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[ncsuDuncan]

Welcome to HaloGAF!

Keep an eye out for the handsome gent in my avatar pic, he's been spotted wandering around Seattle.

 

[Portugeezer]

COD control scheme?

This will make switching back and forth much easier. Hail 343i.

About time they started acknowledging LT zooming, I am pleased.

 

[Plywood]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/632877-halo-4/63895364

lololol

Death of Halo, etc, etc.

 

[TheOddOne]

Sword base? Bahhahhahahahahahahahha.

 

[Ramirez]

Funnier than the poll is the fact that you read GameFAQ forums.

 

[Plywood]

This is the kind of thing that will see Sword Base get remade in Halo 5 because it was a "fan favorite."

 

[Portugeezer]

Death of Halo, etc, etc.

Maps from beta's become favoured.

 

[Fracas]

I voted for Sword Base.

Spoiler

Because then they'll have to play it.

 

[DesertFox]

Death of Halo, etc, etc.

I really think that people only "like" swordbase because they can camp extremely easily.

 

[OdysseusVA]

a zoo joo has an alt?

This is it

 

[willow ve]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/632877-halo-4/63895364

lololol

Swordbase is dominating that poll. Although they left out 4v4 Hemorrhage so that is going to skew the data.

Spoiler

voted for Swordbase just for the lulz

 

[higherARC05]

I think im going to be sick.

 

[Tashi]

Tashi has convinced me to actually post now and again and not just be a pervy lurker

Please be reasonably kind... I get enough verbal abuse (poorly-executed, mind you) from the bald Scottish man sitting across from me. Who knew such horrors could come from the mouth of someone with the gentle name of Francis?

Are we going to see some of you folks tomorrow night?

Ahhh! Welcome.

 

[The Real Napsta]

Thanks Plywood.

Funnier than the poll is the fact that you read GameFAQ forums.

What can i say? You guys aren't posting fast enough.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

Death of Halo, etc, etc.

Jesus.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Oddball Swordbase to become a playlist due to popular demand

 

[Risen]

This is the kind of thing that will see Sword Base get remade in Halo 5 because it was a "fan favorite."

It's one of my favorites. I don't care if it's ball or slayer... I love it. Who doesn't love having Red as your initial spawn and being able to set up and CRUSH the other team... over and over and over and over and over again?

It is the absolute worst map design for competitive play, but that makes it the absolute best design for mindlessly "statting" against the typical terrible population people get matched against.

It's like the Zealot flag issue, but expanded into a whole map and any game type played on it.

Who cares if I spawn Blue against another good team and because of that play a tight but ultimately losing affair if 90 games out of 100 I get the Red spawn against scrubkins?

Remake this 343 - it's all it needs to be for mindless fun.

 

[Ramirez]

I voted for SB as a troll, I'm sure most did the same.

 

[Orochinagis]

Death of Halo, etc, etc.

That poll made me cry....

Oddball Swordbase to become a playlist due to popular demand

Oddball Sworbase 24/7 !!!!

 

[TheOddOne]

Dedicated servers, server list, all servers 24/7 Swordbase. Imagine. Fuck.

 

[Poker Face]

Maps from beta's become favoured.

.

 

[thezerofire]

Honestly if DXP weekend playlists had been in a thing in Reach, an Oddball Swordbase playlist would have been pretty hilarious

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Dedicated servers, server list, all servers 24/7 Swordbase. Imagine. Fuck.

That's a lot of dumbasses dying in the elevator lift room

 

[Karl2177]

not just be a pervy lurker

I don't even.

 

[CyReN]

I liked Snowbound.

Don't hate me.

 

[StalkerUKCG]

I liked Snowbound.

Don't hate me.

BroFist!

 

[Risen]

I liked Snowbound.

Don't hate me.

And I loved Isolation

 

[Fracas]

I liked Snowbound.

Don't hate me.

It wasn't a liked map?

Worked great for Slayer BRs. Wasn't very good for objective, though.

And I loved Isolation

I like Isolation as well...

 

[wwm0nkey]

Maps from beta's become favoured.

This is very true. I Remember I couldn't play Battlefield 2 Modern Combat without playing BackStab or Bridge too Far like a billion times because those were the maps in the Xbox and Xbox 360 Demos

 

[DeadNames]

Nice! What kind?

I'm learning C++ this fall... If that counts

I liked Snowbound.

Don't hate me.

I liked it too... I don't understand the hate for it. I'd rather play it than Isolation, that's for sure.

And I loved Isolation

wut.

 

[CyReN]

And I loved Isolation

The giant asshole matched your personality.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

So, I think I will be using the recon control scheme.. But I dunno. It just seems to be the best one to be able to crouch jump, sprint and use AAs as easily as possible... We need a Halo 4 controller with an extra button. :lol

My flight delay is going to be about 4hours. I am getting 600€ cash. I am okay with that.

Glad to hear it worked out, a little extra cash for an inconvenience it never bad!

Tashi has convinced me to actually post now and again and not just be a pervy lurker

Please be reasonably kind... I get enough verbal abuse (poorly-executed, mind you) from the bald Scottish man sitting across from me. Who knew such horrors could come from the mouth of someone with the gentle name of Francis?

Are we going to see some of you folks tomorrow night?

Welcome!

 

[Tashi]

I liked Snowbound.

Don't hate me.

Boundless you mean? And yea I liked it too. It was held back from being a great map though.

 

[heckfu]

Funnier than the poll is the fact that you read GameFAQ forums.

Damn, Gina!

 

[Risen]

wut.

Didn't say it was a well designed map... just that I loved it. Go in with a very good team of four, 62 assists on 50 kills later, the game is over.

What's not to love about that?

The giant asshole matched your personality.

Indubitably my good sir.

 

[TheOddOne]

Still don't get why people like Powerhouse. What a godawful map.

 

[zap]

Tashi has convinced me to actually post now and again and not just be a pervy lurker

Please be reasonably kind... I get enough verbal abuse (poorly-executed, mind you) from the bald Scottish man sitting across from me. Who knew such horrors could come from the mouth of someone with the gentle name of Francis?

Are we going to see some of you folks tomorrow night?

Welcome!

I don't understand the love for swordbase at all. Randoms love camping I guess

 

[Plywood]

Still don't get why people like Powerhouse. What a godawful map.

Powerhouse seems to be the only map made in mind for Reach considering all the jumps/shortcuts the map has.

 

[Fracas]

Still don't get why people like Powerhouse. What a godawful map.

You shut your dirty whore mouth.

Spoiler

<3

It's the only map in Reach that I consistently enjoy. Although that means next to nothing, since I don't actually play Reach anymore. ViewtifulJC had the right idea all along.

 

[RebornYeti]

I liked Snowbound.

Don't hate me.

In retrospect, I had some great times on that map. Better than any map in Reach, save for maybe Countdown.

 

[thezerofire]

Still don't get why people like Powerhouse. What a godawful map.

Best map in Reach. Lots of routes, lots of cover, lots of sightlines, lots of jumps and shortcuts

and it has a grenade launcher

 

[heckfu]

In retrospect, I had some great times on that map. Better than any map in Reach, save for maybe Countdown.

Countdown is the worst map.

Spoiler

clearly hyperbole, but it's most certainly one of my least favorites.

And as far as Powerhouse goes I think it can easily be one of the more competitive maps due to positioning and jockeying for the top.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Tashi has convinced me to actually post now and again and not just be a pervy lurker

Please be reasonably kind... I get enough verbal abuse (poorly-executed, mind you) from the bald Scottish man sitting across from me. Who knew such horrors could come from the mouth of someone with the gentle name of Francis?

Are we going to see some of you folks tomorrow night?

Welcome!

And to your question: Yes.

 

[TheOddOne]

Powerhouse seems to be the only map made in mind for Reach considering all the jumps/shortcuts the map has.

Best map in Reach. Lots of routes, lots of cover, lots of sightlines, lots of jumps and shortcuts

and it has a grenade launcher

While the layout of it seems fine, the problem is that above all maps it encourages the use of the jetpack and armor lock more then ever. Every match I have also played boils down to people camping in the showers.

 

[RebornYeti]

And as far as Powerhouse goes I think it can easily be one of the more competitive maps due to positioning and jockeying for the top.

I kinda forgot about Powerhouse. Without jetpackers, that map really shines. And I don't know if I'm the only one, but I really enjoy 1-Flag on that map.

 

[Ramirez]

While the layout of it seems fine, the problem is that above all maps it encourages the use of the jetpack and armor lock more then ever. Every match I have also played boils down to people camping in the showers.

I've played a lot of Powerhouse, and I've never seen anyone try to camp the shower area, it's a grenade death trap. Jetpackers are usually easy to take down as well unless it's a great team.

 

[Sai-kun]

Welcome!

And to your question: Yes.

Where...is your avatar from?

 

[GhaleonEB]

Where...is your avatar from?

It's Soffish rocking a Skyrim helmet.

 

[Devolution]

Sorry... you will get a simplified sandbox competitive playlist that is low pop because 90% of the player base will want unlimited kill streaks, won't want to work to memorize weapon spawns/locations, and love wild card kills created by picking something in a menu.

/kylej possession

Ffffffffffffffffffff.

Infinity Slayer will undoubtedly be the playlist most people go to at launch. Since it includes all the new bells and whistles, along with instant respawn, it's going to draw the larger crowd. The highly competitive stuff tends to scare most normal people away. The level of play is just too high for them to enjoy it.

With what Frankie said, we are the minority here. We are a very small but very vocal group in the grand scheme of Halo 4. Competitive playlists can only get Halo so far since the larger audience probably will only dabble in them and not commit any serious effort to it.

With that said, any "barebones" playlists will have a decent amount of people in them to begin with as they rage against the new features. Then over time, we'll see more people turning to infinity (insert gametype) because it will feel like the more complete Halo 4 experience.

Yeah but we're also the minority because barebones playlists get fucked over.

We have confirmed this many times.

Who are you?

Exactly. Doesn't matter if there are only 5 playlists. The competitive/hardcore one will still have a small population because the casuals will view it as the playlist to go into if you want to get crapped on.

I just hope they're able to find a way to make Team Objective more palatable for a larger chunk of the community. Makes me sad that it holds such a low pop right now.

Which is why it'd be nice to have an actual playlist devoid of fluff and cheese from the very beginning. As opposed to every playlist having the stuff, which they confirmed and I'm very pleased to hear about.

Still don't get why people like Powerhouse. What a godawful map.

It's not that great but look at its competition. It's quite like starting to prefer the flavor of stale bread because the other option is shit.

I've played a lot of Powerhouse, and I've never seen anyone try to camp the shower area, it's a grenade death trap. Jetpackers are usually easy to take down as well unless it's a great team.

The most annoying game I ever played was jetpackers getting on top of nips and the hammer roof. Hell people can get on top of the hammer roof even without packs.


This thread moves way too fucking fast now.

 

[Tawpgun]

Welcome to HaloGAF!

Keep an eye out for the handsome gent in my avatar pic, he's been spotted wandering around Seattle.

Christ you slurp so hard at that guy. Seems like you would do anything to be him.