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Halo |OT14| They call it Halo
- Thread starter Overdoziz
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Heart Attack
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I doubt 343 cares. They're probably working on Halo 5 already. It's amazing how positive people are about them fixing Halo 4.
That is sure some selective reading right there. Only crazy and deluded people think that way.
Do Virgin have any infrastructure to livestream matches, if they decided to do proper tournaments?
This seems appropriate today.
I like the full version.
Just for notes:
Halo 2 Xbox - Nov 9 2004 - April 15th, 2010 (5 years, 5 months)
Halo 2 PC - May 17 2007 - February 15th, 2013 (5 years, 8 months)
They almost had the same exact lifespan. :/
edit: wwm0nkey discoverd a long time ago that searching MS's website showed Halo 2 PC's support ending on October 9th, 2012.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=33877118&postcount=16386
If that had been an actual intended date, they would have had the same lifespan within just a few days.
@Barrow Roll and the other Halo 2 Vista boosters: I am in. Time to get the last few achievements.I want to get Halo 2 on 100%.
PM me.
For the love of god, people: If you want to do this PM me so I can organize a list and get a turn-order of things people need so we can get things done. :/
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Some folks are going to flip when they announce Halo 3's servers going offline.
Which they will.
Before November 2014.
BlueScrote
Member
I haven't been on in a couple of months, but last I checked H3 had a fairly healthy population given the schizophrenic playlist selection.
On February 28th, Halo 3's Team Slayer will finally become a playlist older than Halo 2's Team Skirmish.
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OdysseusVA
Banned
Rickenslacker
Banned
Halo 2 Vista could've been something great. They just needed to get rid of the, y'know, Vista part.
Sure it hasn't mattered for the last couple of years, but by then it was already far too late. Port coulda been better done as well.
Either way, I pour one out for you H2. You had it rough.
Edit: Put Halo PC on Steam already. I lost my disc and CD key.
Sure it hasn't mattered for the last couple of years, but by then it was already far too late. Port coulda been better done as well.
Either way, I pour one out for you H2. You had it rough.
Edit: Put Halo PC on Steam already. I lost my disc and CD key.
Bregmann Roche
Member
Bulletin's got me excited for the future of the franchise. What are they going to cut next? Civil War surgeons could learn a lot from 343...except in the Civil War they only cut off the bad things.
TurkishDLite
Banned
weird question. Can you unlock halo 4's version of master chief's armor in multiplayer?
Rickenslacker
Banned
TurkishDLite
Banned
sorry out of the loop I guess but their closing halo 2 vista online support?
ElRenoRaven
Member
So I see they've killed another. At least there is still Halo 1. You will never take that away from us. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Not as long as we can manually join a server.
This is a non-issue. Very rarely do two people try to grab a power-up at the exact same time and unless it's really laggy (teleporting around levels of lag) it's not a big issue at all. It's definitely not a reason to exclude power-ups.
What sheer number of power-ups? Maps in the past never had more than two of them on them at the same time. It's not like you constantly run into people with power-ups. Every 2-3 minutes (Whatever the spawn time is on the power-up) you know that there's a chance that you will run into someone with a power-up, especially if you see that's it's already picked up. Once the person with it dies, there's at least a couple of minutes without it in play. That doesn't even begin to compare with the amount of AAs that are used during Reach and especially Halo 4 matches. You never know what kind the other person will use, while with power-ups you can know that every 2-3 minutes there will be a single person with a specific power-up running around probably near the place where he picked it up.
Yeah, it's cute that you use it offensively, but the entire concept behind it doesn't encourage that at all like power-ups do. You've got all the time in the world to use your AA and there's zero incentive to go on offense. Sure, there's people that use them offensively, but they can be used very effectively on defense. More so than offensively with most of the AAs. Camo, Armor Lock, Hard Light Shield, Drop Shield, Regen Field and Auto Turret are all used nearly exclusively defensively. The rest of the AAs can be used in both defense and offense, but I can't think of a single one that actively encourages you to go and attack the other team.
It was but I still get into Team Slayer and TU Slayer games very fast each night. What completely sucks though is I NEVER get to play any of the DLC maps. Ever. Such a waste of money.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Awww, poor H2V.
If it's 20 max and they're not willing to push it, then fine, kill it. Yah fools.
It and Halo 1 should have been on Steam years ago.
343 shouldn't ignore PC. I'm sure they're mandated to make the 360/NextBox appealing though. So perhaps it's Phil Spencer who should be ... talked to instead.
If it's 20 max and they're not willing to push it, then fine, kill it. Yah fools.
It and Halo 1 should have been on Steam years ago.
343 shouldn't ignore PC. I'm sure they're mandated to make the 360/NextBox appealing though. So perhaps it's Phil Spencer who should be ... talked to instead.
Why would you want to play Reach's DLC maps in the first place? dey bad
But then again, you also play Team Slayer.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
Showing a friend who was a big Halo 3 fan Halo 4 for the first time he has been completely cut off from the media.
So good.
"why does the game go third person view when you spindash?"
So good.
"why does the game go third person view when you spindash?"
I have fun playing Reach team slayer. What can I say, I have fun. I like it more than 4
ron paul it's happening.gif
edit: nok and I had a pretty good escape on grifball. Time to self-render it.
Got you covered bro.
And then on the subject of H2V:
Cragmire!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
1. Happened constantly on maps like The Pit sniper spawn, or rockets longshore offense rounds. Rpegarding objective with say 4 rounds symmetrical like the pit this can happen 2 or 3 times a match, very common for Aussie
On USA host. Think about not getting sniper 3 times a match on the pit, ugh.
2. Take all the AA's, tactical and support options now how many do you plan on making power ups? This leads to either a watered down sandbox for Infinity or perhaps likeable settings for classic or slayer pro.
3. Regarding slayer perhaps but regarding objective I disagree. Take Ragnarok 2 flag for example, radar in with good timing near waterfall then sprint jump on to the angle side, crouch and go invisible before your head is even in view. Take out other camo campers or defenders and you get a clean six to take the flag through either man cannon or team goose it. Just because you dislike one element of camo does not mean other players don't have other uses for those mechanics. That's just it player choice is there while maximising everyone's ability to use or possess weapons or abilities etc.The rest is player creativity, skills and teamwork.
Moa
Member
http://majornelson.com/2013/01/17/live-activity-for-week-of-january-7th/
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
Minecraft
FIFA 13
Halo 4
What the fuck is this?
Call of Duty Black Ops 2
Minecraft
FIFA 13
Halo 4
What the fuck is this?
This is progress. I'm honestly surprised MW3 didn't sneak up above it.
Also, isn't this the lowest a Halo game has EVER been during a normal run? IE Reach/3 etc., are lower now but I don't think they ever fell to 4th while they were the most current Halo game on the market. I'm not even sure 3 ever dropped below second a full two or three years after launch.
Wifiplayer13
Member
ElRenoRaven
Member
Won't be surprised to see MW3 hop over soon. And once it releases, GTA V will definitely jump it.
Boggles my mind. If at that point they decided, hey the population is still very healthy, therefore putting in forced DLC just makes it drop like a rock. But now with Halo 4 out, why not go nuts with things? Waiting it out to find a game sure as hell beats out getting Banshee bombed in Renegade, fighting the framerate in Wayont (these two should've been ditched) , cross mapping in Boneyard, or playing god-awful Heavies. And with Heavies getting pushed down our throats yet again only made getting Assault or playing CTF in there all but rare. GG 343.
Should we start a pool bet for the day that Halocharts reports less than 50K players as the peak population? I'll take Feb. 7th for $5.
Heavies in Reach was just 343 testing a beta for Dominion in 4.
Heavies in Reach was just 343 testing a beta for Dominion in 4.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Hey, EU loves soccer (football).
I don't consider 4th overall on Xbox Live bad by any means. Wish it was #1? Sure. I can still find games though.
I don't consider 4th overall on Xbox Live bad by any means. Wish it was #1? Sure. I can still find games though.
First time Halo has dropped this quickly.
BBBBBBBUT YOU CAN'T SEE THE UU'S >:[
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I've been playing Reach almost daily over the past week, and it's not unusual for some of the lists to get that low.
brb shutting down servers for Super Slayer
343 needs to consolidate. I feel like I should start a twitter hashtag or something.