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Halo |OT12| Last One Out, Get the Lights

Cortana?


Laskey's voice actor had a sort of cheesy 50's enthusiasm about him.

He gave off this weird "your dad's best friend that you always get to see at family barbeques and you and his son play beyblades all the time and shit" vibe, if that makes sense. Which I guess they were going for, so props to them for making a friendly character?
 

WJD

Member
Just had an incredibly fun game of CTF on Adrift. Sticky Detonator + CTF is a bloody brilliant combo. Also, the BR on smaller maps in wonderful.

It ended 5-4, too.
 

Karl2177

Member
I'm curious, how do you patch up these world issues without us having to redownload a massive world file? I know other games have had to put out huge patches to fix issues with world collision.
Since Halo 3, they've been able to put fixes like this in the game without a TU. it's only affecting the MM variants, not the actual map on your disc.
 

LAUGHTREY

Modesty becomes a woman
I'm curious, how do you patch up these world issues without us having to redownload a massive world file? I know other games have had to put out huge patches to fix issues with world collision.

Dev only forge mode with invisible objects.

iirc thats how bungie fixed stuff.
 
WAIT A FUCKING SECOND. I know this is canon nitpicky but the Believe campaign has old UNSC soldiers commenting on Master Chief, believing he was dead.
Canon smanon.

Gah. There's so much I do actually like about the game, but there's so much that's disappointing. I love the Chief and Cortana stuff but they bungle the Didact and all of the Forerunner potential. Gah. The enemies are close to being right, but they weaken the Covenant (although I'll take Shake's Skull tip to the bank) and give the Knights too much health for the weapons you have for the first half of the game.
The vehicle sections
save the clever and exciting flying component at the end, possibly the addition to the campaign I had the most fun with
fell completely flat for me, none of the tense sense of challenge that the Ark or the Covenant brings out in me.

I wonder how different things were under Payton. Not necessarily better, but I'm certainly interested in hearing that take.

Don't forget people - last few days to get your copies of Community Evolved.
 

Ramirez

Member
On what planet is Valhalla a garbage map? lol

Haven's call outs suck, can't believe they didn't add some type of distinctive feature on the opposing single ramps (if they did I sure as hell can't see it).
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
On what planet is Valhalla a garbage map? lol

Haven's call outs suck, can't believe they didn't add some type of distinctive feature on the opposing single ramps (if they did I sure as hell can't see it).

Ugh I know. If you're standing on Main ramp, on the left there's the shadow from the huge statue behind you. We've just been calling that side dark and the other side light.
 

MrBig

Member
Yeah, but how does it do it? Where is the new world file stored?

It's just a forge map variant. Collision object with no visible geometry. They don't allow us to use it in normal forge for whatever lame reason, but they have an internal version they can place them with.
 

Fracas

#fuckonami
On what planet is Valhalla a garbage map? lol

Haven's call outs suck, can't believe they didn't add some type of distinctive feature on the opposing single ramps (if they did I sure as hell can't see it).

I love Valhalla, the problem is IMO it simply doesn't work with Halo 4's mechanics. I feel it'd be a lot better in BTB with objective gametypes without ordnance. As it is now, I can't stand the thing.

As for Haven, I haven't learned the callouts yet lol. I just know that I really like the layout. It feels like an old school, real Halo map and I'm loving it.
 

Conor 419

Banned
Anyone get the sense that
the focus on the Chief's humanity, combined with the loss of Cortana, the speech at the end and Chief stripping down, implies that the Master Chief will not be in Mjolnir in Halo 5.
 

Ramirez

Member
I love Valhalla, the problem is IMO it simply doesn't work with Halo 4's mechanics. I feel it'd be a lot better in BTB with objective gametypes without ordnance. As it is now, I can't stand the thing.

As for Haven, I haven't learned the callouts yet lol. I just know that I really like the layout. It feels like an old school, real Halo map and I'm loving it.

I've played it quite a bit, what exactly doesn't work? The game still revolves around controlling the top hill...
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Game is brutal for solo searchers.

It is but if you know you're in for a shit show, it makes it better. You just have to say to yourself, "I'm about to join a match in progress, short a teammate and down by 20 kills. Let's just make the best out of it until my friends get on" lol
 

Ryaaan14

Banned
Game is brutal for solo searchers.

I usually play Regicide if I'm alone. Flood is infuriating, really highlights connection imperfections.

I hate to say it, but going in solo lately has been quite fun because of my apparently low TruSkill rating. I seem to win way more games going in solo in Halo 4 than previous Halo games.
 

Pop

Member
I'd really like to see a more traditional Team Slayer mode implemented on a wider basis in Halo 4 and not just in customs, but I may be in the minority on some of these things.

-Static Ordnance
-Radar
-BR/DMR with 2 frags and pistol start.
-Utility and other weapons on map for ammo and variety (besides the static power weapons).
-Only kills are worth points @ 50 points to win (kill=1 point) for simplicity.
-No deathcam
-No JIP (not sure if possible)
-No press X to spawn (not sure if possible)
-Added death markers and teammate indicators for when teammates are shooting/being shot at. Hopefully that can be added to the game overall.


Most of these things are achievable in Forge, but again, it would be nice to see these things implemented on a wider basis.

I would like to see this as well in MM.
 
Just played a game of Abandon where a guy with an SR rank of 72 and his buddies capped the flag 4 times before spawn camping us because we were lucky to spawn sunny side. Utter shit.

CTF is having more problems with fun than it's ever had IMO. I don't know exactly what it is, but something needs to change.. After seeing what they did to OB, I think we should be able to throw the flag like a damn spear lol or they should put an OB variant in MM that resembles CTF (capture the enemy team's OB and return it to your base).

Hmm, I wonder if you can do that in Customs.. I'm sure it would play way better than the current CTF, and make it touch return since you can throw it :]
 

malfcn

Member
Theater broken? I just played some Infinity and had a cool stick across the entire map. Went to check theater and no films found. Wut?
 
Any word on the strafing glitch? It's causing everyone's strafe to be really slow and is ruining the shooting skill gap, which in turn affects every other skill-gap in the game.

Yea have you seen the amount of glide you get? Ugh I was doing a lip/ghost ledge jump on Haven the other day in custom game trying it over and over you realize when you have to back up line up and try a precise movement how much momentum you build and glide after you stop the direction you push...thats why you cant quick switch back and forth thus preventing you from doing a fast strafe.

Whatever though, ProtectTheCasuals™
 
Theater broken? I just played some Infinity and had a cool stick across the entire map. Went to check theater and no films found. Wut?
Just hit play. It won't say there is a film.

Guys, I just got a sneak peak of a new feature in halo 5! Awww yeah!
Call of Duty has shaped the way other shooters present class and loadout designs for years, and Treyarch successfully redefines the standard with the Pick 10 system. The hook of Pick 10 comes from the ability to defy the loadout rules. Each attachment, weapon, grenade or perk counts as one of your ten points, and you can swap them out at will to create a huge number of combinations. Treyarch has also added in Wild Cards, which allow you to spend additional points to break even more rules, like equipping two primary weapons or up to six perks.
/trollface lol
 
Still waiting on a mercs playlist!!! Why can't this be done?
It should be done at the search level and not a specific playlist. Hopefully it will get hammered out fast, because the game is leaning too heavily on a fast match. Also, JIP needs to have a cut-off for when it will place you in a game.

I'll say it again, objective in H4 is excellent.

Perhaps because it's not over burdened by the terrible ordanance (both random and personal) system.
yes. KOTH is probably my favorite playlist, followed by CTF.

God Tier:
Haven

Good:
Longbow
Solace

Decent:
Meltdown
Adrift

Bad:
Vortex
Exile
Abandon

Garbage:
Ragnarok
Complex
The only reason Exile should be considered "bad" is the excessive vehicles. Your "garbage" section is laughable. Complex works for CTF and KOTH, despite the easily exploited rooftop.

I actually like Solace less than I thought I would. I think it was BigShow that said the map would work better for CTF if the bases were rotated 90 degrees to the long sides of the map, and I think it would be worth setting up a custom variant to see how it plays. The current bases are small and way too easy to camp with camo and a Boltshot.
 

Gazzawa

Member
Just played a game of Abandon where a guy with an SR rank of 72 and his buddies capped the flag 4 times before spawn camping us because we were lucky to spawn sunny side. Utter shit.
Better than the flag swapping incident on paradiso.
I miss invasion spawn killing :(
 

Ramirez

Member
Solace has too many boxes to get hung up on, plus I hate the beam that destroys LOS and makes the game turn into "shoot the red name cuz you can't see the player", lol.
 
Just played a game of Abandon where a guy with an SR rank of 72 and his buddies capped the flag 4 times before spawn camping us because we were lucky to spawn sunny side. Utter shit.
Oof. *hugs*
Solace has too many boxes to get hung up on, plus I hate the beam that destroys LOS and makes the game turn into "shoot the red name cuz you can't see the player", lol.
Yup, multiple battles where I'm trying to find the red reticule when shooting through that.


I laughed, heartedly -
 
Excellent Tier:
Haven

Good Tier
Adrift
Solace

Okay Tier
Complex
Abandon

BTB Garbage Tier
Exile
Meltdown
Vortex
Longbow

Pissing on Valhalla's Corpse Tier
Ragnarok
 
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