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[Der Flatulator]

From the sound of the Kiki video.

Spartan Ops season 1 on disc weekly unlocks. i cant imagine we get many episodes in season one 5-6 perhaps. Not a issue and hopefully it gets renewed for more seasons id have no issue paying for more content.

Still would love to see spartan ops evolve allowing for mini series or one shots playing as different characters from the universe and resolving some unfinished stories and such.

Spartan Ops requires XBL Gold to download. It's not on disc.
https://twitter.com/DavidEllis/status/209861576705052672

 

[JonCha]

New gametrailers video with Kiki.

Well, I haven't seen it before.

Interesting interview. She did looked exhausted.

Honestly, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say Halo 4 is game of the show. The reaction how been massive outside of the Halo community.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Spartan Ops requires XBL Gold to download. It's not on disc. Let me find a tweet.........

You sure about that? i requires XBL gold but that could be so the game can connect to the internet and the Unlocks work (time based ect). Downloading 5 missions + cgi cutscene per week is a fairly large ask.

Tweet appears .. vague it only says you need XBL

 

[Woorloog]

Eh, i wonder if the Sharquoi will finally appear in Halo 4. Or Halo 5 or 6.
Since they're mentioned in Conversations from the Universe, they're canonical as the booklet itself is canon. It is still canon, right?

 

[Der Flatulator]

You sure about that? i requires XBL gold but that could be so the game can connect to the internet and the Unlocks work (time based ect). Downloading 5 missions + cgi cutscene per week is a fairly large ask.

I don't think it would fit on the disc.

Tweet appears .. vague it only says you need XBL

Kiki just said in the gametrailers video you require Gold.

Eh, i wonder if the Sharquoi will finally appear in Halo 4. Or Halo 5 or 6.
Since they're mentioned in Conversations from the Universe, they're canonical as the booklet itself is canon. It is still canon, right?

I think the Huragok will show up, it only makes sense.

 

[Homeboyd]

Spartan Ops looks mind-blowingly incredible. I think this may be the best feature in the game. Can't wait to get our HaloGAF teams going on a weekly basis to tackle the new episodes/missions.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I don't think it would fit on the disc.


Kiki just said in the gametrailers video you require Gold.

She also says, "season 1 is absolutely built into halo 4". I think XBL gold is only required so that your game can connect to the waypoint/343 servers and they can send the unlock flag to your console.

Either way its pretty confusing. If its downloaded then your going to be downloading alot of content per week if its on disc then its crazy the amount of content they packed onto that tiny disc.

 

[squidhands]

Interesting interview. She did looked exhausted.

Just a head's up: never, ever tell a woman who's dressed up for an evening event that she "looks exhausted", unless you actually want her to feel like shit for the rest of the night.

Spartan Ops looks mind-blowingly incredible. I think this may be the best feature in the game. Can't wait to get our HaloGAF teams going on a weekly basis to tackle the new episodes/missions.

I'm SO going to be playing the shit out of SpOps. We should (finally) team up.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Just a head's up: never, ever tell a woman who's dressed up for an evening event that she "looks exhausted", unless you actually want her to feel like shit for the rest of the night.

Yeah rude halogaf is rude Kiki looked perfectly fine.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Ok, started playing the new Invasion maps.

Broadcast is terrible--Spartans can get locked out of their vehicle bay if they don't spawn in it, and the Banshee of course ruins everything.

 

[Der Flatulator]

She also says, "season 1 is absolutely built into halo 4". I think XBL gold is only required so that your game can connect to the waypoint/343 servers and they can send the unlock flag to your console.

Either way its pretty confusing. If its downloaded then your going to be downloading alot of content per week if its on disc then its crazy the amount of content they packed onto that tiny disc.

I think by built in she means you don't have to pay for it. could be wrong.

 

[Gabotron ES]

Ok, started playing the new Invasion maps.

Broadcast is terrible--Spartans can get locked out of their vehicle bay if they don't spawn in it, and the Banshee of course ruins everything.

What do you mean?

 

[Der Flatulator]

Ok, started playing the new Invasion maps.

Broadcast is terrible--Spartans can get locked out of their vehicle bay if they don't spawn in it, and the Banshee of course ruins everything.

Spartans can ALWAYS spawn in the vehicle bay... It's a rule of Invasion.

 

[Homeboyd]

Ok, started playing the new Invasion maps.

Broadcast is terrible--Spartans can get locked out of their vehicle bay if they don't spawn in it, and the Banshee of course ruins everything.

Yeah that's how vehicle bays are supposed to work in Invasion.

Also, these Invasion maps are the pride and joy of the Halo Wheelmen and are among the most praised Invasion maps in the community. Not everyone is going to be thrilled about every map, community made or studio made. But I can attest that these are by far the most superior community Invasion maps out there.

 

[Karl2177]

What's going on with the yellow portion of your avatar? I'm completely ignorant when it comes to college sports/mascots, so forgive me. To me it looks like a star that has been knocked backwards by a rather muscular cardinal.

Iowa State's colors are cardinal and gold. The star thing looks like the Mirrors Edge logo.

 

[TheOddOne]

Just a head's up: never, ever tell a woman who's dressed up for an evening event that she "looks exhausted", unless you actually want her to feel like shit for the rest of the night.

This man speaks the truth. Also that comment on Gametrailers is ugh.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Oh playlist update is live?

Anyone play on Prisoner yet?

 

[Woorloog]

I think the Huragok will show up, it only makes sense.

Not the Engineers who are called Huragok in Forerunner, the Sharquoi. We don't know what those are.

 

[Pennybags]

I think the Huragok will show up, it only makes sense.

I would definitely expect to see non-Covenant Engineers.

 

[Der Flatulator]

Not the Engineers who are called Huragok in Forerunner, the Sharquoi. We don't know what those are.

Yeah I wasn't answering your question, you just got me thinking...

 

[squidhands]

Iowa State's colors are cardinal and gold. The star thing looks like the Mirrors Edge logo.

See, this is where I fail. I should have looked up the Iowa State mascot logo right off the bat and I would have been able to tell that the lower half wasn't even part of their logo.

 

[Homeboyd]

I'm SO going to be playing the shit out of SpOps. We should (finally) team up.

Definitely. I'm predicting a lot of Sunday sign-ups for SpOps teams. Can't wait!

 

[Overdoziz]

Definitely. I'm predicting a lot of Sunday sign-ups for SpOps teams. Can't wait!

Let's just hope there's no/hardly any button delay. :/

 

[Fuchsdh]

Yeah that's how vehicle bays are supposed to work in Invasion.

Also, these Invasion maps are the pride and joy of the Halo Wheelmen and are among the most praised Invasion maps in the community. Not everyone is going to be thrilled about every map, community made or studio made. But I can attest that these are by far the most superior community Invasion maps out there.

Well, I really have no idea what that means, because I don't know who the Halo Wheelmen are, and I don't know what "community" you speak of.

All I know is maps that allow the defending team to spawn camp your initial position with Needle Rifles aren't fun.

 

[GodlyPerfection]

Definitely. I'm predicting a lot of Sunday sign-ups for SpOps teams. Can't wait!

I'm gonna make a Forger SpOps crew. And we are going to get owned. Still no word on whether the SpOps will remain after their "airing" week or if they have difficulty levels?

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Need Brutes

I'm gonna make a Forger's SpOps crew. And we are going to get owned. Still no word on whether the SpOps will remain after their "airing" week or if they have difficulty levels?

The have difficulty levels you can select we previously got told they would stay around

 

[Overdoziz]

Well, I really have no idea what that means, because I don't know who the Halo Wheelmen are, and I don't know what "community" you speak of.

All I know is maps that allow the defending team to spawn camp your initial position with Needle Rifles aren't fun.

I've got news for ya, Invasion as a whole isn't fun.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Need Brutes

I'd love to see 343's interpretation of brutes.

 

[Homeboyd]

Well, I really have no idea what that means, because I don't know who the Halo Wheelmen are, and I don't know what "community" you speak of.

All I know is maps that allow the defending team to spawn camp your initial position with Needle Rifles aren't fun.

The Wheelmen are basically the resident Invasion/BTB professionals/experts. I haven't come across any community that knows more about Invasion than these guys. And the "community" I speak of spans all Halo communities currently covered by the Cartographers. We have at least one (if not multiple) representatives in just about every pocket of every active Halo community. These were by FAR the best Invasion maps out there.

 

[daedalius]

I've got news for ya, Invasion as a whole isn't fun.

More fun than most of the awful Reach playlists.

What happened to Squad Slayer again? Although I'd rather play objective personally.

 

[Lifejumper]

Guys, is fall damage in?

 

[Der Flatulator]

Well, I really have no idea what that means, because I don't know who the Halo Wheelmen are, and I don't know what "community" you speak of.

All I know is maps that allow the defending team to spawn camp your initial position with Needle Rifles aren't fun.

Halo Wheelmen are essentially the Invasion community. They know what they're talking about when it comes to anything Invasion/BTB.

Guys, is fall damage in?

It was in leaked footage, but not confirmed.

 

[TheOddOne]

Definitely. I'm predicting a lot of Sunday sign-ups for SpOps teams. Can't wait!

I can't wait to finally see how much the story connects with the main game and the overall lore.

 

[Spawnling]

I've got news for ya, Invasion as a whole isn't fun.

If you always play with a team it is

 

[Overdoziz]

If you always play with a team it is

Nope.

 

[Stripper13]

Every piece of footage of Halo 4 from E3 has been outstanding. The sound effects are glorious. I'm actually considering planning (for the first time ever) holidays/leave from work during the release window. The thought of having to work 10-12 hours while this is sitting at home beckoning me is depressing... and it's still months away. Sigh.

 

[GodlyPerfection]

Need Brutes



The have difficulty levels you can select we previously got told they would stay around

Good to hear... I've never been much of a story guy (I've actually not played through all of the Reach Campaign), but Spartan Ops may actually change my mind since keeping up with "water cooler" talk is all sorts of important. lol... that all depends on how much of my life the new forge takes over.

 

[Gabotron ES]

The Wheelmen are basically the resident Invasion/BTB professionals/experts. I haven't come across any community that knows more about Invasion than these guys. And the "community" I speak of spans all Halo communities currently covered by the Cartographers. We have at least one (if not multiple) representatives in just about every pocket of every active Halo community. These were by FAR the best Invasion maps out there.

Will you guys be adding more? 10 out of 12 games I played were on the community maps, that's a success imo.

If you always play with a team it is

I play alone abd have lots of fun destroying bad kids :/

 

[squidhands]

Let's just hope there's no/hardly any button delay. :/

Same here. Can't wait to see what kind of networking magic 343 has been able to pull off.

 

[Der Flatulator]

Good to hear... I've never been much of a story guy (I've actually not played through all of the Reach Campaign), but Spartan Ops may actually change my mind since keeping up with "water cooler" talk is all sorts of important. lol... that all depends on how much of my life the new forge takes over.

Good to see you back into Halo You been playing much ACV lately?
You should totally make an "Im Back!" blog post on RP

 

[Spawnling]

The Wheelmen are basically the resident Invasion/BTB professionals/experts. I haven't come across any community that knows more about Invasion than these guys. And the "community" I speak of spans all Halo communities currently covered by the Cartographers. We have at least one (if not multiple) representatives in just about every pocket of every active Halo community. These were by FAR the best Invasion maps out there.

I've actually played a bunch of Invasion games with HWM and they're one of the best squads out there. They really know what they're doing. I'll probably have time to play some of the new maps this weekend.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

Yeah I really don't understand it. Nerfing the snipe wouldn't be as ridiculous if the AR didn't get buffed with every game.

Replicate the snipe from Halo 3. Same design, same magnetism, same firing rate. Done.

Yeah, the AR is a terrible weapon in multiplayer. It's like Bungie just kept trying to make more and more relevant in each game, beginning with 3 and ending in Reach, and 343 is apparently continuing that tradition. No idea why...

They really need to beef up the precision weapons and then I wouldn't have any issues with the sniper rifle remaining as powerful as it is. I hate 5 shot weapon kills. Way to many times to press a trigger for one kill and that's if you don't miss any shots. Halo is coming dangerously close to a button mashing game. My fingers are going to get tired. Not even joking lol.

Recipe for ruining halo: nerf precision weapons. beef up assault rifle. finished.

 

[GodlyPerfection]

Good to see you back into Halo You been playing much ACV lately?
You should totally make an "Im Back!" blog post on RP

ACV is on the decline... the fact that the JP side has had several key balancing patches a full month before our release and we still haven't gotten them because of Namco Bandai has really hurt the competitive community. We are in 2 1/2 months with no patches that existed a month before we got ours. So I'm taking a break... lol.

I've actually been working on a couple map designs for Halo 4 through sketchup. I'm rough drafting one of them on Reach's Forge, but it can only do so much... lol. Maybe when I feel more confident in the design I'll showcase it on youtube for several to see. I need to work on getting that first real Mindful Cartographer video out though, but this E3 kick is distracting me... lol. I will put it out tomorrow morning for sure.

Side note... 30 more posts til member .

 

[Reagan's BR]

New gametrailers video with Kiki.

Well, I haven't seen it before.

Did she say each episode was 5-7 minutes? I thought Frankie said they were 15 minutes?

 

[Gabotron ES]

You guys tried Ghost Zombies? It's pretty funny

 

[daedalius]

Did she say each episode was 5-7 minutes? I thought Frankie said they were 15 minutes?

Probably 15+ on legendary.

As for weapon balance, if you listen to Bravo's podcast, you'll know that you should have no trouble face-melting an AR/Storm rifle user with a BR as long as they aren't on top of you. And if they are on top of you, you made a mistake.

Kiki interview was nice, can't wait for SpOps; will probably play the crap out of it.

 

[Stripper13]

Yeah, the AR is a terrible weapon in multiplayer. It's like Bungie just kept trying to make more and more relevant in each game, beginning with 3 and ending in Reach, and 343 is apparently continuing that tradition. No idea why...

They really need to beef up the precision weapons and then I wouldn't have any issues with the sniper rifle remaining as powerful as it is. I hate 5 shot weapon kills. Way to many times to press a trigger for one kill and that's if you don't miss any shots. Halo is coming dangerously close to a button mashing game. My fingers are going to get tired. Not even joking lol.

Recipe for ruining halo: nerf precision weapons. beef up assault rifle. finished.

The problem here is that you'd lose half the regular Halo players if you put the precision weapons where I (and yourself I presume), believe they deserve to be. I would love precision weapons to dominate, and I'd love to see armor abilities just gone and forgotten about... but ultimately there are far too many players who want to roughly centre you on their screen and spray the assault rifle, followed by a desperate grenade throwing fest and then finally a whimsical attempt at a pummel finish. There are far too many players who play Reach for the ability to fly through the air and reign fire over the map, or to turn invisible and hide with a power weapon, or to run recklessly into the midst of carnage and hold the invulnerability button and hope some poor sap is close enough for grenade spam or pummeling.

I say this because I know far too many IRL who see it this way. Who feel that the difference between COD and Halo is that Halo allows them to Jetpack, and that's about it. Many of them understand the shield/headshot system and seem reasonably intelligent... but many simply see Halo/COD/etc. as shooters with very little in terms of differences.

So every time I get sprayed to death by (often multiple) Assault rifles while I was (in my opinion) outplaying my opponent(s) with good movement/strafing and good aim - I just remind myself that Halo would have far fewer regulars if it didn't allow for some scrub.

 

[The Librarian]

Guys, is fall damage in?

It was in the leaked footage, but I'd like to know if it is in for the version playable at E3. Domino? Biggy?

Spoiler

This is a way for me to ask for more impressions.

Looking at that Gametrailers interview now.

 

[Tashi]

Did she say each episode was 5-7 minutes? I thought Frankie said they were 15 minutes?

I think he said on the hardest difficulty they could be...

 

[Pennybags]

ACV is on the decline... the fact that the JP side has had several key balancing patches a full month before our release and we still haven't gotten them because of Namco Bandai has really hurt the competitive community. We are in 2 1/2 months with no patches that existed a month before we got ours.

Awful situation. I don't think my friends are ever going to play again.