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Halo: Reach |OT4| This Thread is Not Your Grave, But You Are Welcome In It
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Captain Blood
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My roommate picked it up and has been playing quite a bit of it. I am excited to check it out even though everyone seems to have had a pretty mediocre experience.I will steal his copy once he is bored of it in a couple days.
Steelyuhas
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New tidbit from Jeremiah:
Zeouterlimits
Member
Still won't draw a populationSteelyuhas said:
.Sad to see that Double Team is like in Halo 3 & 2, full of quitters. Practically 3 games in a row, we'd gain the lead and then be abandoned. Once it was after 2 kills.
Shall we fill our BWU hole with Bungie playing Table Tennis again?
Steelyuhas
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Zeouterlimits said:Still won't draw a population
Sad to see that Double Team is like in Halo 3 & 2, full of quitters. Practically 3 games in a row, we'd gain the lead and then be abandoned. Once it was after 2 kills.
Sadly, you're probably right, but it's nice to see that Jeremiah still gives some attention to a playlist that is doomed in terms of population numbers.
I know it doesn't have the population to support it, but TO would really benefit from party restrictions. The main reason that I don't play it that much is the horror of going against a TO4 as an individual.
I really like the "SMART" what a dumb fucking name) system and the class base combat is a lot of fun (the operative being the only useless class). I really want to love the game but the lag makes it near impossible to play versus so I end up comp stomping most of the time (which is fun but not great). Also for a multiplayer based shooter the party system is fucking terrible, it might as well be non existent because I have no damn idea how it works.Ramirez said:
Basically would be a great game if not for the lag and lack of party system.
Back on topic
Do you guys think we'll see what 343 is working on at E3? I think that they'll show something at E3 then have it playable at the PAX Halofest this year.
Slightly Live
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vhfive said:
The Librarian
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Being able to fly a Pelican? I'd have to agree.GhaleonEB said:
Hypertrooper
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I think yes. In my opinion there are a lot of signs.(Frankie's comment in interviews, and even the HaloWaypoint site has some signs(but I guess I'm thinking to much into that point))vhfive said:
Zeouterlimits
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If it's coming out in 2012 then I don't think it'll be playable at PAX.vhfive said:
If it's the C.E. business, then yes, playable at PAX.
squidhands
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GhaleonEB said:
Hypertrooper
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Seeing 3 peoples on my friendlist who are playing Halo 3 campaign again. That made me happy
Hypertrooper
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Bro Slayer still in the TeamSlayer Playlist? Why?
A few minutes ago I had the feeling that my relationship with Reach will end soon.
A few minutes ago I had the feeling that my relationship with Reach will end soon.
ncsuDuncan
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fyi, ForgeGAF customs will be happening today. Either at 3pm EST (12pm PST) or at 5pm EST (2pm PST). I'll be there for both but show up for whichever time you can (especially for the 5pm, since that should get you warmed up for normal Customs :^P )
Looks like me, vhfive, Mr Big, and others have maps to try out. Join us! (Send XBL message to or request a party invite from Mr Big (GT: Mr Kwatz) or if he's not online to me (GT: ncsuDuncan).
I'm also looking forward to normal HaloGAF customs tonight. Got anything good in store for us, Dani?
Looks like me, vhfive, Mr Big, and others have maps to try out. Join us! (Send XBL message to or request a party invite from Mr Big (GT: Mr Kwatz) or if he's not online to me (GT: ncsuDuncan).
I'm also looking forward to normal HaloGAF customs tonight. Got anything good in store for us, Dani?
Mizzou Gaming
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What is the highest rank now? I'm starting to see all sorts of quirky ranks ranging from Field Marshalls to Moon or something like that.
HiredN00bs
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People started hitting the highest rank, Inheritor, last month. I hit the halfway point (10,000,000 cR) earlier this week.Mizzou Gaming said:
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The highest rank is Inheritor. And I guess ~10 Person reached this rank already.Mizzou Gaming said:
Edit.: beaten.
The Real Napsta
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Lyphen said:
Noble maps come up all the time in Doubles and TS for me.
Steelyuhas
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Lyphen said:
Not for me.
A9 and Tempest are probably my two favorite maps in the game, but I never get to play them.
The Librarian
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If you're in Europe, yes they do. If you're in the States, then no.Lyphen said:
Slightly Live
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Lyphen said:
DLC requirements will come into force in the near future. You'll see a bump of the DLC maps in various playlists when that happens if the current options aren't much to your liking.
You not even have to wait too long..
I see all the DLC maps often enough. The Noble playlist when it was up was great and the Defiant playlist now is even better. But I have seen the DLC maps pop up often for me in Team Slayer and Objective.
Rolling with a full party that also has the DLC will increase the chances of you seeing it too.
Slightly Live
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Ramirez said:
It did, but weighted very low so it hardly appears. But the maps and gametypes are in there. I played in that playlist exclusively for over 18 hours over two days and they showed up maybe once or twice and never voted for.
AlmostMilk
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You can get the noble maps in the defiant playlist but they rarely come up.Ramirez said:
Steelyuhas
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Dax01 said:
That is so weird, but seems to be true from people's experience here at GAF.
Dani said:
What makes you think that DLC is going to start being required in playlists? As much of GAF knows, I have ripped Bungie for what I believe to be poor DLC implementation multiple times, but I don't think that core playlists should require DLC. You shouldn't have to buy more content than the 60 dollars you paid for the game just to be able to play the Team Slayer playlist.
Of course as I would love to see DLC maps actually appear in matchmaking, I wouldn't complain too much if it did happen.
Ramirez said:
It's not required however, so the playlist rely's on the matchmaking algorithm to match you up with other that have noble, like regular matchmaking playlists. So they never come up haha.
Duncan,
I see you're working on a Sword Base variant. What is it?
Whoa whoa whoa, new easter egg data pad
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=17469259
I don't believe this has been found, has it?
Edit: it looks like this was discovered a while ago, nevermind. I've never seen it though.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=17469259
I don't believe this has been found, has it?
Edit: it looks like this was discovered a while ago, nevermind. I've never seen it though.
ncsuDuncan
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Glaive, my "fix" for Sword Base. I've posted about it in the ForgeGAF thread before, but basically I added a bunch of ways to get off the deathtrap that we call the bottom floor.Steelyuhas said:
I also added a 3rd floor bridge that I think will make people never want to play the default Sword Base again after they try it out.
I'm fixing the CTF spawns right now, I'll send you an invite when I get that finished and saved.
Tunavi said:
Whoa. Hax?
Hypertrooper
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Do you want to be bad?Karl2177 said:Alright, either I'm extremely good, Trueskill sucks, or it just decided that I must backpack my way through the Alps. I'm playing for the first time in 2 weeks, and all three games I've played I've gone majorly positive.
Drink 2l. beer, 0,3l irish whiskey, play Halo 2 and Halo 3 again, and only sleep 5-7hours. Then you can be bad. I know what I'm saying.
I'm pretty sure Shadowrun's netcode has gotten worse and worse with every new release of CoD and Halo since 2007. That game used to have great netcode, now it's a crap shoot if I am going to find a good game or not. Gust hasn't worked (figuratively speaking) for over a year now, sucks.Ramirez said:
Slightly Live
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Steelyuhas said:
Historically, DLC eventually become a requirement for more and more playlists as time passes.
Happened with Halo 3 and I expect the same to happen with Reach.
I thought when the last matchmaking update came out they were going to remove the Noble maps out of Defiant not just kill Noble altogether. People were whining about too many playlists and asking for the one or both of the DLC playlists to be killed and now look at what happens when that is done. Dudes can't get a game on the noble maps. Stupid decision to do that and I don't even understand it. If the playlist shrinks to the 100s so what? Let those 100 people keep their playlist. As long as Halo doesn't have a custom server browser then that should be the alternative.
Slightly Live
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Hey You said:
Its really just starting to piss me off, I spend $10 on these maps but NEVER play them because they just are not put into the rotation.MrBig said:
Free content after 3 to 6 months = The maps actually being played by everyone and becoming a standard in matchmaking AND more players coming back due to free content.
Seriously though I am happy I got Defiant for free because I would have LOVED to spend the $10 on those maps but thanks to the fact I will never actually play them a lot due to them never being a standard in MM its just not worth the $$$.