bobs...onGaf
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Dani said:Valhalla > Hemorrage
Bring it back!
In the meantime...
If you can somehow replicate the big hill in the middle I want that map!
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If you can somehow replicate the big hill in the middle I want that map!
xxjuicesxx
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Specters get assists like fucking crazy. That propipe doesn't kill for a damn on Heroic. Seriously its so underpowered you can direct nail grunts and they don't die. Really awful shit.
Photolysis
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bobs99 ... said:When your offline you need less credits to rank up. So when you signed in offline the game adjusted your rank to meet the offline ranking system. So Bungie isnt quite being nice to people who hit the cap.
This happened to a friend of mine but I cant reproduce it - what armours can you see?
Also 50 rounds of firefight matchmaking for 3000 credits. eurgh.
Nope, the credit requirements for ranks are the same offline, just credits are earned much faster as you don't have challenges.
That also only applies to offline profiles, and once a profile has been flagged as online, it's impossible to reverse this. Bungie are encouraging people who might play for the weekend to create new gamertags to avoid permanently gimping their credits offline for that reason (which again is another indicator of how badly the system is designed).
What appears to be happening is the game keeps track of the number of credits you've earned, but once you sign in to XBL, Bungie tell the game "Hey the rank cap is Lt Colonel" and so the game immediately adjusts the rank back down.
I didn't notice any new helmets, but you can see the Tactical Soft Case, Carter's Commando chest. Grenadier shoulder pads and the extra wrist attachment that has shotgun shells on.
If anyone else wants to see their "true rank" using this, here's how to reproduce it:
1. Go to the 360 Dashboard and sign in to your profile. If you connect to XBL automatically at this point, disconnect somehow, either by pulling the cable out, or turning off your router, or whatever. You should be offline when you load Reach up.
2. Start Reach
3. View your rank with no rank cap! (Your rank will be capped again the moment you sign in to Live. I have no idea what would happen if you unlocked any armor using this... I don't want to try either)
bobs...onGaf
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xxjuicesxx said:
Haha yeah, the 'Tip of the Spear' mission which starts you with a pro-pipe left me speechless it was aweful.
That said, I prefer the thing being bad rather than good. Noob Tubes have been overpowered to the state of being cheap frustrating deaths in CoD/ Bioshock/ Reach beta/ any other game that has them. So its nice to see its not so cheap in the full retail.
bobs...onGaf
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Photolysis said:
I havent hit the max rank cap yet so I cant reproduce it - but that makes sense, The real question is, if the game is able to track what our 'true rank' should be. When the rank cap is lifted will we automatically boost up negating the point of the rank cap? Or will we lose all that progress?
Photolysis
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bobs99 ... said:
The implication from this seems to be that it does roll over and so players who hit it early will get a massive rank boost. Which as you point out, negates the entire purpose of the cap.
Neuromancer said:
Congrats, man. I've still got 10-11K to go on WO Gr3. Farmed ONI for all it's worth and I just noticed this little nugget in the Weekly Update for 10/1:
"Score Attack
Credit earn rates for Gruntpocalypse are being reduced to fall more in line with other modes."
Better get on it while there's still time left I guess. :lol
bobs...onGaf
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DoctorWho said:
I play it because I find it fun, theres nothing better than wiping out an army of grunts. Then again I dont play Firefight as much as matchmaking so the credits payout doesnt really affect me to much.
But Bungie, why not increase the credits earned in the other modes to match Gruntpocalypse rather than the other way round?
EDIT: Wow, just noticed that one of my clips is on the most recommended list. Thats pretty cool. The fact that its not on the most downloaded list sort of negates that, but meh. :lol
The Lamonster
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Just a heads-up - score attack credits are going to be nerfed tomorrow (Gruntpocalypse only)Chorazin said:
edit: beaten
The Lamonster
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Truer words have never been spoken.bobs99 ... said:I play it because I find it fun, theres nothing better than wiping out an army of grunts. Then again I dont play Firefight as much as matchmaking so the credits payout doesnt really affect me to much.
But Bungie, why not increase the credits earned in the other modes to match Gruntpocalypse rather than the other way round?
EDIT: Wow, just noticed that one of my clips is on the most recommended list. Thats pretty cool. The fact that its not on the most downloaded list sort of negates that, but meh. :lol
electricpirate
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Photolysis said:
I don't really think you can make any implication from how timed credit rollovers match up with online->offline transitions and how they handle the caps. That's a different mechanism than how caps will be lifted through matchmaking, there could easily be a check against server values before setting the value of credits for ranking that can't happen when you are switch to local.
electricpirate
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Skel said:
A lot of that credit gathering stuff comes from b.net, so yea, they can totally hotfix it.
Skel said:
See electricpirate's post but yeah, even if they couldn't the update still specifies tomorrow as the day they are going to implement the changes.
Heh, believe me, your pain is felt. Looking through this thread and the last I think one things GAF seems to agree on is that Warrant Officer is the worst thing.
The Lamonster
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I think the real problem is the rate at which we earn credits. Looking at the top rank, you need 20 million to get there.IronRinn said:
In order to reach that, you need to make 20k credits a day for about 3 years.
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had a blast playing firefight yesterday with 1 friend (who isn't that great and charges at people when his shields are down) and we got all out at 49000 and 49500 points 2 times running.
Goodbye achievement.
how in the fuuu can anyone get the million point achieve on that?! I need to play this with 4 people. I assume firefight classic is the only way to do this right?
Goodbye achievement.
how in the fuuu can anyone get the million point achieve on that?! I need to play this with 4 people. I assume firefight classic is the only way to do this right?
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The Lamonster
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This achievement doesn't have to be completed in matchmaking. You can download a custom gametype that nets you a million points in about 10 minutes. It's hectic and crazy but you're invincible so some might not find that fun or consider it "cheap." Just browse the most downloaded files for game types and you'll find it. Then set it on Corvette on Legendary and blast away.catfish said:
Miggytronz
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Self Induced said:
LoL
The Lamonster
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I am also in the WOg3 slump and won't have much time tonight to play Gruntpocalypse
I wish Bungie would do something, I'm really tired of not being able to buy the visor color I want, and I don't want to wait a year to get it.
I wish Bungie would do something, I'm really tired of not being able to buy the visor color I want, and I don't want to wait a year to get it.
PalaceBrother
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Self Induced said:
That's great.
Looking at Reach achievements on Giant Bomb I noticed this video showing how to get the "Make It Rain" achievement without having to reach to rank of Lt. Colonel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARsX_tJwc5U
Edit: Appears to be a glitch and, while I don't think it would get you banned, may be kind of risky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARsX_tJwc5U
Edit: Appears to be a glitch and, while I don't think it would get you banned, may be kind of risky.
PalaceBrother
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Dax01 said:
Oh wow. But I hated Marlo....so conflicted.
Prophet Steve
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I think people will be banned for this.IronRinn said:
The Lamonster
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YT is blocked here at my work. Is this the method of going offline from XBL? Anyone feel like explaining? And what exactly is risky about it?IronRinn said:
The Lamonster said:
Get 50K cR. Go to Visors. Click on the Blue Visor. Instead of hitting A to select "Yes" hit A and down. The message will disappear, you will have selected the Black visor and the game will think you purchased it. You don't lose any credits but you don't actually purchase anything either.
Prophet Steve
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Nothing risky, you select the blue visor when you have 50000 credits then when you get the confirmation screen with yes or no you must press down and a almost at the same time, and it unlocks the achievements. Seems to register the black visor under that, although you don´t buy it and it doesn´t subtract credits.The Lamonster said:
The Lamonster
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Thanks. That is dumb. I'll wait for the real thing.IronRinn said:
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