also DMR is a reskinned Halo CE Pistol without the core mechanics of skill based aiming and movement to support it. I love single shot precision weapons, they are great for Halo, as long as the core mechanics support it. I'm pretty drunk as well, but the BR outcry is nonsense, BR is only viable because of how stupid easy it is to aim in Halo past Halo CE. Single shot, precision rifle is a great utility starter weapon for Halo as long as it takes skill to move and shoot in Halo again.
gAg CruSh3r
Member
I just feel like the DMR had to much aim assist and was very OP. They need to make it more like the Halo CE pistol but with a slower rate of fire and 4/5 shot and less aim assist IMO. I always love the BR start but they do need to reduce the aim assist.
You know what, they need to reduce the aim assist in every gun. Haha.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Even if it doesn't take skill to move, a single shot precision weapon should be the utility weapon.
I'd be fine with making the BR spread tighter, 3sk with aim assist similar to ZB Reach DMR (easier than Pistol) and map pickup only. I'd like to see Halo return to AR/Pistol starts. Let's start with that; it would be great for Halo's "classic" identity.
I'd be fine with making the BR spread tighter, 3sk with aim assist similar to ZB Reach DMR (easier than Pistol) and map pickup only. I'd like to see Halo return to AR/Pistol starts. Let's start with that; it would be great for Halo's "classic" identity.
You know what I meant thou man dont be that guy. I meant the none catering to the bad players like they did with 4. I didnt say make cod of halo5
10/10 am jealous, would want to do again
I'm also home, someone play good halo with me. my GT is MIXMASTERCHlEF with an l in chief you guys get it, I say it alk the ducking time
The Antitype
Banned
DMR was overpowered in Halo 4 for the same reason the Pistol was overpowered in Halo:CE. It was viable across every range, which allowed it to dominate.
DMR in Reach, while problematic, wasn't as overpowered, because bloom ensured that you had to reduce your rate of fire at range to maintain accuracy, and increasing your firing-rate in close-combat also hurt accuracy. So you had a utility weapon that dominated at the range most of the battles in Halo start at (mid-range), and then got noticeably less useful outside that intended range.
The BR in Halo 3 was relatively well-balanced for the same reason. In Halo 2, it was overpowered (though not nearly as much so as the Pistol in Halo:CE) because of hit-scan. In Halo 3, the spread of the bullets insured the weapon gradually decreased in effectiveness the further away your target was. You could always be sure the first of the 3-shot burst would hit, which meant that you could ping snipers out of zoom, but the remaining shots might not, ensuring that it didn't dominate at range quite like it did at mid-range or in close.
A balanced DMR would have a lower range and a lower rate of fire. The lower range and lower rate of fire would still allow you to defend yourself at range, but just enough to maneuver into effective range for the proper battle, or to get yourself to cover, retreat, reacquire, re-engage. The lower firing cap, would ensure that in close, up against AR, or pistols, or shotgun, you would likely come out on the losing end - forcing the player to play smart instead of just charge in with their go-to gun and hammer the trigger.
I agree with some here who suggest that the BR should be a pick-up on the map. A more short-to-mid range option, that allows you to deal damage faster in close, but loses some effectiveness at mid-range, and loses a great deal of the ability to combat snipers or defend oneself at long range. If a DMR and BR meet head to head, the DMR user should be trying to create space, while the BR user tries to close. A battle of tactics as much as one of aiming.
TL;DR version
3 Necessities of a balanced utility weapon:
1) Strong at mid-range, where most battles in Halo initiate
2) Useful for defense at long-range, able to knock snipers out of zoom or pester players (range cap and/or fire rate cap can achieve this).
3) Should have a disadvantage at close-range to close-range specialty weapons (fire rate cap can achieve this)
BeekleMatter
Member
I have no idea how you did this but it is awesome.
Games played:
Halo 2: 3,241
Halo 3: 2,574
Halo Reach: 1,366
Halo 4: 532
God damn I miss Halo.
Edit: also wow at the difference in my Halo 2 vs Halo 3 lol
..That doesn't fit Halo at all. Imagine CoD having that.
The flood followed them to the Ark, all of the flood presumably. By lighting the ring, they destroyed the flood infestation that followed.
Zeouterlimits
Member
To kill the huge Flood presence at the arc [the true danger], while still being safely outside the galaxy.
The Antitype
Banned
Kill most of the flood, and disable the Ark so that the Covenant couldn't use it to set off the rings and wipe out life across the galaxy.
The fact that they never definitively finalized what happened with the Flood, or how they made sure to wipe them out always bugged me. I mean, right before the headed into the slip-space portal to the Ark, a Covenant cruiser completely infected with flood hit the Earth. They took that one out, obviously, but are we really to assume that the flood only managed to take over two Covenant ships (including High Charity)?
Hell, in one of the final scenes in Halo 2, you see spores floating through space after the collision between In Amber Clad and High Charity. For a organism supposedly so resilient and hard to keep in check, the notion that they were all conveniently confined to two ships is a little bit...unsatisfying.
Man_Flannel
Member
Is there more than one Stinkles? I've seen some posts that seem pretty shady for someone that high profile to put out there.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Why don't you pm him and ask?
I don't know if I'd ever call Frank shady. Honest sure, but shady?
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Well to be honest, people who are interested in what Frankie tweets mainly look in the Halo threads, no one really stalks him, and see what he posts where. Rightfully so, Frankie shouldn't have to censor himself about subjects that he's passionate about. Just like we are passionate about or opinions on Halo.
Also, I looked back and see what Mix posted and I was not disappointed.
Kyle needs to return. HE SHALL RETURN.
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