Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I got Spire on BTB last night. Does it not come up that often? No one seemed to know where the vehicles/power weapons were, I kept cycling through sniper/rockets and no one else ever touched them.
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Halo |OT3| Remember Reach?
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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thezerofire
Banned
that's kind of how all the playlists are. except that the randoms are more often than not on my team in addition to the other team
NullPointer
Member
To this day I haven't gotten a single jackpot in any playlist (read: firefight). Reach truly puts the "jack" in jackpot.
Just felt like sharing ;P
Just felt like sharing ;P
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
What level are you? Have you never gotten a 4 digit slot machine? I've gotten at least 5, and I don't play terribly often.
Stickies in Reach are way easier.
NullPointer
Member
Colonel Grade 1 (had to look that up).
I might have gotten a 1200 pointer once, but that didn't feel too jackpot-ish. I was really going for that firefight jackpot this last weekend to no avail. Not that I minded playing the shit out of firefight mind you.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Yeah, I think at the lower levels like that 4 digits is a "jackpot."
thezerofire
Banned
For some reason I can never stick consistently in Reach. I could in all the other games though.
NullPointer
Member
*gulp*
I've put nine actual really real days of my life into this game. Hard to believe that I'm low level :O
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Haha, I am too and I'm right where you are (well, grade 3).
No dedicated servers and no bots in multiplayer. More stuff here.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Hey I seem to have 100ish dollars for a Microsoft Marketplace purchase. I can't recall purchasing anything and need to have this fixed. Except Xbox.com and Microsoft is giving me link after link and its not getting me anywhere. Is there a number I can call?
The jackpot is 3,000 cR in most playlists; I've only gotten it a couple times in Firefight. I don't think it's tied to level. This weekend the super jackpot (something like 20,000 cR) was in Firefight. I played several games but didn't get it either. I also have terrible luck with them.
ElzarTheBam
Member
GG everyone. <3
"No plans" is not a strong enough dismissal for me. Stamp any possibility of bots into oblivion.
We can only conclude it won't be in Halo 4 day and date then
NullPointer
Member
I'd love bots, if even to play the part in multiplayer tutorials for new players. Those (optional) tutorials would fit into the red vs. blue fiction as well.
But I never expected them.
thezerofire
Banned
basically no new info, and the mistake that the mech is part of the gameplay
NullPointer
Member
Not even in campaign or Spartan Ops?
But he didn't say we get to ride them in campaign or Spec Ops
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yeah. His comment was very specific to the multiplayer map. It's a named vehicle, so it probably plays a role in Campaign.But he didn't say we get to ride them in campaign or Spec Ops
HiredN00bs
Member
Slot machine payouts are a random cR amount from 0 to 3000. All players that complete the match are awarded the same amount regardless of rank, winning, or losing. A match must last at least 90 seconds to qualify. Some playlists double this amount.
Super Jackpots are very rare (I would estimate 0.1%, or once every thousand games) and they pay out a static amount specified by 343. Super Jackpot weekends work the same way, paying a specified amount to a specific player, although you are 50 times more likely to receive it (5%, or 1 in 20 games, once per day). The amount specified is the same in both instances.
When you receive the Super Jackpot, the amount is displayed in the bottom left at game over, and is added to the slot machine line at the payout screen.
Shiiiiit. On iPad 3, that's already higher res than the next xbox will probably play at.
i c wut u did thur
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Yup, that's Halo 4.
NullPointer
Member
Nice details. Still think I should've earned one from my covenant kills this weekend but I'll live. They've just lost any luster in driving me to a playlist.
The Librarian
Banned
My first instinct at the idea of controlling some sort of mech in campaign isn't a good one. Mechs, from my experience in games, are slow, clumsy – not fun to fight in.
NullPointer
Member
Exactly. They're usually just a gimped shooter experience, unless you have tons of destruction involved (red faction guerrilla) or if they're just used as a let-it-all-out reward (escape from butcher bay).
ElzarTheBam
Member
thezerofire
Banned
better than Kat actively trying to drive you off a cliff
Halo died when 3 came out? You haven't liked the franchise (or felt it lived up to the Halo brand) in half a decade?
Must be a masochist; you're still here. We salute your dedication.
I feel like I've thrown a pebble in a lake and these are my ripples.
The guy personally revealed a new Halo 4 screenshot after my comment this morning but it seems like nobody in the media picked up on it. For shame, gaming journliamsdslfjskjlfsdf
Now that you mention it I'm genuinely surprised someone hasn't.
I don't like.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Rickenslacker
Banned
I like that the article has the phrase "donged on" in it.
Haha yeah definitely the highlight
I tried to word my post carefully: I didn't say we'd use them, just that they play a role. Pellicans play a role in campaign as well, but we don't fly them (awesome Reach egg aside). I'm expecting to see those in action at some point. But I agree with you assesment of mechs: it screams slow and clumsy, and if that's the case I don't want it in a Halo campaign.
bahaha so good