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[TheOddOne]

Oh, get an Xbone? Just get an Xbone? Why don't I strap on my Xbone helmet and squeeze down into an Xbone cannon and fire off into Xbone land, where Xbones grow on Xbonies!

 

[Akai__]

Oh man, Legendary and Scarab skull is a recipe for disaster. I proved that.

You will end up killing yourself a lot it seems. Got to be careful with that skull, but it should be much easier to do those speedruns and LASO achievements with it.

 

[BeamImpact]

Funknown would you be in support of Halo: CE custom game night when MCC comes out? I was thinking of hosting a custom game night on the weekend when MCC goes live.

Yup

count me in, im available for any kind of CE customs

 

[gAg CruSh3r]

Oh, get an Xbone? Just get an Xbone? Why don't I strap on my Xbone helmet and squeeze down into an Xbone cannon and fire off into Xbone land, where Xbones grow on Xbonies!

But it's greener on the Xbone side.

Oh don't worry. He too will join the dark side. MCC's call is too strong. Even the strongest will give into it. muahahahahaha

When he joins the dark side it will be a glorious day and we will become a more unified HaloGAF.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

But it's greener on the Xbone side.

Oh don't worry. He too will join the dark side. MCC's call is too strong. Even the strongest will give into it. muahahahahaha

 

[Der Flatulator]

I like the Xbone.

UI is a bit slow, but the features are getting better with each monthly update.

Smartglass is also nice.

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How the hell did I turn into an Xbox apologist?

 

[Slightly Live]

Oh don't worry. He too will join the dark side. MCC's call is too strong. Even the strongest will give into it. muahahahahaha

I'm honestly shocked Ghaleon can resist. I'll cap a flag on 1080p/60FPS Valhalla, from a Mongoose run, in his memory.

 

[Nebula]

Everyone (including devs) complains about rank boosting, losing on purpose by shooting your team, people who will remain unnamed who only go for mongoose kills, but somehow this bullshit is different?

Hehe.

 

[BigShow36]

Funknown would you be in support of Halo: CE custom game night when MCC comes out? I was thinking of hosting a custom game night on the weekend when MCC goes live.

Wait, people are actually going to play something else?

 

[Slightly Live]

There's gonna be a ton of customs games running the weekend MCC comes out.

Having some way of tracking them all, maybe splitting them up into type would be a good idea?

Like folks only playing Halo CE maps, Halo 3, H2A, BTB, etc.

 

[MaGlock]

There's gonna be a ton of customs games running the weekend MCC comes out.

Having some way of tracking them all, maybe splitting them up into type would be a good idea?

Like folks only playing Halo CE maps, Halo 3, H2A, BTB, etc.

Maybe a thread Is in order? Sort of like the raid/nightfall thread but a custom games thread.

 

[Madness]

Maybe a thread Is in order? Sort of like the raid/nightfall thread but a custom games thread.

There will be too many threads. We'll have this, the MCC thread, soon a Halo 5 beta thread, and I think someone has already created a LAN/Customs thread. Honestly, shouldn't be too hard finding Customs going on though.

 

[MaGlock]

There will be too many threads. We'll have this, the MCC thread, soon a Halo 5 beta thread, and I think someone has already created a LAN/Customs thread. Honestly, shouldn't be too hard finding Customs going on though.

Yeah I'm sure this thread will be blowing up when MCC releases I'm sure there will be a ton of people searching for customs

 

[klodeckel]

Finally watched the documentary. Wow. I'm still speechless to be honest. The amount of work and effort there is just ... Outstanding. The documentary really remembers you that it's not about "343", "Blur", or "Certain Affinity" - it's about all the people developing this. You can literally feel the passion they put into this project.

 

[Slightly Live]

Don't forget there will be a large amount of casual players from GAF picking up MCC and wanting to play with HaloGAF (and there's always a bunch of lurkers too). Might only see these folks once or twice, but they will be out in force come release and for the first few weekends. Some of them probably haven't played Halo in years.

 

[Nowise10]

Watching gravemind on legendary with the scarab skull on, it really doesn't make it much easier, in fact it makes some parts a lot harder.

I wouldn't care if they left achievements on for it, I probably won't even use it.

Even if so, their are still 30 other party skulls being added, a lot which we don't even know yet. The ones we do, half provide an advantage. Bandana gives Infinite ammo. Another one makes all enemies that die, drop a live plasma grenade. Another skull replaces Masterchiefs flashlight with Active Camo. Another gives 100% damage boost if your teammate dies. I honestly won't be surprised if their is a skull that gives you overshields, or makes you invincible when we get the full list out.

They need to disable achievements and speedruns when using nonscoring skulls, if they know whats right for the game.

 

[EroticSushi]

Even if so, their are still 30 other party skulls being added, a lot which we don't even know yet. The ones we do, half provide an advantage. Bandana gives Infinite ammo. Another one makes all enemies that die, drop a live plasma grenade. Another skull replaces Masterchiefs flashlight with Active Camo. Another gives 100% damage boost if your teammate dies. I honestly won't be surprised if their is a skull that gives you overshields, or makes you invincible when we get the full list out.

They need to disable achievements and speedruns when using nonscoring skulls, if they know whats right for the game.

I thought achievements were disabled once you start a level with those types of skills on? I know they didn't do that for Halo CEA. A lot of people were doing the legendary achievements easily because of the infinite ammo skull. The scarab gun, infinite ammo and camo skull are going to make the legendary playthrough a breeze for the achievements if they don't disable that.

 

[Madness]

Yeah I'm sure this thread will be blowing up when MCC releases I'm sure there will be a ton of people searching for customs

Yeah, plus Kittens is going to run a tournament as well. Things like dedicated servers will help so much as well. This game seems like it's going to revitalize almost every community for Halo. Can't wait to see what forgers do with the new forge most.

I thought achievements were disabled once you start a level with those types of skills on? I know they didn't do that for Halo CEA. A lot of people were doing the legendary achievements easily because of the infinite ammo skull. The scarab gun, infinite ammo and camo skull are going to make the legendary playthrough a breeze for the achievements if they don't disable that.

Hey, you stole my helmet avatar from the request thread. Lol, you just reversed it.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I like the Xbone.

UI is a bit slow, but the features are getting better with each monthly update.

Smartglass is also nice.

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How the hell did I turn into an Xbox apologist?

UI really is slow, and they need to fix that. After making such a big deal out of snapped apps and the like, having to wait so long for them to pop up is annoying.

I always have Smartglass open on my computer now. Typing messages with a controller is so 2005. Just wish I could send party invites and game invites from the app.

 

[MouldyK]

For all you Non-Radar fans out there: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-01-its-time-to-tear-up-the-mini-map

The problem's not exclusive to open world games, either. The other night I stumbled into one of Battlefield 4's hardcore servers, where the mini-map is completely excised, and was impressed by how much better the experience was. That one edit means you're instantly more alert, more engaged and more immersed - a state which most games strive so hard for.

 

[jem0208]

Proves that:
b) friendly AI is shit

I quite like that friendly AI sucks. Be quite boring if you could just sit there letting them do the work for you.


However driving AI needs to be good. Let's not have another Kat...

 

[Masterz117]

Even if so, their are still 30 other party skulls being added, a lot which we don't even know yet. The ones we do, half provide an advantage. Bandana gives Infinite ammo. Another one makes all enemies that die, drop a live plasma grenade. Another skull replaces Masterchiefs flashlight with Active Camo. Another gives 100% damage boost if your teammate dies. I honestly won't be surprised if their is a skull that gives you overshields, or makes you invincible when we get the full list out.

They need to disable achievements and speedruns when using nonscoring skulls, if they know whats right for the game.

They're adding 30 skulls? And I thought the camo one was already in the game originally?

 

[Steelyuhas]

Oh, get an Xbone? Just get an Xbone? Why don't I strap on my Xbone helmet and squeeze down into an Xbone cannon and fire off into Xbone land, where Xbones grow on Xbonies!

Well done

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Can't believe I'm saying that about an oddone post!

 

[Madness]

For all you Non-Radar fans out there: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-01-its-time-to-tear-up-the-mini-map

A lot of the comments are telling. "I don't have the patience to learn areas anymore", "why would I play without it, it's too hard" etc. It's basically become a crutch for them and it's hard to function without it. So when you put them in a situation without it, just like a bunch of Halo players, they'll freak out initially because they have nothing to rely on anymore.

Once you actually play several matches without motion tracker, you see just how important learning the maps/routes, communicating with your team, and being alert is. That all being said, far be it for me to tell someone how to play, so more power to those who need radar to play.

 

[MouldyK]

A lot of the comments are telling. "I don't have the patience to learn areas anymore", "why would I play without it, it's too hard" etc. It's basically become a crutch for them and it's hard to function without it. So when you put them in a situation without it, just like a bunch of Halo players, they'll freak out initially because they have nothing to rely on anymore.

Once you actually play several matches without motion tracker, you see just how important learning the maps/routes, communicating with your team, and being alert is. That all being said, far be it for me to tell someone how to play, so more power to those who need radar to play.

I played Skyrim for like 200 hours on PC and Xbox 360 combined. All without any hud, fast-travelling, using a horse or waiting. If you told me to go somewhere on the game, I could probably know where I was on the map right now, the best route on how to get there and after a while, how long it would take in the game.


That was one of the best experience i've ever had with a game in recent years.

Either way, options are best.

 

[jem0208]

Wait, people are actually going to play something else?

Halo 3: Pink Snipers on Sandtrap.

I like the Xbone.

UI is a bit slow, but the features are getting better with each monthly update.

Smartglass is also nice.

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How the hell did I turn into an Xbox apologist?

Since the recent updates my X1 has been pretty speedy.

A lot of the comments are telling. "I don't have the patience to learn areas anymore", "why would I play without it, it's too hard" etc. It's basically become a crutch for them and it's hard to function without it. So when you put them in a situation without it, just like a bunch of Halo players, they'll freak out initially because they have nothing to rely on anymore.

Once you actually play several matches without motion tracker, you see just how important learning the maps/routes, communicating with your team, and being alert is. That all being said, far be it for me to tell someone how to play, so more power to those who need radar to play.

I know we've gone over this a few times but I think if radar was tweaked enough it could still work. I think reducing the range to very small and making it so you can't see relative elevation would remove pretty all the major negatives.

It would also give you an awareness of your immediate surroundings. Which with the low FoV of Halo is very, very useful.

 

[NobleGundam]

Oh, get an Xbone? Just get an Xbone? Why don't I strap on my Xbone helmet and squeeze down into an Xbone cannon and fire off into Xbone land, where Xbones grow on Xbonies!

Microsoft's smiling token?

 

[Booshka]

I played Skyrim for like 200 hours on PC and Xbox 360 combined. All without any hud, fast-travelling, using a horse or waiting. If you told me to go somewhere on the game, I could probably know where I was on the map right now, the best route on how to get there and after a while, how long it would take in the game.


That was one of the best experience i've ever had with a game in recent years.

Either way, options are best.

You should play Morrowind with the Overhaul Mod on PC. That type of playstyle is supported through the game and quest design. No waypoints and quest markers, Journal and conversations with NPCs give you directions.

 

[EroticSushi]

Yeah, plus Kittens is going to run a tournament as well. Things like dedicated servers will help so much as well. This game seems like it's going to revitalize almost every community for Halo. Can't wait to see what forgers do with the new forge most.



Hey, you stole my helmet avatar from the request thread. Lol, you just reversed it.

Oh I did? I actually did the one I'm using myself in Photoshop lol I'll change mine to blue or something.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Isn't backpack reloading already in Halo? It's a staple tactic in Halo CE speedruns. Or is it disabled in multiplayer?

Yeah it's still in the game, but I was saying for Halo 5.

For all you Non-Radar fans out there: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-01-its-time-to-tear-up-the-mini-map

Great article. Thanks for sharing.

 

[kittens]

Has anyone with access to the game checked out the custom game options for radar? I'm hoping they added in sound based radar as an option, but maybe that's a pipe dream.

 

[Fuchsdh]

You will end up killing yourself a lot it seems. Got to be careful with that skull, but it should be much easier to do those speedruns and LASO achievements with it.

This is still predicated on not actually knowing what LASO and achievements will require/entail, but assuming the new skulls don't affect achievements AND LASO is the classic difficulty skulls of yore, Envy + judicious use of Scarab skull would probably be one of the easiest options.

 

[Welfare]

Wait, there is a skull that gives you a scarab gun? Yeah this achievement is going to be easy peasy.

 

[Woorloog]

No waypoints and quest markers, Journal and conversations with NPCs give you directions.

The only game ever where i got lost
Also got lost during a quest because the quest text had typo, east instead of west (or vice versa or something like it), meaning i went to wrong place...

Unfortunately this cannot be done in later Elder Scrolls games, because voiced directions would be too long and thus the games don't actually give you detailed enough information to find your object without the quest markers.

 

[-Ryn]

I've 100%'ed Halo 2, Halo 3, ODST and Reach. Don't think I'll bother with MCC. :lol

EDIT: Apparently I didn't finish the final Achievements for Reach's anniversary map pack.

Was about to mention the lack of achievements in Halo 2 when it hit me.

Nice job dude. Pretty damn impressive.

Pretty flexible really. Just got an exam in a week. I'm Australian time, but seldom awake Australian hours

I'm usually available/online in the hours leading up to 5am Australian time (8pm UK, 11am US West) and/or around 4pm Australian (5am UK, 10pm US West).

GT: Der Flatulator6

THE HORROR!!!

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You in for ODST?

Radical mang. I don't start work for another week and a half so I am available whenever. My sleeping schedule is pretty adaptive at the moment so I'll try to get on around those times.
Just send me a message over LIVE or on here when you jump on and I will be ready to lock and load!

 

[Granadier]

They're running on dedis so your NAT doesn't matter.

It prevents me from being in Party Chat doe

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with anyone that isn't strict

edit: The Halo Minecraft skin pack has Palmer with her helmet on. Doesn't seem right.

 

[EvB]

I'm sure you guys will know, I saw the manual mentions split screen for campaign, but there was no mentioned of split screen for multiplayer. Is that still in?

 

[NobleGundam]

I'm sure you guys will know, I saw the manual mentions split screen for campaign, but there was no mentioned of split screen for multiplayer. Is that still in?

Yes last I saw here

 

[Madness]

Oh I did? I actually did the one I'm using myself in Photoshop lol I'll change mine to blue or something.

Nah, it's cool. Keep it, the more Halo avatars on GAF the better.

 

[HGStormy]

plywood pls

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

I'm honestly shocked Ghaleon can resist. I'll cap a flag on 1080p/60FPS Valhalla, from a Mongoose run, in his memory.

Halo 4 burned him so bad he can't even buy this? Feels bad. :/

 

[willow ve]

Why do people care if achievements are easy?

 

[Ein Bear]

Was about to mention the lack of achievements in Halo 2 when it hit me.

Nice job dude. Pretty damn impressive.

Pfft, true fans 100% Halo 2 Vista

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I got about 50%ish.

 

[tootsi666]

I got to play all campaigns earlier today and holy shit at that 60fps. It makes a huge difference when you're playing the game.

 

[Welfare]

Oh, get an Xbone? Just get an Xbone? Why don't I strap on my Xbone helmet and squeeze down into an Xbone cannon and fire off into Xbone land, where Xbones grow on Xbonies!

Well, why don't you?

 

[Madness]

Just watched some Halo 2 launch videos ie. Times Square. Crazy to think it's almost ten years to the day since launch.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

I got to play all campaigns earlier today and holy shit at that 60fps. It makes a huge difference when you're playing the game.

Have you noticed any of the stuttering or frame drop issues people are pointing out in video footage?

 

[darthbob]

Have you noticed any of the stuttering or frame drop issues people are pointing out in video footage?

Having gone through all the Gamersyde footage about 4 times each I'm nearly 80% convinced now that the stutters and frame drops aren't a result of the game, but from the capture process. Save for CEA, it's still a little janky I'm sure.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Having gone through all the Gamersyde footage about 4 times each I'm nearly 80% convinced now that the stutters and frame drops aren't a result of the game, but from the capture process. Save for CEA, it's still a little janky I'm sure.

Yeah I sure hope so. I really hope 343 had the sense to fix the terrible fov for split screen...

I also wish they would have fixed the texture and shadow pop in present in all games. I hate bad LOD.

 

[King Leo]

I just realized the Boom skull and Sputnik skull will be in the same campaign. That's nuts. Just imagine all the crazy shit people can pull off now, lol.