Hm, my loadout will probably be:
Primary:BR
Secondary
MRGrenade:Frag
AA: Thruster seems useful in strafes.
TP: Firepower
SU: Dexterity really seems like the only useful one in that category.
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Hm, my loadout will probably be:
Primary:BR
Secondary
MRGrenade:Frag
AA: Thruster seems useful in strafes.
TP: Firepower
SU: Dexterity really seems like the only useful one in that category.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Hm, my loadout will probably be:
Primary:BR
Secondary
Grenade:Frag
AA: Thruster
TP: Firepower
SU: Dexterity
Thats what im going to do in my first game tomorrow to try and compare the BR and DMR, but I think in the full game I would rather save my Tactical Package for something else and rely on picking up someone else's dropped gun when I kill them.
None of the other tactical packages really strike me as being 'that' useful right now though.
really curious to compare both the br/dmr/carbine/light rifle and the magnum/pp/boltshot for myself. the first several days of playing will be with a lot of experimentation to really nail down what works for me and in what situations. pretty exciting to have the choice.
Shake Appeal
Member
A weird question, but does anyone have that HaloGAF 'entrance form' we do, the one juniors quote and put answers no one reads in? It'd be a big favour to me if someone posted it.
Barrow Roll
Member
http://halogaf.com/survey/
I think it's expanded and gotten really silly since this was posted on Halogaf.com though.
Yup.
Shake Appeal
Member
Thank you!
A day late and a thousand dollars short, but here's a quick draft of a Valhalla actually forged for BR starts while keeping a similar weapon palette:
- remove all BRs from upper mid
- Laser now against Forerunner wall. The laser is not in the best spot to use it anymore, and teams must cooperate with their firing to retrieve it succesfully. Weapon loop established.
- Snipers now moved between center base and hill, but not on the side of the map that has the prime sniping spot (pelican). Weapon loop established, snipers must leave the hill or their base to resupply their ammo.
- Camo now in the caves for objective runners to break through the line. If the other team is too stupid to grab their camo, you can chain the camo into the other camo to stay camo'd across the entire map. This counters everyone having BRs and being able to engage everything on the map.
- The prize for the middle is now a single drainer
- BRs for resupply near backs of bases, so base holders can continue to defend their base while the hill holders must acquire BRs from dead bodies or head back to resupply. The center is now mroe dangerous to stay in than the bases.
all other minor weapons (SMG, PP) still in same places, but I don't remember all of them exactly so they're omitted.
- blue box indicates an added bit of cover for the forerunner wall area. Not a lot, but enough to create some safe side-spawns and control the BR at bit. I'd probably just put something close to the crates over there for Heavies but with less scenery clutter.
- remove all BRs from upper mid
- Laser now against Forerunner wall. The laser is not in the best spot to use it anymore, and teams must cooperate with their firing to retrieve it succesfully. Weapon loop established.
- Snipers now moved between center base and hill, but not on the side of the map that has the prime sniping spot (pelican). Weapon loop established, snipers must leave the hill or their base to resupply their ammo.
- Camo now in the caves for objective runners to break through the line. If the other team is too stupid to grab their camo, you can chain the camo into the other camo to stay camo'd across the entire map. This counters everyone having BRs and being able to engage everything on the map.
- The prize for the middle is now a single drainer
- BRs for resupply near backs of bases, so base holders can continue to defend their base while the hill holders must acquire BRs from dead bodies or head back to resupply. The center is now mroe dangerous to stay in than the bases.
all other minor weapons (SMG, PP) still in same places, but I don't remember all of them exactly so they're omitted.
- blue box indicates an added bit of cover for the forerunner wall area. Not a lot, but enough to create some safe side-spawns and control the BR at bit. I'd probably just put something close to the crates over there for Heavies but with less scenery clutter.
Pop
Member
From one of the Flood videos:
SuperZombie
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Just think, with the Thruster, you'll cut down on 90% of your deaths that come from "oh shit I'm about to lose this gunbattle, throw a grenade on the ground!", one of the fabled Halo XBL tactics.
Zoso Achilles
Member
Wow, it took me a long time to catch up with this thread. Anyways...
Not too excited about the Doritos/Dew stuff. Double xp in halo certainly isn't worth putting up with that garbage, for me at least. It's not like I'll be needing an xp boost anyways, I'll be playing the game enough for it not to be an issue.
Naming loadouts, eh? I think I'll try light rifle/boltshot/frags/thruster/shielding/dexterity to start. I see no reason to use firepower, since I can pick up a dmr/BR 5 from a corpse 5 seconds after spawning.
Not too excited about the Doritos/Dew stuff. Double xp in halo certainly isn't worth putting up with that garbage, for me at least. It's not like I'll be needing an xp boost anyways, I'll be playing the game enough for it not to be an issue.
Naming loadouts, eh? I think I'll try light rifle/boltshot/frags/thruster/shielding/dexterity to start. I see no reason to use firepower, since I can pick up a dmr/BR 5 from a corpse 5 seconds after spawning.
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Just picked up Halo 3 again. Any word on whether installing is still advised against? Or has that been fixed?
Steelyuhas
Member
It's pretty easy now. Once you DL your account onto both Xbox's, you can sign in on either one without downloading again, and any game saves that you want to play on the other one, just use the cloud storage that the Xbox provides. You'll have to DL stuff like map packs twice, but it's not a big deal.
Go ahead and install, it just loads a bit slower and Microsoft sells it via GonD so there's slower loaders out there anyway.
It was never fixed because it can't be fixed
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Ok thanks.
What used to be wrong with installing games? I've almost always installed the games I played often, just incase something goes wrong on the disc. Nothing bad ever seemed to happen.
Moa
Member
If you installed games that were made before the install to HDD feature was added, it had a worse effect on the same because it wasn't optimised for the feature.
For Halo 3 at least, it made load times a lot slower compared to it not being installed.
Nothing wrong with it really, it's just that H3 came out before installing was an option, so it was optimized to run off the disc, not for installation.
edit: son of a
What is happening in your avatar?
bobs...onGaf
Member
My friend recorded a lot of gameplay footage of himself, and others playing the game at eurogamer today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMsFNhXGvzg&feature=plcp
Apparently hes uploading the vids now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMsFNhXGvzg&feature=plcp
Apparently hes uploading the vids now.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Anyone want to try for some achievements later?
Halo 3 loads slower when installed because Halo 3 basically already installed parts of itself as you played, and was released well before the ability to install so can't be made aware that it's running off an install.
Basically what happens normally:
Halo 3 starts up -> you select multiplayer -> Halo 3 starts copying map data from the disc to the hard drive so it can access it faster the next time it needs it.
Installed:
Halo 3 starts up -> you select multiplayer -> Halo 3 starts copying map data from the hard drive to the same hard drive. The hard drive's bandwidth ends up being cut in half (50% to the 'upload', 50% to the 'download'). Hence slower loading while installed.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
For small maps, I'll probably go with:
- BR (or Carbine? Light Rifle?)
- Boltshot
- Frag Grenades
- Dexterity
- Shielding
- Thruster, Hologram, or Regen
For BTB:
- DMR
- Plasma Pistol
- Pulse Grenades
- Mobility
- Stability
- Thruster, Regen, or Hardlight Shield
Also: when using the regen AA, do your shields recharge even faster if you also have the Shielding upgrade? Or does it recharge at the same rate as someone without the Shielding upgrade?
- BR (or Carbine? Light Rifle?)
- Boltshot
- Frag Grenades
- Dexterity
- Shielding
- Thruster, Hologram, or Regen
For BTB:
- DMR
- Plasma Pistol
- Pulse Grenades
- Mobility
- Stability
- Thruster, Regen, or Hardlight Shield
Also: when using the regen AA, do your shields recharge even faster if you also have the Shielding upgrade? Or does it recharge at the same rate as someone without the Shielding upgrade?
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
It's one of the guys from the latest (and fairly NWS) Marina & the Diamonds video. He is my everything.
Barrow Roll
Member
Installing Halo 3 is totally worth not having the disk drive running at all times.
Every time I forget to install a game before playing it, I get a harsh loud reminder of how loud the 360 disc drive is. Whoever said the slim was 'whisper quiet' must whisper very loudly.
Which ones you going for?
BackdoorBeauty
Member
The Prometh. weapon trailer is pretty awesome.
My loadouts, with names:
"All Around Dongblain"
Light Rifle
Boltshot
Frags
Thruster
Shielding
Dexterity
"Big Team Blaining"
DMR
Magnum
Stickies
Hardlight Shield
Wheelman
Stability
"Close Quarters Donging"
Battle Rifle
Boltshot
Frags
Auto Sentry
Shielding
Ordnance Priority
"All Around Dongblain"
Light Rifle
Boltshot
Frags
Thruster
Shielding
Dexterity
"Big Team Blaining"
DMR
Magnum
Stickies
Hardlight Shield
Wheelman
Stability
"Close Quarters Donging"
Battle Rifle
Boltshot
Frags
Auto Sentry
Shielding
Ordnance Priority
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Easily. Even more so for me, cause I'm still using an original 360.
Dude, you had only three letters left to go. Unless it was meant to be a meth joke.
Reagan's BR
Banned
The assassination out of armor lock.
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Installing now.
Damn my 360 is making some crazy fucking noises. Hope this doesn't fry my console
Damn my 360 is making some crazy fucking noises. Hope this doesn't fry my console
Barrow Roll
Member
I have a pre-slim Elite and whenever I start up Gears 3 or CEA I get a rude reminder before it stops spinning, presumably something to do with that new disk format.
BackdoorBeauty
Member
My laziness knows no bounds.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Haven't figured out the specifics, but in terms of names (character limits permitting)
Girlfriend mode
A ZooJoo
Disk 2
Frankie O Donell
And one more to be decided.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Fixed
The P of Poland
Member
Speaking of which, who invited him to our games last night?
Lemme know if you need a bro to fill a spot
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
LOL! I was telling someone (I think Sai or Barlow) that you were zoojoo, then when you asked "Who's zoojoo?" I was like oh -names someone-
<3
The P of Poland
Member
I'm down for some achievement-getting too though, if it happens in the next 3 hours or so.
User 73706
Banned
He really said promise but he's got a hard lisp.
Hypertrooper
Member
I hope everyone thinks TP is not great, so I am the only one using it.
User 73706
Banned
Idea to balance the Binary Rifle: use the current mechanics where scoped is an instakill murderbeam, unscoped is a random blast... for the first shot that is. Second shot in the clip reverses these mechanics, forcing you to actually keep an eye on which shot you're using, otherwise you just end up firing a blank at the speed of light into your teammate that's sitting right next to you.
I'm gonna just call the Binary Rifle the murderbeam from now on.
I'm gonna just call the Binary Rifle the murderbeam from now on.