Xx Overkill VR
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Leaked screenshots during the time the barn footage leaked showed that ctf was Yellow vs Green and people were like WTF? So we will have to see why it is so.
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Leaked screenshots during the time the barn footage leaked showed that ctf was Yellow vs Green and people were like WTF? So we will have to see why it is so.
Wow really? Movie spoilers are getting to be a pain.
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For new page since its awesome:
Fucking hell yes!
7/18/12 Bulletin said:
Yeeeeeesssssss. This pleases me.
dangerbyrnes
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i feel like this is directly talking to GAF.
The Little Moa's a GAF junior now right?
this pleases the completionist in me.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
lol I just saw this...
<3 u overdoze
Don't even get me started on that. I spent two hours last night looking at as many philosoraptor and other memes as possible.
My whole perspective on what I think I know about life has changed because of the stuff people come up with for the philosoraptor meme.
EYEL1NER
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After reading that dumb "Duh, I just got a free copy of Reach.......should I play it?" thread, it got me thinking about playing Reach.
Now I've played Reach before, just not MP. I bought the LE at launch and played through and beat it. But that was during a period where I had stopped playing online MP completely and I haven't touched Reach at all in a long time.
I used to play Halo 3 a ton and loved it. I'm just afraid that it might be too late to get into Reach. I don't know anything about the intricacies of it's MP. Map layouts, what weapons are good/bad, any noob tactics, anything really.
Is there anyone out there who wants to tell me I'm being dumb and that I should just play it?
Now I've played Reach before, just not MP. I bought the LE at launch and played through and beat it. But that was during a period where I had stopped playing online MP completely and I haven't touched Reach at all in a long time.
I used to play Halo 3 a ton and loved it. I'm just afraid that it might be too late to get into Reach. I don't know anything about the intricacies of it's MP. Map layouts, what weapons are good/bad, any noob tactics, anything really.
Is there anyone out there who wants to tell me I'm being dumb and that I should just play it?
Bregmann Roche
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Reach at its finest. Halo 4 cannot get here soon enough.
Map layouts: irrelevant--they are all broken by jetpack.
Good/Bad weapons: irrelevant--they are all useless thanks to double melee and grenades
noob tactics: all of them
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Erhmmm, you forgot to mention Overkill and Moa..
User 73706
Banned
Did it happen on prom
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Someone said something along the lines of that if 343 sticks to this whole "HEXAGONS EVERYWHERE" look they should at least try and fashion basic shapes like Halo 3's style out of them. So, roughly hexagonal shapes for the simpler jetpack design.
When they say multiple environments per map, what do they mean? Could it be, say...
mountain range --> flowing lava and rocks --> icy cavernous forerunner area --> UNSC encampment in the same map? Or would it be something that makes no sense, like...
underground forerunner area --> magical zero-g space section --> covenant ship... underground
or am I looking too much into this and 1 aesthetic seriously means we're just getting one overall appearance (like how the forge map we've seen so far is basically "forge world"-styled with forerunner and grassy mountainous stuff)?
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kittens
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Nice bulletin. I wish we could get Q and A sections like this every week, but then we'd know the game inside and out before launch day, heh.
Steelyuhas
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dangerbyrnes
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oh ok, got it.
umm, im pretty sure they mean one environment per map. but with some variety. like the forgeworld ish map. one half is rolling green hills, the other half is some forerunner platform jutting out of the rocks. they both fit the theme, but they look pretty different in terms of look.
also, i wish someone asked whether the forge options on non-forgeworld maps are gimped again? I hate that I cant, say... make the tower on Spire bigger because i only have stunt ramps.
NobleGundam
Banned
Play Living Dead. Jk
Depends if you're a competitive player or not.
Try out some objective playlists or anniversary playlists to start.
I like to avoid any playlists that has armor-lock users. or BTB banshee users.
NullPointer
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I know that feel.bulletin said:
Yeah and 95 degrees is certainly one of the cooler days in the Texas summer season.
Xx Overkill VR
Banned
I had 2 better questions but they chose the crap one
Will the compass and call out system return? It is very important for getting to learn new maps and is an integral part to navigating custom forge maps in the very beginning.
Do weapons drop on timers like drop spawn since they are ordinance; can they be placed on map regularly like in previous games? Can we spawn AAs and Specializations in forge?
Bregmann Roche
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For the record: I check HBO almost every day before coming here.
Like Duncan said: checking HBO is good.
Like Duncan said: checking HBO is good.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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I had 2 better questions but they chose the crap one
Will the compass and call out system return? It is very important for getting to learn new maps and is an integral part to navigating custom forge maps in the very beginning.
Do weapons drop on timers like drop spawn since they are ordinance; can they be placed on map regularly like in previous games? Can we spawn AAs and Specializations in forge?
I don't think I've ever looked at the call out system for locations.. Maybe just out of curiosity?
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Also, getting on for my nightly rage session with Reach.
A few that blew my mind:
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/Cq/
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35dyam/
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/C8/
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/CbC/
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35tzgw/
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3op0jq/ (HOLY SHIT WAT)
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3ptifd/
NullPointer
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Please. These two small things can make a world of difference.
Many games would benefit from both.
Xx Overkill VR
Banned
Call outs were meant to be customized via hill traits in forge but never made it in time. Would be a great feature in Halo 4.
Yep. I bet most of the people who play the game don't even notice the compass on the top. It is so subtle there is no reason not to have it.
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kittens
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Normally I can keep up with the thread, and after being a part of HaloGAF for so long, going elsewhere for news just feels so weird. But I should get in the habit of doing this when I don't have time to keep up, heh.
Bregmann Roche
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Before the game launched I thought the callout system was a great addition, but then most of the maps in matchmaking ended up being Forge maps, which made the callout system pointless.
Not to mention the fact that the developer maps had callouts like "break room" which had very few, if any, visual cues that matched their designated callout.
I think it's also a reflex action, after being away doing things in the real world, for people to come back here and say "what did I miss" as a way to announce that they are back. This is as much a community as it is a news/rumors/criticism thread.
My question didn't make the cut, it was about Forge having a picture preview for the maps. :/
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Xx Overkill VR
Banned
Solution: Don't make technical, overly specific call outs.
Call outs should be less than 3 syllables and easy to identify by their structure/landmark/geometry.
Some of the call outs on Powerhouse are just astounding by how overly complicated and thus useless they are.
dangerbyrnes
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I had 2 better questions but they chose the crap one
Will the compass and call out system return? It is very important for getting to learn new maps and is an integral part to navigating custom forge maps in the very beginning.
Do weapons drop on timers like drop spawn since they are ordinance; can they be placed on map regularly like in previous games? Can we spawn AAs and Specializations in forge?
i think i can answer your second one. i believe they said you could have both. i believe all ordinance is on the same timer. when the timer is up the game looks for what weapon needs to spawn, or what type of weapon should spawn. say a heavy weapon should spawn, it chooses the drop location and drops a rocket launcher, fuel rod cannon, lazer, etc. (depending on map). i think this is the whole semi-random thing 343 was talking about. also i believe you can set ordinance locations, or place weapons on the map normally like reach in forge.
at least thats what im getting from the july 6th bulletin.
http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/07/06/The-Halo-Bulletin-7612.aspx
we've seen a physical armor ability object on the back of the promethean knight, so im assuming it can be placed down just like reach.
im going to assume specialization will not be able to be picked up, because there are a good amount of them.
EDIT: got to get off the internet, need sleepz.
Bregmann Roche
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Wait people know that our moon is called Luna right? And that our sun is called Sol? Am I crazy?
Franklinator
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Shut up Bregmann, get your stupid "science" out of this thread!
YourExWife
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Hey guys. tskittles95 almost got the sniper...
MaximumFlipFlop
Banned
and a medal...
NobleGundam
Banned
I wonder if http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Unbending_filament#cite_note-c114-0 this has anything to do with what may foreshadow in the Halo 4 main menu.
It is known.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
LMAO, perfect.
It's because they're not members
Nah, I just didn't recognize them because they're new. Heckfu has been here almost as long as me (which in HaloGAF terms is still pretty new) and u4ix is a well known name.
That's.. exactly like Reach.
edit: in the sense that Forge variants weren't in the quote "main" playlists initially, that all came later. Remember, we only recently were able to have Invasion dropped to 2-local for FW variants. Team Slayer didn't get dropped to 2 split until Squad Slayer arrived, and the intent was that Squad was for 4 split (hence no community variants) and Team Slayer became the 2-split centric list.
No.. it's not.
thezerofire
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Wasn't The Cage in Team Slayer since launch?
TS x Massacre
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^ Agreed.
In Reach at launch, we had Asylum, Pinnacle, The Cage, Paradiso, Hemorrhage they had such a boner for forge world.
They just said they're not gonna go this route right off the bat. +1
Zoso Achilles
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No uncaged remake in H4? Win
You screwing with those randoms was hilarious.
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