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[Crucio]

Holy crap. He did. He quoted me answering the question for Starwolf a couple of pages back.

I see now. Seems I got distracted by his polite response. That and I'm on mobile..

 

[Hydranockz]

Duncan brings up a good point but not only can we have multiple teams per match, we are having quite a few matches

Personally, I think having a Team 2esque party will be good to watch. I don't just mean the TJs either. Gaf customs and MM have opened my eyes to many fantastic players which always shunt me down a few places on our imaginary rankings.

 

[The Librarian]

Now playing through Halo 3's campaign. Still amazed by some of the lighting.

 

[A27_StarWolf]

Holy crap. He did. He quoted me answering the question for Starwolf a couple of pages back.

I saw your answer, I thought I even said thanks?

 

[ncsuDuncan]

I saw your answer, I thought I even said thanks?

You're fine. Crucio was just confused and Louis corrected him. That wasn't directed at you and the confusion has been resolved.

OfficerBarbrady.jpg
"Move along people, nothing to see here."

(And screw you, Duncan, for being young enough to answer faster.)

*James Earl Jones voice*

Your powers are weak, old man.

 

[Louis Wu]

I saw your answer, I thought I even said thanks?

You did. This conversation is about Crucio asking the same question, Trasher calling him out for not reading the thread, and Crucio missing Trasher's quote of my answer to you.

Good lord. Nobody keeps up these days. GET OFF MY DAMN LAWN.

(And screw you, Duncan, for being young enough to answer faster.)

 

[GhaleonEB]

You did. This conversation is about Crucio asking the same question, Trasher calling him out for not reading the thread, and Crucio missing Trasher's quote of my answer to you.

Good lord. Nobody keeps up these days. GET OFF MY DAMN LAWN.

(And screw you, Duncan, for being young enough to answer faster.)

I skim, but have largely ignored the past many hundreds of posts. Mostly chatter about stuff I don't care about (non-Reach or even Halo games, tournament, the Eazy drama, and so on). It's hard to keep up some times, and I've missed stuff myself.

(You are welcome on my lawn. The rest of kids, not so much.)

Bummer there's no BWU for two weeks to change things up.

 

[A27_StarWolf]

I skim, but have largely ignored the past many hundreds of posts. Mostly chatter about stuff I don't care about (non-Reach or even Halo games, tournament, the Eazy drama, and so on). It's hard to keep up some times, and I've missed stuff myself.

Bummer there's no BWU for two weeks to change things up.

We should make our own BWU...... HGWU!

 

[Hypertrooper]

BTW, Doubles Attack, via Jeremiah:

The gametypes have not been altered since the last run of Doubles Attack. They are 2X Score Attack, Skirmaggedon, Rocket Attack and FRG Attack.

We wanted to do something nice for players who purchased the Defiant Map Pack, focused on Unearthed. It's an encore run of Doubles Attack for Unearthed only.​

I think Rocket and FRG are highly duplicative, but at any rate, 2X in particular will be a fun way to rack up a whole lotta vehicle kills.

I know that I'm going to play that playlist a lot, because I'm able to get the assist commendation/challenges finally. Otherwise playing the whole time on unearthed is going to be boring after a while(I guess)

 

[squidhands]

I just hope that urk isn't "going to Disneyland with the kids" like Ske7ch/mancannon did. :-(

BTW, Doubles Attack, via Jeremiah:

The gametypes have not been altered since the last run of Doubles Attack. They are 2X Score Attack, Skirmaggedon, Rocket Attack and FRG Attack.

We wanted to do something nice for players who purchased the Defiant Map Pack, focused on Unearthed. It's an encore run of Doubles Attack for Unearthed only.​

I think Rocket and FRG are highly duplicative, but at any rate, 2X in particular will be a fun way to rack up a whole lotta vehicle kills.

BTW: Reply -> Cancel gets you to the relevant post on bnet

 

[Thagomizer]

Halo GAF has never gotten along or agreed on anything more than a few hours...

Yeah, but it didn't use to be this...catty.

 

[Striker]

What the fuck is going on in this thread :/

It's Reach man, it sucks. And those who don't play it, keep posting and keep complaining about it. Herpa derp.

Yeah wtf is up with Aerospace anyway. The site has said "Coming Soon" for over a year now.

When Bungie says "Soon", it's most often months+ away.

 

[A27_StarWolf]

I just hope that urk isn't "going to Disneyland with the kids" like Ske7ch/mancannon did. :-(



BTW: Reply -> Cancel ->Ctrl+C gets you to the relevant post on bnet

Yeah I hope his kids don't get a vacation! That is horrible lol

 

[Hitmonchan107]

Why can't Bungie's next game have a colossal information leak like Modern Warfare 3? *sigh*

What a nightmare for IW/Raven/Sledgehammer.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Hey lybertyboy, when do we get a new sparkast? you know I'm always asking you that every 2nd week.

Why can't Bungie's next game have a colossal information leak like Modern Warfare 3? *sigh*

What a nightmare for IW/Raven/Sledgehammer.

I hope not. When it is very story based, I do not know everything before the game comes out. (I guess I'm goign into the blackout mode, when 343i or Bungie announces their new game.)

Spoiler

And I know that you were joking

 

[Ramirez]

Glad I'm not alone in this. I check it for the second time this week, and it's just like a torrent of white noise to me.

You wouldn't happen to have any sweet pro tip guides to get us out of this rut would you?

 

[ncsuDuncan]

You wouldn't happen to have any sweet pro tip guides to get us out of this rut would you?

How about Customs?

I'll actually be able to play this weekend and I'd love to fill the thread with film clips of Highlands flag runs and screenshots of GAF spartans.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

How about Customs?

I'll actually be able to play this weekend and I'd love to fill the thread with film clips of Highlands flag runs and screenshots of GAF spartans.

Dang it. That reminds me of my idea for an animated avatar before we got stuck with static images (which I whole-heartedly love, by the way).

I was going to launch a Warthog in the air with three people in it: a driver, a passenger carrying Red Team's flag and a gunner shooting behind the Hog.

Perfect sky-blue background. Flag waving in the air. It would've been glorious.

 

[blamite]

Oh hey, check out the shirt that Jonty was wearing when Bungie pingponged Penny Arcade this time around.

I've not seen that symbol before.

EDIT: An image!

Remember those trademarks we found a while back? New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, etc.?

That is most definitely a Seven Seraphs shirt.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

Remember those trademarks we found a while back? New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, etc.?

That is most definitely a Seven Seraphs shirt.

Makes sense. The three prongs could represent the light, ardor, and purity of a seraph.

Heh, I was just thinking it looks like a wing.

Or that. :^) Looks like a P-Wing to me. Bungie/Nintendo crossover confirmed.

 

[blamite]

Makes sense. The three prongs could represent the light, ardor, and purity of a seraph.

Heh, I was just thinking it looks like a wing.

 

[ncsuDuncan]

Dang it. That reminds me of my idea for an animated avatar before we got stuck with static images (which I whole-heartedly love, by the way).

I'm okay with static images too. I'm happy they switched them when they did, because I was about to make a gif with the gear in my avatar slowly turning. Maybe make the wolf blink on occasion.

Hmmm, I might still do that anyways for fun. I've been meaning to try my hand at making a vector version of my avatar/emblem as well.

Remember those trademarks we found a while back? New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, etc.?

That is most definitely a Seven Seraphs shirt.

Good catch! I agree.

The whole "New Monarchy" and "Seven Seraphs" thing makes it sound like they are factions. The logo looks like it could be some kind of space shipping company...
*dreams about space combat action MMO*

 

[Hitmonchan107]

I'm okay with static images too. I'm happy they switched them when they did, because I was about to make a gif with the gear in my avatar slowly turning. Maybe make the wolf blink on occasion.

Hmmm, I might still do that anyways for fun. I've been meaning to try my hand at making a vector version of my avatar/emblem as well.


Good catch! I agree.

The whole "New Monarchy" and "Seven Seraphs" thing makes it sound like they are factions. The logo looks like it could be some kind of space shipping company...
*dreams about space combat action MMO*

I don't have the full account to see the exact details, but Bungie did register a website that begins with the number 7. This is a newer domain registration than the one Supererogatory found in January.

 

[neclas]

I know that I'm going to play that playlist a lot, because I'm able to get the assist commendation/challenges finally.

How is this playlist going to help with the assist commendation? I want to work on it, too, but don't understand. Being a vehicle's driver when a gunner gets a kill does NOT add to the assist commendation (despite a lack of a wheelman commendation in FF).

 

[ncsuDuncan]

How is this playlist going to help with the assist commendation? I want to work on it, too, but don't understand. Being a vehicle's driver when a gunner gets a kill does NOT add to the assist commendation (despite a lack of a wheelman commendation in FF).

I think he just means assists are easier to get in Firefight than in Multiplayer.

And it's easier to find one good teammate from your XBL friends and play Doubles Attack than find three XBL friends and play FF Limited or FF Arcade.

Or even worse, attempt to find decent FF teammates in matchmaking (blech).

 

[Hypertrooper]

I think he just means assists are easier to get in Firefight than in Multiplayer.

And it's easier to find one good teammate from your XBL friends and play Doubles Attack than find three XBL friends and play FF Limited or FF Arcade.

Or even worse, attempt to find decent FF teammates in matchmaking (blech).

It's not like that. I can't play normal firefight mm because of my Inet connection.

 

[Mazer Rackham]

You wouldn't happen to have any sweet pro tip guides to get us out of this rut would you?

you are on a roll sir(golfclap)

 

[Hey You]

Why can't Bungie's next game have a colossal information leak like Modern Warfare 3? *sigh*

What a nightmare for IW/Raven/Sledgehammer.

Yeah, no kidding. Leaks will probably come from Activision closer to release.

At least Bungie's not with Microsoft anymore or we would get their next game leaked for download.

I just don't understand why Microsoft can't keep their games from being leaked for download. Hasn't every Halo game since H2 been leaked?

Action Sack Super Jackpot weekend starts now!

While they may not be used to exclusively highlight new flavor playlists, they are being used to promote playlists which have been recently improved. This can often mean new and improved gametypes.

For example, we made significant changes to Big Team Battle in the last hopper update and last weekend we featured Big Team Battle in the Super Jackpot Weekend, this encouraged players to come check out the changes and see what kind of improvements have been made.

We also made significant changes to Action Sack in the last hopper update, which is why the Super Jackpot Weekend which starts right now is featuring Action Sack for 11,000 credit Super Jackpots.

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=60283645&postRepeater1-p=1#60290156#60290156

 

[Genesis Knight]

Bought Halo Reach for my buddy when Amazon had it for $20.99. He just got a 360 and loves well-made games but for some reason writes off Halo. Hope to change his mind!

 

[squidhands]

Yeah, no kidding. Leaks will probably come from Activision closer to release.

At least Bungie's not with Microsoft anymore or we would get their next game leaked for download.

I just don't understand why Microsoft can't keep their games from being leaked for download. Hasn't every Halo game since H2 been leaked?

Action Sack Super Jackpot weekend starts now!

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=60283645&postRepeater1-p=1#60290156#60290156

*ahem* :-b

Kind of silly that the jackpot is worth more than the weekly this time around. But hey, it'll get me to play multiplayer, so there's that.

edit:

I know how the link to post works. In that instance I was deliberately linking to the full thread, as it has multiple posts by Jeremiah. It's easy enough to scroll to the gold text.

Fair enough; I'm just weird that way. Hey You, I was referring to what Ghaleon's talking about here.

 

[Hey You]

*ahem* :-b

I'm reading your post over and over again, am I missing something?

 

[GhaleonEB]

*ahem* :-b

Kind of silly that the jackpot is worth more than the weekly this time around. But hey, it'll get me to play multiplayer, so there's that.

I know how the link to post works. In that instance I was deliberately linking to the full thread, as it has multiple posts by Jeremiah. It's easy enough to scroll to the gold text.

 

[kylej]

if any non scrubs want to carry me for a while tonight so I can get back into the swing of things please let me know thank you in advance

 

[The Librarian]

So in the middle of Tsavo Highway, I thought to myself, "Why not, for the big, vehicle levels, go through each of them twice? Once the regular way, and the other doing everyone on foot." And so I did.

It takes you a lot longer, but it's definitely doable and a LOT of fun. I just finished Tsavo Highway.

Highlights include:
1. Discovering you can listen in on Covenant radio messages from fallen Phantoms.
2. Whenever you move the huge wire hanging from the destroyed pieces of the New Mombasa Space Elevator, the metal pieces creek and groan. Never noticed that subtle effect.
3. It is awesome, and there is no other way to describe it, when you're surrounded on all sides by Brute Choppers and you're trying to take them all out while dodging out of their way to prevent them from splattering you. This happens at the final vehicle combat area. The one with the huge hill in the middle with the Wraith on top.

 

[Domino Theory]

So in the middle of Tsavo Highway, I thought to myself, "Why not, for the big, vehicle levels, go through each of them twice? Once the regular way, and the other doing everyone on foot." And so I did.

It takes you a lot longer, but it's definitely doable and a LOT of fun. I just finished Tsavo Highway.

Highlights include:
1. Discovering you can listen in on Covenant radio messages from fallen Phantoms.
2. Whenever you move the huge wire hanging from the destroyed pieces of the New Mombasa Space Elevator, the metal pieces creek and groan. Never noticed that subtle effect.
3. It is awesome, and there is no other way to describe it, when you're surrounded on all sides by Brute Choppers and you're trying to take them all out while dodging out of their way to prevent them from splattering you. This happens at the final vehicle combat area. The one with the huge hill in the middle with the Wraith on top.

You can play through Tsavo Highway on foot?! Holy crap.

 

[Barrow Roll]

if any non scrubs want to carry me for a while tonight so I can get back into the swing of things please let me know thank you in advance

Here here.

And this is why you people need to party up with me.

How does someone even die 30 times? SMH

 

[The Librarian]

You can play through Tsavo Highway on foot?! Holy crap.

Yup. And it's awesome.

 

[GhaleonEB]

You can play through Tsavo Highway on foot?! Holy crap.

One of my favorite things to do in Halo games is play vehicle levels without the vehicles. Often, Bungie have thought through the combat for infantry in the event your vehicle is toasted, or if you just want to skip them. I play through every game that way.

For instance, Uplift Reserve on ODST is one of those all-vehicle missions. But take it on foot and you'll find rockets, snipers and Spartan Lasers sprinkled around the sides of paths, and some very interesting cover elements and sight lines set up to use them. Likewise, Tsavo's set up enables on foot play very well.

One of my all-time favorite mission runs was Assault on the Control Room, solo, Legendary, 100% on foot.

In Reach, I play almost entirely on foot because the vehicles are poor and the friendly AI, lethal.

 

[Hypertrooper]

You can play through Tsavo Highway on foot?! Holy crap.

And that was my thought, too. For me it was really hard with vehicles on heroic :[ (I'm a noob.)

 

[Crucio]

Yup. And it's awesome.

I'm thinking that the only levels in all Halo FPS that can't be done without manual vehicles is New Alexandria and The Covenant(Halo 3 Hornet battle). Am I missing one?

 

[Domino Theory]

Uh...

I was being sarcastic.

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[The Librarian]

I'm thinking that the only levels in all Halo FPS that can't be done without manual vehicles is New Alexandria and The Covenant(Halo 3 Hornet battle). Am I missing one?

Well, of course I'm going to use vehicles in my on-foot runs when I have to, but otherwise, everything on foot!

One of my favorite things to do in Halo games is play vehicle levels without the vehicles. Often, Bungie have thought through the combat for infantry in the event your vehicle is toasted, or if you just want to skip them. I play through every game that way.

For instance, Uplift Reserve on ODST is one of those all-vehicle missions. But take it on foot and you'll find rockets, snipers and Spartan Lasers sprinkled around the sides of paths, and some very interesting cover elements and sight lines set up to use them. Likewise, Tsavo's set up enables on foot play very well.

One of my all-time favorite mission runs was Assault on the Control Room, solo, Legendary, 100% on foot.

In Reach, I play almost entirely on foot because the vehicles are poor and the friendly AI, lethal.

In Tsavo Highway's case, in the final vehicle battle, you'll find fuel-rod cannons all around the base of the hill.

I should take a screenshot of when I was surrounded by Brute Choppers. So perilous, yet so fun.

Uh...

I was being sarcastic.

facepalm.jpg

So...what were you getting at? Playing vehicle levels on foot requires vastly different tactics. You have to be careful what you bring to the battlefield and how you're going to approach it (should I take out the Wraith first or deal with the Choppers?); each encounter requires a completely different strategy when you're not using vehicles.

 

[neclas]

It's not like that. I can't play normal firefight mm because of my Inet connection.

ah, ok. shucks, i was hoping you knew a secret that i didn't.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Uh...

I was being sarcastic.

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Then I really don't get the point of your post. Tsavo is a very vehicle-heavy mission and someone expressing surprise that it's so playable on foot is reasonable. If you were just doing a random snipe at his post...then I really don't get it.

Replaying missions a different way is fun, and a big part of what makes Halo so great. Why make fun of someone writing about their experience doing that? What's the point?

 

[Domino Theory]

Then I really don't get the point of your post. Tsavo is a very vehicle-heavy mission and someone expressing surprise that it's so playable on foot is reasonable. If you were just doing a random snipe at his post...then I really don't get it.

Replaying missions a different way is fun, and a big part of what makes Halo so great. Why make fun of someone writing about their experience doing that? What's the point?

Because Halo 3 is 4 years old so to even remotely imply that anyone who plays Halo doesn't know that you can play vehicle-based missions on foot (most of them, anyway) is ridiculous. That's what I got from his post.

If it's Dax's first time playing Tsavo Highway on foot then forget what I said.

 

[Ken]

Here here.

And this is why you people need to party up with me.

How does someone even die 30 times? SMH

Tell me about it.

Squad Slayer is surprisingly fun regardless.

 

[ncsuDuncan]

I'm thinking that the only levels in all Halo FPS that can't be done without manual vehicles is New Alexandria and The Covenant(Halo 3 Hornet battle). Am I missing one?

What? I'm pretty sure there are a bunch more.

Halo 1 - The Maw (I don't think you can beat the timer without a Warthog.)
Halo 2 - The Arbiter (Banshee escort)
Halo 2 - The Great Journey (Another Banshee escort)
Halo 3 - Halo (I don't think you can beat it without a Warthog or Ghost)
Reach - Long Night of Solace (If you count the Sabre)

There may be one or two more...

Also, browsing halo.wikia.com I noticed an easter egg posted that I was unaware of before:

The final leg of the Warthog run in Halo 3 is around the island from the Silent Cartographer (or at least one the same shape.)

 

[Ken]

Silent Cartographer is an amazing level. Unfortunately none of the games after Halo: CE had a campaign level as memorable as SC or even AotCR in my opinion.

 

[vhfive]

O HAI GUYZ I MAED A MAP LOL

Spoiler

linking because forgeGAF is dead

 

[RedSwirl]

Score Attack is a solo affair. Learn it, love it, reap the meaty Cr rewards (compared to a custom FF game, that is).

Still only getting 60cr per game.