[GhaleonEB]

I've been confusing readers with reference-based newsposts for quite a while now. ;-)

Oh, I know. I'm just amused by the two-tier reference.

Also 343i were totally inspired by this for that GI cover

I never noticed Cortana's arm around the Chief, I always saw it as just the two of them lined up together. Interesting.

[Hypertrooper]

Oh, I know. I'm just amused by the two-tier reference. I never noticed Cortana's arm around the Chief, I always saw it as just the two of them lined up together. Interesting.

I love the Halo 3 lithograph which focuses on the relationship between Cortana and Master Chief.

Questions to Cyren:
1) WHere the fuck is your PM?
2) The e-sport scene of Halo is dying because of missing support by MLG, right? No alternatives?

[CyReN]

Indeed I was, thanks very much

Speaking of which

Ranked

• Team Slayer
• Team Objective
• Team Snipers
• Rumble Pit
• Double Team
• Team Hardcore (until competitive playlist is out)
• Team SWAT

Unranked

• Big Team Battle
• Squad Slayer
• Grifball
• Action Sack
• Multi Team
• Living Dead

*Possibly add Team Training for unranked.

13 playlist, down from the current 24.

[DcLevartho]

My ship out date was bumped up so I've been running around a lot the past month and half (literally as well) Anyone care to point out the important things I've missed?

(also sorry for the halt on art)

[Shadders]

Tashi Ceiling should be an achievement in Halo 4. Get 3 triples in one game - 10G

[neoism]

I stopped worrying about the multiplayer announcer a month ago...

:D awesome... was worried.... Also goddamn 9759868 pages to read.. :/

[zap]

No no no I meant how he says double kill, then triple kill, and no overkill.

It's too late. We can't pull out now! Sorry man.

My ship out date was bumped up so I've been running around a lot the past month and half (literally as well) Anyone care to point out the important things I've missed?

Check the OP for the news stuff. Skim the thread for jocking Frankie

[Overdoziz]

Ranked Team Slayer Team Objective Team Snipers Rumble Pit Double Team Team Hardcore (until competitive playlist is out) Team SWAT Unranked Big Team Battle Squad Slayer Multi Team Custom Lobby Everything else

There. Hopefully.

[Barrow Roll]

Are you referring to this? http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost...ostcount=15400 "initial playlists will be clean and focused."

You should probably change your avatar to avoid a ban. Scans are not allowed NeoGAF. Just some friendly advice.

[VivaciousJazzy]

Speaking of which Ranked Team Slayer Team Objective Team Snipers Rumble Pit Double Team Team Hardcore (until competitive playlist is out) Team SWAT Unranked Big Team Battle Squad Slayer Grifball Action Sack Multi Team Living Dead 13 playlist, down from the current 24.

So much this.

[indubitably]

Speaking of which Ranked Team Slayer Team Objective Team Snipers Rumble Pit Double Team Team Hardcore (until competitive playlist is out) Team SWAT Unranked Big Team Battle Squad Slayer Grifball Action Sack Multi Team Living Dead 13 playlist, down from the current 24.

I know SWAT and Snipers were ranked in Halo 3, but I always felt that they should be social.

[Ryaaan14]

When are you dudes gonna start doing customs again? I'm gonna go nuts if I keep playing Grifball by myself to make up for lost playtime/credits.

[CyReN]

There. Hopefully.

Gotta appeal to the masses;)

[op_ivy]

Ranked Team Slayer Team Objective Team Snipers Rumble Pit Double Team Team Hardcore (until competitive playlist is out) Team SWAT Unranked Big Team Battle Squad Slayer Multi Team Custom Lobby Everything else There. Hopefully.

this for halo 4? you need to double that for social and ranked "standard" and "upgraded" halo

[Tashi]

When are you dudes gonna start doing customs again? I'm gonna go nuts if I keep playing Grifball by myself to make up for lost playtime/credits.

Saturday before Halo 4's launch

[DcLevartho]

It's too late. We can't pull out now! Sorry man. Check the OP for the news stuff. Skim the thread for jocking Frankie

Thanks I should have known better, and wasn't the Tashi ceiling joke supposed to be dead ages ago now? Poor guy.

[Ryaaan14]

Saturday before Halo 4's launch

smfh

[Woorloog]

Speaking of which Ranked Team Slayer Team Objective Team Snipers Rumble Pit Double Team Team Hardcore (until competitive playlist is out) Team SWAT Unranked Big Team Battle Squad Slayer Grifball Action Sack Multi Team Living Dead 13 playlist, down from the current 24.

12 would be better. We do not need Living Dead, needs special variants, not stock maps. Oh and definetly needs custom game types, not the default shit we were offered in Halo 3 and Reach.

Would Team Hardcore be something with limited lives? Would love such gametype.
EDIT i'd like Social SWAT as well, if Halo 4's SWAT feels more or less like Halo 3's, it'd be fun to play with my friend (guest).

[Overdoziz]

Gotta appeal to the masses;)

Custom Search brah

[WJD]

Speaking of which Ranked Team Slayer Team Objective Team Snipers Rumble Pit Squad Slayer Team SWAT Unranked Big Team Battle Double Team Grifball Action Sack Multi Team Living Dead Rocket Race Custom Search.

Fixed for perfection.

[heckfu]

When are you dudes gonna start doing customs again? I'm gonna go nuts if I keep playing Grifball by myself to make up for lost playtime/credits.

Playing griffball and playing for credits?

you're doing it wrong, bro.

[CyReN]

Custom Search brah

JerryDaThunder53 has joined "Racist remark DMR Battle Arena" Customs.

Wonder if possible though, would be cool.

[kylej]

I have a pretty good idea on what Halo 4's playlists will look like

Core:

Team Deathmatch (TDM) (12 players)
Mercenary (MERC) (12 players)
Free-for-All (FFA) (8 players, smaller maps)
Domination (DOM) (12 players)
Ground War (GW) (18 players, larger maps)
Demolition (DEMO) (12 players)
Sabotage (SAB) (12 players)
Headquarters (HQ) (12 players)
Capture the Flag (CTF) (12 players)
Search and Destroy (SnD) (12 players)
Team Tactical (TEAM TAC) (12 players)

Barebones:

Pure (No Perks, Killstreaks, Attachments, Equipment, or Contracts) (12 players)
Classic (Killstreaks at 3, 5 and 7) (12 players)
Team Tactical (Pure version with mixed bag of objective modes) (12 players)

Hardcore:

Team Deathmatch (TDM) (12 players)
Search and Destroy (SnD) (12 players)
Headquarters (HQ) (12 players)
Free-for-All (FFA) (8 players)

[Ryaaan14]

Playing griffball and playing for credits? you're doing it wrong, bro.

Am not. Easily the most efficient way, going by game time, medals earned, and credits paid out.

(then again I am the fucking man at Grifball, so your experiences may differ)

[Overdoziz]

JerryDaThunder53 has joined "Racist remark DMR Battle Arena" Customs. Wonder if possible though, would be cool.

It's not like it's impossible to put a filter on the server names.

[CyReN]

I have a pretty good idea on what Halo 4's playlists will look like Core: Team Deathmatch (TDM) (12 players) Mercenary (MERC) (12 players) Free-for-All (FFA) (8 players, smaller maps) Domination (DOM) (12 players) Ground War (GW) (18 players, larger maps) Demolition (DEMO) (12 players) Sabotage (SAB) (12 players) Headquarters (HQ) (12 players) Capture the Flag (CTF) (12 players) Search and Destroy (SnD) (12 players) Team Tactical (TEAM TAC) (12 players) Barebones: Pure (No Perks, Killstreaks, Attachments, Equipment, or Contracts) (12 players) Classic (Killstreaks at 3, 5 and 7) (12 players) Team Tactical (Pure version with mixed bag of objective modes) (12 players) Hardcore: Team Deathmatch (TDM) (12 players) Search and Destroy (SnD) (12 players) Headquarters (HQ) (12 players) Free-for-All (FFA) (8 players)

that's just

[heckfu]

Am not. Easily the most efficient way, going by game time, medals earned, and credits paid out. (then again I am the fucking man at Grifball, so your experiences may differ)

Attention everyone: Ryan is good at getting host and jumping and swinging.
Draft him for your MLG teams NOW.

[Ryaaan14]

Attention everyone: Ryan is good at getting host and jumping and swinging. Draft him for your MLG teams NOW.

Can you spare some of that salt?

[JonCha]

Please put zombies in BTB, as it started out. There was a map in Halo 2 with a crashed pelican that it was awesome for.

[Plywood]

Please put zombies in BTB, as it started out. There was a map in Halo 2 with a crashed pelican that it was awesome for.

[BackdoorBeauty]

Please put zombies in BTB, as it started out. There was a map in Halo 2 with a crashed pelican that it was awesome for.

How about they just bring BTB back to the Halo 3 glory days

Teams of 8 should match other teams of 8. CTF, Assault, Slayer. Defined bases, not undefined play spaces (Spire, Boneyard, etc).

[ElzarTheBam]

Please put zombies in BTB, as it started out. There was a map in Halo 2 with a crashed pelican that it was awesome for.

[Ryaaan14]

How about they just bring BTB back to the Halo 3 glory days Teams of 8 should match other teams of 8. CTF, Assault, Slayer. Defined bases, not undefined play spaces (Spire, Boneyard, etc).

wut

[Karl2177]

When are you dudes gonna start doing customs again? I'm gonna go nuts if I keep playing Grifball by myself to make up for lost playtime/credits.

I'll be on for a bit this weekend, but it's not like anyone else will be...

[Overdoziz]

Please put zombies in BTB, as it started out. There was a map in Halo 2 with a crashed pelican that it was awesome for.

Might as well kill off BTB and be done with it.

[Homeboyd]

Please put zombies in BTB, as it started out. There was a map in Halo 2 with a crashed pelican that it was awesome for.

[heckfu]

Might as well kill off BTB and be done with it.

no way! then how can ryan get his 8 on 8 grifball wishes to come true?

Please put zombies in BTB, as it started out. There was a map in Halo 2 with a crashed pelican that it was awesome for.

[JonCha]

So people like Living Dead? Guess I'm out of touch.

[Woorloog]

wut

Well, Halo 3 BTB is far, far better than that shit in Reach. At least it was great before fucking Heavies were added (in Halo 3)...
Dunno 'bout Halo 2 BTB, too long since i played it. If i played, can't remember anymore.

[Zeouterlimits]

So people like Living Dead? Guess I'm out of touch.

Ah, a clever troll.

[Ryaaan14]

Well, Halo 3 BTB is far, far better than that shit in Reach. At least it was great before fucking Heavies were added... Dunno 'bout Halo 2 BTB, too long since i played it. If i played, can't remember anymore.

Well I can agree that pre-Heavies H3 BTB was better than Reach BTB, but I would say Halo 2 BTB were the glory days.

[Steelyuhas]

Perfect lol

[thezerofire]

So people like Living Dead? Guess I'm out of touch.

nope, people like BTB

[BackdoorBeauty]

wut

I used to play with teams of 8, and you would do your best to match with other teams of 8 by backing out of the Player Found screen when anything less than 8 players would drop at once.

Standoff CTF games could go the entire 15 minutes without a single cap. Nail biters. BTB in Reach is now yuks and no one gives a crap.

[Overdoziz]

Everything is better pre-heavies.

[FyreWulff]

Rumble Pit
Team Slayer
Team Hardcore
Big Team Battle
Team SWAT
Team Doubles
Multi Team

Reach

Oh, I know. I'm just amused by the two-tier reference. I never noticed Cortana's arm around the Chief, I always saw it as just the two of them lined up together. Interesting.

what the hell is going on with her left arm

How does everyone think 343 would have to go about bringing back Team Objective? Was it just the AA's that killed it in Reach? and by bringing back I mean making it a popular playlist again.

Objective has never been popular in any online console Halo title.

[Homeboyd]

lol heckfu you asshole

hahaha

[Woorloog]

Well I can agree that pre-Heavies H3 BTB is better than Reach BTB, but I would say Halo 2 BTB were the glory days.

As i said, i cannot say anything about that.
Making good BTB for Halo 4 shouldn't be hard:
Good large maps, no medium sized maps for BTB (that one map in Reach whose name i don't remember, starts with B?, not Boneyard though it is shit as well)
BR/comparable weapon starts
No Heavies
No unbalanced vehicles
No stupid game modes, just Slayer, CTF (neutral?, two Flag, one Flag?) and Assault (Neutral, two Bomb?, one Bomb?)

[heckfu]

lol heckfu you asshole hahaha

wait, what?

[Homeboyd]

wait, what?

I didn't catch that gif the first go around.. caught me off guard