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[TS x Massacre]

http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/08/15/The-Halo-Bulletin-81512.aspx

bulletins up

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Absolutely, trust me, I am doctor.

You need to backup every statement you say from now on with this.

HECKFU I AM DOCTOR

 

[User 73706]

I really hope this is in multiplayer, would be awesome.

What's that on the back of it, some kind of gigantic portable missile silo?

What if it's a railgun?

 

[DeadNames]

Are those Mammoths playable in Matchmaking? Would be awesome if they were.


Promethean AR named suppressor?

BOLTSHOT?

 

[Computron]

Absolutely, trust me, I am doctor.

Also, u4iX, check yo PMs.

I just imagine Borat saying it like pee-anus.

 

[feel]

I don't know... the last time I posted .gifs people decided to complain 30 minutes after the fact that I was done posting them, then I got banned.

Spoiler

#thisishowyousalt

You replied to the same post multiple times with different reaction gifs, not the same as posting a bunch of gifs from a new halo video. That was a pretty short ban anyways, a while back I got a month for doing something somewhat similar.

Spoiler

#stillsalty

Welcome back.

 

[Enfinit]

Does the woman on the right look like Halsey to anyone else? Maybe Palmer? Looks kinda young for Halsey, but I wouldn't throw it out of the question.

 

[Poker Face]

bulletin is up

 

[TS x Massacre]

There will also be playlists available that do not utilize loadouts or armor mods.

Be happy puristGAF

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Loving those emblems.

That carbine skin though, not sold on that purely from that pic.

 

[Trey]

http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/08/15/The-Halo-Bulletin-81512.aspx

bulletins up

Top of the page. Good show.

 

[PooBone]

Saw that video before DKR Sunday night. I prefer it without all the chit chat. Game looks great, can't wait.

 

[Computron]

GAFgun.

Also, super slick:

Other pictures at different angles show it with this cool fresnel, almost-pearlescent effect.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

WOO. Damn. Won a game in Reach (super slayer) by 3 and we were going 2 versus 4. We our DMR'd their team. One dude was teabagging the whole time too. Feels good man.

 

[Gabotron ES]

Game looks so freaking niiiice.

Mammoth for multiplayer pls.

 

[Plywood]

You replied to the same post multiple times with different reaction gifs, not the same as posting a bunch of gifs from a new halo video. That was a pretty short ban anyways, a while back I got a month for doing something somewhat similar.

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#stillsalty

Welcome back.

#iluvubby

This is for Letters:

 

[u4iX]

The Promethean AR is called the "Suppressor."

Very cool, tons of new stuff in the bulletin. It's extremely well written and clear as well if anyone needed more explanation on the specialization system.

Also the "packages" seem to be referred to as "mods" now, which cleared up a lot for me alone.

 

[Bornstellar]

So you can mix visor colors. That's pretty awesome.

 

[Mister Negative]

WEAPON SKINS FOR SECONDARIES?

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[FyreWulff]

Super Jackpot Weekend is in Firefight? Awwww yeaaah

 

[u4iX]

From the bulletin:

It adds sound dampening when sprinting, animations are performed faster (to minimize the time you’re vulnerable), and it has a minor effect on Promethean Vision.

Frankie, is that only assassination animations or all animations?

 

[IHaveIce]

Boltshot heh? sounds nice.

Next week- communication music in our ears? hmmmm.

Good Bulletin.

 

[senador]

Those give me wood Ply.

Me like:

 

[CyReN]

New emblems good really good.

 

[Enfinit]

Boltshot?

 

[Blueblur1]

Those helmets look so stupid.

 

[Trey]

Nemesis mod is still stupid.

 

[u4iX]

Boltshot?

"We promise, it's nothing like the Boltok."



My money is on a Mauler-esque weapon.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

My god, the Boltshot is sexy...and that name implies good things:

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Suppressor and Boltshot

There will also be playlists available that do not utilize loadouts or armor mods.

Good news. Everyone happy now?

 

[Mister Negative]

"We promise, it's nothing like the Boltok."



My money is on a Mauler-esque weapon.

This is also where my money is.

Suppressor and Boltshot



Good news. Everyone happy now?

Playlist* grifball*

Spoiler

i'm ecstatic.

 

[DeadNames]

Those helmets look so stupid.

They've grown on me... Seeing them in a better resolution does them justice.

Wow... Seems like I'll be using Promethean weapons 4 lyfe. That boltshot looks sexy <3

 

[Poker Face]

The Promethean AR is called the "Suppressor."

Very cool, tons of new stuff in the bulletin. It's extremely well written and clear as well if anyone needed more explanation on the specialization system.

Also the "packages" seem to be referred to as "mods" now, which cleared up a lot for me alone.

Promethean pistol is called the boltshot it seems.

things are better than they were yesterday, but i still dont understand normal game mechanics because of the rogue specialization, so in normal games, no mods...

When we are shot, do we flinch making it harder to shoot?
When we are scoped do we get kicked out of scope if we get shot?

edit:

There will also be playlists available that do not utilize loadouts or armor mods.

With ranks/divisions? 343 plss

 

[kittens]

New emblems good really good.

Yes.

Those helmets look so stupid.

Yes. :-(

And it's weird that 343 is revealing Promethean weapons before... revealing them.

 

[Enfinit]

"We promise, it's nothing like the Boltok."



My money is on a Mauler-esque weapon.

I really hope so. I loved the Mauler.

Boltshot is a really badass name, hope it lives up to it!

 

[senador]

I think I'd like to see the helmet and armor sets in a more neutral color to get a better idea of what they look like. I like most some of them though.

 

[Enfinit]

Next week's bulletin to be about music? I can live with that.

 

[Overdoziz]

Wish the weapon skins actually fit the shape of the weapons. Most of them look like random patterns.

 

[The P of Poland]

Several things were clarified, not much was really new.

I just cannot get over how stupid this new armor looks. I WANT MY ODST BACK.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I think I'd like to see the helmet and armor sets in a more neutral color to get a better idea of what they look like. I like most some of them though.

Nov 6th Its a tuesday.

 

[kittens]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'll be going with the Stalker specialization. The Nemesis mod sounds so OP.

Question for 343 folks: Can visor colors earned through enlisting in specializations be used to change the visors of ANY helmet?

 

[a zoojoo]

Does the woman on the right look like Halsey to anyone else? Maybe Palmer? Looks kinda young for Halsey, but I wouldn't throw it out of the question.

Already said this muthafucka.


Reading the Bulletin now, stuff is looking awesome. Skins lookin sexy. Armor looking sexy, salt levels lowering, and heckfu has got to be the coolest fucking pharmacist ever.

 

[senador]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'll be going with the Stalker specialization. The Nemesis mod sounds so OP.

Question for 343 folks: Can visor colors earned through enlisting in specializations be used to change the visors of ANY helmet?

Only quoting you because you talked about Nemesis...

Nemesis armor – which features lines that are both strong and stealthy – gives you an icon on your HUD of the last person that killed you. While some people utilize it to get revenge, others use it to avoid that person (for obvious reasons). It’s also useful when playing defense for seeing where an offensive player is going. On maps with limited visibility, Nemesis can provide a short window of intelligence in the movement of enemy players or teams, allowing a respawning team to react and steal a match. In play testing, we’ve seen players trusting the extra information implicitly and falling for feints or being target fixated with the extra information and being lured into unfavorable situations. As with everything in Halo, this upgrade allows you to tailor your play to your style but remember that the enemy team is aware of the ability and will be countering and often using it or another option to tip the scales back in their favor.

I wonder if this means when killed you'll be told all of the stuff your killer is using.

 

[Enfinit]

Question for 343 folks: Can visor colors earned through enlisting in specializations be used to change the visors of ANY helmet?

If armor can be used that way, it'd make sense for visor colors to follow suit. That's my guess anyways.

 

[op_ivy]

couple new guns there!

 

[thezerofire]

Hm, the bulletin said that the mod that lets you see the person that killed you can be caught in feints. I wonder how that works. Maybe it shows the position they were in when you spawned, or has a little bit of delay?

 

[feel]

Thanks for the gifs Ply! I love that in this cycle I get to just chill back and enjoy them without having to do them myself.

Good news. Everyone happy now?

First I need to know that these won't be just stuff like the superhardcore mlg one or the fringe gametypes ones. Or a classic playlist too hidden/buried in the playlist list, or completely devoid of support.

 

[Ken]

Those helmets look so stupid.

It's hard to make a helmet as cool as Izanagi's head.

Really like the Wetworks helmet myself, though.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I actually like these armor sets, but I hope they still have more traditional 'spartan' looking armor.

Anyways, weapon skin pics:

Next week's bulletin to be about music? I can live with that.

Probably about the remix wub wub stuff.

 

[Hydranockz]

Only quoting you because you talked about Nemesis...



I wonder if this means when killed you'll be told all of the stuff your killer is using.

Because of being able to lure them out I'd also say that the player know's they're being targeted.

Never even considered duping players like that.