StalkerUKCG
Banned
Urm
This is for everyone but you deadly cyclone DONT READ IT
How do we break it to him
FUCK YOU GUYS
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Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?
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Urm
This is for everyone but you deadly cyclone DONT READ IT
FUCK YOU GUYS
Hypertrooper
Member
Naomi.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Ah well, *jumps off bridge.*
Kidding, I don't mind seeing spoilers of the book, I get the same out of it.
So that being said, Halo 4 BETTER have us meeting up with the rest of the II's.
Kidding, I don't mind seeing spoilers of the book, I get the same out of it.
So that being said, Halo 4 BETTER have us meeting up with the rest of the II's.
Hypertrooper
Member
No. But I'm the only one.Ah well, *jumps off bridge.*
Kidding, I don't mind seeing spoilers of the book, I get the same out of it.
So that being said, Halo 4 BETTER have us meeting up with the rest of the II's.
MrGreencastle
Member
Oh man, just reading that makes me want a "Noble Team"-esque game featuring these characters. Maybe pre-Covenant war, with gameplay akin to Republic Commando.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I didn't quite like how Bungie did the Spartan "team" idea, but I think 343 can nail it. I want highly tactical combat scenarios like they had in the books (Onyx in particular). Every move was so calculated. Also, where are our HUD lights to flash green/red/amber?
I was thinking Spartan Ops would be a great place to have some Spartan II missions. Heck, they could even do some of the encounters from the greater fiction in Ops.
The Librarian
Banned
Ah well, *jumps off bridge.*
Kidding, I don't mind seeing spoilers of the book, I get the same out of it.
So that being said, Halo 4 BETTER have us meeting up with the rest of the II's.
With the possibility of them ending up like Reach's Spartans? No thanks. I'd rather keep the idea of working alongside Spartans confined to the fiction. That way I'll never be disappointed with the realization of them in the games.
Also I'm not sure if I like the idea of "invincible allies." Takes away some of the tension of the battle and helps pull you out of the campaign.
The only way I think you can realize that is make the combat highly scripted, and that's something I want the least of all in a Halo game.
Blue Ninja
Member
The day we get a Republic Commando-like Halo game with a team of Spartans that feel like real people is the day I can die a happy man
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Still though, gimme.
but not really
Still though, gimme.
HiredN00bs
Member
Frankie or David, can you confirm that Halo 4 will take advantage of the higher quality voice chat that's already available in parties? I believe Halo: CEA did already because it seemed indistinguishable from party chat.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
It's fine kylej, don't worry about it. Some of my best friends are dickheads!
MrGreencastle
Member
I would assume it does. I mean, wasn't that codec update post-Reach launch? I can't remember, and I don't even know if it's relevant... The transition between party chat and game chat is icky, almost feels like going back and playing Halo 2 with a bunch of voice-maskers.
It's OK to have a "devil's advocate".
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Ah, ok, thanks. I didn't know the criteria.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Hydranockz
Member
I lol'd
Jerk.
Intresting.
Pretty sure she's the Mk. VII lady. That entire book is a blur to me now.
Hypertrooper
Member
Naomi. In Glasslands.
Just finished up going through legendary on halo 2 pc for the first time in a few years and forgot how fun a lot of that campaign is. But dear god the horror of the jackal snipers on some of those levels. I was getting sniped out of hogs and ghosts constantly at some points.
Hydranockz
Member
Gabotron ES
Member
I assumed that after watching the
face melting into helmet
Watching Prometheus' trailer before The Avengers was cumtastic...
Which group do I fall into Kyle?
The "Posts as much as Dax did when he was a junior" group.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
So then, what happened to Jun after Reach? Is that in one of the books?
Barrow Roll
Member
3D was screwed up in my theater for almost 2 entire trailers, crowd doesn't know how to shut the fuck up.
I think I'm done with going to the movies.
Hypertrooper
Member
No. Not really. A green Spartan is mentioned in the extra stuff of Fall Of Reach re-issue but it is not said if it is Jun.
Blue Ninja
Member
Nope. Either he died, became a Spartan IV or he merged with the triumvirate of god A.I.'s left on Reach and became ruler of the universe.
That's one of the female II's, I forgot her name. She was escorting Halsey when she was killed during the battle of FuckifIremember VI. The Covenant abducted Halsey, which led into the 'The Package' short.
You said this before almost word for word and I meant to comment on it then, but why is a visual ranking so necessary for you? It would practically do the same exact thing; it would only be different in that there was a nice number for easy, albeit truncated, comparison.
:lol I'm honored
Tha Robbertster
Member
We don't know. I thought Bungie didn't even write anything for what happened to him, so it's up to 343 to either let him be or pick up his story again.
Grumpy-ass old man
That was your first mistake.
Hypertrooper
Member
Oh yeah. You are right.
It makes people care. It makes people really try their best to win, to get that 50. It makes every match matter. It's also a good indicator to see if someone is good or not (or a boost
I lol'd
Good people who we need more of
Which group do I fall into Kyle?
Good people who we need more of
juices you in Canada bro or are you home I wanna play tonight and get pounded by 14 year old MLG nerds
Barrow Roll
Member
Can't say that was unexpected, but yeah pretty much.
Free screening was free.
:lol good one
xxjuicesxx
Member
Bungie and 343 have let Social get too big for itself. It was always like 50.50 in H2 and H3 and they had alotta ranked playlists to compete in. In Reach there were two now there's just one. They are catering too hard to the casuals who don't even play MP. The casuals play the campaign and a bit of MP then leave. The casuals who do stay are fine getting matched with lower class players, it works in their favor too!
Halo has always been about besting your friends, pooping all over randoms, and acting better than everyone else. That's why its so addicting and fun.
I'm on, you not getting on til later? I could go food shopping to kill some time.
Awwww... I'm touched
Yo this controller has reinvigorated my desire to play Halo like crazy again. Not gonna go and start up the Weekly Montage again but damn I don't really mind playing alone again. I'm sure after a few games today my mind will change back again lol
edit: Also the controller seems to have fixed a problem I was having with my mic. I always thought it was the Astro cable but I guess it was the controller. With the old controller the in game voice indicator would be constantly going off even when I wasn't speaking. Now it doesn't do that. Pretty cool.
Barrow Roll
Member
No, you're uniformly a jerk. It doesn't matter whether you're right or not. It doesn't take much thought to express your thoughts in a better way, so you're either incapable or a dickwad of the Internet, first degree.
It's getting too chummy in here.
Kyle, drop an off-brand pejorative that may or may not be construed as anti-gay. Someone get that guy who 'shops AL into Halo 4 screens on the wire. Reach is the pinnacle, bloom was always in Halo, MLG is a bunch of no-drawers-claiming tryhards. The gametype sucks too.
I respect it.
Kyle, drop an off-brand pejorative that may or may not be construed as anti-gay. Someone get that guy who 'shops AL into Halo 4 screens on the wire. Reach is the pinnacle, bloom was always in Halo, MLG is a bunch of no-drawers-claiming tryhards. The gametype sucks too.
I respect it.
dem agains!
Hypertrooper
Member
So just curious? Which group do I belong?
Firstly, the ranking system in Reach isn't just hidden, it's shit. I matched up before with one of my friends who I was actually in party chat with, completely randomly. Now, not blowing my own trumpet but I'm obscenely better than he is, yet we just matched each other. In Halo 2 or 3 this would not happen, because he'd be floating around the 30 mark and I'd be scratching 45 and above.
Now that's the first thing out of the way, but a visual ranking system also gives method to how you're matching up with people, which as a result reduces the frustration when you have an obscenely poor player on your team. In previous Halo games I could sort of judge that, indeed, a player was just having an off game and that they weren't entirely terrible, whereas in Reach and potentially Halo 4 if it's similarly vague you have no way of telling whether your teammates and opponents are around your skill level. Such as my aforementioned example regarding my friend.
Finally it offers some actual incentive to play on, or have that extra game. If you come on and drop a level then you're less likely to go off, because you don't want to end the evening at a loss. It's sort of like gambling, you aim to increase your winnings so to speak. Right now the game just doesn't have that; it has a generic, boring and entirely unoriginal experience system that rewards play time rather than player ability.
"Awwww yeaaaaa again and again"
Barrow Roll
Member
Kinda just makes me sound even grumpier for complaining about a free screening.