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Halo |OT14| They call it Halo

Booties

Banned
Abandon is underrated. Has better landmarks than just about every map in the game.
When you go in solo and your teammate isn't talking and you have no idea where they died,it gets frustrating real fast. I just quit now since it doesn't matter. I do bait for pro only. Abandon has too much crap in the way for my liking. Not simplistic enough.
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
When you go in solo and your teammate isn't talking and you have no idea where they died,it gets frustrating real fast. I just quit now since it doesn't matter. I do bait for pro only. Abandon has too much crap in the way for my liking. Not simplistic enough.

Get back on. I need someone to play with.
 

FyreWulff

Member
For me the pit was always just the best of a bad bunch rather than a classic halo map, the paltry jump height in halo 3 ruined it for me...hell I even prefer solace, abandon and longbow to the pit.

Were you the only person to not get your moon shoes with your copy of Halo 3?
 
Or you know, maybe Halsey narrating the end of Reach doesn't actually mean anything. Maybe Bungie thought it would be a nice touch to have a familiar character reading the text instead of a random person.

Yeah I always took it as a sort of eulogy to Noble 6, but since she refers to Noble 6 as "you" I didn't really take it as being a speech that actually happens in cannon - more symbolic than anything, imo. That the scene is happening in 2589 was just to show Reach had been re-terraformed and the humans had began to land and recolonize (notice the UNSC ship in the distance).

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I wonder if the next game will feature Bornstellar...
 
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Theatricality and deception are powerful agents to the uninitiated... but we are initiated, aren't we?
 

heckfu

Banned
Ugh I am about to leave for the day. Sorry.

You wanna dong tonight? I should be home much earlier.

Sidenote: anyone have the warheads? My new living room is a lot more spacious than my last and those wireless headphone look so legit and have really good reviews. All opinions welcome.
 

Booties

Banned
You wanna dong tonight? I should be home much earlier.

Sidenote: anyone have the warheads? My new living room is a lot more spacious than my last and those wireless headphone look so legit and have really good reviews. All opinions welcome.
Probably won't be home tonight.
 
You wanna dong tonight? I should be home much earlier.

Sidenote: anyone have the warheads? My new living room is a lot more spacious than my last and those wireless headphone look so legit and have really good reviews. All opinions welcome.

Would they work with the next Xbox? I wouldn't buy a proprietary headset this close to launch until I had confirmation it would, but that's me.
 

heckfu

Banned
Would they work with the next Xbox? I wouldn't buy a proprietary headset this close to launch until I had confirmation it would, but that's me.

Yeah I thought about that but I have a guy moving in with me in a week or so and our sleep schedules conflict a lot with me getting off work at midnight and him going in at 7 am so I want to try and minimize extra noise. I would literally see him getting ready for work as I get ready lol.

I know the price point is high but I would end up moving this box to my room when the nextbox comes out.

The engadget review is really high on praise for it I just didn't know if anyone had first hand experience.
 

CyReN

Member
With that horrible picture..

when I was younger I used to drink Nesquik chocolate milk and Frito-Lay Sun Chips together, now I gag thinking about it.
 
I can't stand complex - but I maintain that Halo 4's base set of maps are still infinitely superior to those in Halo 3. There wasn't anything as good as haven or exile in Halo 3 at launch, not by a long shot.

For me the pit was always just the best of a bad bunch rather than a classic halo map, the paltry jump height in halo 3 ruined it for me...hell I even prefer solace, abandon and longbow to the pit.

The Pit > Longbow

Isolation > Solace

Epitaph > Abandon

Construct > Adrift

SANDTARP > Complex

Guardian > Haven

Epitaph > Abandon? You're fucking high. Epitaph is such a colossal piece of shit.

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Lol. To each their own... at least Epitaph had OS, Camo and Rockets on respawn timers to fight over. Better aesthetics too. Abandon has poop colour foliage everywhere, no flow, no regularly timed weapons (i think) and an overpowered central structure that's a nightmare to prize a competent team from. Plus Epilogue multi team Crazy King wuz da best.
 
I agree. Reach really was a masterpiece.

The music, the setpieces, the skyboxes, the sounds (for the most part), and the voice acting were all really good.

If it's MP didn't have bloom, AAs, and nuke grenades, it would probably be the best Halo to date.

Agreed. Reach as a whole was better than Halo 4. Art design and graphics were stellar too.
 
Eagle I think we're in the same game LOL

I'm so blasted dude..... I got the flag and like 2 mins of holding it my friend says "you're going the wrong way" - This game could've ended a long time ago hahah

Feels good to play Halo on a day like this. Not too far from my area:

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They're all abandoned.
 
I honestly think Halo 4 Legendary is the easiest Legendary to date due to the poor AI and how easy it is to cheese encounters. I'd probably rank them, from easiest to hardest:

Halo 4 > Halo 3 > Halo Reach > Halo CE > Halo 3 ODST > Halo 2 > fucking bullshit AI in Halo Wars
 

Duji

Member
Epilogue >>>>>> Epitaph.

Also Abandon sucks. Am I the only one that notices the fact that there are some very, very questionable rock wall placements? There's one rock ramp near the back lift that LEADS INTO a cave/wall formation when trying to go into the purple trees area. You literally have to run up the ramp and then turn left, otherwise you're gonna get stuck on this stupid corner. I've seen so many people run up the ramp and literally run into this wall/cave thingy.

There's another place that has this problem also near the purple trees area. It's when you're at ring 2 and headed towards the trees. Walking along that railing will make you run straight into a big rock wall. I've done it so many times by accident when I'm in a strafe battle. I just never expect this big ass wall to come out of nowhere.

We should make a montage of people running into these two walls.

I would take some pics to show you where this is but I can't figure out how to access my file share on Waypoint's website. edit: nvm. I thought they already added that feature. Guess not =/
 
I honestly think Halo 4 Legendary is the easiest Legendary to date due to the poor AI and how easy it is to cheese encounters. I'd probably rank them, from easiest to hardest:

Halo 4 > Halo 3 > Halo Reach > Halo CE > Halo 3 ODST > Halo 2 > fucking bullshit AI in Halo Wars

It's way more easy, I think anyone can notice how easy (or dumb) are the Elites in Halo 4...
The AI reduction was because of the hardware, right? I really hope the AI is improved in the next Halo (in the nextbox).

Also Halo Wars AI wasn't that hard, Halo 2 was worse. For me at least.
 

Havok

Member
I know it's a thing to say how terrible lists are...


but holy shit that list is terrible.

OG Blood Gulch played beautifully but every remake was miserable.
Coag is leagues better than Blood Gulch. The redesigned bases and improved teleporter exits cement that spot. I even like Blood Gulch for what it is, but Big Team CTF BRs on Coagulation was great.
Valhalla is a good version of Blood Gulch.
Ew.
 
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