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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
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Reagan's BR
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Me!Domino Theory said:
Devolution
Member
Also never got an answer on customs?
Devolution
Member
Tunavi said:
I meant for today =o.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, it's sad, but I have to agree. Reach did a lot of things right, but the glaring design faults bump it down from "awesome" tier. My blind faith in Bungie is long gone -- the big question, though, is can they earn it back? I hope so. I can't wait to see what Destiny is all about.Tunavi said:
Devolution
Member
Ken said:Been awhile since I tried coloring anything.
Saved.
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Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Tunavi said:
There's usually a high demand and more than 8 folks that show up.
If we split the group of 16 into two groups of 8, then folks will want to stay with their buddies, and either one party will be oversubscribed or under balanced. Or all the regular members will stick to one party and the newer members will have to stick with the other.
It's not always easy.
Customs should be starting in 2 hours.
Devolution
Member
I worry about their next game if it truly is an MMO. The task of balancing those is ridiculous and if Reach is an indicator of their efforts to balance things out, things don't look good. But suddenly loadouts make sense for once in my brain. Testing for their next game.
Cool Dani, thanks for putting up with our shit and runnin' these.
Dani said:
Cool Dani, thanks for putting up with our shit and runnin' these.
Look, I love Bungie, and they spoiled us with the greatest multiplayer balance on the market for years.
Then Reach comes out with Bungie's new philosophy of overpowered weapons countering other overpowered weapons.
and Dani, I meant multiple games of 4v4. 8v8 just isn't fun, so count me out if you're doing 8v8.
Then Reach comes out with Bungie's new philosophy of overpowered weapons countering other overpowered weapons.
and Dani, I meant multiple games of 4v4. 8v8 just isn't fun, so count me out if you're doing 8v8.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Devolution said:
Yup. Same here. That's perfect for Halo threads.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Dani said:
Grr. Damn dirty double posting SOB. I suck. lol
hmm. I might come and handicap a team tonight if there is room. I've been neglecting my Halo playing lately. lol
And damn speaking off I think I'm going to go play some single player. It's been awhile since I've played some
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Tunavi said:
I know what you meant and that's why I explained why it's difficult. I'm sure if folks are up for it we could try experimentally splitting the party up at some point if we can do so in a way that everyone's happy with and it's balanced. Nothing wrong with giving it a try just wanted to explain why it wasn't done before.
GAF Customs generally has neve split the party into smaller groups except for a handful of occasions over many years past.
User 73706
Banned
I'm going to make an Elite version sometime this weekend for when any covenant debate starts coming up.
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"I think Skirmish on Boardwalk should be in all playlists!"
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"Arbiter in Halo 4? There's no way they can justify that, stick to entirely new characters"
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Devolution
Member
Dani said:
I don't know if it'd work all that well (separating people). Part of the fun of customs for me is 16 people in a room, lately though people are much too quite and competitive (I do this too, not sayin' I'm exceptional). I just don't think it would hurt to have more slayer variants on smaller maps and maps that work. Big Team maps in Reach bore me to tears ( I hope I'm not the only one?), even against fellow GAFFers. (Non) Epic journeys of scouting out people to kill.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Dani said:
Don't know why this doesn't happen more often. Makes sense.
Some stuff will just stand out as very different in the new layer itself and you will approach it by intuition looking for an interaction prompt, maybe switching back to classic mode to justify the suspicion if you don't remember a thing about the area. Switching back and forth all the time won't help that much considering most of the game looks very different between the two layers as far as I've seen.Domino Theory said:
Deputy Moonman
Member
See this is similar to my thoughts. I have my own theory on why people enjoy Reach. There are the people who have the fortune of playing with a group of people on a consistent basis and get to absolutely destroy randoms. Then there are the players who have never been as good as the more competitive players at Halo and enjoy the slow kill times, influx of power weapons, and armor abilities in Reach, which let them live longer than they've ever been able to survive before (i'm looking at you Armor Lock). Then you have Tashi who has an amazing connection and a group of really talented teammates that he plays with all the time. That's nothing against him, but that is an extremely rare case and more of an outlier scenario.Tunavi said:
The biggest fault of Reach is the disadvantage it created with randoms having no ability to defend themselves or compete without additional help (teammates, power weapons, etc.). A game should not be designed so that randoms can't defend themselves. That's a massive flaw. Everyone can talk about how they enjoy the game and have fun, but I'm guessing most of you fall into one of the 2 categories above. Maybe not all, but most of you. To get away from this problem, I might go into BTB, but I can't stand BTB in Reach, and I don't enjoy invasion, either.
I highly desire that randoms only playlist. Have a guests playlist and a randoms only playlist which is a combination of slayer and objective games. Voting can decide what people want to play.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Naw, I usually do, too. The only thing I like more about customs is that it's typically more balanced skill wise. In matchmaking we almost always destroy the other team. :lolKen said:
And the crazy ass weirdo custom gametypes are fun sometimes, too.
Devolution
Member
Tashi0106 said:
When I first joined the customs were very lively. And there was even some interesting forge maps we played on. Maybe everyone is just burnt out on Reach I dunno.
Dani said:
I haven't gotten a message back from Zoolader yet, but I don't think he'll mind if we try his High Ground remake/retooling. Would you guys mind slipping it into customs?
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=23469118&player=Zoolader
I'll try to make it to customs but they tend to fill up rather quickly and I don't have all of the DLC. If you guys get around to testing it and either of us isn't there, maybe save the video or post some impressions? I'm sure he'd appreciate it.
Edit: Might want to stick to slayer; not sure if Zoo set up objectives or is just using placeholders. The weapon placement might also be a little off as well.
Devolution
Member
Maybe there should be two rooms but not both as 4v4/5v5. People who want small competitive scrims in say Tunavi's room (not saying you have to), and people who just want some bigger team shenanigans in Dani's. If there are more than 16 it would also help.
Hypertrooper
Member
I can confirm that I'll join and going to be drunk. Fun fun fun!Dani said:
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Plywood said:
Only two scenarios currently happen in Reach:
1) You go into MLG and get your face smashed in.
2) You smash other peoples' faces in every other playlist with 90% of said games ending because the other team quit.
Nothing else happens.
Devolution
Member
Domino Theory said:
Happens to me all of the time. Shit or be shit on. Sigh.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Tashi0106 said:
Oh god yeah, I dont think anyone likes my accent or at least doesn't understand it so I gave up talking when Gaf has a huge party going. Seemed like no one knew what I was saying lol.
Gotta say, my accent is messed up. Its like a mix of London and Up-Northian, so people even in london dont know where the hell im from.
This, except I do pretty good in MLG(when I've played) despite not knowing much of the callouts and such. Not really a fan of the higher movement speed + bloom also the forge maps are so, so, then again I have a general disdain for the shades of grey.Domino Theory said:
Deputy Moonman
Member
Accents are the best. Growing up on the west coast of the US, I feel like i have virtually no accent, at least nothing to be proud of.bobs99 ... said:
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Deputy Moonman said:
Same. I'm Persian and the only way you'd be able to tell is when I start speaking Farsi.