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Halo: Reach |OT5| A Monument to All Our Sins
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Princess Carl
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My wish is that the reason all of the maps from halo 2 that were great were held back until the remake comes out where it will be included in the CE remake mappack thing.
I got a feeling!
I got a feeling!
There was no outrage in my core group concerning the BR. It was such a consistent weapon and an oustanding choice for a mid-size map, and wasn't overly dominant in any of them. Maps like Colossus, Terminal, and Burial Mounds were absolutely perfect for it. It was a weapon that was absolutely necessary for a map like Coagulation, because while the map is large, it wasn't shooting players across the map with such general ease.Letters said:
Reason the DMR impacts more distance is because it goes to 3x scope, and it has a strikingly long range, whereas the Halo 2 Battle Rifle was 2x zoom and had a limited range at a certain length. I think the length at max was, if I remember correctly: the middle section of Coagulation where the Needler spawns to the first entrance blue base. While that may seem too long for its own good, note that the person is moving from the distance and there is a much smaller frame of aim-assist and magnetism.
Hypertrooper
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It never had real weekly release date. It ever came out on Wednesday or Tuesday. The last times it came out wednesday and I guess we can call Wednesday the Bulletin daywwm0nkey said:
dat latency non-hitscan spread.Tunavi said:
Seriously after playing Halo 3 after Reach I REALLY noticed how annoying the BR is and wondered how I never bitched about it before.
H2 BR/CE Pistol weapon or bust.
Assuming they get the first shot mid range you can still turn around and beat them. But it comes down to a roll of the dice to see if Bloom will grant you the 5 shot. Such a good mechanic... It's fantastic for balancing further range combat, but ends up screwing over close to mid combat.Deputy Moonman said:
Speaking of, I told this to a few people but...
Out-DMRing doesn't exist anymore. Everytime I've "out-dmred' someone it was because of bloom. So I propose we call all clutch plays like that Out-Blooming or Out-lucking for more accuracy.
Wait, what? If you pace your shots the bullet will go directly where you're aiming. No luck involved. The DMR is intentionally not supposed to be a close range weapon. If you're getting killed by an AR user when using a DMR it's because for some reason you're using a DMR at AR range. Shotgun > AR > Pistol > DMR for close range encounters. Sniper > DMR > Pistol > AR for long range.
Also, aim for body first, only pull up to head for the final shot. Body is a bigger target and you can pull the trigger a bit faster if you're aiming at it.
"You just got out-BR'd!" was also a silly phrase anyway. I'm glad it's dead. Because it was stupid. It reduces down to "I just killed you!". In a game about killing.
Also, aim for body first, only pull up to head for the final shot. Body is a bigger target and you can pull the trigger a bit faster if you're aiming at it.
"You just got out-BR'd!" was also a silly phrase anyway. I'm glad it's dead. Because it was stupid. It reduces down to "I just killed you!". In a game about killing.
KidA Seven
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FyreWulff said:
Agreed. It's better to say "Get shit on!" "Get donged on" is also pretty good.
Demoncarnotaur
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So if the DMR were to return, how about a BR with no scope. Make it less accurate than the old BR by a tad and have it be a meaty mid-range weapon.
Or is that crazy talk?
Or is that crazy talk?
xxjuicesxx
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Drink your ovaltine bitch.
Slightly Live
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Demoncarnotaur said:
Does not compute.
Demoncarnotaur
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Dani said:
In my defense, I just woke up.
*edit* What I mean to say, is if we were not to get the BR, how about a stripped down spiritual successor? That is, if the DMR is still to hold the long range area.
xxjuicesxx
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Demoncarnotaur said:
Possible since the DMR is supposed to fill the gap between a BR/AR and Sniper. A middle between the two would make sense if there was so many weapons.
It might be better to focus on the core of the game than all the extras just for maybe the next Halo until they really get their shit together, though.
FyreWulff said:
My point was if someone shoots me first I would need to spam in order to win. It isn't intended to be used at close but with spamming it easily is. And there's this gray area in close to mid where spamming vs pacing can go either way... And that's terrible for precision combat.
Out-BRing was used when you outskilled someone with the precision skill based weapon. Used ESPECIALLY when you are at a disadvantage and win. It basically says "I am better than you with the main weapon of the game."
Or how about a system like the new Ghost Recon?...
Then everyone can shut up about this pointless bullshit.
Then everyone can shut up about this pointless bullshit.
king picollo
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In theory Master Chief can only have the weapons he brings with him or the weapons he finds.
If of course 343 stick with the story.
The DMR was a Reach only thing so he shouldn't have that, he should have the BR and the human guns of Halo 3, with any new alien ones he should find. Unless of course there are humans on wherever he is landing, which maybe the case of course.
If of course 343 stick with the story.
The DMR was a Reach only thing so he shouldn't have that, he should have the BR and the human guns of Halo 3, with any new alien ones he should find. Unless of course there are humans on wherever he is landing, which maybe the case of course.
Mr Solo Dolo
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Just stopped by to say i'm addicted to Firefight again.
kthanxbai.
kthanxbai.
king picollo
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*sticks fingers in ears* lalalalalalala i'm not listening, he will have the BR, halo 3 human weapons and new fancy alien ones.
To be honest as long as he doesn't have armour lock and mini nuke grenades i'll be happy.
To be honest as long as he doesn't have armour lock and mini nuke grenades i'll be happy.
Demoncarnotaur
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Im assuming we will be dealing with mostly new or revised weapons in Halo 4. I really wonder how people will react to that. I am open to it as long as some feel familiar. Also, multiplayer could always bring in some series trademarks.
I still say there is an engineer on board and worked with Cortana and tinkered on things. =P
FyreWulff said:He's on a UNSC ship, the Deus Ex Gun Machining. 343 has the canonical ability to bring back any weapon they wanta
I still say there is an engineer on board and worked with Cortana and tinkered on things. =P
squidhands
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plus the experimental Grenade Launcher-Spartan Laser hybrid that's tucked away in a hidden locker. It fires a grenade that explodes into a zillion laser beams which kills just about everything at once, including the user. Still needs work, but it looks cool as hell.Falt said:
A27 Tawpgun said:
And then you killed Regret in Halo 2, so you couldn't interrogate him and find out about what happened!
They can explain them coming back at any time, really. From what I remember they're about 20 years out from UNSC space, and with Cyro they can slow the character aging to keep the Spartans and Anders/Captain Moustache. Can always speed them up with a captured Covie vessel, or the now friendly Elites going and recovering them. It's going to depend on how long Chief has been in cyro when he wakes up in Halo 4.
The interesting thing to bringing the SoF back is you have to come up with a believable way of convincing them that the UNSC and the Elites are now bros. ESPECIALLY if the one that goes and retrieves them is the Arbiter :3
Miggytronz
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wwm0nkey said:Spirit of Fire and Halsey are all heading to the same location
(would be awesome if true)
Doubt the Spirit of Fire is. Its literally floating in space, who knows where right.
A man just got some notice from amazon that they don't know when the Bag O Swag will ship so they said my card as not charged. It wasn't, also I bought the Bungie Town poster, that also wasn't charged.
Since I'm in Canada I guess that they maybe having problems sorting out international orders... Oh god I hope they don't cancel it.
Did anyone get their Bags O Swag from the second waves yet?
Since I'm in Canada I guess that they maybe having problems sorting out international orders... Oh god I hope they don't cancel it.
Did anyone get their Bags O Swag from the second waves yet?
Well guess that means I wont be getting mine. Gah.Dug said:
The Librarian
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I don't think I'll be able to live through all of this teasing. Can't wait to see and hear about H4's AR. <3OuterWorldVoice said:
ncsuDuncan
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Judging from the teaser, it's going to be a short mission.A27 Tawpgun said:
Clearly you've thrown all logic and realism out of the window for this game, I don't even know what to think anymore.OuterWorldVoice said:
The Librarian
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No one told you? The Pro-Pipe can break the space-time continuum.Tunavi said:
I wouldn't say dual wielding is automatically gone at this point.
You could still make it work in the existing control scheme by only allowing DW with the same weapon (Have an SMG, walk over another SMG, "Hold X to Dual Wield SMGs"), which would also simplify balance. No need to nerf PR or PP so they aren't OP with certain weapons.
Heck, you could just do it with just the SMG and the PR. It's not like making certain weapons suddenly un-DWable from one game to the next (Needler H2 -> H3) hasn't been done before.
You could still make it work in the existing control scheme by only allowing DW with the same weapon (Have an SMG, walk over another SMG, "Hold X to Dual Wield SMGs"), which would also simplify balance. No need to nerf PR or PP so they aren't OP with certain weapons.
Heck, you could just do it with just the SMG and the PR. It's not like making certain weapons suddenly un-DWable from one game to the next (Needler H2 -> H3) hasn't been done before.
He basically went from waking up straight into cryo. It's one of those things that's always bugged me about the Halo 3 ending: he never spends any time to get bearings on how much of the ship he's in, what kind of backup power it has, what it's equipped with, whether any of the ship is still holding a vacuum, etc. He just hops into bed, doesn't even say goodnight to the lady.Tunavi said:
I assume we'll be using largely non-UNSC weapons since we won't be spending the entire game right around the FUD. Unless our crash landing conveniently litters the campaign with spare weapons and ammo.
Edit: it didn't come accross, but that last paragraph was sarcasm. I'm sure there will be a mix of weapons throughout the campaign.