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Halo |OT4| Trust's a Tough Thing to Come by These Days
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Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
For those still asking.
So basically same weapon, just dependent on preference of burst or single. Guess that also depends on recoil, bloom and ROF.
DMR is 3x zoom as well. They've said it is harder to handle up close though.
Bloom seems hardly a consideration at all from the videos; I'm pretty sure its just a visual of when you can fire again.
That works too I guess.
Mister Negative
Member
Lack of airburst on the sticky det makes me sad 
That was my favorite part of the pro pipe.
Also, I saw a screenshot of three spartans standing in a row, one of them was white with green detailing. I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it. Anyone know? I want to make a new avatar from it.
That was my favorite part of the pro pipe. Also, I saw a screenshot of three spartans standing in a row, one of them was white with green detailing. I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it. Anyone know? I want to make a new avatar from it.
Lame Spartan Ops commentary:
http://halo.bungie.org/misc/halo4_spartan_ops.html
I wish there were more hours in a day.
Off to the Convention Center...
http://halo.bungie.org/misc/halo4_spartan_ops.html
I wish there were more hours in a day.
Off to the Convention Center...
If we got individual damage modifiers and a movement acceleration (strafe) modifier, I would be the happiest man alive.
Of course, we'll get neither of those things.
Lame Spartan Ops commentary:
http://halo.bungie.org/misc/halo4_spartan_ops.html
I wish there were more hours in a day.
Off to the Convention Center...
Thanks Mr Wu.
If we also got Aim Acceleration toggle I could see you and Cursed Lemon jumping with joy lol. Nice to see you over here btw.
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Halo 4 Creators are Prepping for a Halo Comeback
Lame Spartan Ops commentary:
http://halo.bungie.org/misc/halo4_spartan_ops.html
I wish there were more hours in a day.
Off to the Convention Center...
Thanks for the info.
I haven't read it all yet, but noticed this
"One last factoid: Spartan Ops geometry is custom-built for Spartan Ops - there's not supposed to be any overlap with standard Campaign geometry. (The entire Spartan Ops storyline takes place 6 months after the end of the regular Halo 4 campaign story.)"
That's very interesting. Since spartan ops, war games, and campaign are all canon, i'm just going to assume that they somehow get the crashed Infinity off Requiem or build a new one (Since Spartan Ops takes place inside Infinity).
Yup, that is very interesting.
I think Spartan Ops is launched / briefed from the inside Infinity but takes place in various locations as away missions. As in, you may take a shuttle to a place on Requiem. So the Infinity might still be marooned on Requiem at the end of Halo 4.
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squidhands
Member
Thanks for this. You say the game itself was shorter than Frankie just told us it would be. Did you play the entire mission, or just a large portion of it?
Reminds me of this.-Wu said:
Shoot the Watcher first! Really like the dynamic of having support units that can reinforce or complicate a battle, presenting a target priority.
Loving the Scattershot from all I've seen and read. The best touch is how the beams are visible, and have a clearly discernible end point - you see them nip out of existence after a certain range. You won't be wondering how long the effective range is, and you can see how many beams impact a player outside of close range.
It's also self-balancing to the ricochet effect, because you can bounce shots around a corner - but only *just* around the corner. You can't stand outside a room and carpet bomb the room from there.
I'm worried about some stuff. DMR is still 3x, the jetpack is still in, vehicle damage is a concern. None the less - Excitement level: rising. The new additions sound very well thought out.
Steelyuhas
Member
I saw fall damage in the Spartan Ops footage from the Kiki Gametrailers interview.
Okay, America vs Euro question here. Why do they call what we call seasons of a TV series a series? Is there an actual explanation for it or is it just one of those things?
BF3 says hai
Spartan Ops sounds great, my only question being the objective/set up of the missions leading to as much replayability as a mode like Firefight.
Listening to Walshy, Best Man, and Bravo's weapon discussion. Good discussion with lots of good info. Magnum 8 shot clip and 6 shot kill. FACEPALM.
Mister Negative
Member
If the BR was 4 shots everyone would be complaining about how the killtimes were too fast and this was turning into Cowadoody.
For one, if the clip size remains the same then it limits it to a double kill at most on one clip. Second, we have no idea what the actual kill-times are. All we know is how fast the BR appears to shoot in the videos and how many shots to kill it currently is. Using those two factors, it appears that kill times are very slow for mid-long range precision weapons. Kill speed also appears to be very fast for close range, spam weapons.
Slow kill times are not good for Halo games for a multitude of reasons.
I just thought a design decision was capability to get a triple with the main utility weapons, such as the BR and DMR; I suppose this isn't the case.
Requiring more hits to kill, along with fast kill times for people that are good enough to land all of their shots, is good for promoting skilled play. Its obviously harder to land 5 shots than 4, especially considering how quickly it appears the new BR can fire.
The pros that have played say the DMR and BR melt faces; where are you getting your info that they are very slow?
GrimBrother One
Member
Lol, yeah, I was super pleased with how much cooler my own avatar suddenly looked after seeing the E3 presentation.
The Librarian
Banned
Zoso Achilles
Member
It would just be strange as a 5 shot. A 36 bullet clip in 3 round bursts is 12 shots. 12 was divisible by 4, but not 5. Just strange is all.
I just thought of something else.
Spartan Ops is meant to be a training program for Spartan IV's, so maybe we won't see Spartan IV's in campaign until Halo 5. But who knows until we actually get the game.
The Real Napsta
Member
Because it works perfectly as a 4 shot?
Because every Halo game gets slower and slower kill times?
thezerofire
Banned
the 5 shot BR has to do with kill times and clip sizes. If the kill time is the same, then no problem on that front. But 36 bullets don't work out well with a 5 shot BR, which traditionally has 3 kills to a clip
Spartan Ops aren't the training, Wargames are.
Spartan Ops are supposed to be actually happening, as in story progression like the campaign; not a danger room.
Seeing the Storm Rifle kill someone really fast while the player misses half his shots and then hear that the BR is a 5 shot is worrying. The BR footage in the B-roll makes it look like it kills fast but everyone who he's shooting is already weak/getting shot at so it's not a very accurate representation.
Oh ok, thanks for clarifying that.
Do we know when War Games takes place in the Halo canon?
GrimBrother One
Member
In addition, I found it very interesting from Wu's write-up that the Spartan Ops storyline takes place 6 months after the Halo 4 ends. Very interesting...
I assume they are running wargames whenever they aren't running spartan ops
Yes, obviously this arc of war with the Didact is going to be long indeed. If MC is showing up in some of the spartan ops briefings, obviously he is still around Requiem.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
Fuck it, what a shit day. Posted mere hours ago that my girlfriend was all fine after having to take her to A&E on Monday during E3...and then she calls me to tell me she's currently upside down in her car after an accident and the Fire Service are having to cut her out! Back to hospital for me!
Mister Negative
Member
Yeah, from what we've seen and heard the storm rifle seems insanely powerful.
Vire
Member
Steelyuhas
Member
Entire universe not destroyed during the events of Halo 4 confirmed. MEGATON!
Thanks, watching now.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Fuck it, what a shit day. Posted mere hours ago that my girlfriend was all fine after having to take her to A&E on Monday during E3...and then she calls me to tell me she's currently upside down in her car after an accident and the Fire Service are having to cut her out! Back to hospital for me!
Fuck man, she's having it bad. Hope it's not too serious.
Um, ya. I think that's what we were saying was interesting, about the timeline taking place after Halo 4 ends. Which is when he mentioned that the Infinity must have been repaired and off the planetoid, which is when I said that that wasn't necessarily the case. They could still be marooned.
GrimBrother One
Member
Fuck it, what a shit day. Posted mere hours ago that my girlfriend was all fine after having to take her to A&E on Monday during E3...and then she calls me to tell me she's currently upside down in her car after an accident and the Fire Service are having to cut her out! Back to hospital for me!
What the hell, man?! Dude, thoughts and prayers are with you again and continually. Really hope for the best for everyone involved. =/ <3
Dude, hope nothing too bad has happend. Keep us posted.Fuck it, what a shit day. Posted mere hours ago that my girlfriend was all fine after having to take her to A&E on Monday during E3...and then she calls me to tell me she's currently upside down in her car after an accident and the Fire Service are having to cut her out! Back to hospital for me!
Mister Negative
Member
Whoa, that carbine scope is really cool.
Fuck it, what a shit day. Posted mere hours ago that my girlfriend was all fine after having to take her to A&E on Monday during E3...and then she calls me to tell me she's currently upside down in her car after an accident and the Fire Service are having to cut her out! Back to hospital for me!
saying a prayer for you and her, brother.
I doubt the Storm Rifle is going to outperform the BR at medium range. That's all that really matters.
Sikamikanico
#1 Dad
The fact that she called while she was upside down suggests she's probably not too seriously hurt (she's got a good sense of humour, bless her) but yeah, I'm heading down to the Hospital now, so will update later. Thanks folks.
Mister Negative
Member
Fuck it, what a shit day. Posted mere hours ago that my girlfriend was all fine after having to take her to A&E on Monday during E3...and then she calls me to tell me she's currently upside down in her car after an accident and the Fire Service are having to cut her out! Back to hospital for me!
Oh, man. I hope she's okay! The fact that she was able to call you should mean it wasn't too bad, so that's good news.
In video 2, you can see the player getting shot while sprinting, and it does seem like he starts moving slower.
Player is horrible, and I usually don't say that. In fact, I usually roll my eyes when people say that. Can't wait for some video from a good player.