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Halo |OT16| Oh Bungie, Where Art Thou?

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willow ve

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Does anyone else think Throwdown would play better at standard 100% movement speed? Something about the increased speed always looks off to me
or would locked 60fps fix that?
 
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Tawpgun

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willow ve said:
Does anyone else think Throwdown would play better at standard 100% movement speed? Something about the increased speed always looks off to me
or would locked 60fps fix that?
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60fps can only help the game.

And no. Keep it faster. It feels off because it feels better.
 
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I have to say, 343 is doing something right with these DLC achievements. If you can get all of them in the course of ~10 games I'd take mundane ones over Steppin' Razor any day.

Should I make a mockup achievement list for Halysis?
 
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Ghazi

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Halo 4 is getting an add on sale with up to 25% off in that Major Nelson link, good for anyone who hasn't gotten them yet. Did we ever see discounts, no matter how miniscule, for map packs for 3 and Reach this quickly since 2's went free after awhile and only 1 of 3's did?
 
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EagleBurnn

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Kamikaze Ghazi said:
Halo 4 is getting an add on sale with up to 25% off in that Major Nelson link, good for anyone who hasn't gotten them yet. Did we ever see discounts, no matter how miniscule, for map packs for 3 and Reach this quickly since 2's went free after awhile and only 1 of 3's did?
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Nah. To be fair though, Microsoft has been offering more sales than ever these past few months.
 
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willow ve

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Tawpgun said:
60fps can only help the game.

And no. Keep it faster. It feels off because it feels better.
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Actually I think it feels great but it LOOKS off. I can't really describe it, but some modes like classic in Reach and Throwdown in 4 just have a "wrong" visual feel to them. Like I'm missing some of the normal fluidity from player movement animations.
 
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Save for the different player counts they account for, why doesn't 343 have multiple DLC packs in the same playlist? Crimson and Castle pretty much occupy the same space in terms of role.
 
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Hypertrooper

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Wahrer said:
Save for the different player counts they account for, why doesn't 343 have multiple DLC packs in the same playlist? Crimson and Castle pretty much occupy the same space in terms of role.
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I may expect to see the DLCs in one playlist at some point, but at the moment people want to play on their newly acquired maps.
 
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Tawpgun

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willow ve said:
Actually I think it feels great but it LOOKS off. I can't really describe it, but some modes like classic in Reach and Throwdown in 4 just have a "wrong" visual feel to them. Like I'm missing some of the normal fluidity from player movement animations.
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I feel the opposite. I feel like im constrained in the normal modes, like they're the ones who have it off and wrong. In Throwdown I feel much more fluid, agile and mobile and I love it. Don't understand why we can't make players move faster by default.

In Reach classic it felt weird because of the jump/gravity settings.
 
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SltyPoison said:
I think 343 could profit on alternate weapon models. Halo 2 or 3 style br models and sounds. Halo Reach DMR skin. Halo 1, 3 AR.
Would be neat.
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Agreed.


I really like the new maps btw. Particularly the urban one. Can't remember what it's called but it reminds me of a mix between Turf and Headlong.
 
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Played some Rumble Pit.

Spawns in this game type are abysmal. I spawned literally 3 feet away from some poor guy who had his back to me. Spawned myself and was instantly killed by grenades.

Poor show.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

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Wahrer/Ex Wife, you guys down for some DLC playlist around 7CST tonight? I'll be able to chat until 8/830 or so until a friend gets on. I can play until 11 or so though.

EDIT: Also I need a few more jetpack melees in the last map pack.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

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reggie said:
How are they wrong? You only need to take one look at Gears Judgment and the shitty business going on in that game to see how disgusting it can get.

If Halo is dead now... well...
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Oh, for sure. There's an ugly side of microtransactions, but they also can be handled in a good way. I never saw Valve's way of handling TF2 items (when TF2 cost to buy) as overly bad. I wanted more armor for Halo 3 and Reach but we never got any. If microsotransactions can get us more aesthetic stuff after launch (and not cause 343 to skimp on the full game content) I'm down.

Wahrer said:
I've gotta work out and shave my hair down a little bit but I think I might be able to.
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I need to do my P90X, but I should hit 7pm.
 
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Deadly Cyclone said:
Oh, for sure. There's an ugly side of microtransactions, but they also can be handled in a good way. I never saw Valve's way of handling TF2 items (when TF2 cost to buy) as overly bad. I wanted more armor for Halo 3 and Reach but we never got any. If microsotransactions can get us more aesthetic stuff after launch (and not cause 343 to skimp on the full game content) I'm down.
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We are talking about Microsoft though. No chance it's handled well, ever.
 
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Deadly Cyclone said:
Wahrer/Ex Wife, you guys down for some DLC playlist around 7CST tonight? I'll be able to chat until 8/830 or so until a friend gets on. I can play until 11 or so though.

EDIT: Also I need a few more jetpack melees in the last map pack.
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I might just be home at that time.

And jetpack melees? WTF?
 
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willow ve

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Deadly Cyclone said:
Wahrer/Ex Wife, you guys down for some DLC playlist around 7CST tonight? I'll be able to chat until 8/830 or so until a friend gets on. I can play until 11 or so though.

EDIT: Also I need a few more jetpack melees in the last map pack.
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If you mean air assassinations you can do those in a local match, no jet pack required.

Reach had a jetpack melee achievement.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

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YourExWife said:
I might just be home at that time.

And jetpack melees? WTF?
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Remember the last time we played? Got some of those achievements. There is one for air assassinations (I was thinking jetpack). I got like 3 of them when we played, I need like 2 more.

In Majestic DLC matchmaking, perform 5 'airsassinations.'

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If you mean air assassinations you can do those in a local match, no jet pack required.

Reach had a jetpack melee achievement.
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That is indeed what I meant.
 
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YourExWife

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Deadly Cyclone said:
Remember the last time we played? Got some of those achievements. There is one for air assassinations (I was thinking jetpack). I got like 3 of them when we played, I need like 2 more.

In Majestic DLC matchmaking, perform 5 'airsassinations.'



That is indeed what I meant.
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Like willow said, you can get those in a local match.
 
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Deadly Cyclone

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YourExWife said:
Like willow said, you can get those in a local match.
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Hmm, I need to do that then. Can you get all the DLC achievements in local? Maybe we can run through those quick tonight. Here's what I need:

  • In Crimson DLC matchmaking, get a kill while airborne in a Warthog.
  • In Crimson DLC matchmaking, kill 20 enemies using the Mantis' stomp attack.
  • In Majestic DLC matchmaking, perform 5 'airsassinations.'
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, disable a vehicle and then hijack it.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, get two direct Spartan Laser kills in one match.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, assassinate an enemy who is using a Hardlight Shield.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, disintegrate 6 enemies using Forerunner weapons.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, perform 5 melee kills in a single match.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, kill 5 enemies during a match by running them over.

I'd probably get most of the Castle ones in random matchmaking, but if we can knock them out in custom games it'd be better.
 
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YourExWife

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Deadly Cyclone said:
Hmm, I need to do that then. Can you get all the DLC achievements in local? Maybe we can run through those quick tonight. Here's what I need:

  • In Crimson DLC matchmaking, get a kill while airborne in a Warthog.
  • In Crimson DLC matchmaking, kill 20 enemies using the Mantis' stomp attack.
  • In Majestic DLC matchmaking, perform 5 'airsassinations.'
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, disable a vehicle and then hijack it.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, get two direct Spartan Laser kills in one match.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, assassinate an enemy who is using a Hardlight Shield.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, disintegrate 6 enemies using Forerunner weapons.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, perform 5 melee kills in a single match.
  • In Castle DLC matchmaking, kill 5 enemies during a match by running them over.

I'd probably get most of the Castle ones in random matchmaking, but if we can knock them out in custom games it'd be better.
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As far as I know, that's the only one. We had a big boosting party last night. WHERE WERE YOU!?!?!??!?
 
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Deadly Cyclone

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YourExWife said:
As far as I know, that's the only one. We had a big boosting party last night. WHERE WERE YOU!?!?!??!?
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I had a Terraria video to do for COIN-OP.TV annnnnnd a friend who has limited time this week wanted me to play the maps with him (I got demolished, he did well as usual).

No worries, I should get some of the new ones while we play. Damn Mantis stomp one takes forever though.
 
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YourExWife

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Hypertrooper said:
I can get the Airassassination achievement in local games? Can I get the other Jetpack Achievement as well?
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First off, to clear up what is apparently a common misconception, Airsassinations do not require a jetpack for either player. All you have to do is assassinate the person while *they* are off the ground. The achievement for this act is the only one as far as I know that can be done locally.

As far as the other one, you just have to kill jetpackers right? YOU CAN DO EEET!
 
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Hypertrooper

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YourExWife said:
First off, to clear up what is apparently a common misconception, Airsassinations do not require a jetpack for either player. All you have to do is assassinate the person while *they* are off the ground. The achievement for this act is the only one as far as I know that can be done locally.

As far as the other one, you just have to kill jetpackers right? YOU CAN DO EEET!
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Yeah. On a Majestic map...
 
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Deadly Cyclone

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Microtransactions mentioned by 343 = OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO PS3!
Microtransaction bacon skin already in Black Ops 2 = Oh, cool, more to buy.

Agh.
 
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Akai__

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Why is Landfall still in Team Doubles? It's the worst map for Team Doubles...

Also, I'm awful, it is known:

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