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Halo: Reach |OT3| This Thread is Not a Natural Formation
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BlueScrote
Member
Yes! Invasion in the noble playlist.
NullPointer
Member
Nice. My 800 spacebucks is now honestly well spent.BlueScrote said:
Now if only I wasn't stuck here at work.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Lazslo said:
Oh hey, hai there, where you been?!?
The Librarian
Banned
kablam
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Ramirez said:
That's being too nice, he's mud butt.
MrBig said:
Just finished writing an essay and wanted to take my mind off how terrible it is, this is great news!
e: 1250/1250
I'll work on that cheevo tomorrow, then I'll be spending my time in MLG.
:lolHydranockz said:Prepare yourselves.
Then I foolishly asked for HaloGaf's opinion. Besides Zayne's ideas I realised l wasn't gonna get many ideas while you were all bickering! So I give you... with the help of HaloGaf, of which Shogun is a part of, who came up with the name of...
I <3 you all really.
Wow first game of MLG was not fun for me. The speed is odd, I don't think I can switch between the two. It totally throws me off, and was infuriating. Not to mention the other team was coordinated and spawn camping us, so I just quit out, I couldn't take it anymore.
That being my first experience with the MLG playlist, I am not sure if I want to try again.
That being my first experience with the MLG playlist, I am not sure if I want to try again.
Really liking the MLG playlist. Movement feels liberating, melee rush doesn't work, kills are slightly faster, no random out of place abilities and weapons, objective games feel balanced/great (a first in Reach MM for me). This is nice, Tashi was right all along.
Looking forward to the day I don't finish bottom of my team with something like -7, ffs these kids are brutal. Oh, and the douchebaggery levels are off the charts, but I can deal with that, at least I'm getting teabagged and being called a "faggot" after being destroyed fair and square, not after getting armorlocked on or whatever.
Looking forward to the day I don't finish bottom of my team with something like -7, ffs these kids are brutal. Oh, and the douchebaggery levels are off the charts, but I can deal with that, at least I'm getting teabagged and being called a "faggot" after being destroyed fair and square, not after getting armorlocked on or whatever.
Yeah, it's really ugly and jaggy, but it plays/works so much better than the Bungie one, that you get over the looks fast. Played an amazing flag game there 20 minutes ago, we lost 3-2 after being down 2-0, it was great, we almost made a nice comeback.Kibbles said:
You definitely need thick skin in the MLG playlist. People just expect a certain skill level out of you in there. Try never to enter alone and you gotta get used to the settings and gametypes. That takes time and practice.
Here's a tip. Melee damage is 75%, 3 melees to kill, 2 to drop shields. If you're in melee range, shoot first and then immediately melee. You won't really sacrifice any time by shooting first but more importantly, it will drop their shields. Then you can finish however you like. Shoot and then melee to drops shields.
If you melee first, it will take 2 shots to kill.
Here's a tip. Melee damage is 75%, 3 melees to kill, 2 to drop shields. If you're in melee range, shoot first and then immediately melee. You won't really sacrifice any time by shooting first but more importantly, it will drop their shields. Then you can finish however you like. Shoot and then melee to drops shields.
If you melee first, it will take 2 shots to kill.
Why is the beatdown in MLG so weak? Three smacks to a man, nevermind if you ran up on his ass for the assasination and he turned around the last second then your stuck hitting him three times. :[
Also Countdown One Flag I thought would be 1 Flag but no, capture as many as you like apparently as for MLG Assault 5 on Sanctuary, insane that's a lot of damn bombage.
Other than those things I didn't expect I like the pace of it, much faster than Vanilla Reach.
Also Countdown One Flag I thought would be 1 Flag but no, capture as many as you like apparently as for MLG Assault 5 on Sanctuary, insane that's a lot of damn bombage.
Other than those things I didn't expect I like the pace of it, much faster than Vanilla Reach.
So, here's the Firefight gametype I was working on. It's called Blind Hunters.
I was interested in tinkering with the sight and hearing capabilities of the AI to see if a different kind of gametype could come out of it. I tried a bunch of combinations, but settled on sharp hearing, but near sighted. And then I combined that with a CQC set of load outs (Sword/hologram, Shotgun/evade, etc. coupled with short-range automatic weapons as backup) For their part players have no radar but move 10% faster than normal, have infinite ammo, but can't pick up other weapons. Damage and other settings are normal.
The result is a Firefight game with lots of quiet tension between bursts of close quarters chaos. Because enemies have better hearing than normal, they tend to swarm toward me when I engaged, even from the other side of the map. But they were somewhat easy to disengage from or distract because they are near sighted.
Oh, and they have the highest 'shootiness', so when they do spot you it gets crazy quick.
Lots of encounters play out like this: I'm tossing a grenade from the high ground, where no one can see me, to try and attract a squad - but don't realize another one is brought in from the other side. One of them fires the Nerfle like a machine gun. You can see the range of their visibility is about the same as the outer range of a shotgun blast.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=10876974&player=GhaleonEB
When I was able to ambush a squad, it was a quick slaughter. When I got caught off guard like that, it was a slaughter.
It combined for some great standoffs (literally) where I was pinned down and had to find a way to try and juke/trick/evade the pack to get around them.
One step forward, and that front row of Hunters unload.
And speaking of Hunters - I understand now why they were attracted to Errera's. All they wanna do is dance. (As long as they're alone.)
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=10876979&player=GhaleonEB
I did my testing solo on Normal, but I think a few players on Heroic could be quite interesting. If anyone tries it out let me know how it goes. Of the maps I tested, Courtyard works the best; smaller maps are needed since a CQC gametype. Corvette kicked by butt but it probably would work well with multiple players.
I was interested in tinkering with the sight and hearing capabilities of the AI to see if a different kind of gametype could come out of it. I tried a bunch of combinations, but settled on sharp hearing, but near sighted. And then I combined that with a CQC set of load outs (Sword/hologram, Shotgun/evade, etc. coupled with short-range automatic weapons as backup) For their part players have no radar but move 10% faster than normal, have infinite ammo, but can't pick up other weapons. Damage and other settings are normal.
The result is a Firefight game with lots of quiet tension between bursts of close quarters chaos. Because enemies have better hearing than normal, they tend to swarm toward me when I engaged, even from the other side of the map. But they were somewhat easy to disengage from or distract because they are near sighted.
Oh, and they have the highest 'shootiness', so when they do spot you it gets crazy quick.
Lots of encounters play out like this: I'm tossing a grenade from the high ground, where no one can see me, to try and attract a squad - but don't realize another one is brought in from the other side. One of them fires the Nerfle like a machine gun. You can see the range of their visibility is about the same as the outer range of a shotgun blast.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=10876974&player=GhaleonEB
When I was able to ambush a squad, it was a quick slaughter. When I got caught off guard like that, it was a slaughter.
It combined for some great standoffs (literally) where I was pinned down and had to find a way to try and juke/trick/evade the pack to get around them.
One step forward, and that front row of Hunters unload.
And speaking of Hunters - I understand now why they were attracted to Errera's. All they wanna do is dance. (As long as they're alone.)
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=10876979&player=GhaleonEB
I did my testing solo on Normal, but I think a few players on Heroic could be quite interesting. If anyone tries it out let me know how it goes. Of the maps I tested, Courtyard works the best; smaller maps are needed since a CQC gametype. Corvette kicked by butt but it probably would work well with multiple players.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
^^ That looks bad ass Ghaleon nice job. Very creative.
I just beat the campaign for the 3rd time now with my brother in law and I have to say its definitely my favorite Halo.
Its absolutely gorgeous and I think it looks even better than the teaser vid that bungie showed of Halo 3 that I bitched and moaned about.
The levels are incredibly varied a I loved every single one of them(yes even the spaceship).
Its the first game of all 4 that I felt emotionally moved and connected to the characters and especially "6".
Also reading Bungies letter this last time actually made me get pretty emotional. No more Bungie Halo. I can't believe it. I want to cry.
I just beat the campaign for the 3rd time now with my brother in law and I have to say its definitely my favorite Halo.
Its absolutely gorgeous and I think it looks even better than the teaser vid that bungie showed of Halo 3 that I bitched and moaned about.
The levels are incredibly varied a I loved every single one of them(yes even the spaceship).
Its the first game of all 4 that I felt emotionally moved and connected to the characters and especially "6".
The end scene of him fighting wave after wave of Zealots gives me chills.
Also reading Bungies letter this last time actually made me get pretty emotional. No more Bungie Halo. I can't believe it. I want to cry.
LordPhoque
Banned
So, 2 weeks ago I stopped my legendary playthrough at bravo checkpoint of long night of solace. Played some coop in heroic in the meantime. Yesterday I resumed my game at checkpoint bravo of the mission where I stopped and I beat it. Still it's telling me that the highest difficulty I beat the level on is heroic. Do I have to do it all over again ? :/
goldenpp72
Member
I finally got around to playing this and love it, doing legendary my first run, however I am having a lot of glitches with mission '06' (space), first I was playing it and I got killed 'right after' a checkpoint, forcing me to restart since it put me in infinite death, but then after restarting, I played through the whole level onto the next one and no achievement unlocked, I thought maybe it was a super long level but then I got the achievement for mission 07 but not 06, I go to check my badges and sure enough, it says I never once completed mission 06 on any difficulty yet I beat mission 07 in single player -_-
Good job bungle
Good job bungle
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Damm, my Bungie Pro just ran out. Why don't they have cheaper options such as Bungie DMR's or Bungie Slayer?
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
MLG has revived my love for Halo: Reach. I am in AWE of what they've managed to accomplish with just a few tweaks of the basic custom game editing options.
And they single handedly fixed the melee system all because they lowered the damage by 25% and nothing else.
:bow MLG :bow
And they single handedly fixed the melee system all because they lowered the damage by 25% and nothing else.
:bow MLG :bow
I need to send the MLG guys a donation check, they've totally salvaged this unplayable mess. Bloom is a lot less infuriating when you can actually...strafe to avoid shots, make jumps you could in Halo 3, not have to worry about some noob rushing you for the melee, etc. etc. etc. SO FREAKING GOOD, it actually feels like I'm playing a Halo game.
Seriously, I know Bungie won't swallow their pride or anything and change stuff like movement speed, but the least you could do is implement every single one of MLGs map/gametype changes, they are SO much better than the stock gametypes/maps. I know the playlist will start reaming me in a few days when my trueskill gets up, but whatever.
Seriously, I know Bungie won't swallow their pride or anything and change stuff like movement speed, but the least you could do is implement every single one of MLGs map/gametype changes, they are SO much better than the stock gametypes/maps. I know the playlist will start reaming me in a few days when my trueskill gets up, but whatever.
Hypertrooper
Member
Breakpont Invasion is now in the DLC playlist? That makes me happy. And now I've time to play the game again Who wants to rock the DLC playlist tonight again? Looks over at Zeouterlimits and Hydranockz.
Who wants to rock the DLC playlist tonight again? Looks over at Zeouterlimits and Hydranockz.Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Hypertrooper said:
They should take it out again. So annoying playing Invasion over and over again, no matter the map. All the kids are voting for it to get the related achievement instead of voting for, you know, something that's actually fun to play instead.
UltimaPooh
Member
Dani said:
I've enjoyed Invasion on breakpoint.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Gunslinger
Kill 75 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking.
1250cR
One Spartan Army
Kill 250 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking.
2500cR
Double Double
Earn 2 Double Kills in the same match in Multiplayer Matchmaking.
1350cR
Oops! All Kills
Earn 25 Multikills in multiplayer Matchmaking.
1200cR
Kill 75 enemies in multiplayer Matchmaking.
1250cR
One Spartan Army
Kill 250 enemies in Firefight Matchmaking.
2500cR
Double Double
Earn 2 Double Kills in the same match in Multiplayer Matchmaking.
1350cR
Oops! All Kills
Earn 25 Multikills in multiplayer Matchmaking.
1200cR
Hypertrooper
Member
I have not the achievement. But yeah after I got it they could put it out of the playlist.Dani said:
Grimm Fandango
Member
I've been getting XML errors on bungie.net since yesterday. Is it from the mobile format roll-out? Happens both in Opera and Firefox.
Here's Opera's error:
Here's Opera's error:
Hypertrooper
Member
It is working normally for me!Grimm Fandango said:
Blue Ninja
Member
I think my ODST controller is about to die. Either that, or something strange happened to me. Up until today, I felt playing with sensitivity 4 to be pretty natural. I loaded up a game of Score Attack today, however, and it somehow felt completely sluggish and nonresponsive. Turning around took way too long, all of a sudden, which is something I've never had any problems with before.
So I bumped up the sensitivity, first to 7, then 8, then 9, and even now it feels like my controller is just 'resisting' when I try turning around. I did a lot better with 9 than I did with 4, though. Considering it was a game of Sniper Attack, and I suck at sniping, that says alot. Weirdness.
So I bumped up the sensitivity, first to 7, then 8, then 9, and even now it feels like my controller is just 'resisting' when I try turning around. I did a lot better with 9 than I did with 4, though. Considering it was a game of Sniper Attack, and I suck at sniping, that says alot. Weirdness.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Blue Ninja said:
I'd open the controller and clean the analog areas. Probably from dust build-up.
BlueScrote
Member
I really enjoyed the games I played in the MLG playlist last night. A nice change of pace.
And I take back what I said about the cage earlier. A decent team can contain the other team then entire match to that bottom section of the map. I really like sanctuary much more than asylum as well.
And I take back what I said about the cage earlier. A decent team can contain the other team then entire match to that bottom section of the map. I really like sanctuary much more than asylum as well.