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[NobleGundam]

Is it possible 343 are using H4 assets like the announcer, medals, hud, grenade indicator, honeycomb damage screen, and etc. as placeholders in h2a?

They did changed the sniper using the CEA model, but mixed it up from the former H4 sniper. Looks real nice.

 

[CyReN]

My Sol emblem is back, very happy.

source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0alwZgEU7JM

 

[blamite]

My Sol emblem is back, very happy.



source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0alwZgEU7JM

My triforce w/ display background is nowhere to be seen.

RIP in peace, buddy.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

So Frankie's not there?

LMAO. Oh shit. Someone call a doctor cause Tashi just got burned.

 

[ArchedThunder]

My Sol emblem is back, very happy.



source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0alwZgEU7JM

So wait, you get an emblem for lobbies separate from the emblems on your in-game characters? Or do you get one emblem for all of the games?

 

[TheOddOne]

So Frankie's not there?

 

[nillapuddin]

My Sol emblem is back, very happy.

source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0alwZgEU7JM

need... more... customization infooooo

come on shaky potato cam clan, deliver the goods

 

[Stinkles]

So Frankie's not there?

CHECK YOUR PMS GURL


Truth spat so truthful needs to be rewarded.

 

[Fracas]

Oh cool, Dax can join us in the alpha now.

 

[kittens]

Oh cool, Dax can join us in the alpha now.

Hopefully the framerate issues caused by the train in Terminal will be fixed before launch.

 

[Homeboyd]

Hopefully the framerate issues caused by the train in Terminal will be fixed before launch.

See... Kittens knows what's up.

Wonder when they'll announce it publicly.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Oh cool, Dax can join us in the alpha now.

You can tell who doesn't have it by those making up guesses/jokes as to when it launches/launched.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Hyped!

 

[Orochinagis]

My Sol emblem is back, very happy.



source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0alwZgEU7JM

fringers crossed for the metroid emblem combination

Oh cool, Dax can join us in the alpha now.

 

[User 73706]

Hyped!

Wait clans are back?

WHEN WAS THIS ANNOUNCED

 

[Mistel]

Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0alwZgEU7JM

Aww no cobra emblem well that's a shame.

 

[The Librarian]

CHECK YOUR PMS GURL


Truth spat so truthful needs to be rewarded.

<3

Spoiler

I wuv you too, Tashi.

 

[Welfare]

Wait clans are back?

WHEN WAS THIS ANNOUNCED

That could just be for the 4 characters. Look at this.

Halo Reach and 4 "Clan tag" below, and Halo 3's "service tag" above.

 

[CliQ]

I was going through some of my friend's old Halo videos and found his awesome Warthog montage. Thought i'd share it here. We've been playing halo together since H1. Can't wait for MCC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xY3JzushXk

 

[blamite]

That could just be for the 4 characters. Look at this.



Halo Reach and 4 "Clan tag" below, and Halo 3's "service tag" above.

But the top tag is three numbers, Halo 3's tags had to have a letter in them.

 

[nillapuddin]

Hyped!

Emblem - Colors - Avatar - Service ID - Clan Tag - Roster Nameplate

I bet for your Global (Maybe?) Avatar you can choose any of the Chief/MP models
Im still so curious about what actual in game models will look like

Spoiler

inb4 Halo4 MC playing Oddball on Prisoner

"Halo 4 Master Chief"

 

[kittens]

From the MCC thead:

Personalization feature and useful for self-organization but not full clan support or a redux of the h2 double friends list.

 

[Karl2177]

They were a little too busy and there were too many of them, but I liked the idea of unifying the medal designs.

This probably poor wording, so I can clarify later if you need me to. I like the idea of unifying the medal designs, but looking back on it, there was this side effect of taking away design themes that I don't like. What I mean by this is that for multikills, the player knew it was a circle with stars inside indicating the number(sans Killionaire, but I'll get to that). With a four pointed star, the player knew it was a spree of 5. 5 pointed star was a spree of 10, 6 pointed star was a spree of 15, and so on(until you get to the 40 spree). These extra ones, like Killionaire and Unfriggenbelievable were considered Legendary medals, so they have a different theme to them.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

So, Halo is back or what?

 

[kittens]

So, Halo is back or what?

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

It's looking better than it has in a long time, though.

 

[Fracas]

So, Halo is back or what?

Old Halo is, at least.

 

[TheOddOne]

So, Halo is back or what?

This happens when Elzar leaves the building.

 

[AlStrong]

I kind of want a Halo-Themed Cheerios now.

Halo: The Breakfast Cereal

 

[gAg CruSh3r]

I kind of want a Halo-Themed Cheerios now.

Halo: The Breakfast Cereal

Hal-O's Cheerios

With marshmallow grunts

 

[AlStrong]

Hal-O's Cheerios

With marshmallow grunts

Yum!

 

[Obscured]

Catching up on some of the most recent news and I have to say, I am intrigued by the Halo Channel. Seems more integrated.than waypoint was so I'm more likely to make use of it. It will be interesting to see how it actually works.

Watched some of that off screen play earlier and I'm not usually one to complain about the quality of play, but dammit, shoot your gun, it is the trigger on the right. And how can you not find any enemies for so long on a map the size of sanctuary? I did appreciate that guy picking up and playing with all of the weapons though.

 

[jem0208]

Catching up on some of the most recent news and I have to say, I am intrigued by the Halo Channel. Seems more integrated.than waypoint was so I'm more likely to make use of it. It will be interesting to see how it actually works.

I think it's really going to be helped by the fact that you can really quickly switch between apps and games on the X1. The way point app on the 360 was okay but massively hindered by how long it took to go from it to in game.

 

[User 73706]

This probably poor wording, so I can clarify later if you need me to. I like the idea of unifying the medal designs, but looking back on it, there was this side effect of taking away design themes that I don't like. What I mean by this is that for multikills, the player knew it was a circle with stars inside indicating the number(sans Killionaire, but I'll get to that). With a four pointed star, the player knew it was a spree of 5. 5 pointed star was a spree of 10, 6 pointed star was a spree of 15, and so on(until you get to the 40 spree). These extra ones, like Killionaire and Unfriggenbelievable were considered Legendary medals, so they have a different theme to them.

Don't get me wrong, I missed that sense of escalation in design too, but I meant more I liked the idea of unifying the medals with a more consistent set of rules, coloration, etc. - even if it's something as simple as reducing the amount of colors and gradients, certain colors apply to certain gametypes, etc. Those subtle design choices that underscored progression were definitely an aspect of the old Bungie medals that should have stayed.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

They should just remove those callouts from above the radar. Who is going to call the Shotgun/Sniper spawn on Sanctuary the "Overgrown Shrine" anyway? All it's doing is wasting space and looking ugly.

I really like this idea but the implementation could be reduced to one word. By design I can see why they don't label them by weapon spawns e.g. sniper or shotgun...what if they alter that weapon spawn or it changes based on gametype?

Hyped!

Is this real life? Please 343i get this confirmed ASAP. EDIT: Saw Stinkles comment in the MCC thread. I'm still wondering about clan playlists though but that's looking like on the cutting room floor.

I was going through some of my friend's old Halo videos and found his awesome Warthog montage. Thought i'd share it here. We've been playing halo together since H1. Can't wait for MCC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xY3JzushXk

Great montage, thanks for sharing. The first 2 minutes is pure Standoff gold and that flag box push over the edge is priceless.

 

[Madness]

Hopefully the Halo Channel supercedes Waypoint and now that they are just Halo on Twitter, they can remove the "Waypoint" name altogether and reboot their site. I wonder when they'll announce how Stats collection will work.

 

[kittens]

Hopefully the Halo Channel supercedes Waypoint and now that they are just Halo on Twitter, they can remove the "Waypoint" name altogether and reboot their site.

Yeah, a reboot of the website seems likely. And hopefully not in name only -- I'd love to see the folks behind the Halo Channel UI redesign it.

 

[Blueblur1]

Yeah, a reboot of the website seems likely. And hopefully not in name only -- I'd love to see the folks behind the Halo Channel UI redesign it.

Their branding should straight up be Halo.com.

Edit: Which is apparently taken by some online retailer. I had no idea. How lame.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Hopefully the Halo Channel supercedes Waypoint and now that they are just Halo on Twitter, they can remove the "Waypoint" name altogether and reboot their site. I wonder when they'll announce how Stats collection will work.

My personal guess is Halo Channel will be on X1 and apps only and the Waypoint website will get a redesign but not re-branded. I still hold out hope for an API too.

 

[Fuchsdh]

I really like this idea but the implementation could be reduced to one word. By design I can see why they don't label them by weapon spawns e.g. sniper or shotgun...what if they alter that weapon spawn or it changes based on gametype?

Well, you can shorten it to "shrine" yourself and people will prolly understand what you mean. Naming after power weapons works as well, but that A) depends on power weapon placement being static, which at least for new Halo games seems like something you don't want to bank on, and B) isn't really any more memorable than a piece of geography.

 

[blamite]

Their branding should straight up be Halo.com.

Edit: Which is apparently taken by some online retailer. I had no idea. How lame.

halochannel.com redirects to the Halo page on Xbox.com so I bet they'll just use that.

 

[-Ryn]

So is there really any difference between Clan tags and Service tags?

I guess there's the possibility that they are integrating a clan system into the Halo Channel. I wonder how customization in 2.5 is going to work? Will you be able to change your armor or just the color and emblems? I'm hoping that the highlights (secondary color) will be more akin to how it was in Halo 2 but probably not. Not a big deal though.

I was going through some of my friend's old Halo videos and found his awesome Warthog montage. Thought i'd share it here. We've been playing halo together since H1. Can't wait for MCC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xY3JzushXk

That was god damn radical!

 

[wwm0nkey]

saw this posted on r/halo, thought it looked pretty awesome.

 

[CliQ]

So is there really any difference between Clan tags and Service tags?

I guess there's the possibility that they are integrating a clan system into the Halo Channel. I wonder how customization in 2.5 is going to work? Will you be able to change your armor or just the color and emblems? I'm hoping that the highlights (secondary color) will be more akin to how it was in Halo 2 but probably not. Not a big deal though.


That was god damn radical!

Yeah we had a lot of fun on Standoff. Avalanche was another one we did some pretty crazy stuff with the hornet and a guy on each side with plasma pistols.

Here's another little something from back in the day as well. Just more great memories of Standoff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7QjHpP8Z30&list=UU44lpPKmu-NyGAHJXNA6Iqg

 

[CyReN]

29 minutes of H2A MP.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

29 minutes of H2A MP.

this video does not exist

way to fail, CyReN

 

[User 73706]

this video does not exist

way to fail, CyReN

he's predicting the future duh

 

[CyReN]

Fixed

 

[ViewtifulJC]

thanks

ya know, for a minute there, that looked like Halo.

 

[Rev3rb]

29 minutes of H2A MP.

It's good to finally see some decent gameplay popping up.

This is only making the wait harder to bear.

 

[Fracas]

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