You should hire me as a body guard, I'm a beast and some of these guys are creepy...
Don't. He's scary and weird.
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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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Don't. He's scary and weird.
I'll join the crap acronym club too with LEHB.
Devolution
Member
Man BTB is kind of messed up now. I really wish it required Anniversary or that Anniversary BTB wasn't retired.
Wait BTB Anni is gone now?
Lol I already told the HaloGAF Radio crew to pick me stuff up. I will gladly cover shipping costs and then some. That goes for everyone. I love swag but I can never get to the events to pick them up in person :lol
Yes and it's tragic.
The P of Poland
Member
They took it out in the last update, along with Action Sack, and Anni FFA, and I think there was one other.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Man BTB is kind of messed up now. I really wish it required Anniversary or that Anniversary BTB wasn't retired.
But don't you wanna play gems such a Rasu, Wayont and Asphalt. Over and over again?
First they take away my premium battle, and then my Anni BTB.
You should hire me as a body guard, I'm a beast and some of these guys are creepy...
I tired so hard to find that pic of you with the gun, but Google failed me.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Hahaha
Reach BTB is a lost cause. 343 (and Certain Affinity?) gave it a much needed boost with the Anni maps, but it's still largely a turd. Reach vehicle health and banshee abuse alone make BTB miserable.Man BTB is kind of messed up now. I really wish it required Anniversary or that Anniversary BTB wasn't retired.
Still better than Spire (and any variations).
Consider that Halo 3 and Halo 2 were more popular than Reach in MM after months of release, Halo 3 had 5 DLC packs and Halo 2 had 4 map packs, whereas Reach only had 3, Halo 4 right now have 3 packs that we know of, but If the game maintains its popularity after the 3rd DLC, is almost a given you will see more Maps.
I never really played a lot of BTB, but it was a good playlist to go into when I was getting frustrated with the other playlists. Not that Timberland and Headlong are gone, I don't really know what to do with myself.
Sorry about not joining yesterday, had to run some errands.
Why do people have a love for maps with unbalanced initial spawns? You will see people absolutely adore Beaver Creek - and yet one side always always always had a significantly better initial spawn.
I'm not saying it's a bad map, but if I were ranking the best maps in Halo, I don't think I'd ever start with maps that have unbalanced initial spawns.
Devolution
Member
Headlong was the only good BTB to be had. Disappointment all around.
So many maps have this problem. Blue spawn just blows on a bunch of them.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Very true, but there are/could be fun combinations even in reach, if they ever thought it through...and made it DLC only.
The BEST? It was like, middle-tier for me in Halo CE. Certainly not the best in any of them.
I'm really happy for you and I'm gonna let you finish. But, Waterworks was one of the best BTB maps of all time. What other map could you shoot a stalactite and have it kill your enemies?!
I'm just messing, that's my opinion
Welcome.
I personally think you have done a very bad job on Halo 4 so far. I'll be walking around PAX with a shirt that says ".map", in case you want me to elaborate more on that in person.
Man BTB is kind of messed up now. I really wish it required Anniversary or that Anniversary BTB wasn't retired.
Anniversary BTB maps (specifically Timberlands and Headlong) are much better than anything in the current BTB playlist.
I played about 10 games of BTB yesterday and at least half of them were on Hemorrhage which, IMO, is a terrible map.
NobleGundam
Banned
Says GAF is abit creepy. Offers his beastly body to a fresh junior lolYou should hire me as a body guard, I'm a beast and some of these guys are creepy...
Damnation>Prisoner>Chill Out>HeH>BC/Derelict
Pop
Member
Yup.
The P of Poland
Member
It is not in your opinion, it's a fact. Hemorrhage=bad map
IMO, Hemorrhage makes Sword Base look brilliant.
u meanie.
Welcome.
Jealous of you PAX goers, hope we don't have to wait too long for the footage .. not SDCC again :/
As a Scottish native, FUD makes me laugh every time I hear it.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
No problem.
Yeah, that's a good point, actually. I've never particularly cared about that, but it definitely is a design flaw, and makes a big difference in competitive play.
Yeah, it's only miserable when compared to the glory days of BTB in Halo 2 and 3. There's some fun to be had with it, for sure.
The Librarian
Banned
I would like in on the swag benefits from PAX too. I'll offer to pay for shipping and handling.
Before PAX begins tomorrow, and I know I've said this before but I'd like to say so again, I hope everyone has a lot of fun. Have extra fun for me!
The Henery
Member
Pretty sure Bungie patched a bxr-esque glitch out of Halo 3. Fyrewulf?
If trueskill was tight enough, this shouldn't be a problem.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Devolution
Member
Eh I'm not big on Timberlands. The bases are awful. Just holes in the wall. No way to flank. No warp in. No lift in. If you have a base like that make it more like Avalanche's bases.
I wouldn't say it's necessarily worse but seeing that yes this is what people will be playing on the control schemes do very much seem awful.
Also because I too cannot get over what I'll likely be playing for the rest of 360's duration, I'm gonna requote myself:
A symmetrical Beaver Creek with roomier bases would be a thing that I would like.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
If Anyone from the UK is at PAX, Stalker Needs SWAG.
The P of Poland
Member
This sounds somewhat circular to me. How do we get Trueskill to take proper effect? Get it a large population to work with. How do we get a large population? Get Trueskill to take effect so above average players like me don't get constantly shit on by stellar players like you and most of HaloGaf. And so on.
Aggrotek
Member
By visually communicating a persons status so that people will be concerned over appearances by said status which would appear next to their name, this ensures that people who care for these things will at all times perform to the best of their abilities.
Basically, bring back ranks and people will invest into that number next to their names.
I feel like the different spawns issue in Beaver Creek was magnified in Reach. I don't remember it being as big a problem in H2 or even H1. (Don't remember how it was at all in H1 actually) I don't remember people fighting over which color they wanted to be back then. With that said, top 5 map for me for sure.
It's really not too advantageous to camp in the actual base though IME. Fighting a team that camps around them though can be quite annoying. I generally just wait for Rockets/Sniper to spawn if they are resorting to this tactic. I do get bored of the map sometimes because the sniper is a bit overpowered/dominating on it which can make it unpleasant when you don't have one. Not as bad on the Ridgeline version because there is only 1 Snipe in each base vs 2 on Timberlands and there is more cover with the Rocket bunkers.
Overall I like the map, way better than Hemorrhage (and its many bad variants in MM) at least lol.
The Real Napsta
Member
It was a big deal in H2 MLG remember?
I'm sorry. There's still time to stop.
Edit: Dear Rockstar, there's still time for you to release an I am Legend DLC for L.A. Noire, and if you did that, all would be forgiven.
xxjuicesxx
Member
No I think they only patched it once early on when beatdowns were based on who had more health/shields. So even if two people with no shields beat each other down someone would live and someone would die even though you both had done enough damage to kill.
So they made the beatdowns trade when both players were low. Made more time to get your beatdown in to compensate for Xbox live and host.
Don't think there was any button glitches that were ever found really.
Although you could shoot your gun on your back behind you if you BXRYY'd quick enough. Have the picture on my H3 xxjuicesxx account. Always wanted to get someone no shields and jump over them and do it but it never happened, the chances were insanely low it could ever be pulled off.
I didn't get into Halo until Halo 3, so I haven't played that much of Midship. From what I've played, it's very good though.
However, Zanzibar/Last Resort is my favorite map of all time. Dat asymmetrical goodness.
From there, it'd be a mix of The Pit/Valhalla/Beaver Creek/High Ground.
However, Zanzibar/Last Resort is my favorite map of all time. Dat asymmetrical goodness.
From there, it'd be a mix of The Pit/Valhalla/Beaver Creek/High Ground.
It's so good. I loved RDR, but I prefer LA Noire overall. Probably because I'm a sucker for that era.Welcome.
OT: I just started playing through LA Noire.
That game has some questionable story bits, like you will be saying to yourself "This isn't right". Decent game, some story bits are are really intriguing.Welcome.
OT: I just started playing through LA Noire.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I like Timberland, But only because it has sidewinder bases and sidewinder is the best Halo CE map.
I agree they could use the Man Cannon from outside to storm the top section.
I agree they could use the Man Cannon from outside to storm the top section.
The P of Poland
Member
The thing that really sticks out to me about Ridgeland/Timberlands is getting sniped, and then,when I tried to take out the sniper, getting MAULED by the FRG guy that was watching the his back.
This was in Anni BTB, in case you couldn't tell.
HiredN00bs
Member
Given the evident increasing trend in customization present in the Bungie Halo games and Bungie's proven technical prowess, I find it very difficult to believe that user-created control schemes were left out because of laziness or difficulty of implementation (it should, after all, be technically simple to allow users access to configure their own schemes).
I believe it is an intentional design choice to ward off potential exploits and to present to the unwashed masses some options while maintaining a base level of usability. Basically, stupid people can fuck the game up for themselves when given free reign over things like volume sliders or button assignments. Do I agree with this philosophy? Certainly I don't think it applies to me, or anyone here, but I can't speak on a macro scale because I simply don't have the experience in user research (although I'd love to hear from someone who actually does, instead of erroneous causalities from Team Stupid).
If this is a reason why we are limited to these baked schemes, could we not simply increase the barrier of entry for altering these settings? Perhaps a button code to open up an advanced menu?
I believe it is an intentional design choice to ward off potential exploits and to present to the unwashed masses some options while maintaining a base level of usability. Basically, stupid people can fuck the game up for themselves when given free reign over things like volume sliders or button assignments. Do I agree with this philosophy? Certainly I don't think it applies to me, or anyone here, but I can't speak on a macro scale because I simply don't have the experience in user research (although I'd love to hear from someone who actually does, instead of erroneous causalities from Team Stupid).
If this is a reason why we are limited to these baked schemes, could we not simply increase the barrier of entry for altering these settings? Perhaps a button code to open up an advanced menu?
Nah, I guess I don't remember lol
dangerbyrnes
Member
honestly, if i could have Relic, Terminal, Turf, Containment, and Headlong on repeat i think i'd be in heaven.
amazing that only one of these has been remade. and it was good.
amazing that only one of these has been remade. and it was good.
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