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HaloGAF |OT: Anniversary| So fades the great harvest of our betrayal.
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Aww
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Lucky you, you got than in before I did. Oh well swings and roundabouts and all.
I noticed codes were being shared, so i opened Xbox.com redeem page and copy-pasted the code.
I snatched a Reach Beta code from here long ago that way, when i was just a lurker.
That's what I was doing I'm too slow.
Good to know people know that trick. It doesn't feel like cheating then.
Hmm. I can try GTA Online... didn't even remember i had the game. What else i have i haven't played...
EDIT actually, this gives me some reasonable reason to get Xbone, kind of. The sub works on both platforms, right?
Now if i could actually afford the console and it were cheap enough...
I'm on my phone. No way could I get any of them :/
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I've only played the first few levels and I don't like it sooooo much, but I haven't given it a fair shake. A lot of people really love it.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Grab the GwG for this month, as well as KI. Can't argue with free.
Deputy Moonman
Member
Orochinagis
Member
what did I miss...oh...
youre kidding right
Orochinagis
Member
Hope so, something something machinima prime
If you're going to play GTA Online I can give you a car if you like as upgrades are level locked. So you could have any car you want as long as it's not high end or dlc with upgrades like: bullet proof tires, armor, performance upgrades etc.
I'm on my laptop and I couldn't do it fast enough.
You can still steal cars, right?
That's what i did in the single player, i never bothered with bought cars... Walking to a garage wasn't interesting.
And this makes me realize how it bothered me you couldn't hijack vehicles in Destiny.
Probably one of the best additions to a shooter ever, IMO. Brilliant feature, so much fun.
Unfortunately in Reach and Halo 4, hijacking tanks results often in their destruction as meleeing causes damage on them too much, unlike in Halo 3.
Would like to return to Halo 2-like "can't damage vehicles with hijack-melee".
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah, agreed. By the time you've peeled them out of the tank, it's half dead. Honestly, vehicles should be tougher in general. Grenades and melee alone shouldn't be enough to deal with them, IMO.
Halo 3-like vehicles were great, indestructible if manned unless the crew dies.
Hell, their power was great, very powerful, important for map control but so were the power weapons powerful and important.
Of course, toning down PWs to make infantry combat better is ok (they are currently too powerful and common me thinks), and if so, the vehicles need a slight reduction in power too.
Oh you can still steal it you will loose it and you cannot insure it so you're out of luck when someone decides to murder you. Or send mercenaries or sets a bounty on you.
Anyway you get a personal car given to you at the start and the whole car ownership thing is a bit different to single player. You can get it delivered to you via the mechanic.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Grenades, to a degree yes. Melee no. It's tough to take down a vehicle with no power weapons. Grenades really help.
This is all ignoring overcharged pistols btw.
Did i mention i have a tendency to drive off-road in sports cars? And do all sorts of dumb stuff anyway.
Ah, well, we'll see what happens once i get around testing the game.
Frags are anti-personel, plasmas are anti-vehicle. Well, better at those roles at least, both are multipurpose of course. EDIT just don't make the grenades too good but let them do full damage against vehicles, i'd imagine they will do just fine.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I think it might be better to try and tune power weapons to be less effective vs. infantry without reducing their anti-vehicle effectiveness; the Inferno cannon was a big offender in this regard, being too good at anti vehicle and anti infantry. Also, throwing a vehicle that specializes in hunting other vehicles (maybe a gunship with a Spartan Laser instead of rockets?) into the sandbox would be pretty cool.
I guess. Isn't that kind of what boarding is for, though? ATM, vehicles feel a little too vulnerable. Plus, it's always bugged me conceptually that anti-infantry ordinance is so good at disabling vehicles.
The problem with tuning weapons against specific targets is problematic.
But not impossible... Hmm.
Let's see. The human sniper could do damage against Ghosts and Mongooses as it is anti-materiel rifle and those are light vehicles. Just no sniper damage vs other vehicles.
The rocket launcher could be tweaked to fire rockets with small-to-none blast radius, make them anti-vehicle rockets. Speed may be need to be increased?
The laser is all-around PW.
The rest... don't have ideas. It is hard to explain why a Fuel Rod wouldn't damage a vehicle as much as it damages a Spartan.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I've been toying with the idea of what it would mean to introduce Armor Value and Armor Penetration into the series, a la some tabletop wargames. To go off your examples (and I'm kind of spitballing here):
The Sniper hurts ghosts and mongooses because their AV is lower than its AP; against tanks, it bounces off because the reverse is true. Against (say) a Warthog, it does reduced damage, since the AV and AP would be equal.
Reduce the Rocket Launcher's blast, up the speed, and give it a high AP so it can do full damage to anything.
Splaser stays more or less unchanged; it's tough enough to get the most out of it as is. It'd be differentiated from the Rocket by going through anything that isn't a building, having the charge time, and being hitscan.
Fuel Rod Cannon, for instance, could have a mid range value AP. So it'll hurt anything, but it won't do as much damage as the Rocket launcher.
Inferno Cannon (if it stays) would be made into more of a dedicated anti-infantry power weapon. The main impact (little to no blast) would have a decent AP value, but the secondary explosions would only be able to hurt infantry, and you'd need to be caught in two of them to be killed from full shields.
The Henery
Member
Maximising your golden gun profits there, nice job. Most of the time I activated my super in the wrong scenario.
MCC talk: distress signal to Tashi/Ghost/Bravo - please try and swing an MLG playlist into Halo 3 or at least a list sans radar. I love the game but I don't think I can go through 4's with radar and AR's again. Also, snipers at some point would be delectable.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Poodlestrike
Banned
I SEETHE with jealousy.
I've been thinking about what ntkrnl said regarding the Halo 5 beta.
He said there would be 6-8 maps, 2 of which are arena maps and 2 of which are forge. He also says the maps will be huge.
First off, that is a hell of a lot of maps. Betas don't generally contain more than 2 or 3 maps, which is usually just under or around a quarter of the total number of maps. Are we going to be playing on most of the maps in the final game or is it implying that 5 will be shipping with a ton of maps?
Secondly, why the distinction of "arena" maps? Is that implying a map more similar to regular Halo size rather than "huge"? Or is it a completely different style. Maybe arena maps are what we saw in the teaser with the whole man cannon spawns and scoreboards. If that's the case, are arena maps going to have significantly different gameplay in any way? Would this be a good or a bad thing?
I kinda hope arena maps are very infantry focused then the other "huge" maps are designed around large scale vehicle use. That could be interesting.
He said there would be 6-8 maps, 2 of which are arena maps and 2 of which are forge. He also says the maps will be huge.
First off, that is a hell of a lot of maps. Betas don't generally contain more than 2 or 3 maps, which is usually just under or around a quarter of the total number of maps. Are we going to be playing on most of the maps in the final game or is it implying that 5 will be shipping with a ton of maps?
Secondly, why the distinction of "arena" maps? Is that implying a map more similar to regular Halo size rather than "huge"? Or is it a completely different style. Maybe arena maps are what we saw in the teaser with the whole man cannon spawns and scoreboards. If that's the case, are arena maps going to have significantly different gameplay in any way? Would this be a good or a bad thing?
I kinda hope arena maps are very infantry focused then the other "huge" maps are designed around large scale vehicle use. That could be interesting.
It is in your DNA that you cannot post proof. How interesting DNA you have...
So i didn't remember Xbox 360 had World of Tanks. And Warface. Hmm. Gotta try to those.
That link is surprisingly hard to click on mobile.
Just don't segregate BTB to some kind of "casual crap" playlist.
I want the same standard rules across the board.
Also ranked BTB would be nice. Not that i care for ranks anymore much.
Also want smaller maps with vehicles, Halo 3-like. I hated it how Reach and 4 didn't have vehicles in small-scale games at all.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, I'm generally a no vehicles kinda guy, but I missed those kinds of maps sometimes, too.
Thanks. Can't tell you how many times I died though, only to see my super unused, which would have completely changed the situation, lol.
That would be nice as long as the base settings are good.
I always thought the beta stuff was odd. Who the heck knows what their beta will have a year in advance?
Also, "huge maps", but two "arena maps" (and only two? eh?).
EDIT wait. Of course one can make plans for betas... but that's all. Plans.
Poodlestrike
Banned
That's a funny way to phrase it.
I think he maybe mixed up the Halo 2 Anniversary MP mode info with beta info
So what I take from it? Halo 5 beta has 2 maps. No forge.
(just so I can set my expectations low... Thinking Halo 3 Beta... even though that one had 3 )
Havoc2049
Member
Dead Rising 3 is good times. If you're a Panzer Dragoon fan, Crimson Dragon is fun.
Anyone down for some MCC multiplayer training in Halo 4 or Halo CE Anniversary Classic (none of the Reach BS)?
Gamertag: MajorHavoc 2049
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
That old bungie.net watermark makes me feel a little nostalgic.