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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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gAg CruSh3r
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No disk drive only downloadable content and it has a 500GB hard drive in it. Price point 99$. I would buy one haha if they can drop the digital copy prices online.
YourExWife
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XBLYourExWife
Sounds like good times.
EDIT: Was planning on streaming customs tonight. Would you rather I didn't during your new gametypes?
But on the other hand Bryce Dallas Howard, is hot so it's not all bad.
shame there's no Laura Dern or Julianne Moore.
Going through Combat Evolved PC on heroic for the first time now.
One thing I've noticed, having just now finished Silent Cartographer, is the immense number of Hunters.
It's really made me realize how much I miss them. In CE, you meet hunters all the time, but in the other ones, they're few and far between as if they're some sort of boss or whatever.
Unfortunate, since they are my favorite enemies by far. Maybe this seems silly, but if I could only have a say about one thing in Halo 5, it would be that there would be as many Hunter encounters as in CE at least. I literally love fighting them that much.
One of my favorite encounters, which I can't wait for, since it's coming up really soon, is one deep down inside the Halo in (I believe near the beginning of) Assault on the Control Room, with a bunch of Jackals, like, everywhere.
One thing I've noticed, having just now finished Silent Cartographer, is the immense number of Hunters.
It's really made me realize how much I miss them. In CE, you meet hunters all the time, but in the other ones, they're few and far between as if they're some sort of boss or whatever.
Unfortunate, since they are my favorite enemies by far. Maybe this seems silly, but if I could only have a say about one thing in Halo 5, it would be that there would be as many Hunter encounters as in CE at least. I literally love fighting them that much.
One of my favorite encounters, which I can't wait for, since it's coming up really soon, is one deep down inside the Halo in (I believe near the beginning of) Assault on the Control Room, with a bunch of Jackals, like, everywhere.
Gabotron ES
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No streaming during Sabotage, thanks
They're bosses as long as you decide not to use the pistol against them, which you will, because its CE.
Then they die in 1 hit.
Halo 1's hunters may be killable in one hit with the pistol, but they're not really all that amazing even if you don't. They can be dangerous when paired with other enemy classes, but most of the time they can be (or are to begin with) isolated. And when you can isolate a pair of hunters, even punching them to death is pretty easy.
Lol, not in Heroic they don't.
And even if they did, I would use other weapons anyway. I love the panicky "Think quick!" OH NO HERE COMES THE OTHER ONE kind of situation fighting them engenders.
So like, I actually rather wish there could be a promethean version of them (or maybe have it be an actual creature somebody artificially evolved).
Give it some sort of Hard Light hammer that can be swung faster than a gravity hammer but is weaker (obviously, since balance and things). And make it bigger, since there's only one at a time, and call it...I don't know "Ogre" or something.
Idk, I just want more of that type of enemy in Halo. I love Halo's sandbox and the whole "do things the way you want" and "play with the AI" kind of thing it encourages. Hunters are so fun because you have to play with them to get anywhere and mostly to have fun. It's more than just about shooting them as much as you can, like any noob can with other covenant enemies. You actually have to think to take down hunters, and I like that. Sure, it's not super difficult thinking, but it's thinking and more about space control than just bullets. Originally, I would die every time I met a Hunter, and that's because I was playing it completely wrong. Once I realized what Halo was, somewhat with the assistance of Hunters, it was actually doable now and suddenly the whole game was loads more fun.
I still really enjoy fighting them. I liked how Reach and 3 did them. Reach was interesting because you could distract them with grenades. It was a bit too easy to do so, though. I like the idea of distraction, but maybe to make it work so you don't have "push the figurative button of throwing a grenade and out comes the proverbial product of distraction every. time."
Am I allowed to tell my mom I'll be playing your gametypes?No streaming during Sabotage, thanks
Gabotron ES
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The basics of blowing up stuff.
Know your gennie.
Each generator will start at 100%, inflicting damage of all kinds (pummels and nades included) will decrease this number, once it hits zero the generator will blow up. Everybody too next to it will be killed.
You can shield your gennies by pressing the action button (that's RB if you're playing Recon).like everybody should
In the variant you'll be playing today you'll have to hold the action button during three seconds.
This is how a shielded gennie looks like:
As you can see each gennie will display the team color they belong to.
A shielded gennie won't receive any damage, it's virtually indestructible.
The shielding will last for 30 seconds, after that the gennie will start the cooling procces. If the gennie is cooling you won't be able to shield it so it'll be vulnerable to enemy fire.
The cooling procces will last for ten seconds, after that you will be able to shield it again.
What's going on on my HUD
During a Sabotage match Alpha and Bravo will have their "health" displayed at all times, you will also see thei current status:
A 98% [SHLD]: This means Alpha has 98% of its health left and is currently shielded-
B 5% [COOL]: This means Bravo is at 5% and is currently cooling so you better defend that shit withyour life.
Your HUD will also display navpoints over each generator, friendly gennies will say PROTECT while enemy gennies say DISARM
Each navpoint will also display both timers (shielding time and cooling time left) when needed.
COOL SHIT BRO +10
Some actions will award you certain medals and increase your aftermatch stats.
Executing a player next to a gennie will award you a "Breach" medal, it'll also add one to your "Infiltrations" aftermatch statistics.
Shielding a gennie will give you a "Site defense" medal, it'll also add one to your "Generator defenses" aftermatch statistics. Same if you kill someone atacking your gennie.
Killing a player while next to an enemy gennie will award you a "Site offense" medal and some extra points.
Of course not idiot.
yes
Awesome. I really wish I had Halo 4 now. Sounds like a great game type.
Orochinagis
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Gabotron ES
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No lifes limit
Also the gametype you'll be playing will be named Infinity Slayer but don't get confused, it'll be actually a Sabotage gametype.
It'll also have vehicles disabled, it's a pretty early version.
User 73706
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What, you mean like a Hacker?
No lifes limit
Also the gametype you'll be playing will be named Infinity Slayer but don't get confused, it'll be actually a Sabotage gametype.
Oh no, I'm not falling for that one again.
Never heard of it. Did you just make it up or is this something I should have known about?
But meh, not really what I'm thinking of. I'm thinking of something more hulking, since the point is for another enemy like Hunters. Also, that looks way too much like a knight, which I don't like the look of, nor does it look like it would move like a Hunter at all, being so thin. It looks likes it moves fast (or teleports like knights), since, ya know the old rule about character design. If it's thin, it moves quickly; big, it moves slowly.
EDIT: not that I don't like the idea of an enemy like that ^; Actually, the idea of some dexterous creature with swords on it's hands that climes around like a monkey and then can drop down and rush you sounds like a pretty frightening and fun enemy. At least, that's what I would make a character that looks like that do.
Damnit I love coming up with ideas for things like that and working out how they would fit into other things. I wish I could make games.
Gabotron ES
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Trus me(TM).
Another friendly tip, using the scattershot on gennies will probably get your face melted.
SHIFTYkiwi
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Gabotron ES
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Yup, I think I'll go with middle to large size maps, lots of people joining here.
One Sided Sabotage on Ragnarok and Team Sabotage on Harvest probably.
Since I'm new to HaloGAF, I'd like to know what your guys' thoughts are on some of the more recent "controversial" elements of the Halo franchise. Reach, armor abilities, H4, Spartan Ops, H4's ending, etc. Do you like armor abilities? Did you like Spartan Ops? That kind of thing.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
controversial elements are garbage.
Ordnance is garbage.
Loadouts are garbage.
AAs are garbage
Flinch is garbage
perks are garbage.
Spartan Ops was "push buttons" "cutscene"
Lack of in-game rank is garbage.
this "everybody is special, no one should lose" mentality is garbage.
A purist then? I dig it.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
not necessarily a purist, but i just dont like most of the changes Bungie and 343 made to halo in the last few years.
You better invite me since your friendlist is already full
And?
Usually I have people message me and then I invite them. It's easier that way. When I start the party, I'll post it here.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Small updates to the FUD Concert Art Gallery.
Who?Ghost is at 343 now
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Looks like its gonna a BR fest from now on.
This is more the kind of idea I was talking about earlier (just found this looking through the pictures Slightly Live linked to). Except of course less cartoony and with a hammer kind of thing instead of that stupid looking cannon thing. Maybe have the head more inline with that thing in the Halo 5 teaser
EDIT: unrelated, but I really, really like these:
Is that the fellow who made Throwdown? He should work there.Ghost is at 343 now
Yes.
aHebrewMenagerie
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Another great hiring choice by 343. Props to you guys. He worked so hard, and he deserved it.
Eric Hewitt.
Eric Hewitt.
What is his, like, actual name?
Ghost is at 343 now
Cool, grats to him. I'm surprised it took so long lol
Still no Tashi or Gabo though
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I'd like for Naked Eli to be involved with the community and video production. He'd be a good contribution I think.
Hopefully this never happens again. Single shot weapons > burst fire.
Hopefully this never happens again. Single shot weapons > burst fire.
Automatics>Burst>>>>>Single shot
AR Melee combo in Halo 3 was the height of Halo for me. Throw all your grenades, rush a room spraying and beat everyone down. Nothing has given me that same rush or sense of true competition since.
I'll miss you Halo 3 :_(
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
you know its gonna happen.
Prinz Eugn
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HigherLevel
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At least throw some Xbox Live year cards at him. Dude is too awesome.
Tashi is now bum status.
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