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Halo: Reach |OT7| What are They to Say Now?
- Thread starter The Librarian
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Steelyuhas
Member
A27 Tawpgun said:
Yeah, but at least Highlands is an 8v8 map, so it makes a little more sense (still doesn't make sense).
A 4v4 map though. I don't understand how anyone thought that was a good idea to put 7 power weapons on a map that will have 8 players on it.
Gabotron ES
Member
Dat reasoning.TOM T 117 said:
xxjuicesxx
Member
WTF are these caves?
If only someone knew what they were doing and could just edit the maps with more correct numbers of power weapons.
Oh well nobody like that exists that I know of!
If only someone knew what they were doing and could just edit the maps with more correct numbers of power weapons.
Oh well nobody like that exists that I know of!
The Henery
Member
- Skill searching is tighter in certain playlists now
Team Snipers is obviously not one of those playlists then.
Reflection and Countdown are nightmares with merely one shotgun and sword each. I fear 7 power weapons will make it unplayable.
Team Snipers is obviously not one of those playlists then.
Steelyuhas said:
Reflection and Countdown are nightmares with merely one shotgun and sword each. I fear 7 power weapons will make it unplayable.
Don't worry, look at Highlands' changelog. Two weeks after release the power weapon spawn timers will be marginally increased and the amount of spare ammo in the weapons will marginally decrease! Then we can decide that it's perfect and never touch the map again despite doing literally nothing to shotgun spawn timers or terrible weapon placement! That's pretty awesome right? Guys? Hello?Steelyuhas said:
The solution to the rocket imbalance on classic Beaver Creek was to create a sniper imbalance, not an everything-in-the-world imbalance.
Steelyuhas
Member
thee henery said:
Thank god for the classic variant or they would have absolutely ruined an awesome map.
The Librarian
Banned
Yeah. The fact that 343 hasn't touched Highlands' weapon placements doesn't leave me too hopeful for Battle Canyon.Havok said:
The Real Napsta
Member
Steelyuhas said:
It's just the Reach variant though right? So who cares? We have the HCEA playlists.
The best suggestion I would have is to prepare a variant you believe to be more suitable and let us try to work it in through the back-end at CC. Those guys are far too busy right now to concern themselves with that type of work.Dax01 said:
Plus, we're happy to do the testing and provide feedback so they can make decisions at a high level rather than having to do the grunt-work themselves.
Not saying they wouldn't do it, I just know they have higher priorities at the moment.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Oh snap, just got an email notifying me that Glasslands is waiting for me at the library. I know what I'm doing all day (after I finish my mountain of homework)!
Right? How the hell could they think that's a good idea? Sounds like some Action Sack joke variant or something.Steelyuhas said:
:lolHypertrooper said:
xxjuicesxx
Member
Shotgun was in the alcove opposite overshield under rockets. There was BR in base in original.
Im talking H2. H1 doesnt count.
Im talking H2. H1 doesnt count.
That's quite the upgrade. I'm already imagining trying to get in and get a flag out from the team that has sword and shotgun(s) camping the flag. I'm kinda hoping the setup in the video was a ruse.TOM T 117 said:
Centrally placed, which makes sense for a power weapon. Having the shotgun in the open is the kind of placement philosophy I've been hoping to see more of - power weapons shouldn't be in their location of ideal use.Letters said:
Putting shotguns in small, CQC bases reminds me of the rockets and sniper placement on Highlands, which is disastrous on that map.
Again, really hoping someone was messing with us. Would be funny if so. Not so funny if not...I want to play on Battle Canyon because I really like the extensions to the map in that variant. But with that kind of weapon load out, I'll probably stay away.
The Real Napsta
Member
xxjuicesxx said:
In H1 there was an AR there.
Gabotron ES
Member
Is your Blueprint group rocking it again bro? I may want to do some testing on my Highlands invasion variant but the ForgeGAF thread looks pretty dead to me :/Homeboyd said:
Steelyuhas
Member
GhaleonEB said:
Along with map design going down the toilet, there has been a trend of awful power weapon placement on maps of late as well.
Blue Ninja
Member
I'm still debating whether or not I should cancel my CEA pre-order, but I think it's a damn shame I'll be missing out on that Grunt Funeral skull if I do.
The Real Napsta
Member
Blue Ninja said:
Just buy it on newegg for $30 and use the free 3 day shipping.
Hypertrooper said:
I was afraid of that.
Hypertrooper
Member
He isn't from the States.The Real Napsta said:
Well skyrim I'm getting no matter what since I'm getting it for free (PC) for doing some work for a friend.Plywood said:
I'm going to have to severely restrict myself
Although I can make the argument that, since the majority of my work is producing art, that I'm using the it as inspiration :lol
Gabotron ES
Member
Sweet, I had great fun testing maps with some Blueprint folks.Homeboyd said:
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Hah, I did the opposite: cancelled my Skyrim pre-order. I wasn't a huge fan of Oblivion, and I wanna wait to see if Skyrim will be significantly different.
I'm definitely not skipping CEA.
I'm definitely not skipping CEA.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Blue Ninja said:
Im in the same boat, what do people forecast for the price in like 3 months time? If its not going to drop significantly then I might aswell buy it now, but I have a nagging feeling that it may be like 15ish by January. What do people think?
GhaleonEB said:
Ok thats pretty damn epic lol, I think I need to get my hands on Skyrim at some point.
Hypertrooper
Member
Don't hype me for Skyrim. Seriously stop it, Ghal. I'm not getting it at release, but definitely for Spring break next year. I have to save money. :/GhaleonEB said:
Edit.: When will you post the Anniversary OT?
If I'm allowed to ask.Thagomizer
Member
Between Skyrim and ongoing Dark Souls, I'm not going to have time for any other games until January.
Blue Ninja
Member
Ken said:
Listening to this score will probably not help things. Not even a little bit.Hypertrooper said:
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Oh, god, what have I done? :-OGhaleonEB said:
But no, seriously, the way enemies scaled to the player's leveling up was one of my biggest complaints about Oblivion, so I'm glad that's been tweaked. I've never had a problem with that in Fallout. My other big complaint was how dull and unresponsive melee combat felt... And that doesn't look to be much better in Skyrim. But maybe I'll play a mage or archer character, and just skip melee combat entirely? I dunno. Regardless, I'll feel a lot better about the purchase when it drops down to $40 or so.
Dude, it's my most anticipated game of the fall. I bought a Wii just for Zelda. Can't frickin wait.heckfu said:
xxjuicesxx
Member
All these games will be forgotten in time.
Besides Halo. You should all try that game some more guys.
Besides Halo. You should all try that game some more guys.
I played a lot of Halo 3 for about 3 years and played a little bit of Reach but had to get rid of my 360 earlier this year. Have there been any big changes/updates from around January to now? I'm getting a 360 back around Christmas time and I'll definitely start playing Reach again, just want to know what I've missed.
Had some ideas on how to improve my old Moonpool map so I'm itching to jump into Forge.
Halo: CEA is the only thing that's going to make the 5 days before Skyward Sword bearable.
And then I have a week and a half to beat Zelda before Terraria 1.1 comes out and completely devours the month of December.
heckfu said:
Halo: CEA is the only thing that's going to make the 5 days before Skyward Sword bearable.
And then I have a week and a half to beat Zelda before Terraria 1.1 comes out and completely devours the month of December.
Steelyuhas
Member
Well that was fucking incredible.GhaleonEB said:
I'm digging today's Challenges, and will romp through them.xxjuicesxx said:
I've been keen for Campaign Challenges lately. Whenever they stack to over 5,000 cR or so and don't involve Legendary/no deaths, I do them trying for flawless cowboys. I'm just too aggravated with the state of Reach matchmaking lately to play much more of it.
Hydranockz
Member
I am soooo in the dark about Skyrim and Skyward Sword. It's all kind of awesome!
There was a title update, giving them some more options to play with, but we won't know what changes go universal for a while.Cranzor said:
Playlist quality is the same as ever, possibly worse depending on what you like to play. If you aren't way into Slayer, best of luck finding something fun to play. Welcome back to Reach.