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Last Nights stream. http://www.twitch.tv/xbox/b/557644750
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The beam rifle is pretty faithful to the original, you just see more of the gun now, i think.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Where have we gone as a game where Halo 5 has equal starts while Halo 2 doesn't
#hirejoozos
I'm still waiting to hear about these new abilities they have. I always worry how you can make them balanced and not OP.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Ohh, link to the stream?
ArchedThunder
Banned
Nope, it's straight up the Halo 2 design.
I much prefer them keeping the aesthetics the same. So far I am much more pleased with H2A than I was with CEA. There are a few little things that annoy me though, like the Beam Rifle and Plasma Rifle being purple instead of blue. That being said the specular on some of the Covenant stuff looks amazing, the ghost looks absolutely perfect. I cannot wait to see High Charity.
It's this one.
Nothing interested, though, apart from message spamming.
User 73706
Banned
I don't know how much we're going to see before release, but High Charity and Quarantine Zone are probably going to be pretty big "wow" moments for me.
I never got why the Beam Rifle had the needler-esque crystals on despite it not firing needle ammunition.
ArchedThunder
Banned
I hope they add a lot to the skyboxes of those, especially high charity. I want it to look more like a city.
Because it's purdy. The Covies are fashionistas after all.
It doesn't look like the H2 one to me or I would of said it did.
Energy crystals of course.
Halo 5 Beta. Not necessarily the full game.
This is one hell of a response.
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
has new gameplay for mcc multiplayer been shown? cant find anything
edit: found this vid and wtf u can choose to spawn with different weapons?? seriously wtf is this shit
edit: found this vid and wtf u can choose to spawn with different weapons?? seriously wtf is this shit
There isn't a true spectator mode from what was said awhile back in the bulletin, but with the new screenshots people are speculating we could see some kind of interrogation with scores and stuff on the Halo Channel and twitchtv streaming.
But Woorloog I wanted to splatter you!
Didn't quit, just the fucking router decided to fuck things up...
Anyway, gotta make some pizza now, and then watch Terminator 2 so i don't think i will be playing anymore today.
Oh and that map sucks, terrible framerate...
ArchedThunder
Banned
Well... it is. The zigzags are polygonal now instead of a texture which is what you probably though was something from the Focus Rifle.
Orochinagis
Member
At least it wasnt me hahaha
Kibbles
Member
Thanks, I fell asleep while trying to watch it on my surface in bed. >.<
NobleGundam
Banned
Are the medals in H2A are just placeholders?
Vehicles will be less of a deathtrap than they were in 4 that's for certain.
I liked Elite Slayer tho
ArchedThunder
Banned
If Elite Slayer wasn't Covie weapons it would have been the best game mode in Halo Reach.
Oh yeah, I vaguely remember that. Was kinda cool I guess.
Personally I think get rid of Elites altogether in mutli. Spartans or bust!
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
User 73706
Banned
Green / purple teams were awesome too.
boo hiss
elite 4ever ride or die
They actually explained why that was changed.. the way the engine worked, the Spartans became purple and the Elites became green when the sides switched. They made it red/blue to keep the team identity consistent across all modes. I think Jonnyothan also said green/purple had issues with colorblind players
ArchedThunder
Banned
Fuck that, bring them back in full force.
User 73706
Banned
NobleGundam
Banned
Don't think anyone did. The game was amazing online back in the day. Was a 22 within 24 hours of playing it.
I don't think a legit 50 ever existed
Partly because of the math to get to it, and partly because everyone at 50 was a modder, so even if you somehow got legitimately near it, modders would send you right back down
So how doesn't that result in the problem like Halo 3 where you could actually be good but be on a lower level than you should because of being pushed down all the time? There should be a way so the system stabilise at the level where you stagnate (ie don't keep moving upwards).
Definitely not a true to form spectator mode, but the Halo Channel will pull stats from XBox Live, at least that is what I took out of it and post them live for whatever stream. Not really useful for Lan tournaments, but online tournaments might be able to use it considering all the pros that have started streaming lately.
A system that locks you into an eventual rank would lead to rampant second accounting to try to get to 50 before being level locked.
That being said, Trueskill does eventually stabilize and you have to get more and more convincing wins to get to 50
User 73706
Banned
I think he meant stabilize as make it more difficult to get out of that rank rather than outright forcing you to keep it.
It does do that. More games recorded = more stable rank
Allow me to confirm it. The teamkilling I did....
Which makes it harder to get to a rank you should arguably be at without making second accounts?
This is what happened in Halo 3: I could win loads of games in the 40s, not go up, then lose a game and go down. How is that fair? Consistently winning should mean I level up, surely.
User 73706
Banned
"Whoa, the aim assist versus enemy players is so low! I can't believe Bungie's actually increasing the skill ceiling."
I have this image in my head of you using this an excuse with your friends even though Spartans and Elites were just about always on opposite teams in the first place.
Wins alone don't matter, it also depended on the levels of people you beat. If you could find the games on Bungie.net for me I could look at them and see what happened.
Thanks, but it's honestly not that much of an issue. It was an ongoing thing in the last year or two of playing H3 and it always seemed unfair to me. Oh well.
No problem. I debugged a lot of ranking up questions on Optimatch, 99% of the time it was because all their wins were against people well below their level, and their rare losses were against higher levels. So while it feels like leveling up should happen, the system is assuming it has your level in the right spot.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
I posted this in the other thread, but I wonder what the chance the Jackal and Grunt models in Halo 4 will be tweaked so that they match the models in all the other games? It's going to be a weird transition otherwise.
(Halo CEA, Halo 2A, Halo 3, Halo 4)
I know they retroactively (IIRC) explained them as a separate sub-species, but its going to be weird seeing 1-3 populated strictly by one, and 4 by another. Same with the Grunts. It would be cool to see a few of the Jackals and Grunts in Halo 4 replaced with the more familiar models.
It really isn't all that important, but it would help the visual language segue between the games.
(Halo CEA, Halo 2A, Halo 3, Halo 4)
I know they retroactively (IIRC) explained them as a separate sub-species, but its going to be weird seeing 1-3 populated strictly by one, and 4 by another. Same with the Grunts. It would be cool to see a few of the Jackals and Grunts in Halo 4 replaced with the more familiar models.
It really isn't all that important, but it would help the visual language segue between the games.
N7Slayer24
Banned
I hope they bring back Invasion of some sort in Halo 5.
That's been my most played mode over the past few previous Halo game.
That's been my most played mode over the past few previous Halo game.