ElRenoRaven
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Halo |OT19| 793 Posts, And None Worth Reading
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RIP people that didn't get a PC code.
PC is opening up too
That's one of the things that keeps pulling me back to Halo, ADS is so arbitrary in most other games and I hate it. I hate how homogeneous and standard it's become.
However, I can barely play Halo 4 because the aim assist is so much it actually screws up my aiming (I also prefer playing what little Black Ops 2 I play, without Aim Assist) and it's screwed up my aiming in 3 and Reach trying to compensate for it in 4.
So frustrating.
Eh, a lot of people are clamoring for ADS in Halo, just like many wanted sprint. Now you have people actually complain if you bring up removing sprint from Halo, so who knows.
Zampella says otherwise.
EDIT: I see his page says that it'll open up tomorrow.
Oh, that's too bad. I thought they were opening up the PC too. I'm going Xbox anyway, but I was curious how PC compared.
Just going through the tutorial now and I really like how the movement feels. The double jump is how I felt jetpack should have been handled in reach and 4.
ElRenoRaven
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It's actually not bad. I got into both. PC is a bit buggier but plays just as good with a 360 controller.
Half of weapons in Halo don't have any sort ironsights, people who want ADS in standard Halo are idiots.
If we talk about a side-game, something like ODST but more tactical (like first person Ghost Recon or something like that) then ADS might work (and using Covie weapons would be... impractical, they're after all heavy and large* and lack ironsights**)
*Seriously, check how big a plasma rifle is. Or even the plasma pistol.
**How do the Covies actually aim their weapons? The Elites and Brutes presumably have some sort HUD and their weapons smart-linked to it but what about the others? Of course, their tactics are bad and their equipment is not used for its full potential. If all the Grunts were equipped with even just basic energy shielding, i reckon the Covies would win much more often against humans...
Hey now.
I find the concept of ADS in Halo silly too but come on.
YourExWife
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Will take PayPal donations to mute Wahrer...
This and what ghazi said.
i don't know how to quote twice
Edit: okay my favorite part of Halo is the story, but what i like best about the multi is no ADS
Thank you woorloog that is exactly what i needed to know, and i agree completely
ADS does not work in standard Halo, it changes it to something else, to something that is not Halo. Sprint and other things, while having their own problems, do not change the game as fundamentally (they do change the flow of the game a lot though, but they don't change shooting things).
The whole concept is too often forced on games, and too often it doesn't actually add anything to the game. ADS works wonderfully in more... "realistic" games but otherwise... meh.
Use the small plus sign next to quote to multi-quote, or do things the hard way: open multiple reply tabs and copy-paste what you want, where you want.
And I totally agree with you.
Someone who doesn't shouldn't be branded as an idiot though.
Well, they're idiots if their reason for wanting it is "all other games have it", or "no ADS is old-fashioned", or some other shit like that. If they have actual, well thought out reason, and manage to explain how it would work in Halo and not break the core gameplay, i won't call them idiots. I've yet to see any of the latter though.
Those certainly wouldn't be rational stances as far as I am concerned. They're not necessarily, however, the views of an idiot. Throwing around insults isn't cool. There are a large number of people with just such opinions and It doesn't ride well to dismiss them all as mentally defective because of something you perceive to be nonsensical.
You got a friend who wants ADS to Halo, or why do you take this so personally?
bobs...onGaf
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Oh wow so Halo 3 aimbot is a real thing. I cant believe it.
I am loving returning to Halo 3, but im shocked aimbot is now a thing.
I am loving returning to Halo 3, but im shocked aimbot is now a thing.
aHebrewMenagerie
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Short story: If you want ADS in Halo, you're wrong. Play literally any other modern shooter if you want ADS, but leave ADS out of Halo.
Not exposed to too many people who enjoy gaming where I'm from, so no. The odd few would probably fall under the 'idiotic' bracket though.
I wouldn't say I'm taking it personally at all.
I'm just kind of saying.
Genuinely sorry if the expression of my viewpoint was unneeded or uncalled for.
Aim Down Sights is one of the biggest problems with FPS, it slows down the game, marginalizes player skill and is an excuse to dumb down the genre overall. FPS games with ADS and trivial shooting mechanics (no recoil, muzzle climb, etc) is an absolute joke. Halo 4 is barely Halo, but Halo with ADS might as well be another CoD/soon to be Titanfall knockoff.
You have a gun and a crosshair, move and shoot. Not, hold left trigger then hold right trigger.
You have a gun and a crosshair, move and shoot. Not, hold left trigger then hold right trigger.
Exactly. That's just one of the core things I love about Halo, it's so important to me and it's why I have problems enjoying ADS games because of my dislike for the mechanic. Even crazier is that for the weapons that have ADS (Sniper, DMR, BR, etc.) it works amazingly well.
Just don't bother trying to stop me from calling people idiots. It would be an exercise of futility.
And for the record, i use the term when i think people are not thinking things through or trying to even understand what they're talking about, not to imply they are actually "mentally defective", as you put it. Just like most people.
Indeed. Put ADS in a game with (more) realistic weapon handling and it works just fine. Like mil-sims, in theory anyway... (do newer ARMA feature ADS as most games implement it?)
Yup, thanks for the games guys. Sorry about lacking DLC and a mic, I'll fix that.
The local crazy guy, yes.
Seriously, how else can you describe Wahrer? Inventive? That doesn't quite describe him, i think.
That's been around since like 2008, maybe 2009.
You can get away with it for longer now since there's no active manual banning anymore for Halo 3
All modders do is give themselves massive bullet magnetism and the engine does the rest
Neutral flag on Valhalla. Scores are 4 all and the game resets everyone back to default spawns after a host change.
I immediately run for the flag on spawn. I'm about 6 foot away from flag and no one from the enemy team was even close. Just as I'm about to pick up, my [inexperienced] teammate sticks me with a grenade, betraying me. Enemy team comes and takes flag to win.
Usually I won't swear in real life... But my god. The frustration. It overcome me and I yelled at my teammate through the mic... Only to discover it was a kid
. I felt so bad. Needless to say I've turned my mic off...
I immediately run for the flag on spawn. I'm about 6 foot away from flag and no one from the enemy team was even close. Just as I'm about to pick up, my [inexperienced] teammate sticks me with a grenade, betraying me. Enemy team comes and takes flag to win.
Usually I won't swear in real life... But my god. The frustration. It overcome me and I yelled at my teammate through the mic... Only to discover it was a kid
. I felt so bad. Needless to say I've turned my mic off...bobs...onGaf
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I played loads up until about 2012 and didn't notice an aimbot. I guess its open season for hacking now that its no longer really supported though. I guess it kept it hidden that people didn't telegraph it in the same way the idiots using it today did. Funnily enough the guys on the hackers team deranked, probably because of how cocky they sounded so I won 2 games in a row against them lol.
But yeah, according to Raptr I played 120 hours of Halo 3 in 2012, which is significantly less than I think I played in the years previous to that. In 2013 I played a total of 15 hours, which completely surprises me. I think I have played more Halo 3 in 2014 than I did in the entirety of 2013 already lol.
Is it?
YourExWife
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Orochinagis
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NobleGundam
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Have Wahrer, Zoojoo, Speedy do the next Halogaf podcast!
Killmanjaro81
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GODDAMMIT! I was an idiot and redeemed my code only to realize it was an xb1 code....i dont even have a goddamn xb1 sorry kids.
really want a pc code if anyone has any?
really want a pc code if anyone has any?
It's alright, it's open publicly on the Xbox 1 now, anyway. It'll be going open sometime soon for PC, as well.
Also, how did you think you'd redeem a PC code for Origin... on the Xbox website/console? lol
Syphon Filter
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origin has a redeem section.
I thought Origin wasn't tied to the console ver. at all, because you didn't need an Origin account to register for the beta on the website. That's cool if you can redeem XB1 codes on Origin PC/website though. Or wait, is there an Origin app for Xbone?
Syphon Filter
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my fault, i read your post wrong.
Killmanjaro81
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in my excitement just entered everything quickly. basically stupidity was a key component in what happened.
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