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Halo |OT| HaloGAF Evolved
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So... you still have to shoot them 12 times, but you can just shoot faster.
No thanks.
3 shot burst, scoped and unscoped, 2x zoom, 4sk please.
Burst also makes it more difficult to cross-map, which is one of the exact reasons they put it into Halo 3, but then totally reversed this in Reach, giving you a mini-sniper all the time.
Hydranockz
Member
Ooooh.
You totally misinterpreted my original post then. The post of your's I posted over on Waypoint was of your teasing for next week's bulletin. It was to inform people that information was actually coming because some of them are falling into a "Halo 4 doesn't even exist" trance.
I hope whoever I threw under a bus was wearing clean underwear... as that saying goes.
Hypertrooper
Member
Posting NeoGAF posts on Waypoint to get attention? YOU FU**ING ATTENTION WHORE!
I hope Halo 4's composer is a some kind not well known guy.
Hydranockz
Member
Posting NeoGAF posts on Waypoint to get attention? YOU FU**ING ATTENTION WHORE!
I hope Halo 4's composer is a some kind not well known guy.
That rules YOU out of being the composer... but you're the lead choir vocalist right?
Didn't someone let slip a while back that it's Neil Davidge?
Zeouterlimits
Member
Wasn't that just the announcement trailer?
Captain Blood
Member
My bad dude I misinterpreted it too. I read it as you posting about the community stuff over there to stir up shit hahah
Hey guys, I have a somewhat dumb question.
Is it the case for Halo 3, Halo Reach, and ODST that you cannot play online co-op without the internal hard drive? I remember with one of them there was a big uproar when it came out, and MS said there would be a patch or something, but I never found a follow-up. Did somehow people just forget all about it, and Bungie just kept doing it with every Halo this gen?
Is it the case for Halo 3, Halo Reach, and ODST that you cannot play online co-op without the internal hard drive? I remember with one of them there was a big uproar when it came out, and MS said there would be a patch or something, but I never found a follow-up. Did somehow people just forget all about it, and Bungie just kept doing it with every Halo this gen?
Puts in Reach disk after two days, kills 15 opponents without dying, while being based with sniper of all weapons. Conclusion? Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Oh, yeah could be.
Very cool of you guys to do that. I'm even more excited for Monday now. And the rest of March too of course.
The 1.1 update for Reach lets you play without a hard drive. ODST and 3 still require hard drives. MS never patched the 360 to tell a game that the later 360s internal flash was an usable hard drive, so games that required the HDD for certain things still can't use it.
squidhands
Member
Well, now you caught me not thinking it all the way through. I assume it would be next to impossible to increase bullet damage between firing modes without major problems popping up. nevermind
Hydranockz
Member
No bother at all. 343 are already mean enough to them, there is no need for me to stir that pot
Steelyuhas
Member
Infinite October 16, my body is ready!
Oh, yeah Halo. Looking forward to MM changes today.
REMOVE EVADE.
Oh, yeah Halo. Looking forward to MM changes today.
REMOVE EVADE.
therealminime
Member
September 25th would be appropriate. 5 years to the day since Halo 3.
Holy shit Halo 3 is going to be 5 years old this year. Crap.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Im listening to the podcast and uh... how do Tasmanian devils fit into Halo? Weapon sounds? Huh?
Multiplayer playtests sound awesome.
Multiplayer playtests sound awesome.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
They are awesome.
Hope you have some quality dongers testing it out.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
The Halo 4 reveal trailer better contain copious amounts of WUB WUB.
Steelyuhas
Member
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
One of our sandbox designers is disturbingly good. I refused to believe he wasn't a tester for the longest time.
I'm assuming the active roster was pulled up on the TV during this part?
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
If they are anything like the one I did at red storm for ghost recon, they are a blast.
Definitely an experience a gamer should have at least once.
BestMan looks like Rosie O'Donnell in that vid.
Navidson REC
Member
Missed the podcast, could someone please provide a direct link? Skimmed Waypoint's frontpage but left more confused than anything.
Navidson REC
Member
Much obliged!
Hypertrooper
Member
Even CyReN gave you the link, you will fell in love with the Sparkast and want to know where to subscribe. Don't fear, here are the links:
iTunes / Zune and a RSS feed which doesn't look alright right now.
Gabotron ES
Member
Disturbingly? Is that better or worse than insanely? Ridiculously?
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Hawt.
Garrett 2U
Member
The Librarian
Banned
I'm not seeing the Bulletin.
Edit: I really don't like Waypoint. :/
Edit 2: There it is!
Edit: I really don't like Waypoint. :/
Edit 2: There it is!
Captain Blood
Member
Hopefully once the floodgates of Halo 4 info open we can get that spinning Halo 3/4 MC comparison Frank was talking about in the podcast. That would be fun to see.
Blocked at work for this guy which is a bummer.
Blocked at work for this guy which is a bummer.
Text form.
Whether it’s by gently slipping their hand into a glass of warm water, to placing an annoyingly loud alarm clock one centimeter from their ear, to applying a well-placed jab directly into their ribcage, there are numerous effective (and entertaining) ways to wake someone up. However attempting to wake a person from their normal sleep cycle and trying to rouse a super-soldier who has been in a state of deep sleep for years are two completely different stories. That is why I recently asked all of you to share how you would wake up the Master Chief in 140 characters or less. Hey, Twitter makes those rules, not me. Anyway, on to some of your Halo-centric responses!
How would you wake up the Master Chief?
I’m not saying some of these ideas might come in handy in the future, but I am saying some of these ideas might come in handy in the future. Anyway, on to the news (I can actually talk about this week)…
March Matchmaking Playlist Update
The month of March is known for its lion-like entrance. In the land of Halo, that ferocity translates into new game types, updated maps, and FIRE. These tweaks and optimizations are all part of our continued efforts to provide you with the best possible online experience. Read on for the specifics of next month’s matchmaking playlist update, which is slated to go live on March 6. And if you just heard something echoing in the distance, it was the Matchmaking Systems Team. They wanted you to hear them roar.
• Grifball updated.
Those of you who enjoy getting hammered on a regular basis will now have four new maps to play on. Malice N Envy (paired with Blargball), Temple Prime (paired with Grifball Dash), Inspiration (also paired with Grifball Dash), and Hyperbaric (paired with Hand Egg Grifball) are all being added to the hammer-heavy rotation.
The team of fans behind this playlist didn’t feel like that was enough for March, though, so they also added a new game type. It’s called Hand Egg, and here is what Mike from GrifballHub had to say about it.
Hand Egg is a variation of Grifball where you start with a golf club and sword instead of hammer and sword. In the middle of the court, you'll find the golf ball. The golf ball's significance in the game is that the bomb spawns on it. As soon as you drop the bomb, it goes to wherever the golf ball is. So not only can you bash the golf ball around and get splatters with it, but it can also be used as way to pass the bomb to a teammate. If you see the golf ball in your opponent's spawn and a teammate is nearby, you should drop the bomb so they can grab it and run in the for the score. As you can imagine that means it becomes very important to keep track of where the golf ball is at all times.
Speaking of balls hitting you in the face… actually, never mind. That one is entirely too easy.
• Infection updated.
We modified this playlist with the latest versions of the following fan-created maps: Spooky Base, Powerless, Deadwalk, Bedlam, Uncongealed, and Parasitic. Thank you to the players who have continued to perfect their already incredible creations. We’ll make sure we save some brains for you.
• Evade removed from Spartan loadouts.
With the exception of Grifball, Evade has been removed from Spartan loadouts. Elites can continue to bob, weave, and juke to their hearts’ content, however. Wort wort wort.
• Anniversary Squad retired.
Fret not! See Super Slayer added.
• Squad Slayer retired.
Fret not! See above. And below.
• Super Slayer added.
After analyzing the Team Slayer voting data that took place the first two weeks of February, we were able to draw several instructive conclusions. Most importantly we learned that:
A significant portion of Halo: Reach players enjoy the Title Update settings.
A significant portion of Halo: Reach players enjoy the original Halo: Reach settings.
A significant portion of Halo: Reach players simply enjoy playing Halo: Reach.
To make sure all three groups have a Team Slayer option that fits their preferred way of playing the game, we are adding a new playlist called Super Slayer. Super Slayer is a replica of Team Slayer with the Title Update changes included. Team Slayer will still be available with its original settings intact, and Super Slayer will peacefully coexist with it, happily fulfilling your Slayer-related Title Update needs.
Thank you for all the feedback that allowed us to make this decision. We heart you. More than you know.
• Bleedthrough functionality removed from TU game types.
Speaking of feedback, there has been some spirited (and sometimes not spirited, ahem) discussion on the forums regarding the bleedthrough changes we implemented with the Title Update. One of the best things about the Title Update is that we added virtual knobs to various features, including bleedthrough, allowing us to adjust their settings as necessary.
Our goal is to provide you with an amazing matchmaking experience, so with that in mind, we have listened to your feedback and removed the bleedthrough functionality from Title Update game types.
• Team Hotshot updated.
Players at the highest level heat (3/3) will now catch fire. It won’t look exactly like the above screenshot because that was taken in my dreams. It will look vaguely similar, though.
• Team Objective team size updated to 5v5.
Wham, bam, thank you, Alaskam! Semi-related, his nickname is actually Alaskan, but that didn’t rhyme.
• BTB Heavies added to Big Team Battle.
Heavies, for the uninitiated amongst us, is a game type perfect for those who love vehicular action. Not only are there more Warthogs, Scorpions, Banshees, Falcons, Revenants, and Ghosts than you could ever ask for, but there are also a higher-than-average amount of power and anti-vehicle weapons, just waiting to cause mass destruction.
We have also taken some steps to give foot soldiers a better experience; slight changes to geometry provide more cover, speed has been upped to 110% (which is not a huge difference but it’s enough to make you slightly more resistant to the impending chaos going on around you), and many standard Infantry kills are rewarded with a bonus point.
This game type has a score limit of 200 with bonus points awarded for headshots, beat downs, assassinations, splatters, and sticks.
We hope you love March’s matchmaking playlist update. And if you don’t, we have no doubt you’ll let us know in the forums. And, for the record, we wouldn’t have it any other way.
A Brand New Sparkast
David Ellis and Frank O’Connor, the men with the velvet voices that fill your earholes every month, are away on business right now. Before they vacated the premises, however, they recorded a new episode of the Sparkast. Kiki Wolfkill, Executive Producer of Halo 4, and Josh Holmes, Creative Director of Halo 4, joined them for what turned out to be a short but sweet auditory treat. And I’m totally a poet and I didn’t even know it. Except I do know it, because that took me ten minutes to come up with.
Don’t judge.
Anyway, to hear about the latest going-ons around the studio and Halo 4, and to hear how exactly Frank ended up under that table for an extended length of time, pick your preferred method of listening below.
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And now, it’s time for another batch of community-submitted questions! By the way, I hope you hear someone saying that in your head with an over-the-top announcer-type voice. ‘Cause I do.
Can you tell us when you're going to share Halo 4 info with us? Basically, when is embargo up? -Time Glitch
I can’t touch your question with a ten-foot pole. I can, however, talk to you a little bit about embargos.
Embargos, in this context, are when game developers show something they’ve been working on in a controlled setting (such as a show, convention, or behind-closed-doors viewing), and they request that information about what was seen not be shared publicly until a specific day and time. That is done for a few different reasons, but primarily so all attendees have equal footing when it comes to releasing the information. If an event spans three days, the people that attend the viewing on the first day have an advantage over the people that attend the viewing on the third day. With an embargo in place, it ensures all participants have time to carefully craft their stories to their own individual specifications.
I’m guessing, at this point, that the only thing you took from that is that I didn’t answer your question. Let’s just file that under “I would if I could, but I can’t so I won’t.” Sad faic.
Will there be any online source to view Halo: Reach screenshots/films/clips? -naporu98
We will be bringing Halo: Reach files to the web version of Halo Waypoint this summer. That means there will be a short period where new Halo: Reach user-generated content will not be accessible from the web. However, during that window, everything will continue to be available in-game.
Why haven't you paid me off for that hit I did on Frankie's platypus? -The Arcane Celt
Because Frank sent me this email yesterday:
Minds will be blown.
Socks will be blown.
NES cartridges will be blown.
Although now that I think about, that could have been referring to something else.
Now, if you excuse me, there’s a hushed casket that needs unsealing. Until next week, my friends, until next week…
<3,
bs angel
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The Librarian
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Evade removed from Spartan loadouts.
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