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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
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Devolution
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xxxstylzxxx said:
Learn to spam or was it pace.
Yeah fuck bloom.
Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 don't have any aim assist or magnetism, and those games feel and play great. You aren't trying to out-shoot anyone in those games, just trying to kill zombies and special infected, but there is still a lot of skill to it. I got really good with the Hunting Rifle in the first one and the Auto Sniper in the 2nd, coupled with some good headphones and I was sniping special infected through walls, in mid air and sniping them down from range regularly. People thought I was cheating.Woorloog said:
For most shooters on console though, magnetism and aim assist are necessary to replicate the per pixel accuracy of a mouse. The general theory of John Howard's aim assist and magnetism model in Halo CE was to, "create fine motor control out of gross stick movement." When the game is based around out-shooting and out-maneuvering your opponent, you need this mechanic to make it play well.
Counter-Strike on Xbox had no magnetism or aim assist, but because the game is less about moving while shooting, it was easier to manage. Of course it doesn't work nearly as well as a KB&M, but it works pretty well compared to how poorly a twitch arena shooter (like Unreal or Quake games) ported to console plays in comparison to the PC versions.
xxxstylzxxx
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Tunavi said:
Bah! I count five body shots landed and about two headshots that should have, scratch that, would have registered with tighter bloom. Not saying that I didn't miss a few because I most certainly did but I'll be damned if I shouldn't of at least traded kills especially with that last shot.
xxxstylzxxx
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Tashi0106 said:
lol
thezerofire
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If BF3 plays anywhere the same it'll be very different. You'll have to get used to accounting for bullet travel time and bullet drop when you aim at a distance.senador said:
Hindsight is 20/20, but if you are that far ahead in a fight, you had half shields and the guy had none, just wait until you have perfect accuracy and hit the headshot. If you just keep spamming, shit like that will happen.xxxstylzxxx said:Bah! I count five body shots landed and about two headshots that should have, scratch that, would have registered with tighter bloom. Not saying that I didn't miss a few because I most certainly did but I'll be damned if I shouldn't of at least traded kills especially with that last shot.
That was just a sloppy play.
PsychoRaven said:
YMMV
Amazon has actually screwed me on release day shipping a number of times. One being Halo 3, where thousands didn't get the game until two days after release. Which resulted in me desperately walking into a crowded gamespot buying the game again so I could play it.
But I remember Newegg shipping ODST and Reach a few days early or something.
thezerofire
Banned
I got my Halo 3 the day of release, in the morning actually. We never usually get deliveries in the morning. I was pretty thrilled.GECK said:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=23074037&player=Mush nz
I know this probably won't be very impressive to you guys but as a casual Halo player I think this is my proudest achievement to date. It's the first time I've gotten more than a Killtacular in MP though, so that's something I guess. If a very very kind soul could render this for me so I can keep this forever in my heart I will love you. A lot.
Hitmonchan107
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I'm curious what 343 will do if people latch onto both semi-bloom and zero bloom.
Will they keep all three variants of bloom (Reach, semi, zero) in matchmaking?
It's questions like this that make me wish I could've done my damn video interview.
Will they keep all three variants of bloom (Reach, semi, zero) in matchmaking?
It's questions like this that make me wish I could've done my damn video interview.
Slightly Live
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Firefights initiate a flight or fight response. You either fire on the enemy or get away from the enemy's fire at you. Bloom takes this natural response and forces you to halt and stop in the heat of a firefight. Not run away, not continue, just stop. You need to stop and wait for the reticule to reset so that the headshot you've already lined up a second ago will actually connect.
It makes no sense. There should have never have been a mechanic in Halo that makes you stop fighting in the middle of a fight, for any reason.
It makes no sense. There should have never have been a mechanic in Halo that makes you stop fighting in the middle of a fight, for any reason.
Hypertrooper
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It is always a time travel for me when I fly to the USA.Tunavi said:
I've been reading Ascendant Justice's Hindsight Halo series. I've read it before, but it's still a very interesting read, I recommend it to anyone who hasn't (though I'm sure most of you have).
Anyways, I'm of wondering if there any other articles like this for other Halo games anywhere else? I'd love to get a more in depth analysis of all the little things that go on in Campaign modes, but it looks like H3 is the only story that's really covered in depth.
Anyways, I'm of wondering if there any other articles like this for other Halo games anywhere else? I'd love to get a more in depth analysis of all the little things that go on in Campaign modes, but it looks like H3 is the only story that's really covered in depth.
Lazslo
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Same here man, so psyched to get my regular life back- it's crazy how much of a hassle just getting shit done for work is without power. Did you keep turning on Light-Switches by habit and instantly feeling stupid afterwards? It took me day 5 to stop flipping them on.Tashi0106 said:
Anyway, I'm watching the Community panel from HaloFest. Kinda weird there isn't any HaloGaf Battlebros in that lineup, at least Ghal shoulda been up there representing us. Shit, I'd even settle for Hitmon or fucking Dax if he was there. Maybe Ghal was asked and declined or something, but I gotta believe Gaf is one of the top 5 influential and well-known Halo Communities. Shit didn't the current community-guy at Bungie hail from Halo-Gaf among other places?
Devolution
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Gui_PT said:Thank you for the games. Sorry for the poor performance, but the lag was ridiculous today.
If a kind soul has an extra render minute, could I get this rendered please? Just a few assassinations I got in a row =P
Awesome.
You know how many assists I got on those assassinations and beat downs. Bad kids all up in that one.
Fucking Randoms Moment of the Day
Also I like how mic on kinect literally sounds like the guy is gargling balls.
Hitmonchan107
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Did anybody upload a clear picture of the UNSC Infinity from the Halo Fest concept wall?
xxxstylzxxx
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Booshka said:
Not the prettiest display of DMR efficiency, no argument here. Also let me be clear that I'm fully aware of the dynamics of DMR bloom manipulation and cadence as it pertains to maintaining consistent, accurate shots (closing in on 9000 DMR kills myself ^_^).
Thing is, in that particular instance the one thing that prevented me from getting the kill was not my lack of accuracy (5 body shots + at least 3 shots with the reticule centered at the head/torso) but a flawed mechanic. Also I'm pretty certain that if I had actually decided to wait for the bloom to retract I would have risked putting myself at a disadvantage assuming that my opponent was marginally skilled with the sniper rifle. Sloppy play yes but I still feel that I landed more than enough shots to earn that kill, the bloom apparently took it upon itself to claim otherwise.
GhaleonEB said:
What he said
Devolution
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Obviously the trick to bloom is thus: when you think you need to pace, spam. When you think you need to spam, pace. If nothing works, well you're just fucked, time to browse the internet.
Deputy Moonman
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I need someone to do the weekly challenge with me. Any takers?
Sure dude. I'm on it.Mush said:
Hypertrooper
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I think Ghal took some very neat pictures. Maybe I too. I'm looking at the pics right now.Hitmonchan107 said:
Slightly Live
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Hitmonchan107 said:
=)
Is that the name of this ship? I had to capture this using a crappy low-res video and photoshop it a bit. I'd love a better copy of it.
BlueScrote
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Deputy Moonman said:
Sure. GT: BlueThunder850
Devolution
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Dani said:
This is on point as well. And with unavailable cover on many maps it's just like why? Or you DO happen to run and nades just follow you. Lose-lose.
Hypertrooper
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Yes it is the name of the ship. Unfortunately you can't see a lot of details on this pic.Dani said:=)
Is that the name of this ship? I had to capture this using a crappy low-res video and photoshop it a bit.
I'm going to say: Halo 4 won't play before 2558.
Deputy Moonman
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Woohoo. I'll be online in just a sec. Mush, your video should be rendered shortly.BlueScrote said:
Hitmonchan107
Member
I'm trying my damnedest to remember, but I could've sworn that was the name of it.Dani said:
The picture I took of it isn't much clearer.
The text below the picture read:
"Halo 4 will continue to capture the spellbinding grandeur and spirit of exploration fans have come to expect from the series, as seen in this concept image of a starship technology prototype set against the backdrop of a beautiful alien world."
(To me, it sounds like a UNSC frigate with Forerunner technology.)
Slightly Live
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Hitmonchan107 said:
Hopefully 343 will release the concept art in nice high res. =)
I posted this in the last OT but I don't think it got much of a discussion. Anyways since the TU can't do any UI changes that allow us to alter the game types with the TU settings, why not make something like this but have it automatically upload the gametype to our file shares?
Hypertrooper
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I uploaded the pic. But it doesn't look good either.Hitmonchan107 said:
Again: I can't wait to read Glasslands. The Return by Kevin Grace gives a lot of teases already. After reading I created my own hypothesis and hope I bet right. hehe. (I love that creating a hypothesis in my mind and hoping that you are right. <3 )