NullPointer
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GhaleonEB said:
Great impressions Ghal - your AI analysis has ratcheted my hype back to maximum
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Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach
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Great impressions Ghal - your AI analysis has ratcheted my hype back to maximum
squidhands
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Yeah, the AI is much more intelligent than in H3 Campaign. I only got to play for a total of 20 minutes (with infinite lives), and I could tell a big difference, especially if you tried to ambush a group filing into the arena from an door. They would actively defend themselves to push you back so they could get at least one or two Covies around to try and flank you. Awesome stuff.
vhfive said:i wont be doing customs tonight because there are friends and such over. maybe late tonight but even then im not sure.
basically saying that with me, eazy and ghal gone someone needs to step the fuck up and take control
I can always start it, but I can't host it for too long since I think my connection can't host 8v8 :lol . Let me finish this game of Battlefield 1943, then I'll try to start the customs.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
ZayneH said:
Party Leader =/= Host.
GodfatherX
Member
Really wish I had made the trip out to PAX this year, I was at PAX07 (with a media pass, damn I miss my blogging days) and it was a great time all around
gnarkill bill
Member
hmm.
Stormtrooper30
Member
the hell? It's NYFD, not FDNY.
And Arnie... wtf?
And Arnie... wtf?
Stormtrooper30
Member
Tashi0106 said:
Oh, well thats just dumb. Here in Memphis and in other cities I've been to it's like "MPD and MFD" New York's just gotta be different.
Guess who I found?
BladedExpert
Member
Blueblur1 said:
Like the Pirate?
The Librarian
Banned
GhaleonEB said:
Wow. I wasn't expecting Bungie to do some fine improvements to the AI. Bungie seems to have really stepped up their game with the AI in Firefight.
Thanks. And from the last sentence in your post, looks like there will be more. Can't wait.
elrechazado
Banned
Stormtrooper30 said:
bzzzzzzzzzzzzzt
xxjuicesxx
Member
Actually aren't there both the NYFD and the FDNY. Corresponding to the state and the city or something?
I use Icechat. It's pretty simple to use as long as you're familiar with IRC clients. Remember to check the lister of servers so you can log onto the closest one.Tashi0106 said:
http://www.efnet.org/?module=servers
Hint for the guy on the left: Brute pimp avatar.Sai-kun said:
Not a whole lot to add (that isn't under NDA for a bit longer) that I didn't post already, but I thought of a few more details.
The Engineers are both dangerous for what they do, and very hard to take out. They have a powerful shield, and every time I managed to knock it off, they'd fly away before we could take one down. I never saw one destroyed. I did see their effects several times - fully shielded packs of Grunts, Buggers, Jackals and Hunters. I can't tell you the sheer panic that set in when I went to take out a pack of Grunts with the pistol only to have the shots ping on their shield. Catch was turned on, and that advancing army of little dudes was about to make it rain explosives.
Brutes seem to have the same kind of shield by default that Elites used to have. In Halo 3 most of them just had power armor on, not actual overshields. These guys all have overshields. It makes them much harder.
I only got to one bonus round; I think it was after the second or third full round. It was insane and hilarious. All skulls turn on, so there's a crazy high point modifier, and we had to get 8,000 points before everyone died in order to get some extra lives (which stack as you go). We got 5,500. Being the last man standing as a pack of 20 angry Grunts rain from the sky hurling grenades was, um, something I'll remember, to put it one way.
After a full round, the announcer says "Weapon Drop". That means the health packs and weapons are replaced on the map. In the starting room there's usually a rack with a couple extra SMGs and Pistols, but there's very few power weapons on the maps. One had a rocket launcher and a sniper rifle, but I don't think we found any others. Saving the power weapons for the later parts of the rounds - for Hunters and Chieftains - is very wise.
"Lives Added" is also announced after a round. When I was playing two player on Heroic, we got two lives added to our pool per round. I think the number of lives you get per round varies by difficulty, but don't quote me on that.
The game feels like Halo, but tweaked slightly. I was able to jump in and play seamlessly, but quickly learned that the changes don't so much affect how the game plays, but how you have to play the game. It's that sense of vulnerability I mentioned before - everything is just more dangerous, but it also means that surviving a round with a squad of other players is incredibly satisfying.
It's going to be a long two and a half weeks until the game lands.
The Engineers are both dangerous for what they do, and very hard to take out. They have a powerful shield, and every time I managed to knock it off, they'd fly away before we could take one down. I never saw one destroyed. I did see their effects several times - fully shielded packs of Grunts, Buggers, Jackals and Hunters. I can't tell you the sheer panic that set in when I went to take out a pack of Grunts with the pistol only to have the shots ping on their shield. Catch was turned on, and that advancing army of little dudes was about to make it rain explosives.
Brutes seem to have the same kind of shield by default that Elites used to have. In Halo 3 most of them just had power armor on, not actual overshields. These guys all have overshields. It makes them much harder.
I only got to one bonus round; I think it was after the second or third full round. It was insane and hilarious. All skulls turn on, so there's a crazy high point modifier, and we had to get 8,000 points before everyone died in order to get some extra lives (which stack as you go). We got 5,500. Being the last man standing as a pack of 20 angry Grunts rain from the sky hurling grenades was, um, something I'll remember, to put it one way.
After a full round, the announcer says "Weapon Drop". That means the health packs and weapons are replaced on the map. In the starting room there's usually a rack with a couple extra SMGs and Pistols, but there's very few power weapons on the maps. One had a rocket launcher and a sniper rifle, but I don't think we found any others. Saving the power weapons for the later parts of the rounds - for Hunters and Chieftains - is very wise.
"Lives Added" is also announced after a round. When I was playing two player on Heroic, we got two lives added to our pool per round. I think the number of lives you get per round varies by difficulty, but don't quote me on that.
The game feels like Halo, but tweaked slightly. I was able to jump in and play seamlessly, but quickly learned that the changes don't so much affect how the game plays, but how you have to play the game. It's that sense of vulnerability I mentioned before - everything is just more dangerous, but it also means that surviving a round with a squad of other players is incredibly satisfying.
It's going to be a long two and a half weeks until the game lands.
NullPointer
Member
GhaleonEB said:
Oh. Shit.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
I'm banned from efnet, laugh out loud?
The improved AI and enemy changes are a big deal in my book. I really didn't and couldn't have noticed those enhancements when I was casually watching justin.tv streams of people playing on Easy and Normal. And there's stuff under NDA, eh? Sounds interesting. Must be something other than the
. Maybe more Firefight tidbits?
Michael Jackson at the end of the game
That's just bizarre. Well, you can always register again. No biggie, right?Domino Theory said:
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Blueblur1 said:
Why the fuck did I highlight that? -_-
NullPointer
Member
Blueblur1 said:
Survey says: Yes.
At least that's my guess. I sure as hell didn't read it.
It's not your fault. It was a spoiler, and you said it was a spoiler, and you used spoiler tags correctly. Anyone reading it - like me! - has no one to blame but themselves. I'm kicking myself, not cursing you.Blueblur1 said:Oh my God. I put a warning in the title so you guys of all people should have avoided it! I edited it and made it a joke now. I feel bad now.
People are too used to seeing the spoiler tags being use to hide jokes, that they highlight them without even thinking about it.
Maybe a good idea would be using red highlights before them so they stick out more, for example, HUGE SPOILER AHEAD!
(<- not really a spoiler, it says "testing testing testing testing", but don't highlight either way)
Maybe a good idea would be using red highlights before them so they stick out more, for example, HUGE SPOILER AHEAD!
testing testing testing testing
NullPointer
Member
Now that's just cruel. :lolLetters said: