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[Gui_PT]

For the record, that's not where I thought I saw Arbiter. I find it hilarious that guy decided to make a video based off of it though.

Did you see him that day you forgot to take your crazy pills?

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Did you see him that day you forgot to take your crazy pills?

I don't need crazy pills, I was born that way.

Spoiler

Que Sai and his Lady Gaga gif

 

[op_ivy]

It's green where you water it tho

true.

huh?

 

[DeadNames]

i could be wrong, but didnt everyone* used to complain about how weak grenades were in 3? now everyone* complains about how powerful they are in reach. grass is always greener...

Rather weak grenades than the pocket-nukes.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

mmm, protein

 

[Woorloog]

Rather weak grenades than the pocket-nukes.

Yup. The 'nades did feel really weak in Halo 3 (they felt so in campaign, they felt so in MP) but after Reach, i really appreciate Halo 3's grenades, how they're tactical shield busters instead of... well, nukes. In multiplayer anyway, still would prefer slightly stronger SP grenades. Especially since weak grenades are even weaker on higher difficulties.

 

[op_ivy]

Rather weak grenades than the pocket-nukes.

i think the reach ones are perfect personally. by yeah, to each their own.

 

[TheOddOne]

Did you see him that day you forgot to take your crazy pills?

You're not blame space.

 

[Karl2177]

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of playlists start you with one grenade, not two. (If the only real problem is Team Slayer... why not just stay away from Team Slayer?)

As far as I know Arena, Doubles, and maybe an Anniversary playlist are the only ones that start you with 1 grenade. Everything else is 2(or 0 like SWAT/Grifball). And I try to avoid Vanilla Reach as much as possible. 100% bloom makes children cry.

i think the reach ones are perfect personally. by yeah, to each their own.

When 1 DMR shot followed by a grenade can kill, I don't like it at all. For gameplay reasons, I would rather have a tactical grenade, not a tactical nuke.

 

[Plywood]

I gotcha bud, 10lbs of whey in my kitchen. I got all da protein you need for your face.

inappropriate

i could be wrong, but didnt everyone* used to complain about how weak grenades were in 3? now everyone* complains about how powerful they are in reach. grass is always greener...

uhm no

Besides, if you want to go there, they're both extremes at the opposite ends of each other.

 

[Woorloog]

i think the reach ones are perfect personally. by yeah, to each their own.

TBH, Reach grenades wouldn't be that bad if it were possible to dodge them, faster movement, less inertia, higher and faster jumping...

 

[Hypertrooper]

i could be wrong, but didnt everyone* used to complain about how weak grenades were in 3? now everyone* complains about how powerful they are in reach. grass is always greener...

Most people forget the grenades are too awful in Reach because of the movement speed. You have no real chance to dodge Grenade. The most of times if you do not spot it in air, you are going to be killed.

 

[Gui_PT]

You're not blame space.

Michael Angelo, the party dude.

 

[nillapuddin]

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of playlists start you with one grenade, not two. (If the only real problem is Team Slayer... why not just stay away from Team Slayer?)

unfortunately that isnt true (afaik) almost all of the playlists start with 2

: /

its bad.

 

[BackdoorBeauty]

Deployable energy drain is back? Hell yeah baby. Just need the bubbleshield and regen now.

Also: Exile is going to be a great BTB map.

 

[IHaveIce]

Deployable energy drain is back? Hell yeah baby. Just need the bubbleshield and regen now.

Also: Exile is going to be a great BTB map.

regen is also coming back

 

[Wifiplayer13]

Deployable energy drain is back? Hell yeah baby. Just need the bubbleshield and regen now.

Also: Exile is going to be a great BTB map.

Wait, when/where was the energy drain confirmed? I haven't been on much so I may have missed it.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Wait, when/where was the energy drain confirmed? I haven't been on much so I may have missed it.

It's basically the promethian grenade now.

 

[DeadNames]

Yup. The 'nades did feel really weak in Halo 3 (they felt so in campaign, they felt so in MP) but after Reach, i really appreciate Halo 3's grenades, how they're tactical shield busters instead of... well, nukes. In multiplayer anyway, still would prefer slightly stronger SP grenades. Especially since weak grenades are even weaker on higher difficulties.

The grenades in 3 are pretty spammable though... That's one thing though. Still nowhere near as annoying as Reach's though.

i think the reach ones are perfect personally. by yeah, to each their own.

If you can kill someone with one grenade while that person has full shields and low health, there's a problem.

 

[BackdoorBeauty]

Wait, when/where was the energy drain confirmed? I haven't been on much so I may have missed it.

You can see someone toss a device which halts a mongoose, uh, somewhere in here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5DTF9bpwAI&feature=related

 

[kittens]

Wait, when/where was the energy drain confirmed? I haven't been on much so I may have missed it.

The new Pulse Grenade is a lot like a power drain, and there's a regen armor ability.

 

[Wifiplayer13]

It's basically the promethian grenade now.

Oh, never mind. Totally forgot about that.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

i could be wrong, but didnt everyone* used to complain about how weak grenades were in 3? now everyone* complains about how powerful they are in reach. grass is always greener...

I liked that the nades where weaker... and dont remember seeing anyone else complain?

 

[op_ivy]

I liked that the nades where weaker... and dont remember seeing anyone else complain?

i remember it quite common at launch (or beta?), but then again, werent they slightly beefed in 3 after an update?

 

[kylej]

for my Sig dawgs, there's a huge 70 star race going on right now

http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Super Mario 64

sig's stream is that first box

 

[heckfu]

for my Sig dawgs, there's a huge 70 star race going on right now

http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Super Mario 64

sig's stream is that first box

Ah thanks. I'll hit that up when I get home!

 

[kylej]

Ah thanks. I'll hit that up when I get home!

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[Akai__]

for my Sig dawgs, there's a huge 70 star race going on right now

http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Super Mario 64

sig's stream is that first box

He is 23 minutes in and he already has over 30 stars? That's amazing. I would probably need ~20 min for 1 star.

 

[Louis Wu]

I'm pretty sure you're incorrect.

I hate it when I actually have to go check stuff.

Standard:

• Team Slayer - 2 grenades
• Team Swat - 0 grenades
• Team Snipers - 0 grenades
• Living Dead - 0 grenades
• Invasion - 2 grenades(?)

Evolved:

• Super Slayer - 2 grenades
• Team Objective - 2 grenades
• Rumble Pit - 2 grenades
• Double Team - 1 grenade
• Big Team Battle - 2 grenades
• Multi-Team - 1 grenade
• The Arena - 1 grenade

Anniversary:

• Anniversary Classic - 2 grenades
• Anniversary Firefight - N/A

Community:

• MLG - 2 grenades
• Grifball - 0 grenades

Huh. You're right - that's way more than I thought. I guess I spend much of my time in one-grenade lists.

For the record, then:
lists with 0 grenades: 5
lists with 1 grenade: 3
lists with 2 grenades: 8

Oops.

 

[heckfu]

Humble Wu, AM I RIGHT FOLKS

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Had to go Elzar & Co. That was fun, laggy as hell though.

Indeed, we had quite a few join us today.

 

[Moa]

-snip-

That made me smile.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Just got back from a little vacation and I know this was discussed like 10 pages ago, but <3:

http://www.twitch.tv/giantbomb/b/332295586

Light Rifle + Boltshot all day errrday! 4 shot zoomed in, can't get unzoomed when being shot at + a Mauler that can shoot single bullets and can headshot? Yes.

David, great shit man in that interview. So many subtle things going on that just shows how good you are at interviews/public speaking. Well done :]

 

[Louis Wu]

That made me smile.

The worst part about it was that I had to go and play games of Super Slayer, Rumble Pit, Invasion, and MLG.

(Amazingly, MLG was the only one I went positive in.)

 

[nillapuddin]

Nilla's Reach:

• Invasion - 2 grenades
• Super Slayer - 2 grenades
• Team Objective - 2 grenades
• Big Team Battle - 2 grenades
• Multi-Team - 1 grenade
• Team Swat - 0 grenades
• Team Snipers - 1-0 grenades

so many nades : (

 

[Computron]

Speaking of starting nades, the
first three seconds of any Standoff game are the worst.

Worse than this:

 

[ElzarTheBam]

Speaking of starting nades, the
first three seconds of any Standoff game are the worst.

Worse than this:

http://i.minus.com/iVHgYdJ69rsMP.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

I love doing and seeing that, a grenade barrage that brings a smile to my face.

 

[Akai__]

I'm pretty sure, that Team Snipers has nades, too. Not Team Snipers Pro, but the "normal" one.

 

[MrGreencastle]

The worst part about it was that I had to go and play games of Super Slayer, Rumble Pit, Invasion, and MLG.

(Amazingly, MLG was the only one I went positive in.)

You and Kevin Pereira need to do a weekly Halo podcast covering all things Halo. Call it: Errera and Pereira.

I don't know why I thought of this.

 

[nillapuddin]

I'm pretty sure, that Team Snipers has nades, too. Not Team Snipers Pro, but the "normal" one.

true story, in the one with sidearms you do I believe

 

[Moa]

The worst part about it was that I had to go and play games of Super Slayer, Rumble Pit, Invasion, and MLG.

(Amazingly, MLG was the only one I went positive in.)

Blergh, Invasion sounds like it was a blast :/

 

[Computron]

I love doing and seeing that, a grenade barrage that brings a smile to my face.

Yeah, 300 style 'blot out the red team's sun? fun stuff.

It's fun if your team is coordinated and not fun if the other team is doing it.

It happens so often when I go in solo, since I am always the driver as well...

 

[GodlyPerfection]

Edit: signed up at THC. Someone in the Forge section doesn't think to highly of me... Figured I'd give him the opportunity to express those thoughts to me directly.

I signed up this morning as well.

 

[CyReN]

The worst part about it was that I had to go and play games of Super Slayer, Rumble Pit, Invasion, and MLG.

(Amazingly, MLG was the only one I went positive in.)

We need to play some then, add me

 

[Akai__]

Blergh, Invasion sounds like it was a blast :/

When I play Reach, I play mostly Team Doubles, because you can get tons of perfections in that playlist. Once, we met a guy which had a K/D of ~7 and I was like "oh shit that's gonna be bad", but the guy was pretty bad (going -15), when I checked his profile it said he had a K/D of 7 in Invasion. He also had like 1000 total games and 800 were Invasion. True story.

 

[nillapuddin]

go in solo

im sorry friend, nobody should have to play Halo solo

why do you put yourself through that punishment?

Halo isnt even the same game solo, I wouldnt play MM if I didnt have a handful of people/full lobby to play it with (anymore)

 

[willow ve]

im sorry friend, nobody should have to play Halo solo

why do you put yourself through that punishment?

Halo isnt even the same game solo, I wouldnt play MM if I didnt have a handful of people/full lobby to play it with (anymore)

Solo isn't that bad. You just have to learn to be ok with never winning, never scoring objectives, and being matched with full parties in every playlist you enter. But you can take satisfaction in being the only player on your BTB team to go positive or be the last player left on a team of quitters and jetpacking over the wall in Hemorrhage so the other team can't spawn kill you anymore.

Shit, why do I always play alone?

Spoiler

Probably because I play at odd hours (usually just 2-5 games in a row) and I don't use a mic anymore (due to people usually sleeping when I play)

 

[m23]

im sorry friend, nobody should have to play Halo solo

why do you put yourself through that punishment?

Halo isnt even the same game solo, I wouldnt play MM if I didnt have a handful of people/full lobby to play it with (anymore)

I always play with 3-4 people, but every once in a while I hop into a FFA playlist by myself. Not that bad.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Good games gents!

 

[MrGreencastle]

Solo isn't that bad. You just have to learn to be ok with never winning, never scoring objectives, and being matched with full parties in every playlist you enter. But you can take satisfaction in being the only player on your BTB team to go positive or be the last player left on a team of quitters and jetpacking over the wall in Hemorrhage so the other team can't spawn kill you anymore.

Shit, why do I always play alone?

Spoiler

Probably because I play at odd hours (usually just 2-5 games in a row) and I don't use a mic anymore (due to people usually sleeping when I play)

It's like playing Monopoly with only 2 people. Sure you CAN do it, but it sucks.