Hypertrooper
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Who cares? He got the MLG Pro Discount.
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Halo: Reach |OT7| What are They to Say Now?
- Thread starter The Librarian
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I think one thing about me is that I'm actually nicer in real life. When it's Halo time, I'm calling out, wanting to win and if you're not helping me do that, damn I get fucking mad. Even here, I'll make fun of how bad Dax is every chance I get but in real life I'd probably do it just a few times 
BlueScrote
Member
This is pretty much the attitude that pervades a lot of online communities that makes me not want to be involved whatsoever.
They're still working on the RC helicopter 343 Guilty Spark.
Now you're making me want to buy an RC helicopter and try to fit a Guilty Spark shell around it.
edit: also Beyond Good and Evil is 200 msp today, you should buy it
Tha Robbertster
Member
Yeah, I was wondering about that too. I've seen some people with different backgrounds but I couldn't find a way to change my own.
I think one thing about me is that I'm actually nicer in real life. When it's Halo time, I'm calling out, wanting to win and if you're not helping me do that, damn I get fucking mad. Even here, I'll make fun of how bad Dax is every chance I get but in real life I'd probably do it just a few times
You are a terrible human being.
Hypertrooper
Member
Hydranockz
Member
Does anyone fancy rolling around MM in an hour from now? Zalin and I are gonna just do a few matches and the less randoms we have, the better.
You can pencil me in, I need to re-do the weekly
What the heck is it?
Hydranockz
Member
Cool beans Fyre.
Slightly OT, but I am downloading a few games atm from the XBLM. I have heard this mentioned before but why does the second item you download on a given day take sooo much longer to download than it should? It's at least 3x as slow.
Slightly OT, but I am downloading a few games atm from the XBLM. I have heard this mentioned before but why does the second item you download on a given day take sooo much longer to download than it should? It's at least 3x as slow.
Map card for Bungie's MMO for Activision.
Your ISP probably bursted the first one
Hypertrooper
Member
Map Card like theOddOne said already. Hedgem0ney found new locations.(Or new names)
/facepalm
so tired of MMOs. Still holding out hope its something else.
I hope you don't mean the goofy seeing your legs when you jump over things in BF; it seems to promote all kinds of weird lag hitching and not being able to jump over things. Jumping up to ledges and grabbing them like Crysis... maybe; probably not necessary though. Would rather have a bit of destructibility in the environments, but Frank already said there would be a bit. I imagine it will be similar to Gears, where cover can be chipped away at and broken when shot at enough, but never totally breaks.
I imagine forerunner and precursor walls are REALLY hard to break, even with forerunner weapons.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
I was talking about this last night with some buddies while we were playing Battlefield 3 and was curious to know what you all thought.
Would you guys like it if you could have Brink/Battlefield-esque interactivity with the environment for Halo 4?
Would you guys like it if you could have Brink/Battlefield-esque interactivity with the environment for Halo 4?
What is that exactly? Destroying fences/walls etc?
The parkour type stuff? ...ehhh both those games can barely pull it off decently so I say no.
I'd like to see them return to the interactivity that a few Halo 2 maps had.. abilities to control gates and such with buttons.
Or at least have the functionality available in whatever map editor ends up in there, a shame we haven't gotten any buttons in the later DLC maps.
Think he means awesome first person animations.
I like having my legs swing up and out but not actually jumping over what I'm trying to jump over.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
The Mirror's Edge-esque leaps over blocks. For Brink, it's being able to use your hands to lift yourself up on spots you can barely reach.
That guy sounds like a real dick. I hate people who act that way.
Hydranockz
Member
*Cue OuterWorldVoice saying something something not actually canon something*
Syracuse022
Member
I thought he meant the destruction as well - my jaw literally dropped the first time I saw someone die from a piece of wall falling on them after thinking they had survived an enemy's errant rocket.
Zeouterlimits
Member
As a fan of DC (DC2 especially), I thought it would be a good idea, for a moment.
Then I realised how silly it would look, and somewhat cheapen a Spartan. They could have had it be Nicole. Whatever time vortex brought her to DoA, could bring her there.
But maybe have an Elite? Or a grunt? Make it so silly that it goes beyond being stupid?
Anyway, I can definetely see why MS/343I said no.
They've already had ridable Ghosts and Warthogs in Kinectimals. I think the cheapen barrier was already broken.
Zeouterlimits
Member
I was aware of that but Kinectimals is such a non-factor for me I had forgotten it.
So, DC3 Frankie?
I thought kylej was being clever/making a HaloGAF personality reference.
Hydranockz
Member
I want to be able to blow up key infrastructure in games causing the battle wave to move somewhere else in the map.
My definition of the battle wave:
I take a look at where the wave propagates throughout the map(look at some heatmaps on bungie). If it doesn't actually move at all, the map is some shit. The map might be fun, open and playable but that doesn't take away from the fact that the map is some shit. The problem with Halo multipayer maps is that most of them don't actually have battle waves that move or progress to different parts of the map. They're usually in a couple hot spots that everyone knows people are likely to go to. This needs to change. Halo's multiplayer map formula is getting old and everyone knows it.
I'll sum up 75 percent of Halo multiplayer maps ever in a coupe sentences:
Usually a symmetrical map where both teams rush to the middle to fight for powerweapons/powerups. Incursion into the enemy base is usually a macro managed fight where teams overpower the other team into death submission (spawn killing) by brute force and not through intelligence.
Bridges, dams, lights, and trees need to be able to be destroyed. Man cannons, lifts, and teleportals all need to be able to be destroyed or turned off.
For a map like Coagulation, imagine having a power generator at the bottom of the base where the banshee bay use to be. If the other team goes there and turns it off(through some sort of damage or switch), the home team can't teleportal. The home team has to wait a minute for the generators to be reactivated, thus giving the home team a disadvantage for a minute. Somewhat like a power play. You shouldn't have let the opposing team turn off your power generator, now you can't exit the through a portal or mancannon. You have to suffer sprinting across the map in a vehicle or on foot. Now it doesn't completely cripple the team, but if used right it can put them at such a disadvantage the the other team has a likely chance of stealing the flag. This is obviously the time to move up and take the flag if you're the other team. Perfect cause and effect interactive environments. It gives teams a secondary objective rather than just running in a warthog across the map waiting to get destroyed.
Now I'm not saying that's what coagulation should have been but different thinking like that should be introduced into the new maps. Something different has to be changed in halo multiplayer.
Consolidate the playlists. Combine firefight and invasion into one gametype. Instead of taking away things that made the game cool like BxR and the reload glitch, incorporate them into the game itself. Look at Gears of War, they incorporated fast reloading into their gameplay and I swear they had to have taken that idea from the glitches in Halo2.
My definition of the battle wave:
I take a look at where the wave propagates throughout the map(look at some heatmaps on bungie). If it doesn't actually move at all, the map is some shit. The map might be fun, open and playable but that doesn't take away from the fact that the map is some shit. The problem with Halo multipayer maps is that most of them don't actually have battle waves that move or progress to different parts of the map. They're usually in a couple hot spots that everyone knows people are likely to go to. This needs to change. Halo's multiplayer map formula is getting old and everyone knows it.
I'll sum up 75 percent of Halo multiplayer maps ever in a coupe sentences:
Usually a symmetrical map where both teams rush to the middle to fight for powerweapons/powerups. Incursion into the enemy base is usually a macro managed fight where teams overpower the other team into death submission (spawn killing) by brute force and not through intelligence.
Bridges, dams, lights, and trees need to be able to be destroyed. Man cannons, lifts, and teleportals all need to be able to be destroyed or turned off.
For a map like Coagulation, imagine having a power generator at the bottom of the base where the banshee bay use to be. If the other team goes there and turns it off(through some sort of damage or switch), the home team can't teleportal. The home team has to wait a minute for the generators to be reactivated, thus giving the home team a disadvantage for a minute. Somewhat like a power play. You shouldn't have let the opposing team turn off your power generator, now you can't exit the through a portal or mancannon. You have to suffer sprinting across the map in a vehicle or on foot. Now it doesn't completely cripple the team, but if used right it can put them at such a disadvantage the the other team has a likely chance of stealing the flag. This is obviously the time to move up and take the flag if you're the other team. Perfect cause and effect interactive environments. It gives teams a secondary objective rather than just running in a warthog across the map waiting to get destroyed.
Now I'm not saying that's what coagulation should have been but different thinking like that should be introduced into the new maps. Something different has to be changed in halo multiplayer.
Consolidate the playlists. Combine firefight and invasion into one gametype. Instead of taking away things that made the game cool like BxR and the reload glitch, incorporate them into the game itself. Look at Gears of War, they incorporated fast reloading into their gameplay and I swear they had to have taken that idea from the glitches in Halo2.
Hydranockz
Member
Kevin, I like the way you think.
Zeouterlimits
Member
He was... implying he's not a totally reasonable person irl. Me either.
Also, 343.. not cool updating those exploitable custom challenges... not cool at all. Ha
Now you can't have a "headshots challenge" a "kills challenge" and a "medals challenge" all running at the same time in FF MM.. and they're worth significantly less for the goals.
TT
ncsuDuncan
Member
Engineer.
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Finished Glasslands over the holiday weekend. Really happy with it. I'll have to dig through the thread for all the spoilertext I skipped before.
Two quick things:
I love Engineers. I think they're my favorite species in the Halo universe.
At one point an Engineer said "We must maintain this facility." I think that was a sly reference to Red vs. Blue, specifically the Battle Creek guys chanting "We must protect this house!" I know she's a fan of RvB...
At one point an Engineer said "We must maintain this facility." I think that was a sly reference to Red vs. Blue, specifically the Battle Creek guys chanting "We must protect this house!" I know she's a fan of RvB...
bobs...onGaf
Member
That sucks, I was going to try and grind that method someday. Damn you 343!
thezerofire
Banned
I left my ethernet cord at home :\ no online gaming until wednesday at the soonest
Man, she rocked it. Go Kat.
Me and Ghaleon talked quite a lot at PAX, he played father figure and asked how I was doing, we rarely agree on anything here.
I also shook Urk's hand and made nice, I will still rib him on GAF when given the opportunity though.
grifball!?
I'll get on. Play some Anniversary or something. Hit me up if anyones interested.
I feel ya man.. I left my copy of Anniversary at home. Only had the Reach disc in my xbox (don't have room at the moment to d/l game)..
Was on the last mission when I left too...
I work away from home. Wont get home until Friday.
Me and Ghaleon talked quite a lot at PAX, he played father figure and asked how I was doing, we rarely agree on anything here.
I also shook Urk's hand and made nice, I will still rib him on GAF when given the opportunity though.
Ramirez: HaloGAF's reigning online asshole.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
What a BK.
Been thinking about halo 4, looking at pics and leaks of the hao builds we never got to see properly ect.
Selectable HUD colours or a new HUD colour would be really nice at this point.
As far as the HUD goes the whole top section is great, maybe scale it down a touch and fill out the bottom right hand corner with .. something,
Squad status maybe similar to how the spartans are meant to see blinking lights to communicate ect.
Hydranockz
Member
driving home from the hospital, should be on shortly. save a heckfu-sized spot for me.