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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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Aggrotek
Member
I'm guessing I am out of the loop, as it were.
Devolution
Member
Wait, was canon actually used to justify a change? Oh dear.
I think with Classic they're going with Reach settings. That's classic Halo.
OverHeat
« generous god »
I'm looking forward to trying out their new take on CTF and all of the other new stuff that has been shown today.
Still would have preferred just carrying the flag on your back though.
Mister Negative
Member
So is the no flag dropping thing the only horribleness that has come out today?
Hydranockz
Member
Merguson has been around the block long before us youngins.
Came in here expecting the whole not dropping flag thing to be clarified or dismissed by now............ lol
Most hilarious pre-release cycle for a Halo game ever, I don't even give a shit about that ridiculous perk list, I've somehow managed to cut all emotional ties to Halo MP, I'm just here for the laughs now.
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holy shit Merg you're alive! Most hilarious vehicle troll during Halo 3 customs.
Most hilarious pre-release cycle for a Halo game ever, I don't even give a shit about that ridiculous perk list, I've somehow managed to cut all emotional ties to Halo MP, I'm just here for the laughs now.
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holy shit Merg you're alive! Most hilarious vehicle troll during Halo 3 customs.
Shake Appeal
Member
Yeah. Five bloody stars.OK, I almost spit out my water. Holy shit
Because the news regarding Halo 4 is mostly terrible. Negativity is a perfectly natural and reasonable response to shitty news.
If you happen to be unfortunate enough to have extreme tunnel vision to the extent that you can only view the portion of your screen directly below the health bar, there's some good news there for you. All the previous Halo games where you had no idea what the fuck was going on? Yeah, 343's got your back.
Everything else released so far is debatable, great looking map, weapons sound crisp and it just feels and looks great.
Fucking not being able to drop a fucking flag is just fucking disgusting.
Nope.
Halo now has the Sleight of Hand perk, as well as a perk that may increase your grenades' blast radius as well as reduce the damage you take from nades.
I hope. :/
Devolution
Member
If Halo 4 MP blows I'm just not giving it the time of day. I'm pretty much finishing up school so it won't be hard.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Good 36 second Video
Bad Flag Dropping News
Auto Sentry gets info dumped and seems .. okay (no video so we cant really tell)
HaloGAF gets all pissy because we are nerds and that is what we do
Same, graphics are not going to be a weak area of this game.Love the look of the map
Being stuck holding flag sounds like a questionable decision. Will wait for HaloGAF impressions.
Aggrotek
Member
There is still hope of Blamite's interpretation.
neoism
Member
Merg has been here forever... he just don't post anymore which is a shame...
24 days till DOA5.
OverHeat
« generous god »
Im gonna have to try this flag mode before judging, since you can use a weapon now.
Devolution
Member
For me it's like this, unless I have a problem with it, I don't need to mention it. Thus the stuff they get right, I'm less likely to point out as being fine or great because it's just silent approval from my end. When I see something that makes me go "fuck" I want it clarified in thread.
Could be, not going to have a meltdown over it though.
Aggrotek
Member
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
That was an amazing game. I think even Shadow had fun.
Team Downer / SLRP / Sensy / Salty shit has mostly been spewed by people who've been around a while, not Waypoint kids or juniors. There's humor in each of those, but I agree with Havok in that they are often used as a lazy way to dismiss people's points.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Boob sweat tech is pretty positive.
At least in H2's case, I enjoyed One Bomb more often in both Skirmish and in BTB. The maps just were designed better for sneaking your way inside, and as long as the bomb was in the circle, you had a decent chance of planting due to sticky arming. Awesome feature they just threw out for really no reason. Then we got the trash in Halo 3 going to instant.
Mind you most of negativity to change is given that it's HaloGAF. Full details on a perfect competitive matchmaking system could be released tomorrow and people would find a way to complain, you know? Vocal minority and all?
You could put out a whole feature-featurette video or a high level commentated direct-feed game, but no, we get general vagueness; cutesy twitter updates and tease filled waypoint updates with lackluster quality compared to the BWU. (Although honestly the last two updates had great prose, at least for the first half.)
It's a clique on a sub-section of a cliquish internet fourm, who also trolled another forum. What did you expect?
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
343 is seriously pretty genius at this whole marketing shit.. They're clearly going the path of relying on positive testimonials to deliver the good word on their game instead of releasing a public beta and going crazy with the marketing campaign.
Can't say I agree with how they're handling it in a way because obviously we could all use more clarifications and Halo videos, but I can definitely respect it at least.. Once the time gets closer you'll see more public advertising for the masses who don't see this kind of media. 343 knows that and I seriously hope this was part of their plan from the beginning because not only is that ballsy, but it's pretty smart in my opinion..
They're toying with our emotions for the greater good!
What a roller coaster ride..
Can't say I agree with how they're handling it in a way because obviously we could all use more clarifications and Halo videos, but I can definitely respect it at least.. Once the time gets closer you'll see more public advertising for the masses who don't see this kind of media. 343 knows that and I seriously hope this was part of their plan from the beginning because not only is that ballsy, but it's pretty smart in my opinion..
They're toying with our emotions for the greater good!
What a roller coaster ride..
Mister Negative
Member
hey 343 what the fuck
Shake Appeal
Member
Man, can't wait to rock Mobility and Stealth with the Sword...
Devolution
Member
Anyone using team shit to disqualify a point should feel ashamed.
Instant sucked and so does "sit there and try to arm" especially with the 5 man squads on tiny asylum with short spawns AND sprint. The hell.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Holy shit, a wild Merguson appeared.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Good thing you can't spawn with the Sword otherwise that would be pretty broken ;]
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say its a togglable option for 343i and possibly (probably) in user made gametypes.
nillapuddin
Member
Ill give you my end, learned about some new Armor Mods
Tactical Package: 10
- None
- Mobility: Unlimited Sprint
- Shielding: Shield Recharge Rate buff
- Resupply: Pick up grenades from fallen Spartans
- AA Efficiency: AA Recharge Rate buff
- Grenadier: Increases grenade carrying capacity
- Firepower: Carry 2 primary weapons
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- Fast Track: Increased XP bonus*
- Requisition: Ability to re-roll an Ordnance drop*
- Wheelman: Lessened EMP effect, Vehicle Health buff*
- None
- Ammo: Hold more Ammo
- Dexterity: Faster reloads and weapon swaps
- Sensor: Increased Motion Tracker Range
- Awareness: Use radar while scoped
- Explosive: Increases grenade blast radius, BUT decreases damage
- Ordnance Priority: More frequent ordnance drops
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- Stability: Lessened knock out of scope*
- Gunner: Reduce Turret cool down, move faster when carrying Turret*
- .
- .
- Drop Recon: Heads up on Ordnance and On-map weapon drops*
- Nemesis: Possibly reveals opponent who last killed you*
- Stealth: Decreased visibilty vs PromVision, Faster Assassinations, dampened
footsteps*
* Unlocked via Specializations
Bold = new
Underlined = Not shown in vid, but confirmed
Franklinator
Member
- All CTF games are Flag Potato Now
- DMR is 2 shot kill, sometimes jams
- Having the flag makes it so you don't have any shields, but you do 3x damage
- New map shown, Boneyard remake, 3 banshees
- Your character has a chance of randomly tripping, causing fall damage
- New perk that teleports you to the flag, but you have to spawn with AR
Devolution
Member
Ugh. Damnit Shake.
- Official short sneak peak 343 video of new map Exile.
- Bravo plays CTF on Exile, full off-screen match.
- You can't drop the flag in this new CTF. Yes, not even joking.
I'm on life support.
I'm sure 343 will change this... Frankie or DEllis might get on GAF tonight, read this thread, and think "ohshit" and change it.
Hopefully.
Ok I come back from playing a glorious session of Darksiders 2 to read all this shit?
Can't drop flag? Bad- But I think it's changeable.
BUT the grenade perk is the dumbest shit ever, everytime I play Reach the Grenades are one of the things that are the worst. Can't believe they give you now a perk to boost their strength and your health them. ....
Jetpack still in and nobody reported change and yeah .. WHAT THE FUCK 343, you better explain alot of things tommorrow.
Can't drop flag? Bad- But I think it's changeable.
BUT the grenade perk is the dumbest shit ever, everytime I play Reach the Grenades are one of the things that are the worst. Can't believe they give you now a perk to boost their strength and your health them. ....
Jetpack still in and nobody reported change and yeah .. WHAT THE FUCK 343, you better explain alot of things tommorrow.
This works just fine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVx9ibbxkE4
Aggrotek
Member
That's what I'm hoping for too. I really don't think it'll be overly drastic anyways.
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