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[Ajemsuhgao]

I imagine te assassinations have nothing to do with the map really. Unless I read your post wrong... it's 4am after all

Halo 2/3/ODST/Reach has different .map files. When I say "map", that's what I mean.

There's the actual map files, which are the different levels you're playing on, and .map files for the main menu, "shared.map", and "campaign.map". Shared.map is just a dump file for things that are common across all multiplayer levels. Campaign is similar to shared, but used strictly for Campaign I believe.

So when I say that the animations would have to be stored in each map, I mean they'd either be in all of the individual .map files, or just dumped into Shared.map. I really can't say.

 

[Veelk]

Would someone be kind enough to Avatarize this for me? I'd just resize it myself, but I can never get it to be a blank background that, it always basically becomes white, which shows up against Neogaf's background. Edit: Look at my avatar now (before it was a blank white background. I had to change it to Neogaf's brighter color so that it'd fit in seamlessly atleast half the time. Thanks to anyone who does this for me.

 

[Ramirez]

Heh, I've never seen a game split the fanbase in so many different ways before. I told some of the guys the other night that this will be the Zelda 2 of the franchise. :lol

 

[Hydranockz]

Halo 2/3/ODST/Reach has different .map files. When I say "map", that's what I mean.

There's the actual map files, which are the different levels you're playing on, and .map files for the main menu, "shared.map", and "campaign.map". Shared.map is just a dump file for things that are common across all multiplayer levels. Campaign is similar to shared, but used strictly for Campaign I believe.

So when I say that the animations would have to be stored in each map, I mean they'd either be in all of the individual .map files, or just dumped into Shared.map. I really can't say.

Oh right gotcha. I'll blame 4am for the initial misunderstanding

 

[Ajemsuhgao]

Would someone be kind enough to Avatarize this for me? I'd just resize it myself, but I can never get it to be a blank background that, it always basically becomes white, which shows up against Neogaf's background. Edit: Look at my avatar now (before it was a blank white background. I had to change it to Neogaf's brighter color so that it'd fit in seamlessly atleast half the time. Thanks to anyone who does this for me.

Oh right gotcha. I'll blame 4am for the initial misunderstanding

Unless you ever modded Halo, you'd really have no idea what I was talking about anyway :lol >_>

 

[Kapura]

Good games. Except we kept losing. But at least I finished with a higher ranking than Dani.

 

[BrLvgThrChmstry]

I love sprint. Don't care one way or the other for the rest of the abilities but I LOVE sprint.

Thank you! ...sprint is the most versatile, effective, awesome ability by far. Armor Lock comes in second..

 

[zero margin]

hmm skills are improving which seems to have a direct correlation on the increased fun factor.

 

[Red]

Thank you! ...sprint is the most versatile, effective, awesome ability by far. Armor Lock comes in second..

God I love armor lock so much. Getting grenade spammed? Armor lock. About to be meleed? Armor lock. Enemy about to turn the corner? Armor lock. Stickied? Armor lock. Rockets? Ha! Armor lock.

I've got so much mileage from that one ability. It's so damn fun to use.

 

[Ajemsuhgao]

God I love armor lock so much. Getting grenade spammed? Armor lock. About to be meleed? Armor lock. Enemy about to turn the corner? Armor lock. Stickied? Armor lock. Rockets? Ha! Armor lock.

I've got so much mileage from that one ability. It's so damn fun to use.

I always seem to do it just too late or something. I always get killed as I'm going into armor lock. Does the whole take-no-damage thing not go into effect until your fist is touching the ground?

 

[Slightly Live]

Good games. Except we kept losing. But at least I finished with a higher ranking than Dani.

Fuck you. :lol

Good games, sorry for dragging y'all down.

 

[zero margin]

God I love armor lock so much. Getting grenade spammed? Armor lock. About to be meleed? Armor lock. Enemy about to turn the corner? Armor lock. Stickied? Armor lock. Rockets? Ha! Armor lock.

I've got so much mileage from that one ability. It's so damn fun to use.

as opposed to a melee or shots to the face? You reaching with that one. :lol

 

[GhaleonEB]

Like what ?

The general feel of the game, primarily - player movement and jumping feel similar to me - but also the concept of the expanding targeting circle (though a different implementation in Reach) and making aim more accurate for crouching. The parallels don't run deep - just a few influences that the two FASA guys probably brought over with them.

I didn't buy the game mostly because the package was so skimpy on both content and features. I liked a lot of what I saw otherwise.

looong sprint jumps... <3 <3 <3

Yup. I rock Sprint partly just so I can glide around the maps.

 

[Red]

I always seem to do it just too late or something. I always get killed as I'm going into armor lock. Does the whole take-no-damage thing not go into effect until your fist is touching the ground?

That happened to me a lot at first. It's just under a half second or so after you initialize it before it goes into effect. A little before your fist hits the ground, I think.

as opposed to a melee or shots to the face? You reaching with that one. :lol

I mean like, you stand just at the bend of the corner and AL as they round it to strip their shields. Then melee.

Hearing kids rage is what makes Halo so fun to play.

 

[Metalic Sand]

Am I the only person who thinks the Needle Rifle > DMR?

I feel the same way

Needle rifle seems more accurate at longer ranges also maintaining accuracy longer.

 

[Ajemsuhgao]

as opposed to a melee or shots to the face? You reaching with that one. :lol

Why? They're gonna come around the corner, and try to melee you since you're right in their face. Your armor lock will take out their shield, and you just pop out and hit them. They die, you're perfectly safe.

 

[Thagomizer]

Just to randomly jump to the Campaign for a bit:

Does anyone know who wrote the Halo 3 Terminals? The reason why I ask this is because they are so incredibly superior to the main story in all the games and Sadie's Story in ODST.

 

[snack]

Any ideas when the new beta stuff will drop tomorrow?

 

[zero margin]

oh my mistake, wasn't looking at it like that. That is a benefit.

 

[AwesomeSyrup]

The general feel of the game, primarily - player movement and jumping feel similar to me - but also the concept of the expanding targeting circle (though a different implementation in Reach) and making aim more accurate for crouching. The parallels don't run deep - just a few influences that the two FASA guys probably brought over with them.

I didn't buy the game mostly because the package was so skimpy on both content and features. I liked a lot of what I saw otherwise.

I don't get why that feel is a bad thing though. To me Shadowrun always felt like Halo with a CSS game mode and fairy dust.

 

[-PXG-]

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3br1q5wIQ

Man, waiting for Crackdown to load was a bitch :lol

 

[Red]

I don't get why that feel is a bad thing though. To me Shadowrun always felt like Halo with a CSS game mode and fairy dust.

I agree. First time I played Shadowrun I thought it was built on an expanded version of Halo 2's mechanics. Feels very similar.

 

[Princess Carl]

Why can't we see our division placement in the game?

Not only that but it takes some digging (at least on chrome) to get it to show on bnet.

Is this intentional or is something going on?

 

[Presco]

What's the biggest game to game spread people have had in Arena? I had my first 1700+ game followed immediately by a game of 1279. Can anyone beat that?

Nice clip to finish my 1704 game:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=583381

 

[BlindSwordsmanZ]

Why can't we see our division placement in the game?

Not only that but it takes some digging (at least on chrome) to get it to show on bnet.

Is this intentional or is something going on?

-Where is this located in BNET. Are you talking about the stars next to your ranking?

 

[RdN]

Any ideas when the new beta stuff will drop tomorrow?

Came here just to ask that. :lol

Anybody knows?

 

[JesseZao]

My rating was "twinkling" after the last match. What does that mean?

 

[-PXG-]

My rating was "twinkling" after the last match. What does that mean?

You just leveled up.

 

[zero margin]

Remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3br1q5wIQ

Man, waiting for Crackdown to load was a bitch :lol

So great :lol :lol

 

[big ander]

Had a good few games with Dani and Kapura tonight, just enough to get my first daily of 1564 (I think). But that includes one really bad game were I was something like 1440. I know I can do a lot better, but I feel like that's a good starting point.
I like that people can better specialize in different areas of the sandbox in this game. In Halo 3, if you can use the BR you can use the Carbine. If you can use the sword, you can use the hammer. But everything has been differentiated enough where different players always go for different things. For instance, I find myself always taking the needle rifle over the DMR now. I can get kills with the other two, but I feel more successful with the needle rifle, because I'm better at firing off quick shots and landing the final headshot than I am at slowly ripping them apart with 5 DMR shots. And the sword I can't get kills with. With the melee block, I can't mash B quick enough to counteract a smart player. But with the hammer I can get the jump on people.
I feel like this when I get a nice Magnum or needle rifle head shot:

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

Put me in the sprint camp.

I use sprint 90% of the time. Useful in pretty much any game type.

 

[NOKYARD]

Any ideas when the new beta stuff will drop tomorrow?

!!o AM PDT

 

[neoism]

Guys does anyone know the release EST time for Invasion?

 

[TommyT]

Came here just to ask that. :lol

Anybody knows?

Someone mentioned "late morning", "11:00 AM Pacific" - again.

 

[EazyB]

The general feel of the game, primarily - player movement and jumping feel similar to me - but also the concept of the expanding targeting circle (though a different implementation in Reach) and making aim more accurate for crouching. The parallels don't run deep - just a few influences that the two FASA guys probably brought over with them.

I didn't buy the game mostly because the package was so skimpy on both content and features. I liked a lot of what I saw otherwise.

I feel like Reach's jumping is pretty similar to CE (something I don't miss from CE), except CE didn't have so much shit to get caught on and the player movement was faster. Shadowrun had really floaty jumps IIRC, maybe even floatier than Halo 2/3.

I loved Shadowrun and played the shit out of it. The gameplay and sandbox were really well crafted. The magic abilities where really well balanced for the most part and most importantly fun to use (teleport led to some incredible firefights) but the gunplay itself was its weakest component. I feel like Reach brought over elements of Shadowrun's weak gunplay (a set backwards in the series but not as mediocre as Shadowrun's) but didn't fell way short of Shadowrun's player abilities. It's like they tried to meld the two together but going halfway in between led to a worse experience. The AAs in Reach aren't integrated with the core gameplay/sandbox nearly as well as Shadowrun's.

I get the feeling that Reach is a product of a team tired of making the same Halo game but held back from crafting gameplay tuned specifically for a new experience by the desire to keep it feeling like Halo. Would've much rather them stick to tradition or scrap it all and make a totally fresh, focused experience than what I've gotten out of the beta. From the list of changes already made from the beta it's hard to tell how the final product will play, but I'm definitely more concerned about the game than I was coming into the beta and just wish I could take a look at New IP.

 

[X-Frame]

Guys does anyone know the release EST time for Invasion?

I don't think anyone knows yet .. though it doesn't really matter to me as I won't be home from work until 6 PM EST anyway ..

Though after playing Swordbase and Powerhouse way too many times I can't wait to play Invasion almost exclusively.

 

[Veelk]

You, sir, are awesome

 

[neoism]

FYI - Current plans indicate that Invasion will be rolled out late morning tomorrow - roughly 11AM-ish PDT, give or take. Plan accordingly.

 

[Subtervotion]

Close Call is bugged in the beta. The functionality of this medal is revamped for ship.

Sweet. Thanks Luke. Also.....

Expected: Selecting 'Team and Party' under Matchmaking Voice option will not reset back to default on next boot.
Actual: Audio/Video setting resets back to default.

Spoiler

Am I doing it right?

 

[Son of Godzilla]

If anyone feels like blowing half a minute of rendering, here's the most ridiculous double kill imagineable.

 

[neoism]

I love playin Crazy King, and oddball like Luke.. +22.. +28 :lol :lol All most got a rampage, but killed myself one kill away

 

[Oozer3993]

Heh, I've never seen a game split the fanbase in so many different ways before. I told some of the guys the other night that this will be the Zelda 2 of the franchise. :lol

Or, to go more recent, the Splinter Cell: Conviction of the series.

As I said before, Bungie has been trying to move away from placing importance on individual skill for a long time now.

The writing's been on the wall for years. The evolution of the weapons support this.

H1 pistol = 3 shot kill
BR = 4 shot kill in H2 with massive sticky aim
BR = 4 shot kill with terrible random spread in H3
DMR = 5 shot kill with reticule bloom.


I get the message loud and clear. Less "Out BRing". More team play.

The 3 shot kill was unintentional in Halo 1, with some reports claiming the damage was as much as doubled right before ship, and the sticky aim in Halo 2 was an attempt to compensate for the poor netcode of the day.

 

[Pappasman]

BAM. first non SWAT overkill in Reach.

 

[DeadFalling]

I just can't get the hang of it like I did 2/3. Maybe I just need to give it more time...

 

[dslgunstar]

I've had a piss-poor day K/D wise, so keep that in mind when you read the following statement.

BUNGIE! UNFUCK THE DMR!!! THANK YOU!

 

[Thagomizer]

I just can't get the hang on it like I did 2/3. Maybe I just need to give it more time...

How do you get this as a single image?

 

[GhaleonEB]

I feel like Reach's jumping is pretty similar to CE (something I don't miss from CE), except CE didn't have so much shit to get caught on and the player movement was faster. Shadowrun had really floaty jumps IIRC, maybe even floatier than Halo 2/3.

I've been alternating between Halo 1 - co-op with the kid - and Reach. The jumping is not similar. The only basis for comparison I make to Shadowrun is the player movement - the weight shifting around, jumps, etc. To me they feel similar. I do not draw a further comparison.

 

[Plywood]

I've had a piss-poor day K/D wise, so keep that in mind when you read the following statement.

BUNGIE! UNFUCK THE DMR!!! THANK YOU!

The DMR is not fucked.

 

[soldat7]

Or, to go more recent, the Splinter Cell: Conviction of the series.

Reach is Bungie at their finest. This is a tough pill to swallow for some of the dedicataed HaloGAF crowd. Seriously, some of the most vehement detractors have been posting here, almost daily, for several years. New and fresh is not something this group wanted, apparently.

 

[timmytheman123]

I've had a piss-poor day K/D wise, so keep that in mind when you read the following statement.

BUNGIE! UNFUCK THE DMR!!! THANK YOU!

I hated it at first but the suggestion with 4 shots to the body then 1 headshot will really change what you think about the gun.