The Real Napsta
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Mario Kart 8 voting is great.
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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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Mario Kart 8 voting is great.
It would take about... one HCS match before players would start to get death threats because some kid lost his/her Req cards.
Forerunner
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Can't be any worse than CSGO where players can lose hundreds in skins.
GringoSuave89
Banned
God I love the CSGO players when they lose it all. It's a beautiful implosion.
welcome to the (less) dark side
ElzarTheBam
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
But some of my best friends are HaloGAF
If there aren't any legality issues, something like this could be huge.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Questionable decision, friend. This place is toxic and unsafe. Ya have some people posting that their favorite Halo game is Halo 3, others posting about throwing their consoles in the closet or having it on craigslist, and just general shit flinging from our
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Tread carefully, you never know what you're gonna get
I thought only JC was allowed to do that.
Wut...
I outta has was when this shit shat out your like 15? if i ever so ignorant i could be a first place he be up all tied up he second palce..
Apparently SUROS produced Spartan Lasers as well...
Halo-verse is alternate Destiny-verse CONFIRMED.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Soon he'll start dropping n-bombs
TFW your white friends IRL start using racial slurs on XBL
I chuckled when Locke's team was revealed as Fireteam Osiris.
Poodlestrike
Banned
You came to the WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD, MOTHERFUCKER!
lol
Think you got that backwards, boyo.
link1201
Member
I do like the white, but I am seeing it a lot. I suppose they are only showing a very small subset of the skins now. I do hope having the req system in place requires them to have a HUGE amount of content. I have never felt a Halo game has had enough customizable content. I hope with this system that changes.
Order of the phrasing is irrelevant in this case.
Toe-MAY-toe : Toe-MAH-toe
Universe A : Universe 1
They're gonna put MC through the TRIALS OF OSIRIS
Poodlestrike
Banned
So, finally got to watch The Sprint. Good stuff, as ever. Thoughts:
Audio design continues to be an interesting field; do they just do stuff randomly? I mean, I imagine that eventually you get a sense of what'll sound like what, but it seems to be about making as many sounds as possible and picking the good bits. The light sensor was especially cool, in a synesthesia sort of way.
Better insight into how the REQ system works with the discussion of tier variants, and a few more questions. So, does each weapon have 9 tiers? 'Cause the Shotty apparently has a Tier 2 variant. Does that mean you can buy the base model as soon as you have the in-game currency for it, rather than having to wait until your team levels up?
The breakable wall sections are a fun addition.
I can see why they went with a more... straightforward section for the stage demo. Looks like a ton of work, in terms of both technical work and rehearsal. Were the other members of Osiris player controlled in the stage demo too?
Audio design continues to be an interesting field; do they just do stuff randomly? I mean, I imagine that eventually you get a sense of what'll sound like what, but it seems to be about making as many sounds as possible and picking the good bits. The light sensor was especially cool, in a synesthesia sort of way.
Better insight into how the REQ system works with the discussion of tier variants, and a few more questions. So, does each weapon have 9 tiers? 'Cause the Shotty apparently has a Tier 2 variant. Does that mean you can buy the base model as soon as you have the in-game currency for it, rather than having to wait until your team levels up?
The breakable wall sections are a fun addition.
I can see why they went with a more... straightforward section for the stage demo. Looks like a ton of work, in terms of both technical work and rehearsal. Were the other members of Osiris player controlled in the stage demo too?
The card version looks nice. Is the one on the right the default skin?
CRIMSONxSERAPH
Neo Member
The more I see and hear of Warzone, the more it excites me. It looks to be crazy awesome!
From what little I've seen, and what I'm hoping we can assume, this looks to also be the most customizable Halo game to date, which is fantastic.
Give me (limited) emblem placements, bring back clans and allow clan emblems on-Spartan, and introduce rank-emblems.
It'd be fantastic if you had control of the color and skin of each piece of armor, too.
Alas, I know I'm pipedreaming with all of this, though.
i think you assume to much about halo players. i'm not so sure a huge amount care about rank or will care much about and/or notice an effect on req packs. i think it needs to be something immediately noticable, such as an appropriate matchmaking ban.
Also just finished the sprint, I love those things so much. I would like to see some continuing support version of these as they go forward.
With this and all of the other E3 coverage I'm still digesting all of it but my initial gut reaction is really positive.
Looks like that trailer bit of Locke fighting Jul with Halsey in the background happens early on (I'm guessing right before the level they demoed). Appears Jul is going to be taken care of quickly which then puts Laskey, Halsey, Roland and Palmer together to have the Chief AWOL discussion (unless that scene radically changed) which we've already heard is happening early on. I expect some words between Palmer and Halsey (Palmer, 'I thought you'd be taller'... Halsey, 'I thought you'd be a better shot')
With this and all of the other E3 coverage I'm still digesting all of it but my initial gut reaction is really positive.
Looks like that trailer bit of Locke fighting Jul with Halsey in the background happens early on (I'm guessing right before the level they demoed). Appears Jul is going to be taken care of quickly which then puts Laskey, Halsey, Roland and Palmer together to have the Chief AWOL discussion (unless that scene radically changed) which we've already heard is happening early on. I expect some words between Palmer and Halsey (Palmer, 'I thought you'd be taller'... Halsey, 'I thought you'd be a better shot')
Welfare
Member
I wanted my orbs back, dammit.
Forerunner
Member
I'd also be in favor of matchmaking bans. CSGO does this but they can be extremely harsh.
30 min
2 hours
24 hours
7 days
Seven days is a bit much.
Maybe start it off at 5 or 10 mins then 15 mins and keep increasing it up to 24 hours. Also have the ban reset every 24 hours.
I feel like you can never be harsh enough to repeat offenders.
jailbird20022
Banned
I was partial to the sound when you picked one up.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Definitely needs a ban for quitters, idlers, betrayers, etc. 10 minutes should be fine as a starting point, then go from there for repeat offenses.
Forerunner
Member
I agree with that. I just find the jump from a day to seven days to be extreme.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
2 questions that maybe someone will be able to answer: did they confirm friendly fire in arena? It was out in the beta right? I've played too much MCC to remember. Also, in the beta, using left trigger as smart scope was advantageous over using it with the standard R3 because it would auto re-scope after being descoped when shot, correct? Is that still in? I really want to keep grenades on left trigger if I can.
Preach. Deranking as well. I'm so fucking sick of it in MCC, it is an epidemic across every single playlist.
The problem isn't just people quitting several times a day, it's that they quit at all. That's why you need harsh punishments, but also a way to reconnect to a game that's not over yet. People don't give a shit about 15 minute bans, especially not if it takes 3 quits to get to that point. That's why the CSGO method works, people sure as hell don't want to get locked out of the competitive mode for 24 hours, let alone a week. People also actually care about their ranks so they are less compelled to quit out as it counts as a double loss (if not worse).
betrayals are especially tough because a bad player can put himself in an obviously dangerous situation greatly increasing the likelihood a "good" player gets an accidental betrayal. not to mention all the trolling that used to go on where teammates would harass you by constantly dropping your shields to have you die by enemies easier and get angry enough to betray them so you get kicked.
Fata1moose
Banned
It would be nice if players who betray a teammate can't pickup the weapon the other player was holding, that way you can keep friendly fire on for competitive gametypes while discouraging betrayals.
Forerunner
Member
I agree with that, but only if there's a way to reconnect like you mentioned. Someone's Internet might go out or something beyond their control happens. If the punishment is too harsh for non-repeat offenders, it'll cause more harm than good. If they want to have harsh punishments, that's fine, just have a way for players to reconnect (I doubt this is going to happen though).
the elite controller has me thinking i'll be changing up my control scheme greatly (its been bumper jumper since halo 3). hell, i may even use a dedicated button to ADS - unless this no longer gives an advantage in the final game. updates on this Josh?
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Well it won't have campaign theater or btb at launch.
It is forced because if I don't want to play srs arena all the time and want to screw around in a btb environment, then I have to deal with all the random bullshit instead of classic btb.
It is also forced because they are focusing on it more than classic btb. In media and dev time apparently.
And if you think this will keep the fly-by-night halo players that leave after a week for other easy-mode games like CoD then I have some bad news. BATTLEFRONT and CoD come out in the following weeks. Along with Fallout 4.
The Sum of Zero
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I've learned to steer clear of them. Helps reduce my salt intake.
EDIT: I survived being a Junior during E3. Booyah.
jailbird20022
Banned
FOR WHAT PURPOSE?!
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
I don't understand what you're saying here. Is it a question or a statement?
It's the same white one, just in-game. Since it's high noon the sun gives it a yellow tinge plus the reflections from the nearby ground make it almost brown.
User 73706
Banned
So, question: is there a point to REQ packs that give you custom skins for anything save for starting weapons in Arena mode? Like, will on-map pickups change depending on who picks them up, or will my Will of the Warrior Energy Sword skin not show up on Truth?
jailbird20022
Banned
very loud question.
They're always launching the game with stuff missing, why.
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