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Halo |OT12| Last One Out, Get the Lights

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Booties

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If any one is sick of reading the same 10 comments on how to fix the game/why 343i sucks, then you would have quit NeoGAF years ago because these threads are 10% "new thread smell, 85% "<3 bungie" and 5% "team downer"

Don't act like you don't like it, Deadly Cyclone.
 
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orznge

Banned
Ozzy Onya A2Z said:
That may be true but you're still looking at less than approx. 10% of the actual Halo gamers and purchasers. Take approx. 3.5 million games sold in the first day or two then look at the total number of registered users on the Waypoint forums (approx. 350,000). You can see why forums aren't the best input for developers.

Forums are also a venting place and I personally think the younger generations feel more entitlement than gamers of old used to as well. Beyond that you also have very similar mindsets amongst passionate Halo FPS players who then get on the forums to chat/follow a game.

A very different cross section to those that play without ever going to the forums etc.
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I didn't think there was any dispute over whether I was conversing about all of this stuff in the context of this community
 
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orznge

Banned
Booties said:
If any one is sick of reading the same 10 comments on how to fix the game/why 343i sucks, then you would have quit NeoGAF years ago because these threads are 10% "new thread smell, 85% "<3 bungie" and 5% "team downer"

Don't act like you don't like it, Deadly Cyclone.
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lol seriously this, I've played maybe 100 hours of post-H2 Halo but HaloGAF is a fun place to hang out
 
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ncsuDuncan

Member
FyreWulff said:
Also the awarding/announcing isn't very consistent in Dominion. I'll bust down shields, and it seems like one out of 10 times it'll actually say SHIELD DESTROYED, or rarely will say BREACH! when I grenade one out.

It's also a tad interesting on Meltdown.. Bravo is entirely exposed in the bottom middle
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I still have absolutely no idea what cause SteitzerBot to announce "Turn and burn!" I know it's fighter pilot jargon, but how that applies to Dominion baffles me.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
Booties said:
If any one is sick of reading the same 10 comments on how to fix the game/why 343i sucks, then you would have quit NeoGAF years ago because these threads are 10% "new thread smell, 85% "<3 bungie" and 5% "team downer"

Don't act like you don't like it, Deadly Cyclone.
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<3
 
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BlueScrote

Member
FyreWulff said:
Also the awarding/announcing isn't very consistent in Dominion. I'll bust down shields, and it seems like one out of 10 times it'll actually say SHIELD DESTROYED, or rarely will say BREACH! when I grenade one out.

It's also a tad interesting on Meltdown.. Bravo is entirely exposed in the bottom middle
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I've yet to understand the map flow on meltdown. I've only played a couple games on it but it literally seems like a giant infinity symbol.
 
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FyreWulff

Member
ncsuDuncan said:
I still have absolutely no idea what cause SteitzerBot to announce "Turn and burn!" I know it's fighter pilot jargon, but how that applies to Dominion baffles me.
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Ha ha, yeah randomly got that one tonight to. We came to the conclusion that he says that when you've fallen behind far enough or something, basically saying leave where you're at and go to base to regroup

It only happened in the Dominion game we lost.

BlueScrote said:
I've yet to understand the map flow on meltdown. I've only played a couple games on it but it literally seems like a giant infinity symbol.
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That's because Meltdown is in fact a giant infinity symbol map
 
Ozzy Onya A2Z

Ozzy Onya A2Z

Member
Stinkles said:
We call that Saltpeter.
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How is studio atmosphere post launch? Hope the team got a good break and ready to get back to work :)

More than 90-95% loving Halo 4, well done to you all. Far less buggy than Halo 2, far better and more balance than Reach but the jury is still out on if better than Halo 3 ranked ;)
 
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Brolic Gaoler

formerly Alienshogun
I wish we could get the criticism without the vitriol. It's really getting old.

FyreWulff said:
Also the awarding/announcing isn't very consistent in Dominion. I'll bust down shields, and it seems like one out of 10 times it'll actually say SHIELD DESTROYED, or rarely will say BREACH! when I grenade one out.

It's also a tad interesting on Meltdown.. Bravo is entirely exposed in the bottom middle
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I've never heard it say that. Odd.
 
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xxjuicesxx

Member
Louis Wu said:
IP-banned, blocked by automated systems... you're right, I don't know the details, but the end result is the same. ;)

(Glad it got worked out. Firestream is nothing but an asset for 343.)


How does it make no sense? Halocharts were compiling those numbers by sampling playlist populations every 15 minutes, and it's clear that maximums come in the evening, US time, which is a point at which they were blocked from collecting info. So their 'max' for the day was actually recorded at a time when (for the past week) roughly half the real max was online.
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The blackout of stats was on the 14th and were fixed before max population hours...I'm confused. The dips are on the 12/13 the days Blops 2 just came out that had continuos playlist population logging.

I'm not saying you are wrong I'm saying the stats clearly show Blops 2 hit the population.
 
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xxxstylzxxx

Member
Tashi said:
I already played it lol. I don't think map size will be that big of an issue
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With sprint and the beefed up weapon sandbox you may be right. I can see Haven, Solace, Abandon and Relay supporting 2v2 just fine. Adrift is questionable.

As a long time Halo fan who lived for weekly CE LAN sessions with friends I'm enjoying the **** out of Halo 4 right now despite being keenly aware of the many "rage inducing" technical flaws and necessary gametype tweaks that will hopefully be addressed soon. (lag, framerate, less than seamless JIP, Mantis on Ragnarok CTF etc.)

I can sort of understand where certain folks are coming from with some of the changes/additions making it fell less like the Halo that they've become accustomed to but I just can't be fully on board with that assessment because (like others have pointed out) at its core it plays pretty much like the Halo that I know and love. More so than Reach ever did IMO.
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Ozzy Onya A2Z said:
How is studio atmosphere post launch? Hope the team got a good break and ready to get back to work :)

More than 90-95% loving Halo 4, well done to you all. Far less buggy than Halo 2, far better and more balance than Reach but the jury is still out on if better than Halo 3 ranked ;)
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Good. Lots of people still crazy busy on sustain and updates. Lots of exhaustion. Lots of elation. Lots of learning. This is not a fire and forget project. It is a living, breathing organism. But we're happy.
 
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User 73706

Banned
Stinkles said:
Good. Lots of people still crazy busy on sustain and updates. Lots of exhaustion. Lots of elation. Lots of learning. This is not a fire and forget project. It is a living, breathing organism. But we're happy.
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Clearly an organism that inhabits saline waters. Am I right guys?
 
Ozzy Onya A2Z

Ozzy Onya A2Z

Member
Stinkles said:
Good. Lots of people still crazy busy on sustain and updates. Lots of exhaustion. Lots of elation. Lots of learning. This is not a fire and forget project. It is a living, breathing organism. But we're happy.
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Glad to hear the studio and team are happy, thx. Very glad to hear you're all geared up for the long haul support that Halo deserves, kudos.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
Wahrer Machine said:
Clearly an organism that inhabits saline waters. Am I right guys?
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map_of_dead_sea.jpg
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Booties

Banned
Ken said:
Did they get rid of the thing where you can see how the game of the party you're trying to join is going?
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Probably. They got rid of way more useful things like being able to see where your team mate died and seeing who you are actually partied up with.

Though we already knew that 343 was stingy with information before the game was released.
 
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Karl2177

Member
Tawpgun said:
Any good customs minigames made yet?
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A lot of options got cut from Forge/Custom Games. Since Zombies are forced to have their claw and super thruster, there's not going to be a whole lot of gametypes based off of old zombies. There's a lot more that I'm learning about now while I'm attempting to build a map.
 
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MrBig

Member
Karl2177 said:
A lot of options got cut from Forge/Custom Games. Since Zombies are forced to have their claw and super thruster, there's not going to be a whole lot of gametypes based off of old zombies. There's a lot more that I'm learning about now while I'm attempting to build a map.
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rip nascar
 
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wwm0nkey

Member
Karl2177 said:
A lot of options got cut from Forge/Custom Games. Since Zombies are forced to have their claw and super thruster, there's not going to be a whole lot of gametypes based off of old zombies. There's a lot more that I'm learning about now while I'm attempting to build a map.
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Seriously 343 needs to bring back the old zombie mode, actually I am sure they can and label it something else.

(seriously they REALLY need to do this)
 
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TCKaos

Member
Stinkles said:
Good. Lots of people still crazy busy on sustain and updates. Lots of exhaustion. Lots of elation. Lots of learning. This is not a fire and forget project. It is a living, breathing organism. But we're happy.
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These are all good things.

Despite all of the shit we sling in here, and as I'm sure you're accustomed to hearing, we do honestly appreciate what you guys do.

Tawpgun said:
Any good customs minigames made yet?
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Hog of the Hill is back in full force already in my customs group. Mutli-team KotH on Impact. Concussion Rifles, Railguns and Sticky Launchers. Increased speed and thrusters for everyone. The hill is an indestructible Warthog. It's complete and utter chaos.

We also have a map called SPESS on Impact where the goal is to use the mancannons and low-gravity zones to fling yourself in a vehicle from one asteroid to the other.
 
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Tawpgun

Member
They seriously cut classic zombie functionality? Are you fucking serious? It sounds like 343 was completley out of touch with the Halo community when designing Halo 4.
 
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