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Halo: Reach |OT5| A Monument to All Our Sins

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Steelyuhas

Member
vhfive said:
This would be fine to except I would make grab bag 5v5. 4v4 really only works well on Anchor 9 (with Condemned and Tempest sort of working) and can't be played on Highlands. 5v5 can be played well on Anchor 9, Condemned and Tempest with Highlands sort of working.
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I'd be okay with that expect for the Highlands part. My worst nightmare in Premium Slayer, and the reason I won't play it, is 5v5 Highlands is literally like taking a nap. It's gets voted for every time I go into that playlist and it has never gotten close to the score limit before time expires. Sometimes I go a few minutes without even seeing other players, way way too big for 5v5.
 
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FyreWulff

Member
After the way Mythic Big Team failed spectacularly in Halo 3 even with the Mythic disc, and the low population of Community Big Team, I don't think you're gonna see the population support 2 Big Team playlists especially with one locked behind a DLC gate.
 
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vhfive

Member
Steelyuhas said:
I'd be okay with that expect for the Highlands part. My worst nightmare in Premium Slayer, and the reason I won't play it, is 5v5 Highlands is literally like taking a nap. It's gets voted for every time I go into that playlist and it has never gotten close to the score limit before time expires. Sometimes I go a few minutes without even seeing other players, way way too big for 5v5.
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I would be fine with taking Highlands out of the 5v5 playlist (with the exception of snipers).

did I mention I would leave snipers in 5v5 because it's Tunavi's favorite :p
 
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kylej

Banned
edit. full for now

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Barrow Roll

Member
Tunavi said:
Well like it or not, the only reason Premium battle is 6v6 and not 8v8 is because of Invasion Breakpoint.
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I'm perfectly okay with this. If I wanna play BTB then I'll play BTB. 6v6 is a good number.
 
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Striker

Member
It's fine the way it is, number wise. They still use Anchor 9 and Condemned, both of which are far too small for 8v8. Problem I have found while playing is Invasion shows up far too much.

If they include any BTB maps in the CEA pack, they should make BTB DLC required. Otherwise all the DLC BTB maps would not show up.
 
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Plywood

NeoGAF's smiling token!
XAL said:
tell them to add stockpile back to some playlist so i can get my last reach avhievement...
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No, instead the TU should unlock the achievement for those that don't have it so no one has to play that horrible gametype ever again.

Speaking of the TU I wonder if it's possible for them to make the Firefight Voice into MP/FF voice.
 
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angelkimne

Member
XAL said:
tell them to add stockpile back to some playlist so i can get my last reach avhievement...
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It seems a bit bizarre that they ever took it out of Team Objective.... was anyone really asking for it to be removed? And if it's good enough to feature in any playlist it may as well be in the one that's dedicated to objective gametypes.
 
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Striker

Member
angelkimne said:
It seems a bit bizarre that they ever took it out of Team Objective.... was anyone really asking for it to be removed? And if it's good enough to feature in any playlist it may as well be in the one that's dedicated to objective gametypes.
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Most complaints came from getting too many fringe gametypes like Headhunter, Stockpile, etc. But even since then, they've added junk like 3 Flag, CTF Slayer, and even in all that kept the random Hot Potato in despite Oddball already being included. They also without reason dumped Multi-Bomb. So I really have no true answer to where they want(ed) to go with Objective.

Stockpile's main problem was Bungie using it on asymmetric maps which led to many unbalanced games. It often had shown up on Sword Base and Powerhouse, rather than more balanced areas where both teams had the same area of offense/defense (Asylum, Countdown, Zealot, Anchor 9).
 
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angelkimne

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Striker said:
Most complaints came from getting too many fringe gametypes like Headhunter, Stockpile, etc. But even since then, they've added junk like 3 Flag, CTF Slayer, and even in all that kept the random Hot Potato in despite Oddball already being included. They also without reason dumped Multi-Bomb. So I really have no true answer to where they want(ed) to go with Objective.

Stockpile's main problem was Bungie using it on asymmetric maps which led to many unbalanced games. It often had shown up on Sword Base and Powerhouse, rather than more balanced areas where both teams had the same area of offense/defense (Asylum, Countdown, Zealot, Anchor 9).
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I can see the problems that would arise on some of those maps. Still, I do find it weird they decided to totally remove it from the one playlist I would of assumed it would always have a home in. It's not like Team Objective could get much less popular, whatever they do.

Tunavi said:
Yup
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D:

Well, we know where this achievement problem stems from. Be sad.
 
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Dug

Banned
Quick question: I'm not the only one that is having problems with B.net, am I?

EDIT: Nevermind, it has stopped loading slow!
 
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Tunavi

Banned
Weird thing happened in matchmaking just now. We had a host migration during a match that actually reset the game aside from the score. We went back to inital spawns, 12 minutes on the clock. It reset my sprees, so I didn't even realize I had 16 kills and no deaths without the frenzy/riot medals. Ended up getting a perfection and it surprised the shit out of me, lol
 
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feel

Member
kylej said:
I watch that sometimes before I hit the gym. Her upper body strength rules.

And it's hot.
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Let's me try this again, now 100% less subtly:

LINK TO THE FULL VIDEO!! (assuming it's from a workout routine on youtube and not the beginning of a tube porn clip that will get us both banned)
 
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Dug

Banned
Just saw a Bag O' Swag get sold on Ebay for 370 dollars. Which made me wonder, how many people actually bought the Bag O' Swag just to sell it on Ebay?
 
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feel

Member
^ Still the best machinima vid. Watched it for the first time before youtube, before forums were popular, and before knowing more than 1 person that knew about or liked Halo (my coop buddy). Blew my mind and made me realize that Halo was much more than just a videogame, it was also a tool for expression, interaction and communication.

kylej said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFz4JfP3Z4E
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:-O Wow. I'm in love. Seriously.

*clicks on related vids*

edit- I forgot to say thank you, thank you
 
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Ruze789

Member
WTF?! Go into Premium Slayer after reading about the DLC maps on here all day... And people vote for Elite Slayer on Powerhouse.

Next game: Elite Slayer, Anchor 9.

Fuck any playlist with Elite Slayer. Back to Arena, I guess.
 
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Tawpgun

Member
Devolution said:
How about that trueskilll guys? Noobs or mlg tryhards?
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The games we played against the guys on Tempest/Powerhouse and the last zealot game were pretty evenly matched. We just had a shitty start that zealot game.

But before them just straight up lesser people getting screwed over by truskill.
 
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Devolution

Member
A27 Tawpgun said:
The games we played against the guys on Tempest/Powerhouse and the last zealot game were pretty evenly matched. We just had a shitty start that zealot game.

But before them just straight up lesser people getting screwed over by truskill.
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Rollin' up on dubs, shootin' them nubs.
 
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Kuroyume

Banned
Dug said:
Just saw a Bag O' Swag get sold on Ebay for 370 dollars. Which made me wonder, how many people actually bought the Bag O' Swag just to sell it on Ebay?
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That's fucked up. Give Bungie some of your bucks for their trash to support a charity but then turn around and take advantage of some random nerd on the internet and make a nice profit from what you got. Got more in return than he gave Bungie.

Ruze789 said:
WTF?! Go into Premium Slayer after reading about the DLC maps on here all day... And people vote for Elite Slayer on Powerhouse.

Next game: Elite Slayer, Anchor 9.

Fuck any playlist with Elite Slayer. Back to Arena, I guess.
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So sick and damn tired of it. Played so much of it in Multi Team back around the first few months of Reach. Hard to tolerate it any longer. At least with the old settings it felt like the matches would go by quickly with all the plasma nade spam. Now it just drags on. Can't stomach any more Elite games.
 
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Booshka

Member
Barrow Roll said:
Got a question for the HaloGAF collective:

Hold or toggle to crouch?

I've used hold on all these years but I'm considering switching to toggle. Seems easier on the thumbs for sneaking up on folks or even crouch shooting.
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Late on this I know, but I use Toggle now. I used Hold for years through all of the Halo games and most other shooters, then I wore out two controllers from holding crouch and rifling in Shadowrun for hours every day. I stuck with Hold for about a year in Shadowrun, but after my controller started messing up again I finally switched to Toggle and got used to it. I use Toggle in Reach now because I am used to it, but I hate how getting shot makes you stand up from crouching in Reach, probably would benefit to use Hold, but I don't want to mess up my Shadowrun muscle memory.

I guess the whole, "stand up when you get shot" thing is to nerf crouch rifling in Reach, but I would prefer if it wouldn't do that. Would probably help alleviate jumping and spamming in Reach, the crouch rifler pacing would be able to win his DMR fights more consistently than if he was standing and pacing, but I'm sure Halo fans in general would hate that mechanic.
 
ElRenoRaven

ElRenoRaven

Member
Kuroyume said:
That's fucked up. Give Bungie some of your bucks for their trash to support a charity but then turn around and take advantage of some random nerd on the internet and make a nice profit from what you got. Got more in return than he gave Bungie.
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Sadly there will always be a piece of shit that will do that. Some real fans would have killed to get that and yet some shitbag who wants to make a quick buck takes them to sell on Ebay.
 
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Dug

Banned
PsychoRaven said:
Sadly there will always be a piece of shit that will do that. Some real fans would have killed to get that and yet some shitbag who wants to make a quick buck takes them to sell on Ebay.
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Fun fact: I saw at least 3 more being sold.

edit: Scratch that, 4.
 
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darthbob

Member
PsychoRaven said:
Sadly there will always be a piece of shit that will do that. Some real fans would have killed to get that and yet some shitbag who wants to make a quick buck takes them to sell on Ebay.
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I bet he even tried to buy more than one too!

Die arschloch...
 
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Havok

Member
Tunavi said:
so.......how long does the b.net blacklist ban stay in effect for?
lol
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Trolling Grifball on bnet is a fool's errand.

Besides, think of it as a blessing.

Tunavi said:
hahahaha you saw that?
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I was curious so I donned my internet detective cap. It's like the one that Sherlock Holmes had, but with Tron lights.
 
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Tunavi

Banned
Havok said:
Trolling Grifball on bnet is a fool's errand.

Besides, think of it as a blessing.
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hahahaha you saw that?

I got banned for making a thread in the flood saying "lets report every post in this thread" lol. 3 day ban, what will I do...

butane, save me!
 
ElRenoRaven

ElRenoRaven

Member
Dug said:
Fun fact: I saw at least 3 more being sold.

edit: Scratch that, 4.
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Doesn't surprise me one bit.

darthbob said:
I bet he even tried to buy more than one too!

Die arschloch...
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Who says he didn't? All it would have taken is some friends willing to help him. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't have more then one.
 
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darthbob

Member
Hitmonchan107 said:
I believe it's easy to fake this kind of thing, and I'm calling shenanigans, but I'll leave this here, nonetheless:
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Yeah, it's really easy to fake those kind of things. Modded console could do it, some skill in an image manipulator, same thing.
 
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Domino Theory

Crystal Dynamics
Hitmonchan107 said:
I believe it's easy to fake this kind of thing, and I'm calling shenanigans, but I'll leave this here, nonetheless:
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Too early for them to be at the beta stage, imo.

Speaking of, why wasn't the Halo 4 Multiplayer Beta announced at this year's E3 like it was for Reach?
 
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ncsuDuncan

Member
Hitmonchan107 said:
I believe it's easy to fake this kind of thing, and I'm calling shenanigans, but I'll leave this here, nonetheless:
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AngryFacing is on my XBL friends list right now "playing the Halo 4 beta" from the Xbox dashboard.

He's posted on Twitter before that it's easy to fake with XNA Creator's Club or something like that.

It's an obvious fake and an immature way to try and pull page views.
 
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