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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke

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-Ryn

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I like it, they are supposed to be purple
Woah

We've come full circle. I totally forgot that they were like that in CE. Thanks for pointing that out.

I guess its just the design that kills it for me then. I just don't like the 343 Grunts. They look like they're straight out of GoW. Really hope the originals return in some capacity.

Glad they're at least making them funny again instead of trying to force the scurry.

Really don't think you're supposed to, lol.

"I regret everything!"



SDCC too.
lol I know. I love silly grunts. But the redesign of the Grunts themselves was most likely an attempt to make them look horrific or something.

Long time no see friends. <3
I've missed you guy

I think the covenant gets more and more strictly purplified with each passing game, probably on purpose to give off a more uniform aesthetic for Jul.
Purple is a lovely color. However these Grunts look like they were dipped in grape juice. The CE grunts had a nice design along with contrasting colors tjay complimentes each other so they didn't look like a grape.
 
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kittens

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lmao @ frankie's dig on the suddoth twins on the Giant Bomb thing
 

RoKKeR

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Really bewildered at the BR... It hardly seems like a BR with how tight the spread is and the sound design which makes it seem more like a DMR. Really strange when we already have the DMR in the game.
 
Really bewildered at the BR... It hardly seems like a BR with how tight the spread is and the sound design which makes it seem more like a DMR. Really strange when we already have the DMR in the game.

Well, the spread was always a problem for competitive play with the BR and they're trying to fix the issues with it as best they can. A precision weapon with three distinct bullets shouldn't really exist- since it's either actually imprecise (has spread) or pointless (no spread, but then why even have more than one bullet?).

I'm sure they sorta wish they could delete it, but the BR is an institution now, so here we are.
 

daedalius

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Well, the spread was always a problem for competitive play with the BR and they're trying to fix the issues with spread as best they can. A precision weapon with three distinct bullets shouldn't really exist since it's either actually imprecise (has spread) or pointless (no spread, but then why even have more than one bullet?).

I'm sure they sorta wish they could delete it, but BR is a institution now, so here we are.

I'd rather have the magnum back as the primary blainer

A bigger more bad ass looking magnum.

Like the last word :p
 
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kittens

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"you really get addicted to knowing where babies come from, thanks internet" - frankie
 
Playing Gears reminds me I miss playing game where there is a skill gap

downloading, should be ready after brekky in the morning.

I'm torn, I want that elite controller so I can map the cover button to a bumper so I can bumper bounce, but that price tag doe....$150...I just want remapping man is that so wrong.
 
Well, as everyone probably noticed. All the req slots were pluralized.
Plasma Casters
Battle Rifles
Rocket Launchers

So each one will have multiple entries. Vehicles too.
Variants maybe? Legendary?
Gotta be more than that, cosmetic swapped versions?
 

TheOddOne

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Tweet that, Heckfu.
 

Anfony O

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Can't believe there is not disc with the lomited collector. Ah well seems like i'll be buying an additional limited edition to get a hold of the disc. Any word on the LE console?
 

jbug617

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What did he answer? Couldn't watch the stream :/

he separated Xbox Game Preview (Early Access) and what happened with MCC. He said they screwed up with MCC but spent the rest of the time talking about Early Access and how it's different on consoles. It's going to be more curated and watched more closely compared to Steam. They are launching it with established indies who done Early Access and if it doesn't work out they would just scrap that program.
 

Madness

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I could be mistaken but have they yet said whether BTB is part of Arena? Everytime I've heard Arena mentioned, it's always as 4v4 etc. BTB, SWAT, Doubles, Objective, ranks are all still in every part of Arena right?
 

Mix

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I could be mistaken but have they yet said whether BTB is part of Arena? Everytime I've heard Arena mentioned, it's always as 4v4 etc. BTB, SWAT, Doubles, Objective, ranks are all still in every part of Arena right?
So arena is likely the encompassing term for the rest of the multiplayer experience outside of warzone at this point. Equal starts, same abilities, etc.
 

Madness

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So arena is likely the encompassing term for the rest of the multiplayer experience outside of warzone at this point. Equal starts, same abilities, etc.

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. Sounds good to me. I'm just worried because of the careful 'speak' 343 has been using. 4v4 competitive Arena is equal starts. You'll definitely see ranks in competitive Arena. As if there could be a Social Arena without ranks or BTB has Infinity which a lot of people love so they only say equal starts in 4v4. Eh, I'm probably just confusing myself now.
 

Captain Friendo

Neo Member
I wonder how many armor sets there will be in the game then, may be a lot more than Halo 4. Just praying for Mark V.
Fall of Reach animated series? Is that something we haven't heard of or did I miss a megaton?
Hasn't been formally unveiled although Frank's told us it will release with Halo 5 on the Halo Channel all at once as opposed to periodically.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Yeah that's what I'm thinking. Sounds good to me. I'm just worried because of the careful 'speak' 343 has been using. 4v4 competitive Arena is equal starts. You'll definitely see ranks in competitive Arena. As if there could be a Social Arena without ranks or BTB has Infinity which a lot of people love so they only say equal starts in 4v4. Eh, I'm probably just confusing myself now.

Btb will Be normal arena style btb, just with vehicles.
 

Ramirez

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So, I watched a few more videos. Warzone didn't look that bad when being played by a competent player. Still a lot of questions, just how much will the weapon power ups fuck with the flow of a match? The AI seems few and far between, the initial reveal made it seem like there was a constant battle going on between 2 player teams and loads of AI, but the videos I've watched have been pretty much player VS player only, lol.

I have no problem with the ADS, but some of the scopes are just...bad. The carbine, shotgun, and SAW specifically are terrible. A zoomed in view with the weapon pushed to the side is the best you could come up with? What is even the point, it looks stupid and anyone used to typical ADS isn't going to be satisfied with that either. The Carbine had a scope function in the past games, why not draw inspiration from that instead of a weird sight that pops up above the ammo counter? The Light Rifle from the beta was brilliant with its zoom functionality, these just seem very boring and silly.

The weapon sounds aren't that great either. The alien weapons don't sound distinct at all, and this seems to be carrying over from Halo 4, which also had really poor weapon sounds for the Covenant weapons in particular.

Tashi, is the Recon control scheme unchanged from the beta? I really enjoyed that, and would like if it stayed the same, or at least if there was a control option similar to it. I don't want GP on melee in that scheme, and I really don't think crouch jumping is going to be a thing in this game, so I would prefer GP to just stay on the left stick.

I know I just posted a bunch of negative shit, but in the grand scheme of things, scopes and sound aren't that important...to me. I still hold the opinion that the beta was the most fun I've had in Halo since the glory days of HaloGAF in 3, so if they can deliver solid maps for the Arena, I still see this as my primary MP game this fall.

Oh, and $250 for that LE...I just don't get it, but whatever floats your boat, men.
 

Captain Friendo

Neo Member
So as I continued my CE Legendary play through, I found this to be really random.



Why is it standing upright?
Why couldn't I pick it up or give me ammo?
Why is the light on?

#huntthetruth
Man CEA is such a beautiful game. CEA and H2A had such great aesthetics, felt consistent but fresh, too.
 
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