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[bobs...onGaf]

no u

Hey you!

We broke Forerunner lol.

 

[xxjuicesxx]

I remember that ghost part. Beat it on my first try drunk as shit. Actually that was pretty fun. At least I didn't have to hit orange buttons for a bit.

 

[CyReN]

no u

Save us.

 

[kylej]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kl4hJ4j48s&t=40s

105 down little nerdlette. Russian porn is going to fly into my laptop at a rate never before seen by man.

 

[Reagan's BR]

Save us.

no u

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUBWxiu5cOo

 

[Syracuse022]

I have a feeling most of HaloGAF will appreciate this.

I think I'll fire the incineration caaaaaannnon :smug look at the camera:

 

[VivaciousJazzy]

Hey you!

We broke Forerunner lol.

What was broken didn't need more breaking. I too have experienced the horrors of the ghost section on co-op.

 

[Poker Face]

yea exile becomes pretty unplayable because of framerate drops. :/

 

[Booties]

Achievement:

50 G: Swoosh: complete halo 4 campaign using xbox smartglass and windows 8 phone; kill self.

 

[Jack Scofield]

Tell me again why this game doesn't have Mercenary playlists? Is that the ONE thing they decided they didn't want from Call of Duty?

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Achievement:

50 G: Swoosh: complete halo 4 campaign using xbox smartglass and windows 8 phone; kill self.

Achievement: 35000G and a blowjob: All Vidmasters at once: Complete Halo 4 campaign co op with Elzar, Andy and ACM.

It cant be done, 5 hours and my tears prove it.

Spoiler

So we going again tomorrow guys? Was actually pretty fun lol.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

no u

I don't even know why we attempted to do it with the iron skull, my neck was crippled, my face was dejected.

Also, we got to the ghost part in our first playthrough, before I accidentally pressed restart mission, instead of revert back to last checkpoint, people were not happy. Ha, ha.

 

[Tashi]

105 down little nerdlette. Russian porn is going to fly into my laptop at a rate never before seen by man.

Hahaha holy shit. That's more than double what I get. What's your service? Also, what's your upload like. You've got a bright streaming future ahead of you lol

 

[NullPointer]

What was broken didn't need more breaking. I too have experienced the horrors of the ghost section on co-op.

I struck out ahead of my group because I was seemingly the only one who grasped how a Ghost worked. Straight run through to the end while hearing the rest of my buddies screaming from respawning facing the opposite direction, getting lost, falling short on their jumps, or otherwise being smashed to pieces by jutting rocks.

Well, it was fun for me.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Tell me again why this game doesn't have Mercenary playlists? Is that the ONE thing they decided they didn't want from Call of Duty?

Even in cod it's very underpopulated. Something like 1-2k people. In halo it would be even lower. In gears 3 is was really low, although the servers helped alleviate what would have been terrible host selection with that population. In halo 4 it would be a waste of a playlist.

 

[Booties]

Hahaha holy shit. That's more than double what I get. What's your service? Also, what's your upload like. You've got a bright streaming future ahead of you lol

How do you measure that stuff? I'm no tech nerd like kyle. I gotta see if my internet is actually worth what I upgraded to.

 

[Tawpgun]

Wouldn't that be horrible on any map?

Because camo and boltshot are horrible.

Worse so on Abandon for how easy it is to hold ring 3. Map seems too cluttered too,

 

[Homeboyd]

Y'all should check that new-ish Z-ro. Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain

Jammin while playing some H4 goes pretty hard in the paint.

 

[Booties]

105 down little nerdlette. Russian porn is going to fly into my laptop at a rate never before seen by man.

I'm guessing xfinity extreme 105? I just got Blast! 50

 

[Tashi]

How do you measure that stuff? I'm no tech nerd like kyle. I gotta see if my internet is actually worth what I upgraded to.

http://www.speedtest.net/

 

[ElzarTheBam]

What was broken didn't need more breaking. I too have experienced the horrors of the ghost section on co-op.

Do you get checkpoints in a coop run that doesn't feature the iron skull?

Because we did not get a single one. I know you do in single player, it's really easy in SP.

Even the iron runs on 3/ODST were 'easy' compared to that hell! : )

 

[Reagan's BR]

How do you measure that stuff? I'm no tech nerd like kyle. I gotta see if my internet is actually worth what I upgraded to.

Here.


Edit: Tashi'd

 

[Havok]

Tell me again why this game doesn't have Mercenary playlists? Is that the ONE thing they decided they didn't want from Call of Duty?

I'm not saying that these filters are active, but assuming they've kept the backend tools that the Bungie Halo games have had, they can filter matchmaking pools using Party Restrictions and prevent single players from being matched with parties without the need for a separate playlist. I don't know that they're actively using them, since I've had some truly horrendous experiences going in solo, but they almost assuredly have those tools at their disposal.

 

[TCKaos]

Stinkles pls

Spoiler

Good to see you back. How's your taste doing? Hopefully not terribly too salty.

Oh, and I dropped another shirt size running up and down my apparently long driveway. Thanks go to Neil and Marty for their awesome tunes that keep me going. Belly of the Beast has become a favorite.

 

[Booties]

http://www.speedtest.net/

Sweet. The university gets 79/67. Not bad.

 

[heckfu]

 

[kylej]

Hahaha holy shit. That's more than double what I get. What's your service? Also, what's your upload like. You've got a bright streaming future ahead of you lol

Should be 40+ upload

 

[DoctorBanjo]

Achievement: 35000G and a blowjob: All Vidmasters at once: Complete Halo 4 campaign co op with Elzar, Andy and ACM.

It cant be done, 5 hours and my tears prove it.

Spoiler

So we going again tomorrow guys? Was actually pretty fun lol.

im up for it, tho i wont be on till 10.30ish. We trying it without Iron Skull?

I accidentally pressed restart mission, instead of revert back to last checkpoint, people were not happy. Ha, ha.

Understatement.

 

[Tashi]

Sweet. The university gets 79/67. Not bad.

That's pretty damn great actually. Not bad for a University I guess though hahaa

Should be 40+ upload

Sick!

 

[Plywood]

Spartan Ops Ep still has that black level issue and my party got split right after the first chapter.

 

[kylej]

I'm guessing xfinity extreme 105? I just got Blast! 50

yeah. it just came to my area. I ordered extreme 105 and basic cable. dude on the phone was like "why are you getting such limited TV service but paying for our most expensive internet" and my response was

"halo"

 

[ElzarTheBam]

im up for it, tho i wont be on till 10.30ish. We trying it without Iron Skull?

Understatement.

Holy fuck, came out of your cave eh?

I do not want to touch that mission for at least a week, although, we did bring the torture upon ourselves.

 

[DoctorBanjo]

we did bring the torture upon ourselves.

Agreed, we put you in charge of restarting checkpoints...

 

[enzo_gt]

I have a feeling most of HaloGAF will appreciate this.

Holy shit there was a will it blend for Halo 3 as well.

Can't believe this phenomenon is that old.

 

[darthbob]

yeah. it just came to my area. I ordered extreme 105 and basic cable. dude on the phone was like "why are you getting such limited TV service but paying for our most expensive internet" and my response was

"halo"

I told my Internet guy, I don't need TV when I P2P at 5MB/s.

 

[ZalinKrow]

Holy fuck, came out of your cave eh?

I do not want to touch that mission for until next week, although we did bring the torture upon ourselves.

And you left me to play campaign, wellity wellity wellity

 

[ElzarTheBam]

And you left me to play campaign, wellity wellity wellity

I mentioned it to them during my despair.

"I told Krow, we would only be an hour"

What were we thinking? Will be on MP tomorrow.

Edit: stop stealing my lines!

 

[ZalinKrow]

I mentioned it to them during my despair.

"I told Krow, we would only be an hour"

What were we thinking? Will be on MP tomorrow.

Edit: stop stealing my lines!

I headed off Halo much sooner than I had planned anyway. Wasn't really feelin' it at all. Waaay too tired and trying to get kills with the AR is uh... it's somethin'. I shoooould be on tomorrow.

 

[blamite]

A few overall questions for you guys:

Would you like to see a Covenant Shotgun replace the Energy Sword, and have "Melee Weapons" and "CQC Weapons" be entirely separate power weapon categories?
This would introduce a shotgun that runs on needles, a human melee weapon (that isn't the Marathon Machete or Katana for once!), and a Promethean melee weapon. The Energy Sword and Gravity Hammer would then occupy the same weapon "slot" in the sandbox which doesn't occur anywhere else. Choosing between one or the other would just depend on map size, personal preference, and so on.

• Blamite powered shotgun = yes please
• Really though, I'm not sure it'd do much good to add more CQC weapons. I feel like there's already a pretty good number of them, and that they cover pretty much all the bases in terms of what's needed mechanically. Withthe selection we have, I think it's mostly a matter of balancing them right, and using them properly on maps.
• Aside from the Boltshot, I think I'm pretty hapy with the CQC sandbox in H4 overall. I don't think any huge changes are needed at this point.

Are there any existing Forerunner or Promethean weapons in the books you'd like to see brought to life in the games?

• Not sure? I can't recall any secific weapons we haven't seen in-game yet, although I'm sure some exist.

Because of the alternate firing modes and possibility for crazy Unreal Tournament-style weapons, are there any unique properties you would want Promethean weapons to have in the future?
Feel free to get creative with this as the Prometheans only have around half as many weapons as the UNSC and Covenant sandboxes so far. More guns with wall-bouncing projectiles, healing guns, gravity guns, etc. The possibilites are endless! (But will be restricted to about 7 or 8 new slots.)

• Maybe there could be a weapon that applies a burnign effect that deals damage over time? Like incendiary grenades, only with MUCH less damage per second.

If Personal Ordnance had to make a return, would you like to see more personalized options?
This one's tricky and I don't mean getting to customize individual weapons, because dealing with Binary Rifle/Incineration Cannon/Damage Boost every time someone gets 70 points wouldn't be fun. I'm talking a Personal Ordnance Loadout with a few possible options. Examples could include "Classic" having grenades or a weapon, a weapon, and a powerup; "Weapons Only" having a melee weapon, a mid-range weapon, and a long-range weapon; and "Explosives" could have grenades, a low-tier explosive power weapon such as the Concussion Rifle, and a high-tier explosive weapon such as the Rocket Launcher.

• I think there's some potential in custom Ordnance loadouts, but it sounds kind of risky, depending on how it's implemented. If the ordnance system as a whole became more standardized and predictable, though, it wouldn't be as much of a problem.
• At the bare minimum, being able to get custom skins for personal ordnance would be a nice (if superficial) option

Answers in bullet points.

 

[Redford]

So yeah... this is what's happening to me apparently:

https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst152022_-OFFICIAL--I-cannot-connect-to-servers-Thread.aspx

So basically they are saying they don't know what the problem is for all these people and they don't know when these select people will be able to connect to the servers again. Some people have been unable to connect for over a week for no known reason.

Bullshit. Get your act together 343.

This is probably something to do with your ISP IP address, the same thing happened to me at the beginning of this year when I was on Telus in Vancouver, and the problem was specifically for that area and some New Zealanders. Lucky for you there seem to be more people affected this time. Lucky for me it happened when it was only Reach.

I think 343 basically had no choice but to wait until Telus did something about it on their own initiative ie. they were ignored.

 

[Louis Wu]

Okay, just played my first game of Team Regicide... hate to admit it, but I don't get it at all. ☹ Where would I look for rules?

 

[NullPointer]

Okay, just played my first game of Team Regicide... hate to admit it, but I don't get it at all. ☹ Where would I look for rules?

I'm sure its all explained in the manual.

 

[enzo_gt]

Okay, just played my first game of Team Regicide... hate to admit it, but I don't get it at all. ☹ Where would I look for rules?

The King on each team is whoever has the most points. They have a permanent +25 bonus on their head. There are two teams. The rest of the rules are exactly the same as Regicide.

 

[JackHerer]

This is probably something to do with your ISP IP address, the same thing happened to me at the beginning of this year when I was on Telus in Vancouver, and the problem was specifically for that area and some New Zealanders. Lucky for you there seem to be more people affected this time. Lucky for me it happened when it was only Reach.

I think 343 basically had no choice but to wait until Telus did something about it on their own initiative ie. they were ignored.

Nope definitely not my ISP. It's something to do with my gamer tag and it's on their end. I am playing on my brothers account right now on the same xbox in the same location and everything works fine. It's just my account that cannot connect to the servers for some inexplicable reason.

 

[Reagan's BR]

Okay, just played my first game of Team Regicide... hate to admit it, but I don't get it at all. ☹ Where would I look for rules?

It is way more fun than normal regicide but the power up system is weird. Also, GO is broken on Haven.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Okay, just played my first game of Team Regicide... hate to admit it, but I don't get it at all. ☹ Where would I look for rules?

Game types need some simple image sliders and text explaining the game types while waiting for matchmaking to search.

They did such an amazing job when you install disc 2 with the slideshow and music playing. Music already exists while waiting so if they just added these instructions things would be great. Even just show them the first 5-10 times you load a gametype etc. Similar to Mario Party instructions that you can toggle them off after understanding them.

 

[ElzarTheBam]

It is way more fun than normal regicide but the power up system is weird. Also, GO is broken on Haven.

Isn't it survive for 30 seconds as the king = over shield?

survive for 60 seconds as the king = damage boost?

 

[Orochinagis]

I have a feeling most of HaloGAF will appreciate this.

Oh man the headphones.....

 

[Redford]

What's the best map in this game?

 

[Tashi]

Okay, just played my first game of Team Regicide... hate to admit it, but I don't get it at all. ☹ Where would I look for rules?

Think of it almost as VIP. However, instead of only getting points for killing the VIP, you get points for all kills but bonus points for killing the King.

Anyone else finding that whoever gets off to a good start is basically King for the rest of the match because of how the points system works?