StalkerUKCG
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Halo |OT8| A Salt on the Control Room
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Your Avatar makes me want to Get Drogo back.
Pretty much this. Going straight for Mark VI so I don't have to wear any of those power rangers helmets.
squidhands
Member
Some of them are pretty damned cool, others not so much. The ones that were available at RTX were damned ugly, I'm happy that there are a lot more that I can appreciate.
I've always found Heroic to be the sweet spot for the first time. Enough of a challenge to give the campaign the heft and weight it deserves without all the raging bullshit that can sometimes come with Legendary.
Well not all of them but there's at least 8 good ones here.
Wetwork
Stalker
Warmaster
Recruit
Venator
Air Assault
Locus
Vanguard
Stalker
Warmaster
Recruit
Venator
Air Assault
Locus
Vanguard
My impressions (and some photos) from the Halo 4 party in Manchester last night: http://www.littleenglishhaloblog.com/2012/09/halo-4-celebrity-party-lets-talk-about.html
Karl, Ghal, you ready?
Heh. I'm so stressed out at work I've been tuning out of outside stress factors. I'll check the score after the game.
Both offenses and defenses are quite sloppy. I'm excited nonetheless. And everyone here should cheer for Iowa State.Karl, Ghal, you ready?
Nice writeup. Thanks for the link. It's been interesting the amount of change we've already seen in the game. Really starting to wonder what the final build will be like with all the tweaks/buffs/nerfs etc. Also, and I may be way off here, but it seems to point to a system that is more flexible than in past games. Hopefully with this setup they can tweak the game without doing a full on title update and fix balance issues on a monthly basis.
Gunnerdude
Neo Member
Both offenses and defenses are quite sloppy. I'm excited nonetheless. And everyone here should cheer for Iowa State.
True but neither team is on Penn State's level.....
of terrible play
Could just be the TV's and the footage throwing it off, it will be interesting to see how the Rockets have been tuned for launch day though
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Sweet, thanks. I'm happiest about the nerf to the rocket launcher. Shit was incredibly overpowered in Reach. Its weird too, in the bulletin didn't they say they made it faster/more splash damage because everyone now has sprint? The footage I saw and your experience seems to counter that though.
I agree, also Hamburg is pretty nice for a German city I think.
Deputy Moonman
Member
And I could easily travel with a train from Berlin to Hamburg. If I could attend there, I wouldn't need to go to the First Look event, because I would be a very happy man, although it would be pretty cool to see the Netherlands. Still have to figure out everything...
Der Flatulator
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
I know a lot of guys immediately jump online to see how the multiplayer is, but I always do Heroic campaign first, then a Legendary run with my younger brother. We've been doing co-op runs together since we first got a Xbox/Halo back in 2001, it's essentially a family tradition at this point.
Gunnerdude
Neo Member
I finish Legendary solo before I touch the rest of the game normally. I think with Reach I just ran out of time and did a quick heroic run but I didn't really enjoy it as much so the urge to sit through Legendary wasn't as strong.
NobleGundam
Banned
Within your article "Infinty Slayer", just wanted to help notify about it. Great Impressions, at first I wasn't interested in using Sticky Det seeing GL replaced it'll take some time to let it grow on me and hopefully will pay off as a useful ordnance.
Haha, lemme try that:
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Fuck I give up.
edit: Dammit Der Flatulator.
Der Flatulator
Member
Yeah indent wasn't working, adds top/bottom padding, lol.
yeah same for me I wouldn't have to go to London. Would also be nice to meet you guys
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yeah, after I beat Reach on Heroic I was pretty meh about the whole thing, felt it peaked around the fourth level and I was kinda just going through the motions. I beat it again with my brother only because that's just what we do.
So for me, the "Reach Sucks" mentality started for me at day one, lol.
squidhands
Member
That's great. I played the Halo 1 and 2 campaigns with my wife, but since then I've managed to somehow turn her off from any game that isn't Rock Band. :-\
The Henery
Member
Buckle up for Halo 4 and AlienShogun's regenerator party of five!
Probably the best way you can test whether an Armour Ability should be in the game or not is to have a full team use it. Then again, Camo, Evade, Jetpack and Armour Lock (axis of evil) would have been canned from Reach if they tested them that way.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I figure this might have been posted already, but I didn't see it looking through this morning.
New FUD preview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THiee1u5QIE
No, air assault is the new air assault. It's in reach. Recruit looks a lot like ODST.
New FUD preview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THiee1u5QIE
No, air assault is the new air assault. It's in reach. Recruit looks a lot like ODST.
Deputy Moonman
Member
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Ragnarok Flames
Banned
I hope they know that the flag is undroppable.
The Henery
Member
Kyle
Doziz
That's really good news, Moonman will be happy.
Good impressions overall, thanks for the write up. The DMR really does sound like it'll become the go-to starting weapon over time, I don't see the BR or Carbine holding against it in the long run.
Is Jeff Steitzer doing the VO work on the "game"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLS-IkANZ5Y
Slightly NSFW.
Slightly NSFW.
Der Flatulator
Member
I fold.
Do not feed the trolls
Halo 4 was here and I didn't hear a peep about it, there aren't enough tables to flip in the world to express my jealousy right now. Nice write up though, love reading peoples opinions on the game.
Which is kind of an issue, since 343 is trying to promote player choice in these matters. There is no player choice if metagame makes clear one weapon is far better than others.
Hopefully 343 can tweak weapon balance, statistics after launch... and hopefully the method of making other weapons desirable isn't to nerf the good ones.
Everyone let's poop some regen!
Hydranockz
Member
Playstyles man. Why would they need to nerf the DMR if your playstyle is suited to a closer range of fighting with a 3-shot burst?
To elaborate, if I wanted, I could spawn with an AR. I might get more kills with that than I could with a DMR. Why would the DMR need to be nerfed? So I can get more AR kills?
I think the DMR is seemingly a bit more of a pro weapon because of the additional range on it. If players are comfortable with a nice AR or even the BR, why is a tweak needed? The 'go-to' weapon might exist in the DMR, but doesn't that mean the 'pro' playstyle would require that level of rane and firing capability?
Is there seriously a bigger gap between the DMR/Light Rifle/BR for those who have used them?
Poker Face
Member
Yea if the DMR is as precise as everyone says, why the hell would I use the BR which has spread and recoil?
squidhands
Member
I just read EDGE's review of it, and plan on checking it out this weekend. How much is it?
It's also about the size of the map, too. The DMR didn't work well for me on Adrift, so I went with the Carbine and it was much better. I will really enjoy being able to tailor my loadout based on the map and gametype (I'm still very curious to know how 343 plans on limiting them in matchmaking); it gives me a broader scope of choice that I've never had before in a Halo game.
Metagame can make playstyles irrelevant. People are rather KD-centric, if the DMR gives them the best performance, they're going to use it. This can be seen on COD (from what i remember anyway, nearly everyone used the dual shottys in MW2 before they were fixed and there were definitive go-to weapons) and Battlefield 3 (PKP is the go-to LMG, it is just so good) (and other games).
343 wants us to play as we want, then they need to make sure we can play as we want to, without us having a greatly diminished effectiveness for using something "non-standard".
Also, i'm against nerfing weapons. We'll end up in a situation that makes Reach look fast if that happens.
1200 msp. Check out the demo, it's fantastic.
Gunnerdude
Neo Member
Anyone else feel like its SlowGAF in here today? Might just be the way the day is going for me though....
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
think of new ball mechanics on Swordbase. you and a team mate could bounce the ball from lift room to atrium and your opponents would be like WTF
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