I'm fine with the new system, at least you won't see teams camping power weapon spawns all the time anymore. If I had a penny for every time that people were just standing still on top of the middle hill on Valhalla waiting for the Laser to spawn... Ruined a fair amount of matches for me in previous Halos.
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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains
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Have him scope down asylum while 2 grenades are going off in his vision.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Just tell him there's actually 3 Forge Worlds. That should calm him down.
How about you tell that roommate the game has 3 smaller Forge Worlds?
The lag issue in Forge World had nothing to do with the (base) map's size.
There was lag in Halo 3 forge, I take it with the improvements to engine and areas being small that Halo 4 forge will have minimal lag compared to its predecessors, plus color.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Not taking sides AT ALL in this debate, but I will agree with you on principle. (I don't know the case here between you two, and shouldn't).
I mod for THQ (Saints Row, Homefront, Metro, WWE) and have for Xbox and get people on occasion that will complain that I locked something or banned someone for not agreeing, or because they were posting negatively about the game. It drives me insane.
I don't come into a moderating job with a slight against everyone on those boards. I don't care if you hate the game, I just care if you express that in such a way that promotes good discussion and feedback. I hate/dislike games too, but I'm not going to be a jackass when I post about them. I'm going to give feedback that may help the devs fix things so that I don't hate the next one.
People just seem to not like rules, and when they break them they will use any excuse (see: abusing power) to "get back" at you for punishing them.
/endrant of the day.
/nottakingsides
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Ask them "how many maps have you played that spans all of Forge World?"
Name them? You're always at the mercy of your randoms, and any good competitive FPS is going to rely heavily on team work, which you never find in a game full of randoms.
As for why Valhalla can work in Halo 4.
-The DMR does have supreme range, but all I see is people saying "gonna get pounded from the hill!", well you can fire back at the same distance with your DMR, and now you don't get knocked out of scope.
-The ordnance system will force players to move around the map, as Over said, no more waiting on the laser to spawn at the top hill every time. I think the ordnance system will benefit BTB more than any of the other playlists.
-People are too quick to blame the DMR for all of Reach's BTB problems. It certainly didn't help, but the maps, more than anything ruined BTB. Blood Gulch is an open field, Boneyard had huge stretches of open field, and Spire was an uphill battle in Invasion, and never had any business being in BTB. Headlong/Ridgeline were not as prone to the DMR wape fests the other maps were known for. Valhalla has a ton of caves, rocks, hills, & a pelican to break up sight lines. It's not like you can spawn in the base and start pinging the other base like Hemo.
Add in sprint, faster movement, and higher jumps, and really, I just don't think you can take your Reach BTB experience and think it's going to play out the same way in 4.
Me too. I dont even know if I have the rest.
Yeah that's the obvious answer. The 8 GB required free HDD space implies you install MP and launch it from Disc 1. The game is done now, it would be great to have an answer.
That is pretty erotic. That is also the first time I have seen that picture. I was in Prague because I am a pretty international cool bro.
Vire
Member
Before the storm hit last night, i made a video. i hope you enjoy it, although it does not have any new shiny screenshots nor cell phone photos.
http://youtu.be/3KQk6oqszJ0
thanks guys
http://youtu.be/3KQk6oqszJ0
thanks guysPoker Face
Member
Tell him there's three forge worlds, each having its own environment.
NullPointer
Member
So when do we get to see today's video? Any word or new details?
Hypertrooper
Member
We should have taken a photo. Or you should have forced me to take a photo with you.
I dunno, I'm set on thinking it's a special edition disk with extra content. Not necessarily game content, but making of videos...
It's kind of a tough problem to solve. Either you get the scenario you described (even if you were being facetious, because that's a reason that's been cited for the global ordnance) when the power weapon is static (and is so key on the map) or you get a scenario where the ultimate death laser spawns right by the other team's base instead of the middle all the time and your Warthog rush is ruined because of a random element. It's gonna be really weird. I forsee a lot of "what the fuck just happened" moments, which isn't necessarily positive or negative...but I don't usually love them.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
You shut your goddamn mouth
Demoncarnotaur
Member
So, I wonder how long til we can can an official Ragnarok reveal.. I hope its sooner rather than later. Big oopsie on those who tweeted the pics, they must have though it was all ok to do (assuming it wasn't). Anyways, hyped!
As for Disc-2 Im still gonna guess its Spartan Ops assets that need to be downloaded. Otherwise its probably the Infinity Multiplayer Suite on disc 2 with SP on disc 1.
As for Disc-2 Im still gonna guess its Spartan Ops assets that need to be downloaded. Otherwise its probably the Infinity Multiplayer Suite on disc 2 with SP on disc 1.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
The standard usually seems to be 5-6 pacific, so I'd bet on that.
Poker Face
Member
Probably in the bulletin around 9 EST.
Pretty sure it's going to be Promethean Weapons trailer.
edit: half beaten
NullPointer
Member
Sounds good. Thanks.
Maybe they'll set it to classic rock this time.
Maybe those are what are on disc 2.
ElzarTheBam
Member
This sounds so wrong...yet, would feel so right.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Frank is RIGHT HERE folks, if "what's on disc 2" was something simple like "Campaign on 1, MP on 2" I think he'd confirm, as he's not I think there is something they have yet to talk about on disc 2, thus they are keeping quiet now. We still have very little Forge info and no info on Theater. I'm betting there are some surprises yet to come.
Frank is RIGHT HERE folks, if "what's on disc 2" was something simple like "Campaign on 1, MP on 2" I think he'd confirm, as he's not I think there is something they have yet to talk about on disc 2, thus they are keeping quiet now. We still have very little Forge info and no info on Theater. I'm betting there are some surprises yet to come.
Spectator mode is on the second disc.
BELI343.
Frank is RIGHT HERE folks, if "what's on disc 2" was something simple like "Campaign on 1, MP on 2" I think he'd confirm, as he's not I think there is something they have yet to talk about on disc 2, thus they are keeping quiet now. We still have very little Forge info and no info on Theater. I'm betting there are some surprises yet to come.
I would guess there is some unannounced feature that lives on one of the discs, but I also don't think the feature will be a super huge deal.
Poker Face
Member
"Master Chief? You mind telling me whatcha gonna do with all dat junk, all dat junk inside dat trunk?"
Hypertrooper
Member
True story: I was standing in the middle of the room and observed people playing SpOps. He asked me: "Hey, we should take a photo for GAF." And I said "Not now.". Now I am hoping I did not break his heart back then.
I was being sarcastic.
Weapon spawn camping has never been a problem in my experience.
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Frank is RIGHT HERE folks, if "what's on disc 2" was something simple like "Campaign on 1, MP on 2" I think he'd confirm, as he's not I think there is something they have yet to talk about on disc 2, thus they are keeping quiet now. We still have very little Forge info and no info on Theater. I'm betting there are some surprises yet to come.
Or we're just making sure we're in proper alignment with all of our PR and messaging folks before talking. It's nothing earth-shattering (rather obvious actually) so no need to go spinning up wild theories. Believe me, I understand your frustrations.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Well said. Also, what's up with bans that last until 2159 lol..
Now THAT'S what I want on my Halo 5 bonus content disc!
Vire
Member
The Librarian
Banned
Disc 2 is dedicated server mode. It's so obvious why you haven't commented on it.
It was a huge issue in Halo 3 BTB. Entire matches revolved around the laser on Valhalla & Standoff. I'm all for set weapons in 4v4, but in BTB? I'm fine with forcing people to move around more.
To touch on Havok's concern, everyone knows when a drop is coming, so really, it's no fault but their own if they don't head towards it.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
My bifocals are ready.
Don't worry, if you don't want to waste your time reading all those words, there'll be roughly 9,000 YouTube videos summarizing what you could of read about 30 minutes after the bulletin comes out!
The question is how much of these words are really important.
Barrow Roll
Member
I called it. I fuckin called it.
Just found out I share a birthday with Barrow......
I've decided I'm ok with this....
And overnight pictures! What a great present! Now just hand Barrow and I our copies of Halo 4 and we will be on our way!
You're the stupid looking Brute.
You've been saying things like this a lot and I'm pretty sure that weapon drops come down in the same preset locations every time, just the weapons themselves are random, but tuned specifically for the map.
Set weapons at the start of the match.
You know, maybe if you weren't such a debbie downer all the time people here would actually want to play with you and you wouldn't have these problems. Balance the game as much as you want, but if the teams are imbalanced then inevitably one team is going to get shit on. That's just how competitive MP games work.