[Computron]

We got a full BTB squad's worth of players getting the game now. Join the Fun!

Just reposing this so It has the top of this page and is seen by more people, not everyone can keep up with GAF:


I want to play Halo 2 With GAF.

What do you all think about this?

Would you be up for this?



Links:

Halo 2 Amazon

Wireless Controller Adapter

What we play depends on how many people participate and what we want to play. 

Does next weekend work for everyone or should I push it forward to allow for shipping time?

Like it says, if you want to participate, PM ME. 

If your considering it, PM me so I can get an estimate of how many of you there will be.

Any suggestions? Questions, about this or Halo 2 Vista?

[Poker Face]

Unlocks, AAs, Sprint, Killstreaks, Perks, Bloom Reach 2.0

[ViewtifulJC]

Well, they always said "Bloom wouldn't appear as it were in Vanilla Reach", not "Bloom won't appear, period mothafuckers, it's Halo"

[Computron]

Needs moar:

[Tashi]

I'm also glad we got news today that bloom is back and the BR is 5-shot. Halo 4 honestly could not possibly sound any worse right now. Every single bit of information that gets released is not just abysmal, it's so hilariously creatively bankrupt. It's COD in space. Seriously. They have completely destroyed just about every fundamental part of Halo multiplayer in favor of chasing after COD money - which they won't get. I do not understand.

lol so dramatic

[CyReN]

If there's a option, I don't see the issue with it.

[NullPointer]

Haven't we already been told that bloom as it is found in Reach would not be in Halo 4?

I don't mind regardless, but I could've sworn that was said.

[Stinkles]

lol so dramatic

Maybe he was the Waypoint member who played it and so he can speak with authority about his experience. And the frame rate.

[Gui_PT]

Guys
Guys








Guys





At least the campaign will be good

[TheOddOne]

Haven't we already been told that bloom as it is found in Reach would not be in Halo 4? I don't mind regardless, but I could've sworn that was said.

Doesn't mean it won't be in it.

[kylej]

lol so dramatic

Hyperbole makes posting more fun.

[daedalius]

Hope BR ends up as 4 shot, everything else seems fine.

Too much hyperbole.

[GrimBrother One]

Hey Computron, I'm almost positive that the Play & Charge kit does NOT work with the PC like a standard wired 360 controller does.

I definitely want to double check though, because if you're right instead, I'll be a happy camper, lol.

Halo 2 PC is awesome.

[Tashi]

Maybe he was the Waypoint member who played it and so he can speak with authority about his experience. And the frame rate.

Gratz Kyle

Hyperbole makes posting more fun.

Lol this is funniest thing I've ever heard

[ElzarTheBam]

Guys Guys Guys At least the campaign will be good

Made me laugh.

[Tha Robbertster]

[Reagan's BR]

I'm also glad we got news today that bloom is back and the BR is 5-shot. Halo 4 honestly could not possibly sound any worse right now. Every single bit of information that gets released is not just abysmal, it's so hilariously creatively bankrupt. It's COD in space. Seriously. They have completely destroyed just about every fundamental part of Halo multiplayer in favor of chasing after COD money - which they won't get. I do not understand.

Reach + COD + BR = Halo 4.

[Poker Face]

Hope BR ends up as 4 shot, everything else seems fine. Too much hyperbole.

4 shot to the head at least... :/

[ElzarTheBam]

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Get out scrub. Not the time or the place. srs discussions only.

[Rickenslacker]

Hey Computron, I'm almost positive that the Play & Charge kit does NOT work with the PC like a standard wired 360 controller does. I definitely want to double check though, because if you're right instead, I'll be a happy camper, lol. Halo 2 PC is awesome.

Play and charge kit does not make a wireless controller usable on PC, but the receiver in Computron's image does.

[Computron]

Hey Computron, I'm almost positive that the Play & Charge kit does NOT work with the PC like a standard wired 360 controller does. I definitely want to double check though, because if you're right instead, I'll be a happy camper, lol. Halo 2 PC is awesome.

I'll test it out right now.

[GhaleonEB]

It's hard to tell from the impressions whether there is actual bullet spread on the BR or whether the recoil was causing the bullets to land in different locations; last we heard, there was recoil but no spread.

Would very much like there to be clarifications about reticule bloom on the DMR and magnum.

[TheOddOne]

Plywood is breaking his monitor because he saw a tumblr gif being posted.

[Tashi]

Play and charge kit does not make a wireless controller usable on PC, but the receiver in Computron's image does.

This. It transfers power not data.

[Letters]

I will still be praying I won't lose bullet lottery in 2013 Halo. Unbeliveable.

[bobs...onGaf]

at least he said the bloom wasn't noticeable...

I translated the preface to his post as:

"Guys, I know there's a lot of bad, but suck it up and look on the bright side."

Based on that, im not sure how much I can read out of his post. Is he suger coating things? I hope not, but I dont see how bloom can be implemented and not be annoying unless it only kicks in after the killing shot. I would quite like that actually, it would probably make the game quite tense, either land a 4/5 shot kill or get punished. However when lag comes into play things could get messy quickly.

Not sure I like the idea of personalised weapon drops either. How does the game decide who to give them to and when? If its random that would suck, personally I would prefer it if it was tied into killstreak rewards. In general I guess that's a feature that can be turned off, but is there a way to configure traditional weapon spawns?

Its awesome that some of the community has had a chance to play the game, cant wait till we eventually get videos of full matches.

[Reagan's BR]

Don't worry. Halo 5 will be better.

[Computron]

I'll test it out right now.

Oh shit, you are correct, it only worked on my system because I had the reciever plugged in as well. I thought it was working through the wire until I unplugged the reciever.

[The Henery]

What's the point in a six shot pistol with bloom if we can always spawn with BR or DMR?

Please make the BR a four shot. It just has to be.

[kylej]

I will still be praying I won't lose bullet lottery in 2013 Halo. Unbeliveable.

Call in attack dogs and a chopper gunner, it will nullify your opponents rocket killstreak and x-ray vision.

[Dax01]

If the DMR has bloom then my first instinct will be to stick with the BR, but I'll definitely give the new DMR (and Halo 4's bloom) a shot. If it's anything like the TU bloom, though, I doubt I'll like it.

Edit: Sorry to hear that the BR isn't four-shot.

[Gui_PT]

Made me laugh.

I was totally srs


Frankie, seriously now is it realistic to expect some video footage anytime soon?
I assume we won't get anything from what was played yesterday because as you said, it's an old buggy build, but maybe some recent build footage?

[Recarpo]

I want to play Halo 2 With GAF. What do you all think about this? Would you be up for this?

Thanks for setting all this up it sounds like a blast. I just started going through the campaign on legendary again and dear god I forgot how ridiculous those jackal snipers are.

As for the DMR bloom, I thought the DMR had a set rate of fire? What will bloom do exactly if you can only fire it at a certain speed anyway?

[Franklinator]

Just caught up with the thread. Not sure how I feel about today's news.

Here's hoping for a video!

[NullPointer]

Call in attack dogs and a chopper gunner, it will nullify your opponents rocket killstreak and x-ray vision.

Rock. Paper. Scissors.

Otherwise known as spawn gambling.

[Overdoziz]

Maybe 343 is trying to make the multiplayer look bad so nobody is disappointed when they finally play it. I mean, it can't possibly play as bad as they make it sound, right?

[Tashi]

DMR has a locked, slower than Reach firing rate right?

BR is 5 shot? I remember people in Halo 3 though the BR was a 5 shot for a while too.

I'm confused lol. I just wanna play :(

[Rickenslacker]

Just caught up with the thread. Not sure how I feel about today's news.

Haha, yeah... I kinda wish there was an update that was almosr unanimously positive in reception. Right now it seems like one after the other of instantly reeling back and hoping it'll work out.

[lybertyboy]

It's hard to tell from the impressions whether there is actual bullet spread on the BR or whether the recoil was causing the bullets to land in different locations; last we heard, there was recoil but no spread.

As I've said before, when fired at distance, the recoil of the gun will cause bullets to spread a bit. The BR has changed slightly since we last discussed it. Additionally, there is now a very small amount of additional bullet spread to account for that placement. This should not affect the majority of players in the vast majority mid to close-range of encounters. It's my understanding that this was implemented to help balance it's effectiveness at long range against other weapons in the armory.

[kylej]

Haha, yeah... I kinda wish there was an update that was almosr unanimously positive in reception. Right now it seems like one after the other of instantly reeling back and hoping it'll work out.

That's not true. COD fans are absolutely rejoicing with each bit of info.

Or at least 343 hopes.

[xxjuicesxx]

This game sounds really good. Its like CoD and Halo combined!




^^^ Thats fucking sarcasm up there in case you couldn't fucking tell morons. GOD!

[CyReN]

Ellis, wanna come on Social Skirmish tonight by chance to talk the impressions from Louis and KC? Maybe a beard off with u4ix?

:)

[blamite]

6-shot pistol is lol. Any mention of whether or not it still has a scope?

[GhaleonEB]

Haha, yeah... I kinda wish there was an update that was almosr unanimously positive in reception. Right now it seems like one after the other of instantly reeling back and hoping it'll work out.

There's always this mix of delight and confusion as impressions from early builds roll in, though with so many new elements it's to a greater degree this time around.

The only thing that concerned me in the last impressions was bloom.

As I've said before, when fired at distance, the recoil of the gun will cause bullets to spread a bit. The BR has changed slightly since we last discussed it. Additionally, there is now a very small amount of additional bullet spread to account for that placement. This should not affect the majority of players in the vast majority mid to close-range of encounters. It's my understanding that this was implemented to help balance it's effectiveness at long range against other weapons in the armory.

Sounds good to me. I'm actually and advocate of spread on the BR for that very reason; I imagine when playing it might be hard to separate out the 'spread' caused by the kickback from the true bullet spread, which is what I was wondering about.

[kylej]

As I've said before, when fired at distance, the recoil of the gun will cause bullets to spread a bit. The BR has changed slightly since we last discussed it. Additionally, there is now a very small amount of additional bullet spread to account for that placement. This should not affect the majority of players in the vast majority mid to close-range of encounters. It's my understanding that this was implemented to help balance it's effectiveness at long range against other weapons in the armory.

aka bad people won't notice spread, but we're afraid good people will shit on AR users again so here's some gimping.

[lybertyboy]

Ellis, wanna come on Social Skirmish tonight by chance? :)

Can't, gonna be bathing in the waters of Electropop at the M83 show tonight.

aka bad people won't notice spread, but we're afraid good people will shit on AR users again so here's some gimping.

The horse is already dead, you can stop beating it now.

[Reagan's BR]

Maybe 343 is trying to make the multiplayer look bad so nobody is disappointed when they finally play it. I mean, it can't possibly play as bad as they make it sound, right?

4 kill-streak lets you call on sentinels.

[CyReN]

Can't, gonna be bathing in the waters of Electropop at the M83 show tonight.

Have fun and thanks for the quick response.

[Overdoziz]

aka bad people won't notice spread, but we're afraid good people will shit on AR users again so here's some gimping.

The BR with have a very small amount of bloom so the pace isn't too high for the lesser skilled players among us.

[Striker]

DMR has a locked, slower than Reach firing rate right? BR is 5 shot? I remember people in Halo 3 though the BR was a 5 shot for a while too. I'm confused lol. I just wanna play :(

It basically was considering the spread.

With faster kill times sprint wouldn't be as offensive, but it appears that won't be the case.