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kittens
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Toxikk is a terrrrrrrrrible name. And I'm not a big fan of Quake style games. But the trailer and spirit of the game is really cool!
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HaloGAF |OT: Anniversary| So fades the great harvest of our betrayal.
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User 73706
Banned
The weapon names are kinda corny too.
NobleGundam
Banned
Same here. The pacing is not my type of Arena preference.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Settler is one of the worst maps in Halo history.
It's basically just a shitshow to see who can die the most on the ridge.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Maps that have advantageous positions to fight over can be pretty fun to play on. The Ridge played like a decent BTB map IMO, granted people are aware of their surroundings and how to handle any given encounter.
ForgeCast Episode 2 via petes the duck
SHIFTYkiwi
Member
Sweet thanks for sharing.
Ashes2Bashers
Member
DMR is one of the worst weapons in Halo history..
ArchedThunder
Banned
DMR>BR
COME AT ME
Ashes2Bashers
Member
You like crossmap DMRing then..
If the DMR had 2x scope, the weapon would be fine.
3x scope goes into (semi-)power weapon territory really, if it is on a weapon as powerful as the DMR (the ODST pistol, with 4x scope wasn't a power weapon by any means since it has minimal damage).
The same applies to the Lightrifle.
3x scope goes into (semi-)power weapon territory really, if it is on a weapon as powerful as the DMR (the ODST pistol, with 4x scope wasn't a power weapon by any means since it has minimal damage).
The same applies to the Lightrifle.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I actually agree. If the DMR had it's range lowered then it would be ok. It's problem comes from it's range. When you can go toe to toe with a sniper rifle while doing the damage it does then it's broken.
I like the DMR's ability to be able to hit far off enemies; the BR just doesn't cut it in that regard, IMO. But I agree that it's too much of annoyance. Maybe the best course of action to bring it down a peg but to keep it in the sandbox would be to lower its rate of fire and maybe it's damage output?
Big team swat can be great.
I really like it with carbines because long distance is much less viable so you don't just have people camping.
All I can think about is BigTeam SWAT on Boneyard. Shit was beyond broken.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Looks great. My Gold runs out soon, and I don't have an Xbox One, so hopefully this will somewhat satisfy my Halo craving. Even better if someone remakes Halo maps and stuff in it.
"Whatever weapon that you start off every round with is going to really affect the decisions you make." -Tyson Green
Buff the DMR slightly, put it on the map as a pickup. Fin.
Buff the DMR slightly, put it on the map as a pickup. Fin.
Havoc2049
Member
If the range was lowered though, then it would be useless and everyone would just use the BR. For a loadout/starting shoulder fired rifle, the DMR is king on large and mid sized maps, while the BR is king on smaller arena maps.
Ashes2Bashers
Member
Why it should be useless? H4 Dmr is OP. It favors camping and crossmapping..It has no downsize and it's too easy to use..H4 Dmr has no place in Halo imo..
I'm pretty sure is the worst map I can think of. Can't think of any other map that is as bad as Settler is.
Isolation?
nillapuddin
Member
Dat floody butthole chute doe
The Henery
Member
If we're allowing forge maps then ranked AR starts on Smashed! would run it close.
Isolation isn't Settler bad by a long way it's just such a poor design with respect to the sandbox and the general layout itself.
Settler is a forge map so I don't see why not. That was the really bad one on foundry wasn't it or was that another map?
MrGreencastle
Member
HC Snowbound
Prinz Eugn
Member
Well, with a DMR... in flag grab bag with Magnums it was actually pretty fun since it didn't turn into a campy pingfest with those long sight lines.
My worst Halo map award has to go to Abandon however.
Nirvana
Member
The Cage...worst map of all time.
Yeah, Chris Carney lost his edge after Halo 2.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
I kinda like the Cage, personally.
Poker Face
Member
Complex says hi
User 73706
Banned
Light Rifle > Needle Rifle = H4 Magnum > Carbine > H4 Battle Rifle > CE Magnum >>>>>>>>>> every other precision starting weapon, DMR included
Worst 5 halo maps:
(worst) Vanilla Sandbox > Danger Canyon > everything in Reach and most of 4, ESPECIALLY Anchor 9 / Boardwalk > Wizard > Hang 'Em High (less worse)
At least Backwash was kind of interesting and imo Isolation's underrated. Wizar's too damn small and HEH is overrated as shit.
Worst 5 halo maps:
(worst) Vanilla Sandbox > Danger Canyon > everything in Reach and most of 4, ESPECIALLY Anchor 9 / Boardwalk > Wizard > Hang 'Em High (less worse)
At least Backwash was kind of interesting and imo Isolation's underrated. Wizar's too damn small and HEH is overrated as shit.
Orochinagis
Member
Settler is a map? I thought it was default forge map. That map is bad just take the upper part and burn the enemy as slow as possible.
Orochinagis
Member
Thats one of my favorites DLC maps on Reach, loving running away on the rooms or keeping map control in the center area was so much fun for me. Lost of aerial assassinations
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
It sounds like you're talking about Condemned. Anchor 9 was the one in the first DLC pack with the section exposed to outer space.
User 73706
Banned
Condemned was the Orbital of Reach. Not perfect, not godawful.
Orochinagis
Member
You are right, Anchor 9 was not that good, you can lure the enemy team and made them fight in close combat, the zero g corridor was also a death trap instead of a shortcut or escape path.
My issue with Isolation is it felt kind of hard to get to where I wanted to be. The underground areas being so segregated from each other felt unnecessary.
The Halo PC maps were overall just not good. They were mostly mindless BTB fun. Timberlands, especially, usually turned into a massive camp-and-slaughter affair with inbalanced teams.
Hate to break this to you, but any map with imbalanced teams will usually end up being a massive camp-and-slaughter affair.
But certain maps and spawns certainly make it far easier to do.
User 73706
Banned
I'm not a huge fan of The Pit in the first place, so a spiritual successor in the Reach sandbox with an obligatory zero G section wasn't going to win me over anyways.