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[StalkerUKCG]

3rd and 1st place?

Maybe, but wouldnt it make more sense to show yourself and the closet to yourself in terms of scoring? Since Church(blue) has 10 points and is leading it should show 2nd place

 

[kylej]

Another sexy view of the sniper scope.

BR Slayer.

AR defaults confirmed. Lord have mercy on my soul.

 

[Captain Blood]

It's not a jetpack! That's the double head AA. It essentially gives you eyes in the back of your head.

Forerunner vision plus double head AA will clearly be the most tactical loadout. I will also be using the "hearts fly out of my body when killed" unlock.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

It's not a jetpack! That's the double head AA. It essentially gives you eyes in the back of your head.

forerunner vision ?

Wraparound Vision!

 

[Overdoziz]

Maybe, but wouldnt it make more sense to show yourself and the closet to yourself in terms of scoring? Since Church(blue) has 10 points and is leading it should show 2nd place

Probably has something to do with them having the same score of 0. Or that it's just an old build which is a bit glitched or something.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Forerunner vision plus double head AA will clearly be the most tactical loadout. I will also be using the "hearts fly out of my body when killed" unlock.

I really hope armor effects go away.

All of them are terrible.

 

[Recarpo]

Maybe its their way of making sure other players can see what AA you picked.

That's what I would assume. Using sprint will give you an extra leg, forerunner vision will give you a giant goldeneye dk head.

 

[kittens]

BR Slayer.

AR defaults confirmed. Lord have mercy on my soul.

Oh yeah. :-(

I wonder if that also means we can't choose our load out weapons in matchmaking.

 

[TheOddOne]

I find it kind of odd that in the GI reveal 343 only talks about the new AA Forerunner Vision, is that the only thing coming as far as AA's?

 

[CyReN]

Listening to the sparkast now.

 

[Tawpgun]

I find it kind of odd that in the GI reveal 343 only talks about the new AA Forerunner Vision, is that the only thing coming as far as AA's?

Jetpack and camo have been confirmed also.

Listening to the sparkast now.

Wait what where

 

[Stinkles]

Such a comedian!

Halomney?

CainBlain 4 lief.


"If you can't get more than three kills, Blain yo self."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Y0cy-nvAg&ob=av3n

 

[CyReN]

http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_012.mp3

"h4 x to respawn in team slayer, 5v5 flow experience"

Ellis is a bulldog kind of player.

Hoping for no godtier weapons at launch

Warhouse is the former name, no new name (said before i believe)

Dmr is slower.

ps: Halo info only drops when I have homework.

 

[Trasher]

Forerunner vision plus double head AA will clearly be the most tactical loadout. I will also be using the "hearts fly out of my body when killed" unlock.

Being tactical is such a hoot.

 

[Mayyhem]

BR Slayer.

AR defaults confirmed. Lord have mercy on my soul.

Yeah I was thinking about this too. If there's a choose a starting weapon loadout in the game It'll probably only be for some playlists, or maybe even just custom games :/

 

[TheOddOne]

Jetpack and camo have been confirmed also.

Those are returning AA's though. I was kind of questioning that they only talked about one new AA.

 

[Mayyhem]

oh shit, podcast..

fuq studying

 

[The Librarian]

http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_012.mp3

"h4 x to respawn in team slayer, 5v5 flow experience"

Is that what I think it is?

 

[Overdoziz]

http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_012.mp3

"h4 x to respawn in team slayer, 5v5 flow experience"

5v5?

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_012.mp3

"h4 x to respawn in team slayer, 5v5 flow experience"

Ellis is a bulldog kind of player.

ps: Halo info only drops when I have homework.

Is that it?!?!?! Baw gawd is that it?!

5x5?

 

[daedalius]

Listening now, should be interesting given the cast of people there.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Ah yeah, everybody in the party started listening to the sparkast

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I figured the whole point of these huge shoulder things was to have the jetpack integrated into your Spartan's armor...

So why do we have this big chunky thing instead? It looks really unnecessary, and I'm sure weapons on your back will clip through it like in Reach.

I really hope that thing is something else. Why would a jetpack even be that round?

Yeah, there is no way thats Jetpack, whatever it is looks awkward.

I find it kind of odd that in the GI reveal 343 only talks about the new AA Forerunner Vision, is that the only thing coming as far as AA's?

I find it weird that the GI article didn't go into very much detail about anything new, or how the game plays, etc. It was very sparse by GI standards.

http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/Podcast/343Sparkast_012.mp3

"h4 x to respawn in team slayer, 5v5 flow experience"

Ellis is a bulldog kind of player.

Hoping for no godtier weapons at launch

ps: Halo info only drops when I have homework.

What? That seems like it dropped early.

 

[Stinkles]

5v5?

As an "ideal" for certain maps and modes.

 

[CyReN]

DMR vs BR. DMR will win.

 

[lybertyboy]

5v5?

Team slayer is 4v4 Objective games are 5v5. Apologies for the confusion. Claritycast.

 

[Kibbles]

Default permutation looks like shit, please make it the Chief like Halo 3 =|

edit: ooo podcast. listening.

 

[Mayyhem]

I think this weapon spawn thing is actually going to be pretty cool. Wasn't really worried about it at first but now it just sounds even cooler.

 

[daedalius]

Weapon stuff sounds good, will be fun to fight over stuff.

Woah shit, the weapons actually launch down from space? That's awesome.

Weapon drops can kill you when they fall on you -_______-

Only if you're derp

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Weapon drops can kill you when they fall on you -_______-

And I still don't get if there are static places where the weapons spawn.

 

[Overdoziz]

Team slayer is 4v4 Objective games are 5v5. Apologies for the confusion. Claritycast.

Any particular reasoning behind this? (I haven't listened to the podcast yet)

 

[Homeboyd]

Weapon drops can kill you when they fall on you -_______-

lolllllllllll

 

[CyReN]

Tried to break parts of Halo down to differentiate.

Experiementing with removing weapon drops at the start and it made it "too chaotic"

Weapon drop system "Ordinance"

Players able to customize weapon drops in customs still.

Catering to the new players a little bit with the random weapon drops.

Subtle UI elements for random weapon drops.

The random weapon drops can kill you if it lands on you XD

Want to give players freedom to change loadout, customize it, take a breath or spawn right away.

The X to respawn is supposed to promote flow, keeping with the 5v5 experience.

Maps can support any game type.

Each map is more suited for a certain gametype.

Right out the box you can play the game how you want to play it.

Planning to not have god tier right off the bat.

One weapon is supposed to each play their own role, but question why have the DR & DMR if they serve the same role?

DMR shoots slowered, balanced out because BR can shoot faster. Recoil is going to play a big part in making sure certain weapons such as the BR can't just demolish.

No one weapon to rule them all.

Designed maps with Sprint in mind.

Slowdown mechanic when getting shot while sprinting

So far in, sorry for grammar.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Is this pic new?

Or is it from the bts trailer?

 

[lybertyboy]

Any particular reasoning behind this? (I haven't listened to the podcast yet)

It's based on a complicated mathematical formula, but in essence it was determined by the average number of living players during matches in certain gametypes.

 

[Genesis Knight]

Hoo, boy. Lots of info in this Sparkast.

 

[JonCha]

X to respawn promotes flow in 5 vs 5, but Team Slayer is 4 vs 4. Eh?

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Im still confused about weapon drops. I havent been able to listen to the podcast fully yet so please excuse if this is explained later, but are drops random in terms of what weapon they give you? And what location that weapon drops ends up in? I assume David was saying its not random because its signposted on the UI which weapon and location the drop ends up in?

5v5 objective is a bit of a clusterfuck in older Halo, wonder why its the sweet spot in H4

 

[Overdoziz]

CQC weapons on small maps? Can't wait to play Countdown 2.0

 

[CyReN]

Ellis has played Batman Arkham Asylum.

Spoiler

bad joke by me

 

[Tashi]

Just started listening to the podcast...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR-SlkUgCRg

 

[ncsuDuncan]

Slowdown mechanic when getting shot while sprinting.

Can't listen at work (unless someone mirrors it to YouTube), but that sounds like a great way to improve sprint. Might reduce the number of lucky escapes.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Is this pic new?

Or is it from the bts trailer?

It looks new for me. Origin?

Spoiler

The quality is too good for a screencap

 

[Overdoziz]

It's based on a complicated mathematical formula, but in essence it was determined by the average number of living players during matches in certain gametypes.

Well it doesn't work on 4v4 maps so please change it back in Reach.
That would also be a good opportunity to bring back Squad Slayer.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Im still confused about weapon drops. I havent been able to listen to the podcast fully yet so please excuse if this is explained later, but are drops random in terms of what weapon they give you? And what location that weapon drops ends up in? I assume David was saying its not random because its signposted on the UI which weapon and location the drop ends up in?

5v5 objective is a bit of a clusterfuck in older Halo, wonder why its the sweet spot in H4

All of it really hinges on map design and scale IMO.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

It looks new for me. Origin?

Spoiler

The quality is too good for a screencap

Here

 

[Stinkles]

All of it really hinges on map design and scale IMO.

Map sizes have been built to accomodate average faster movement around area.

 

[Tawpgun]

You can choose different starting weapons on spawn?

Not sure how I feel. On one hand it fixes people who want AR starts. On the other hand I feel the BR is going to be nerfed.

 

[CyReN]

You can choose different starting weapons on spawn?

Not sure how I feel. On one hand it fixes people who want AR starts. On the other hand I feel the BR is going to be nerfed.

AR sounds really powerful though.

Ghaleon, they said if you like firefight you'll love spartan ops if thats anything.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

What worries me, and David and Frankie both mentioned this, is that if I played solo and ended up with awful teammates, now they can press a and run straight to they're death even quicker. I mean sure I probably shouldn't play alone, but its not always practical to find people to play with. I suppose the idiots on the other team will do the same thing though so the stupidity will naturally balance itself out.