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[The Librarian]

K. I'm up for custom from now until however long.

 

[Willeth]

So I've popped a few of the Noble achievements, but after a power cycle I've lost them. Is this going to throw my total out of whack or cause me any problems?

Also I'm up for customs, invite me through Dani's tag.

 

[feel]

Alright, that makes 3 of us, who else wants to play??

 

[Shake Appeal]

It is so goddamn refreshing to see brand-new multiplayer palettes.

If anyone has any screenshots/video requests, let me know. I don't have Bungie Pro, though, so someone else will have to cover the render minutes.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Alright, that makes 3 of us, who else wants to play??

I'll be on in two hours, gotta toss the kids in bed before I rock teh Halos.

 

[Arnie]

Keep the impressions coming guys, can't wait to pick up the maps tomorrow. I don't even enjoy Reach as I did other Halo's but I'm willing to buy them just to support the artists. That stuff is unbelievable. Seriously Bungie must be the most underrated studio when it comes to visuals this generation, even Halo 3 had it's moments when things just synced up to look absolutely stunning.

Oh and part two of my "I just can't Reach" article is coming along nicely, will post when done.

Enjoy guys, I expect a full Anchor 9 MLG dissection by the morning.

Oh and it's snowing like a blizzard in England.

 

[Miggytronz]

Im online right now. Where all the gaffers at?

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Damn! I wanna play so bad but I work like a f'in 70 hour week. Ill be on Saturday hopefully for a little. Maybe this morning too to see the maps!

 

[kylej]

Holy fuck Dani those last few are sick. Makes me wanna play that mission in campaign..........naahhh lol

Edit: also, ggs kylej. I think those were the first games we've actually played. Shoot me a FR if you want

Yeah that was fun. I got distracted a bit near the end because someone was moving into my apartment but we still did well. I forgot how fun it is to run a train on kids with a T04. Been too long. FR sent.

 

[Shake Appeal]

We just played straight FFA slayer on Anchor 9. Started out with four, but people kept joining. Map feels pretty good. Rocket launcher really dominates, though. Shield doors are irksome, but not horribly so. The low-gravity jumps are actually pretty fun!

Definitely think it would better in a team game, though. You feel very exposed in the two 'canyons' in FFA.

 

[enzo_gt]

Keep the impressions coming guys, can't wait to pick up the maps tomorrow. I don't even enjoy Reach as I did other Halo's but I'm willing to buy them just to support the artists. That stuff is unbelievable. Seriously Bungie must be the most underrated studio when it comes to visuals this generation, even Halo 3 had it's moments when things just synced up to look absolutely stunning.

Oh and part two of my "I just can't Reach" article is coming along nicely, will post when done.

Enjoy guys, I expect a full Anchor 9 MLG dissection by the morning.

Oh and it's snowing like a blizzard in England.

As a Canadian, this isn't good news as we're bound to get something equally or more deadly. Fuck.

 

[CrazedArabMan]

Dang, even more people got codes, I promise to not complain about AL anymore....

ugh, I can't do that, wouldn't be any fun without complaining about it. I'll probably have to wait to pick this map pack up anyways.

 

[Shake Appeal]

First impressions of Anchor 9 are good.

 

[MMaRsu]

...cannot be overstated.

Indeed!

 

[feel]

In Anchor9 I keep going outside looking for enemies, and then get totally distracted by the stunning vista, completing forgetting I'm supposed to be in a firefight, and BAM rocket comes as a reminder, then I get to see my body floating towards the planet. This is awesome.

 

[enzo_gt]

Indeed!

Wait what, even you got a code?

Urk, why you gotta do me like that? </3

edit: armor lock is totally awesome, bungie guys.

 

[Arnie]

First impressions of Anchor 9 are good.

To be fair, you were against Dax. Does Anchor 9 even have Needlers?

 

[vatstep]

Just throwing it out there but... Elite Slayer getting it's own playlist would be ever so lovely. A la swat and living dead.

Spoiler

Burn it!

And how! Seriously loving Tempest's aesthetic.

I agree. It was fun at first, but now, ugh. If it comes up for vote in a lobby, it always wins, no matter what shitty map it might be on. And every game is just an AL-plasma spam fest — it barely resembles Halo. I really don't mind AL as much as some, but it gets old fast when everyone in a game is using it.

Can't wait for the new maps. Anchor 9 looks especially awesome.

 

[Shake Appeal]

To be fair, you were against Dax. Does Anchor 9 even have Needlers?

Oh God yes. He jetpacks around space constantly bombarding you with them. :lol

 

[Willeth]

I can see myself having a LOT of fun with the space area. You can utilise the low-grav to make some sweet tactical jumps from the lower level outside to the upper level inside.

 

[Shake Appeal]

I can see myself having a LOT of fun with the space area. You can utilise the low-grav to make some sweet tactical jumps from the lower level outside to the upper level inside.

You can also jump straight from rocket walkway to the upper platform inside (it's easier if you sprint first, but it can be done without). And if you sprint-jump at the back of the map you can jump directly from one base to the other using the little raised platform in the middle.

 

[neoism]

Looks like half the team caught the bug going around that wallped my wife and I over the break, they're all "WFH" today.

Oh hey, what's this. Hmm. I might not be up to full speed yet myself. Best to knock off early today and make sure I don't relapse.

Spoiler

<3

Awesome

 

[neoism]

My god. Tempest is absolutely, positively gorgeous. Dunno how well it plays yet, but damn, how can a map that looks this good play badly?

Bungie does a little fan service with Tempest as well. Ever wonder what it's like to be near the edge of a Halo? Well, know you can find out. I've always wondered what it looked like.

Still so sad it isn't 8v8... But I agree it's probably there best "looking" map ever. :O

 

[neoism]

Holy shit I just remembered... new maps tomorrow OMG... I re-upped today too... DD

 

[Arnie]

Oh God yes. He jetpacks around space constantly bombarding you with them. :lol

:lol For once I'm glad to be missing out of customs. Low Gravity needles makes my brain hurt.

 

[neoism]

<3

wallpaper size please.. :O

 

[NH Apache]

Signing in now if a spot opens. I'm very good at absorbing copious amounts of damage.


Edit: Damn Neo, you may want to start condensing your posts. People with red names may not like that style.

 

[neoism]

what time does the maps go up... :?

 

[MrDaravon]

what time does the maps go up... :?

Marketplace updates usually go up at 5am EST, but not sure about what time the DLC playlist itself will go up; I would guess at 6am EST when the Challenges normally reset, but I don't know that for a fact.

 

[The Librarian]

We're having some weird connection issues with these maps. Dani, Sai-Kun, and now Vh.

 

[neoism]

Why did giantbomb get 8 million codes to give away and all the other sites only give away 4 or 8?

damn it I knew I missed something... :lol

 

[The Librarian]

Now I just dropped. What is goin' on?

 

[SpudBud]

Holy crap! The new maps are coming out already?

Man, I've been out of the loop for too long.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Now I just dropped. What is goin' on?

I was getting a lot of lag in that game and I saw vhfive was redbarring. Other ones were fine. It's weird, but I doubt it's related to the maps.

 

[The Librarian]

I think Breakpoint may be my favorite Invasion map, even though I only played one game of it. It gives the high point advantage to the attacking team for the first phase, which is pretty relieving.

Edit: Wish we could've gotten more games on Tempest. That map left me wanting more.

 

[electricpirate]

Good to hear positive things. Looking forward to playing tomorrow.

 

[The Librarian]

There seemed to be a lot of shield-door camping on Anchor 9 in FFA. It's not as prevalent in Team Slayer because in Team Slayer the combat is spread out more around the map, but it did rear its ugly head in FFA.

Customs are different from matchmaking, so what I played might not be a good indicator for what most people will experience.

 

[Ramirez]

The maps look amazing, and Tempest will probably become the best objective map in the game. Looks like it will work well for 4v4 even, Anchor 9 looks fun too, we'll see about the shield doors. Didn't do much on the Invasion map, it looks really nice though. I logged on to play but no one was on. :lol

 

[feel]

Tons of fun on Anchor 9 and on the one match I played on Tempest. Great maps. Shame that things won't probably be as good tomorrow when thousands of Shake Appeals start camping the shield doors with shotguns/rockets in every match.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Cant wait for the maps, they look great. Blah I have work from 9-5 tomorrow, so it looks like Ill miss them right when they come out..unless..when do they hit usually, EST?

 

[enzo_gt]

This thread is going to hit OT3 tomorrow. Damn.

 

[electricpirate]

This thread is going to hit OT3 tomorrow. Damn.

Mother of God.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

double

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Im online right now. Where all the gaffers at?

New Vegas tonight, 12 hour university day tomorrow, prep for presentation wednesday, so I'll be on thursday! :lol

This thread is going to hit OT3 tomorrow. Damn.

I don't think we have to do that anymore since we are in the community forum now, do we?

 

[enzo_gt]

I don't think we have to do that anymore since we are in the community forum now, do we?

I'm pretty sure the 20 000 post limit had to do with thread archiving or something, if I'm not mistaken, so it applies for all threads.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'm pretty sure the 20 000 post limit had to do with thread archiving or something, if I'm not mistaken, so it applies for all threads.

Yup. If anyone wants to make new banners/headers (DLC/Playlists, Community, Overview) that would be great. I'm going to boil it all down to one post, cut most of the fluff out. Otherwise we'll just rock what we have for now.

 

[Oozer3993]

Geez, I leave to do some Christmas shopping/pick up an XBL points card, eat dinner, then watch Chuck & The Event and I miss codes being t-shirt cannoned onto the intertubes. Yet another sign that I should never, ever step away from my computer :lol

Great to hear the positive impressions and I can't wait to join you guys tomorrow.

 

[Barrow Roll]

Reach just did the weirdest thing to me. I logged on and my NAT type was "Moderate" when it's usually "Open" so I went to restart my modem and router which in the past has fixed it. I log back on and none of my stats are displaying right nor is my Spartan equipped properly but my cR is still the same. I've had this problem before and it usually fixes itself but I got impatient and logged out and in again. This time the game seems to have defaulted everything. Everything in my Armory is listed as "New!", my Spartan is back to standard Mark V with randomized colors, emblem and callsign and my control settings are default. Thank god my cR was still fine and everything I unlocked in the Armory remained unlocked. I logged out and back in again to see if everything would be normal this time and I was greeted with the "Welcome to Noble" screen you get when booting up Reach the first time and everything was still reset. Really weird; anyone else have this happen to them?

 

[timetokill]

Yup. If anyone wants to make new banners/headers (DLC/Playlists, Community, Overview) that would be great. I'm going to boil it all down to one post, cut most of the fluff out. Otherwise we'll just rock what we have for now.

If I could request something, maybe a link to the ForgeGAF thread in the OP?

 

[GhaleonEB]

If I could request something, maybe a link to the ForgeGAF thread in the OP?

I had one from the day that thread was made until just a week ago at the very top of the OP.

I removed it when I was doing a de-cluttering session, but I'll put it back more prominently for the next.