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I know lol. Do you really want me to go back and somehow shoehorn half of those punchlines into "x, x EVERYWHERE" jokes?
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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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I know lol. Do you really want me to go back and somehow shoehorn half of those punchlines into "x, x EVERYWHERE" jokes?
Yes. This was a good move on their part. Unfortunately, it's somewhat inconsistently applied and some staircases will randomly not have it. Boneyard has this problem on at least some of its stairs. I once shot a rocket through the gap in the stairs, missing my enemy and getting killed because of it.
Here's hoping they get creative. That is to say that non-canon abstract maps for example would be nice.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Give us a map based on sanghelios. With like the Fuedal japanese style architecture.
lol - I didn't see the bank robber bit until I quoted this - I was gonna tell you the balaclava made it for you.This has been the most frustrating pep I have done.
and no, I'm not a bank robber, there is sharp fiberglass that I haven't sanded down yet.
(Looks great, even if it's frustrating.
)Rickenslacker
Banned
Something like Mirror's Edge's DLC maps? Just geometric shapes, no "real environment"?
We have that. It's called Forge.
You make me laugh Plywood, my soulmate.
squidhands
Member
Futuristic strip clubs, please. I'll finally be able to afford seeing what the champagne room is all about, and wearing a sealed suit of combat armor is the perfect way to do it.
Something like that, sure.
Forge wishes it could look as nice as ME's blocks.
Club Errera was so pretty and unused.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
it would have been a great 6v6 map
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
PAX week is here... How will I get through 2 days of work?
Way too small for that, unless you used the outer pad and added side corridors.
Poker Face
Member
those look awesome, but why hasn't america gotten anything yet :/
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
that's what i meant.
squidhands
Member
My mind is still boggled at why it wasn't used as a Firefight map in Reach.
ElzarTheBam
Member
An absolute shame, seeming as it's a proven firefight map.
The only one I ever liked was courtyard, when I still played FF.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Elzar, wasn't it based on the dare mission firefight map from ODST. or am i thinking of something else.
i was right
The layout of the club is identical to the layout of the Halo 3: ODST Firefight map, Crater.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Would have been a better firefight map, considering it's geometry was literally ripped from the ODST map Crater. I will forever be pissed at Bungie for that.
Dare didn't have a mission, it's the final area of Buck's first mission and is the firefight map Crater.
Devs these days seem to think more polygons on screen instantly means better graphics, it's a shame really. You can do a lot with a map that has flat walls and such with out it being visually boring.
Yeah. The playspace choices for FF were odd. Overlook, ugh.
The Covenant hangar was okay, which just just proves your point, Club Errera would be great for FF (assuming you deal with how to spawn in the covies, outside of dropships the spawns in Hangar are pretty easy to abuse because the shield doors don't block grenades).
Edit: for Bex to English translation.
Barrel Cannon
Member
So I played Halo 4 at Fanexpo on Saturday with some friends of mine. It was fun to say the least. The game felt a bit inconsistent with it's frame rate and there was a LOT of input lag. That could have been partly due to the TV and the fact that the game is based on a really old build. The strafe speed still felt really slow compared to Halo 2/3. I hated that indoor UNSC-looking map. AR worked well on that map. Me and my friends went again in line and tried the outdoor snow map. I had a blast playing that map. The long sight lines allowed me to dominate people with the BR and sniper. The forerunner shotgun is extremely satisfying to use even though it wasn't the best choice to choose for the map. I'm liking the new vehicle physics this time compared to reach which was a tad to over-the-top.
ElzarTheBam
Member
What ArchedThunder said. : )
Very odd indeed, I wonder how the design worked for ODST? The spaces in ODST felt like they were built for firefight and then put into campaign.
Probably due to the TV's like at SDCC
Remember 343 remove the motion smoothing and set input label to PC to eliminate that stuff for your PAX showcase!
ArchedThunder
Banned
Maybe thats why Unearthed is pretty good, it's the only Reach Firefight map built for Firefight. To bad it came a bit too late and had problems of its own.
squidhands
Member
ODST felt more like Firefight with a sprinkling of campaign, which is what I'm hoping 343 is using as a template for SpOps.
The only issue I have with the map is the really brown factory setting. The only thing that tips you off that you're in the future is the fact that aliens are constantly trying to kill you.
ArchedThunder
Banned
I don't mind it, I really like how the map looks. My main problem with the map is that the only vehicle that spawns is the Rocket Hog and what ever covie vehicle might drop every 8 years. The Rocket Hog should have been a regular ol' machine gun Hog.
While you're correct that Club Errera was based on Crater, you're wrong that Dare didn't have a mission - it was Data Hive (and the firefight map Chasm Ten was pulled from it).
Errera was indoors. Probably why it didn't get made into an FF map. Apparently phantoms are too important and just spawning enemies is unnacceptable.
Would have been cool if they got dropped off outside the club, have that part playable as well.
I also wanted a special Saber firefight mission. Imagine waves of banshees, seraphs, phantoms, and maybe even a boss wave of taking down a corvette. Dream big.
Also, I remember having this discussion ages ago, but Halo 4 should have had a saber mission escorting the POA away from Reach. Then having your saber crash on Reach. Cue Lone Wolf.
Would have been cool if they got dropped off outside the club, have that part playable as well.
I also wanted a special Saber firefight mission. Imagine waves of banshees, seraphs, phantoms, and maybe even a boss wave of taking down a corvette. Dream big.
Also, I remember having this discussion ages ago, but Halo 4 should have had a saber mission escorting the POA away from Reach. Then having your saber crash on Reach. Cue Lone Wolf.
ArchedThunder
Banned
You played as the Rookie during Data Hive...
Nah, the covie Hanger spawns enemies in w/o Phantoms, it's been age but I believe that a few versions (maybe Score Attack?) either doesn't feature a Phantom at all or only at the very end.
But see above: it's super exploitable. You can run up to the entrances and chuck grenades (or worse, fire fuel rods) and just watch the multi-kills rack up.
Heh - you're the first person I've ever heard try to argue that that's not the 'Dare Mission'. Yeah, sure, you don't PLAY as Dare - but it's still the Dare mission.
This - why is there only rocket hogs and ghosts playable in Firefight? Put some other vehicles on the maps already.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Heh - you're the first person I've ever heard try to argue that that's not the 'Dare Mission'. Yeah, sure, you don't PLAY as Dare - but it's still the Dare mission.
To me, it's a Rookie mission, Dare is only there half the time and you don't play as her. I wouldn't consider it a Dare mission in the same way that Coastal Highway isn't a Vergil mission.
Installation 04.
The chaingun Hog is on Installation 04.
Also, the wraiths on some levels (Overlook) can be hijacked.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Heh - you're the first person I've ever heard try to argue that that's not the 'Dare Mission'. Yeah, sure, you don't PLAY as Dare - but it's still the Dare mission.
I meant that it was the mission triggered by Dare's Helmet
Awwwwwwwww snap
squidhands
Member
What structure? I've only ever seen this, which are remnants of a meteor.And the gigantic structure getting unearthed in the background.
It's extremely shitty that there is only one human vehicle on the map and you have to wait for anything else on something that's hailed as a "vehicle map". Seriously, not even a couple of Mongeese so we could create our own version of RocketRace?
ArchedThunder
Banned
Not trying to be a dick, but chain guns are single barreled. Common mistake.
Remnants of a meteor? Never heard much about the backstory. I guess I'm so used to Generic Spikey Alien Stuff that I assumed it was some structure.
After I typed that, I thought: shit. I bet I screwed up the whole chaingun/vulcan/whatever thing.
ArchedThunder
Banned
The backstory of the map is that they are mining titanium from a meteor impact site.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
That's only because people immediately see belt fed and assume "chain gun." I've even heard people refer to the SAW and 240B as chain guns, and I get a chuckle out of it.
Devin Olsen
Member
Why is PAX so god damn soon.
I cannot wait, three more days of work until my weekend starts.
I am officially confused by the way, and unsure of what meet-ups are/are not happening. Did any plans get make 100% for sure yet or what?
I cannot wait, three more days of work until my weekend starts.
I am officially confused by the way, and unsure of what meet-ups are/are not happening. Did any plans get make 100% for sure yet or what?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I believe there is a meetup thread.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Duncan is finalizing. We have one Thursday night at 7 (location being determined) and one Friday morning at 8:30 at the Athenian Inn.
Also, http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=487775
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