Nobody at 343, at any time said anything about random weapon placements.
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Nobody at 343, at any time said anything about random weapon placements.
Navidson REC
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Has clan functionality been confirmed? That would be sweet!
Generally, I hope that 343 retains those features that made Halo special among its console peers, especially the Active Roster. It's such a simple yet extremely comfortable thing and it makes navigating the online experience so much nicer.
I'm kinda disappointed that we didn't get a full-blown trailer though... But that doesn't change the fact that I'm really confident with what those guys are doing. I mean, the BR is back!
Regardless of the story, I want to see two discs just because it allows for so much more content,
ElzarTheBam
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thezerofire
Banned
where on bnet?
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Im glad to hear that it holds up, I was worried that it may look nice now but be a bit bland in person. It does look really awesome, man I hope they post the map flythrough's or at least some direct feed MP screenshots.
Any bits on info you picked up on that we may not have seen in the video we saw?
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Visibility is great. The film grain from Reach is completely gone and colors have a very solid look to them the way they did in Halo 3. Crisp, clear, clean.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Good to hear. I hope it's just a (false) rumor.
No, not confirmed. People are speculating based on the unicorn and wolf emblems seen on the points bar in a few of the screens captured from the trailer.
You are quickly gaining in the love race between you and Sir Ellis.
The Antitype
Banned
I didn't take offense, and I agree. I would far prefer consistent weapon spawns, I was just considering a way this could work if 343 are dead-set on it.
why they heff to be mad?
If possible could we get properly confirmed details or at the very least denial of the misinformation floating around via the next bulletin?
You lost points after that hideous post of you doing some sort of Sai impersonation with a ridiculous hat on your head.
I was under the weather that day, I have excuses.
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=70617970 oh wow that wouldn't fly here
Hyper, where's that GIF from? I feel like I've missed so much, Reach's mehness and my personal life having me across the world from Xbox for 2/3rds of the year have made me miss a ton of stuff, feels good to be back in!
Demoncarnotaur
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Agreed, I was hoping for a bit more in terms of actual footage and screens. Lets hope we will start to get a steady feed on info from here on out.
Im in a paradoxical position right now. I LOVE what I have seen and Im hyped. The game looks brilliant. Or it looks brilliant too me and that is all what matters. Im much more hyped than I was for Reach at this point. But there is a fear. I fear the perk system. We havent gotten any real information about it. So I wont really comment. Still Reach has left an unpleasant taste in my brain/mouth/whatever when I hear words like customization or loadouts in combination with MP. But if 343i is saying I dont have to fear anything, I wont. Overall the MP looks like a lot of fun. The maps look impressive (especially the Forerunner one). I dont have to say much about BR, just it sounds amazing and I hope it plays like its sound.
I love 343is approach to not reveal the game with campaign footage or not telling us the threat. And I love Frankies small teases. MP is integrated in the canon? Hell yeah. The Forerunner map gets lighted by artificial sun? Oh god. Wait? ARTIFICIAL? OMG IS IT ONYX? At this part my brain freaked out. But not. Frankie continued to damage my brain. The ancient threat is something that the Chief never faced before? So it cant be the flood? OH. CRAP. CRAP. Nothing to say anymore, just this:
Thx plywood for the gif.
That sums up my thoughts on a lot of what was shown so far, man I really can't wait to see what else they have cooking.
:lol at your .gif, not too many people can use a .gif of themselves that is from official Halo material!
Shake Appeal
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So what about random weapon timers?
ncsuDuncan
Member
yes. devo mentioned that as well
ViewtifulJC
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They never said random weapon placements, all I read was random weapon timers.
Regardless, I like the power weapons on the HUD thing. Great addition in Gears of War 3 for fans of all skill levels.
Regardless, I like the power weapons on the HUD thing. Great addition in Gears of War 3 for fans of all skill levels.
Exactly what I was aiming for.
Oh God, can you imagine? 343, gotta get on this trolltunity.
dragonelite
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Reason Blue vs red are fighting.
red = Oni = Cerberus(ME) Human first movement branches off UNSC.
Blue = UNSC = Shepard(ME) Just want to survive this evil and if that means help from aliens oke.
And Blue vs Red are fighting for control over shield world map sections and controlling some sections(shattered Galaxy or Hybrid concept??) will give you're team a slight advantage maybe those are the perks ?
/Maybe im crazy and looking to much shit behind it and just want a multiplayer meta campaign or something.
red = Oni = Cerberus(ME) Human first movement branches off UNSC.
Blue = UNSC = Shepard(ME) Just want to survive this evil and if that means help from aliens oke.
And Blue vs Red are fighting for control over shield world map sections and controlling some sections(shattered Galaxy or Hybrid concept??) will give you're team a slight advantage maybe those are the perks ?
/Maybe im crazy and looking to much shit behind it and just want a multiplayer meta campaign or something.
Devin Olsen
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I think the article mentioned that the timers wouldn't (or had the ability to not) be at set intervals... I think the locations thing was just something Gaf came up with on it's own.
People started to argue what the benefit of controlling power weapon spawn "areas" if they could respawn at random times during the match.
You were probably denying both rumors, but the location thing wasn't ever reported anywhere to my knowledge.
Agree. I'm knee-deep in audit prep and so don't have time to put together a longer post, but my chief concern is with the implementation. Armor abilities and load outs added a huge amount of complexity to the number of variables that need to be adjusted and managed to balance a map/game type. When you toss in custom load outs, perks and armor abilities (assuming they're in), things get multiplied even more.
That's tough to manage from a balance perspective, but even more so from a playlist management point of view. It was too much in Reach, and the playlists were not managed at a sufficient level of detail. I hope the tools to perform playlist maintainance are not as limited as they are now, given how long it takes for adjustments to roll through.
Shorter Ghaleon: I love what we've seen so far. I'm nervous about what we haven't seen. Nothing too shocking, I suppose.
is there reason to believe they are back?
i think the talk of "perks" and the lack of a visible power gauge for sprint points to them being excluded this time out.
Tha Robbertster
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thezerofire
Banned
yeah I think the spartan iv's look fucking awesome
Slightly Live
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Wait, this might be old. Dang. Yup, derp.
ncsuDuncan
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Forum debates are going to get incredibly complicated. No more simple AR vs BR!
Battle Rifle + ACOG scope + Stopping Power
vs
Assault Rifle + Foregrip + Last Stand
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I'll never hit Inheritor in Reach. What am I going to do when Halo 4 has Prestige Mode?
Battle Rifle + ACOG scope + Stopping Power
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Assault Rifle + Foregrip + Last Stand
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I'll never hit Inheritor in Reach. What am I going to do when Halo 4 has Prestige Mode?
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Can't wait to learn more.
Can't wait to learn more.
Best I can do:
i wonder if we'll be able to customize the white patterns on the armor now too
thanks for the link. i hadn't seen it yet.
goddamnit. frankie skirting the pistol question.
J-Roderton
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Yeah, they're pretty cool looking. Look kinda like robots to me.
stryker1138
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Does anyone else think the Spartan IV's look a little too much like power rangers? Something about the helmet...
VivaciousJazzy
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I love you.
The Librarian
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With all due respect, I think you missed the point of that entire section. I'm not averse to change. I embraced Halo 3's equipment, (on the campaign side, ODST's hubworld) and I was willing to embrace Reach's bloom and AAs and loadouts (look at my post history) until I played it and saw how detrimental the changes were. Halo 3's equipment worked, or worked better than Reach's AAs, because it was worked into Halo's design philosophy something to fight over. Everyone still started on equal footing, and if you could get to the equipment and survived, you were rewarded. (This is setting aside implementation debate).
Let's talk about Sprint. I've seen this .gif posted countless times but I've yet to see anyone say anything about what's actually happening in it. One of my dislikes for Sprint is that you can charge at someone and beat them down before they have time to react, or before they have enough time to your shields down. This ends in either the Sprinter winning, or a simultaneous beatdown (which a lot of people in HaloGAF loathe). Now, you're probably asking, "Okay, but if everyone has sprint, the player can just turn around and sprint away before a situation like that happens." To which I say, look at the .gif again. Situations like that will not be rare. The red Spartan didn't have time to react, he didn't have time to turn around, and because the blue Spartan got off the first melee, he'll likely win. All of that is not even asking what happens with a Sprinter and a close-range power weapon. I can't be the only one on this board who gets frustrated in getting killed by a Sprinter with a sword or a shotgun. I used it to great abuse the other day on Reflection.
Now, if we're talking about Sprint as a power weapon to fight over? It would work a lot better that way, I think. Or if it must be a default ability, there are other ways to balance it out. If a player gets shot, make the him stop sprinting, or have the player wait a full second or two when coming out a sprint for certain weapons, or don't allow them to switch weapons while sprinting. Unless/until changes like this are announced, I'll continue to worry and dislike the implementation of the idea.
The idea of "casually walking" isn't something that happens if the base speed is fast enough, and you have assistants like teleporters or mancannons to help with player movement. With all of that, Sprint seems a little superfluous, and comes off as Halo playing catch up, when it was really going around the idea the entire time beforehand.
And that's not even touching what effects Sprint has on campaign.
Look, any changes or anything new introduced will always cause a good deal of skepticism and worry for how they'll play out. With stuff like Sprint and a more evolved form of "loadouts" (from what we've been hearing), I'm drawing upon my experience with Reach as well as baggage that comes with introducing something new. I must admit that at the same time I worry about being, or appearing, unfair, so hopefully I've explained myself well enough.
J-Roderton
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I'm not really digging the helmet in these pics, but of course we will have the chance to change it. Rest of it seems pretty legit.
About that whole Sprint post, I think Sprint works but if the movement speed is up in 4, I honestly would see no use for it. The gif posted earlier seems way fast.
You don't know what your next opponent is going to have. If the gameplay isn't opposing your ability to counter anything, then you actually feel a sense of reward.
We really should be... We've waited for pattern customization since Halo 2. At least i have.
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