You guys are funny.
Infinity Slayer will be placed at the top of the playlists.
Infinity Slayer will usher in the new era of Halo for the casuals.
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Infinity Slayer will be placed at the top of the playlists.
Infinity Slayer will usher in the new era of Halo for the casuals.
I wouldnt like to see a guy getting an overshield every 5 kills.
Aggrotek
Member
I'm glad Borderlands 2 will be out to tide me over until the launch of H4.
Doubt it will be this severe.
Doubt it will be this severe.
You're right, it will be much, much worse.
Mister Negative
Member
The casuals are not my concern.
Even if the population is in the hundreds, I won't care. I'll be able to play it and that's what matters.
User 73706
Banned
I'm very yes looking forward to levels like Quarantine Zone and Metropolis at Halo 4's graphical level.
Steelyuhas
Member
Probably just gametypes in the same playlists. Separate playlists for Infinity gametypes and "regular" ones would be a depressing form of fragmentation. Personal ordnance is the only difference.
The "regular" gametypes have random weapon drops, so I'm all for Infinity ones at this point. Earning your own rewards is going to be more enjoyable than random weapon drops as far as I'm concerned. ADAPTION.
I would be surprised actually. We're hearing that Forge has been improved, MM has been improved, Spec Op's is an evolution of Firefight etc. For them to dump Reach's (in one case retrograde) Theatre into Halo 4, unchanged, would be curious.
I also don't think party viewing is an uber-fringe feature. Only losers go to the cinema alone; you're supposed to go with a group of friends.
It's the reason it wasn't in Reach. Bungie said it took a whole hell of a lot of resources and time to make party viewing work, and the amount of people that used it was extremely small.
I don't see Theater as the same thing in terms of improvements for game modes, because unlike competitive multi, co-op multi, and Forge, it's not something you "play". As long as I can view my games and makes clips, I'm happy with Theater.
This is HaloGAF. You have much to learn.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Maaaan I can't wait to play some Halo 2 tonight. I have a meeting and some other shit to get done, so I can't play now. :-(
Also: Infinity Slayer sounds great to me. I dunno if I'll like it as much as traditional Slayer, but I think it sounds really compelling.
TS x Massacre
Member
I'm not going to bed after H4 comes out until I unlock the BR...'
I'm calling it:
No Sleep.. till BR(ooklyn)
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(Frank, will playing this long without sleep kill me? yes/no?)
I'm calling it:
No Sleep.. till BR(ooklyn)
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(Frank, will playing this long without sleep kill me? yes/no?)
Breaks more fundamental Halo core principles than even Reach did.
You can improve the Halo franchise and evolve it, but not by ruining the games core principles.
There is more to Halo than non-ads and shields. But it's being wiped out in favor of game mechanics that I wouldn't want in any shooter.
Steelyuhas
Member
Feels like Halo.
Honestly though, let's not beat around the bush, some of what we consider the "core principles of Halo" are gone in Halo 4. That's just a fact. Adapt or don't get the game.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Haha, that's awesome.
The Henery
Member
Infinity Slayer seems like an FFA mess around gametype to me, definitely not something to take 'seriously'.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Thats my feelings on it, I don't think I would be able to play infinity slayer competitive due to the random elements. (random drop, quick spawns ect) As a casual gametype yes all day every day looks like it could be alot of fun.
"Sorry, we're busy making another Spec Ops mission which you can all enjoy with a 3-second button delay."
TS x Massacre
Member
.But seriously, hopefully we can have a precision weapon unlocked for our loadouts within the first 12 or so hours of playtime.
I know they said that we'll have a preset loadout to choose from so we're not stuck on a larger map like longbow with an AR, but I hope they have a precision weapon somewhat early in the progression.
Steelyuhas
Member
The non-infinity gametypes have power weapons that are randomized among a selection and drop randomly of a series of locations.
Infinity gametypes are not traditional "Halo", but the way I see it they have less random elements than non-infinity gametypes.
Aggrotek
Member
But seriously, hopefully we can have a precision weapon unlocked for our loadouts within the first 12 or so hours of playtime.
I know they said that we'll have a preset loadout to choose from so we're not stuck on a larger map like longbow with an AR, but I hope they have a precision weapon somewhat early in the progression.
I want the Carbine. <3
TS x Massacre
Member
Mmhm, carbine is yummy. I even like the DMR from the MLG videos.
However, dat light rifle <3 looks like it's going to be insane!
dangerbyrnes
Member
If the carbine is the last precision weapon to unlock, someone is going to die.
<3 the Carbine, and i'll be able to spawn with it forever.
that sounds wrong
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Let's get HiredN00bs to find a way to boost XP before the game launches.
Yeah, it took me a long time to enjoy Reach after 343 made that cut. Still makes no sense.
Aggrotek
Member
How exactly does it act? I think I heard something about it being different out of scope and in scope.
dangerbyrnes
Member
single shot scoped, burst fire un-scoped. very strange.
all this precision weapon talk reminds me. swat is going to have a lot of variety.
In scope it is like and sniper rifle.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Aggrotek
Member
Is it going to be a power weapon? New beam rifle?
I just want to know their intentions with Infinity Slayer. If it's going to dominate playlists or be more like an invasion kinda thing. Ideally, i want regular weapon drops and such to be default Halo 4. I want Infinity slayer to be a playlist i play when i feel like playing something new. Then a playlist where I want pure, classic Halo gameplay.
Steelyuhas
Member
If it's good, nerf it.
Bungie balance of Halo 3 and Reach. Sad.
Starting weapon is my guess, but we don't know. Considering that the E3 builds showed that there are 15 starting primary weapons in the game, starting weapon seems likely.
I'm sure it will be pretty dominate in the game. Regular weapon drops aren't "regular" in Halo 4, they're random.
Also, the "classic" playlist will be interesting, and it will be impossible to please people with it. What will be defined as "classic"?
HigherLevel
Member
Playing Halo 3 is so hard after playing CEA. The aiming feels so unresponsive.
TS x Massacre
Member
Right, I believe it shoots like a burst-fire out of scope then a single shot in scope? That's only IIRC.
If so that's pretty neat and that's what some people wanted out of the BR, makes me wonder how the damage per shot will work though.
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Light_rifle
According to that I was correct in my recollection.
EDIT: Beaten, but i'll leave that there anyways.
I miss that so very much.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
How is it like that at all?
Its 3shot burst unscoped, Single shot scoped. Its has no where near the power of a sniper when scoped. If it did it would be the most powerful weapon in the game.
Its likely going to behave like an improved BR/DMR hybrid so its going to be a non spawn weapon.
4 shot kill when scoped 5 shot unscoped is my guess. Scoped shots will be slightly slower than the uncoped but its still going to have a slightly faster kill time than a BR. all guess work but its how id balance it.
dangerbyrnes
Member
they haven't said. i don't think its a power weapon because there is a picture of what looks like a forerunner sniper, and its not the lightrifle. it'd be redundant to have two forerunner snipers. also in the e3 demo it didn't look too powerful. so for now i'm assuming its similar to the BR/DMR/Carbine, and you can spawn with it.
No, they worked on a super new awesome netcode.
It's so awesome they don't even need dedicated servers
Maybe. But it looked like much more powerfull than DMR when scoped.
TS x Massacre
Member
This is the assumption I'm going to stick with as well, especially because it has an ammo count of 15.
Hopefully we'll find out... Soon
User 73932
Banned
I think it's fun.
Steelyuhas
Member
How can you tell how powerful a weapon is in MP from a campaign demo, probably on easy difficultly, against an enemy that hasn't been in a Halo game before?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
The player in that video is SO terrible, and still manages to get a Killing Frenzy. SMH
JELLIS
I totally fucking forgot about that.
SNIPES COMING UP. I GOT THI
Oh it's rockets... Okay...
Ugh.
Damnit. Programmed randomness. Great.
As far as classic playlist goes, old weapon spawns, no AAs. I dont think Reach can be classified as classic.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
"classic" will be Vanilla Reach
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Because even if it it outsourced which id assume is a strong possibility Sabre did great work. Then its still going to be pretty far out. The anniversary is 2014 thats 2 years away. If they bring it as a 720/durango/nextbox launch title (best scenario) then its going to be a year and a half away which seems about right for pre-production since all sabre would really be doing is creating new assets and reworking the secondary graphics engine to be compatible with the Halo 2 Engine.
100% bloom and no TU ?
dangerbyrnes
Member
MAJOR EDIT: wait a minute. i just watched the E3 demo. not once do i see the lightrifle burst firing. when he was unzoomed and zoomed every shot only took away one bullet. maybe it's because it is an older build?
Him never going for that assassination made me cringe. That had to be in the first couple days of the Halo 3 Beta where 90% of the players still sucked.
I really like it, but no one play it.
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