THIS GAME
Now, someone nerf Prometheus vision asap, everyone's saying it's ridiculously good (as in, bad).
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Halo |OT4| Trust's a Tough Thing to Come by These Days
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Now, someone nerf Prometheus vision asap, everyone's saying it's ridiculously good (as in, bad).
ViewtifulJC
Banned
How far can you fire it is what I wanna know. You see a Tank across the map, can you hit it with the SD?
Got one canon/campaign issue.
Do not like them being called Prometheans. That's a title reserved for the best of the best of the Warrior Caste of forerunners. Not some scrub throwaway robots.
Also, I think I might be a fan of the BR's bloom. It looks like it stays within the outer reticle. This means that at full bloom, full firing speed, it essentially becomes the Halo 3 BR. If you sustain the fire a little more, its the Halo 2 BR.
Do not like them being called Prometheans. That's a title reserved for the best of the best of the Warrior Caste of forerunners. Not some scrub throwaway robots.
Also, I think I might be a fan of the BR's bloom. It looks like it stays within the outer reticle. This means that at full bloom, full firing speed, it essentially becomes the Halo 3 BR. If you sustain the fire a little more, its the Halo 2 BR.
Garrett 2U
Member
Distance to nade means nothing, its simply for aesthetics.
Have you ever tried to actually kill someone using the kill indicator on the Grenade Launcher?
It is nearly impossible to respond quick enough, plus you must have previously bounced the grenade into a tactical location.
Much different than a mini radar around the kill area of precisely placed sticky grenade.
That is exactly what accessible means
I didn't mean to imply that it is overpowered or anything.
Just accessibility is obviously a goal of theirs, as it should be.
You sure about that? Hmm.
*Shrug*
As long as the mine is somehow visible for other players, i don't care about mini radars.
EDIT oh, i see what you mean. Neat feature, could be used for long range recon, in a way.
EDIT2 notice how i start thinking of unconventional uses for it?
Where is Louie Wu's Spartan Ops stuff?
Pre Order with Amazon to get his write up
Not sure if it would affect things very much anyways. That MTW dirtbag said it was very weak against vehicles, IIRC.
Then again, he also talked about a 2 shot DMR lolololol
I'd imagine they're available for forever. Otherwise some people are going to rage hard, me included.
And why can you play this only so late?
User 73706
Banned
ok sorry if this has been discussed, thread moving too fast
what the hell is that thing on the left? is that a corpse(?) falling on the ground next to that crate?
Definitely a corpse, if you look closely you can see it's probably a spartan backsmacking another before he gets blown up by the sticky detonator.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Why would you not buy and play Halo 4 at the end of this year like a few million other folks?
The Librarian
Banned
All the .gifs/material I'm looking at have the grenades blowing up after they stick to a surface. Can you blow them up in mid-air? I hope so!
I'd imagine you can, as long as you launch it with trigger held. Hopefully you can, airburst in Reach are so much fun if they kill someone, specifically a jetpacker.
If it's balanced for 343, it's balanced for everyone.
Lifejumper
Member
Is a new Vidoc to be expected?
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
These MLG player have played, what, 1 game? Maybe 2? First impressions and long term habit are two very different things.
Stop kneejerking and chill.
Walshy said it has a huge range vs. 343 saying a limited range.
Leaving Australia to work in America for a year in August and won't be bringing my box (nor do I expect to have access to one over there). Looks like I'll have to get my fix on Gamestop demo counters.
Here's hoping they're forever. Would help if there are achievements tied to them.
Poker Face
Member
different builds maybe. hopefully they actually take feedback from the pros.
I certainly hope so. Unless it has like a 10-15 yard range, it is just as game breaking as jet packs.
Garrett 2U
Member
Steelyuhas
Member
Haven't been able to keep up with the thread so I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already.
8/15?
Yeah I mentioned that a bit ago.
I hope so too. Could be very interesting if you've got an enemy camping around a corner. Just shoot a grenade and detonate mid-air right near the door. The US Military has a weapon that functions similarly (#9 in this article) and apparently it works well against entrenched enemies behind barriers.
Mister Negative
Member
I'm hoping that Halo 4 will include some more in-game Waypoint awards.
The Real Napsta
Member
Pretty sure Frankie mentioned in an interview that this part was about a third in to the game? Chief will undoubtedly be on Requiem for a while before Infinity shoes up, plenty of time to get some goodies.
Also, I seem to recall someone mentioning that a lot of this was pushed together to have something awesome to show; Chief may not encounter these enemies in this scene for the first time, maybe they just edited the audio to make it sound like it?
Garrett 2U
Member
I can't wait to get my hands on the thruster!
Going to be sick to use in gun fights to out maneuver the enemy.
I've heard horror stories of people trying to play a DLC map in matchmaking.
Going to be sick to use in gun fights to out maneuver the enemy.
You came to the wrong place if you were trying to be tempted into purchasing the map packs!
I've heard horror stories of people trying to play a DLC map in matchmaking.
360s are pretty cheap... no reason not to, especially if you're there for a year
This is true, but then an internet connection is another thing..
I actually won a copy of Halo 4 from Microsoft in an E3 competition 2 weeks ago, so luckily I'll have it waiting for me when I get home. Not to mention there'll be plenty of DLC available from the get go!
Seems less a knee jerk and more a real concern. Good players who break the game down into minute detail are going to gravitate to things that allow them to dominate.
In the game type being played and described, it seems pretty clear that good players are going to shit on kids using Promethean Vision in combination with the Ordinance Drops. Let me see through walls AND have an OS every five kills...lol at the domination.
Hopefully the end version of PV will be balanced by something other than knowing when someone is using it.
Mister Negative
Member
I like to unlock things, especially things that are difficult to unlock. Make me go back into Halo Wars and get those achievements!
Poker Face
Member
FTFY
MrGreencastle
Member
I like the Anniversary maps a lot. Rarely get to play the other ones.
Oh and he's a master marksman AND trained with spec-ops, commando missions and probably espionage etc.
EDIT not sure about being a marksman with a bow...
To add on what Risen said, MLG can breakdown anything gameplay within 1 watch. Look at u4ix breakdown the game live yesterday for example. This is why we always ask for full gameplay, not to watch but to learn and improve on it.
The Librarian
Banned
I just realized that out of all the weapons 343 could've teased in the Halo 4 announcement trailer, they chose Halo 4's equivalent of the pro-pipe. Good taste!
Sweet! Thanks for the heads up.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Rickenslacker
Banned
Psychoward
Banned
Nexy's impressions sound absolutely terrible.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Don't care how pro anyone is, it takes more than playing a few games to even begin to judge balance nuance.